The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-23
why the South is SOLID.

Rock ISLAND, Aug, 10, 1880
Editor OF the Argus:
II the Republicans believe as some
of them talk, about the south
about their outrages. about their.use of thei,
shot guns &c., they should form a society
of good ssmsyitans and go down in readi-
ness to attend the sick and wounded, on
and about next election DAY. It would be
| much better than stopping at home try.
ing to make political.capital out of the
anticipation that it will be done.
1t appears from the way things are
shaping that in this campaign the burden
| of the arguments will pertain to the
southern question, then probably il will,
die out.
The question. has two sides. The black
side, and the white side, Ever since the
close iof 1.-THE war, the Republicans have
been on the wrong side, all the time losing,
on the race, all the time against the
| white race. If they are against the white
race as q matter Of course the white race
will be against them.
If q man has . neighbor of less physical
| strength than himself. so he takes an
| advantage of him and insults him. in word
ouO OcCOS pcHStiUks duQ tafklug Only
evil of him, he acts thus hatefully, il is
only natural that be should be hated, II
is the same with society at large as with
an individual, and this ia precisely how
the Republican party has treated the
South, .
The South, is not opposed to the
North in general only to the. Republicans
in particular.
believe most of the abuse, has grown
out of the fact of being 10 POLITICAL a utogan-
ism. and because the South has voted the
wrong ticket 1.-THE Democratic ticketl IL
cannot be the war reminicepses. that
gives the South preference of one party
over the other for the Democrats and
Republicans both fought them and
would again if necessary.
The Republicans, have not been so much
led into the attitude they have assum.
ed as they have drifted into it, it is unfort-
innate for the Republicans to have the
South and border states against them for
If this campaign should result in hurting
them from office land it looks that way
now:l There is no gainsaying but fwhat,
the south VIII be powerful factors in the
case,
President Hayes has been against a
continuance of the. sectional strife, and
y
When the Republicans first came in DOS.
session OF the government. and the Offices.
thsy felt so good with others and had SO
much conhdencei in their leaders, and sci.ittle
diversity of sentiment. that they hoated
along together like logs in raft and made
their amendments believing that the
colored race belonged to them 10 fee simnls
Things that drift often strike an eddy and
get turned round, so it ia with the Repub-
licans. they have been turned round
against their own amendments and think
in themselves that the fifteenth was a mis-.
take. as they have failed to make it sub
servisnt to themselves. Their represents.
tives in the south. the carpet baeeers.
deceived the colored voters, and thew lost
them, so now they say it is the terrible |
whites that have done it ell. and feel varv
against them.
The argument that whole nation CAM
not be indicted does not apply 20 q party.
he good office party must be subordinateS
o the good of the nation. Whenever II
becomes struggle between the nation
md party. that one or the other must 90
Iowa. it must be the party all the time.
j. G..