The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-11-20
PoLIrICs oFTHE FUTURE.
a Northern View Of What tho Sentiment
gvi Nc OF tho So utis Should BE.

IA Northern View Of Whit tho Sentiment
/ ~, or tho South Should BE.
/ ISL 8Frcin5the New York Herald.
Mhe country ut large, without much
qlstillStion 9l OF party, is disposed to
Hglye tie new President a fair trial and
lndg gc him by his conduct in office. Ho
IS 70 receive moro considerate treat
mont from the South, which was solid
against his election, than from any
0thcr section Of the country. The
South hos learned, aftcr many futile
l'trials' that in trusting the Democratic
party 1t has cleaned on Il broken reed !"
IL VIII now fboW to the inevitable and
tfy 70 make peace with the prevailing
party. 1t must SEQ clearly enough.
alter SO much wasted cntleayor, that
IT'S only chance OF making Southern
Intelligence effective lies in a frank
alliance between Southern intelligence
ana the controlling authority at Wash,
ington The South will no longer
Valnly attempt to reverse the current
OF tho Mississippi. Instead of row
ing against the stream it will font
J upon 1t. The great fountains Of cani.
| tai ana enterprise and mechanical In
| yentlon and fruitful ideas lie i'm the
north. Their renovating influence
tends to flow soutlward, and tho poo-
pie OF that section, SO rich in natural
resources, are on tho point of seeing
that these fertilizing streams of NORTH,
crn capital, Northern enterprise and
Northern ideas are what they chiefly
nccd Tor Lifting tho South to CONNER
clai and industrial equality with tho
more prosperous section. 1t is their
interest to drop obstructive politics
ana welcome the steam engine. What
arc called lahor-saving, but are in
reality labor-d doing machines, with
abundant capital to run them, will
multiply Southern wealth and practi-
cally cililcc the differences betweai, the
iabor systems of tho two sections.
bnt their free introduction is possible
only when the brains that control
mem arc equally welcome and receive
equal consideration, whether they &C
i'ccpt or rcpudiate the old, hide-bound
political Ideas Of the South. The sal
vatlon 'of the South depends on q
large influx Of capital and business
capacity from that part Of the country
whcrc they abound, and if the people
recognize this paramount necessity
they will find MI. Gariicld's admins,
tratlon more helpful than that of Gen
cral Hancock could have been, because
his election would have encouraged
persistence in the old, intolcrant Bonr.
bon mistakes.
we confidently expect to see vig-
Uro"s "saamihlshation party arise among
Ihe ihtclnScnt classes of the Soutl.
rs thcy mantully submitted when,
altet long and desperate fighting, their
armies were defeated, so they will
now, with equal sense and manhood,
abandon the Democratic party when
so many Presidential elections have
'taught them that the struggle against
Nof1hcrh sentiment is as futile and
Sulm0us Nl ,'.H rs was the struggle against
Northern armies. They will now turn
thelr chlef attention to the physical
ton, SO wonderfully favored by the
bounty Of nature.
III this sensible cndcavor thcv have
every reason to believe that thcv viii
DC encouraged and aided by the new
administration. General Garfield is
liberal, enlightened and ambitious
man, with sugacity enough to perceive
that there is no way in which he could
render his Presidency SO illustrions "a
by divcrting the Southern mind from
clleto politics to IL uonlpctllion with
the North in the true sources of North
crn prosperity. lie will foster all ton
dcnclcs IN this direction. If the South |
frankly accepts a situstion proved bv
SIX Presidential elections to be ire |
Versiblc it will enter upon an era ofl
prosperity the like of which it has /
never seen. Capital will flow in; all !
inc nerves OF industry will be touched;
the government will make heavy APP
preparations for internal improve
mcnts; tho negroes will be brought
under the control of intelligence sup
ported oy the national authority, and
the two races will live together in rs
ml"ch harinony as exists anywhere, in
these modern times, between labor and
capllal. Ihc true way to get rid Of
the old chronic irritati0ns and animos-
tiles is by dropping them out of sight,
ny dlsplacing them with subjects Of
more vital interest.
we confidently believe that a new
Gay IS dawnlng upon the country. The
new President is as lar as possiblc
from being political bigot. lie is a
lar!%c-mindcd man of good culture, of
"lac and warm personal and social
sylnpathics, of demonstrated capaci-
ty Tor friendship with political oppo-
hcnts and many-silcd enough to ap-
prcciatc all points of view for which
anything can be said that has color
OF reason. His intellectual largcncss
and native libcrality Of sentiment arc
supplemented by ripe experience and
extensive personal knowledge of the
public men who arc likely to be infu-
entail during the next four years. No
man could be better fitted by temper.
cndowmcnts and by capacity to make
friends than is Mr.. Garfield for con-
clliating all interests and bringing in
an ''cra Of good fceling," if, by COM
mon consent, questions which are
really obsolete and emit bad odors
while they remain above ground can
be quietly and dcccntly buried.