The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-11-20
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The st Louis Globe Democrat Is
recognized AZ the stalwart Republi-
Can journal, and We reproduce from
its columns an article which has ex
cited much comment here, pro and
con. IL our opinion, 1t is worth
consideration az it approaches some.
what our own opinion:
But We know that the future has In
store for the South better things than
1t has known In the pas, that the
forces that control the movements OF
the world are working for the South
with resistless energy. Aud destiny
at last has got the South In 4 posi-
ton In which 1t can no longer con-
tihue the struggle against lis own
welfare. For four years at least, or
for nearly four years, the people OF
the South have got TO give up devO.
ting themselves 70 those things
which hurt them, and must, from
sheer necessity, devote themselves to
things which can only help them.
Even with the best wishes under the
sun they will have to leave politics
alone, az there Is nothing in the po-
litical field that could rally u corpO-
rails guard to keep up the old.time
disturbances. Two days after the
election the politica! arena il as de.
void OF life and interest rs an aband.
oned circus ring is two days after the
unparalleled agglomeration Of at
fractions has moved on to the next
town. The man who tries to talk
politics Is shut up with a quotation
from Pinafore. nobody cares q cent
for politics, and the surface OF a mill
pond 10 not more monOtOnously fiat
and quiet than the erewhile stormy
sea Of political passion.
This is particularly the case 10 the
condition Of that benighted aud ir.
reverent tramp who. when asked
what were his politics, answered that
he had mot q d-n politic." Their
politics are to-day bursted bubbles,
mere echoes OF sounds, memories,
illusions and receptions. They could
not, II they would. dwell on the
themes and interests which moved
and stirred them . week ago; the
''great fraud OF four years ago" IL
now 40 empty 40 q last years birds
nest; the dangerous usurpatiOns OF
Republic0DisM" have less concern
for them than the usurpations OF
their hen.r0Osts. The completeness
OF their defeat has knocked them out
OF the field Of politics, and they will
now, perforce, for at least q little
while, let politics alone, since there
Is no possibility OF doing otherwise.
And they will devote themselves to
something much better than politics.
None are more ready to recognize
the high qualities OF the Southern
people than those who dissent from
their political Ideas, and indeed it Is
only an aggravatlOn OF the often.
sivenes OF Democracy that it has
infused aud misguided powers and
energies otherwise admirably fitted
to build up and strengthen this ma.
ton. The courage with which the
southern people have endured power
ty and reverses Of all kinds IL be-
y0nd all praise; the tirmness and
determination which they have de.
voted to q mistaken political idea
could not fail to lead them to success
10 wiser efforts; their pride and sense
OF honor are qualities worthy OF the
highest fields OF usefulness; and,
above all, they have been steadily
learning, through the experience OF
years, that their material future lies
In their own hands, depends on their
own efforts, and that the Lord takes
care only Of those who take care OF
themselves. The blight Of political
pre.occupation which overshadowed
all these fair possibilities has at last
disappeared 10 the utter defeat OF
their political hopes, and hereafter
the South may be expected to drop
politics and attend to business.
We are very much mistaken II the
world shall not shortly receive evil
dence Of new spirit In the South, q
spirit Of awakening life, to which
Instead OF hearing OF more politi.
clans and speeches and caucuses and
platforms. We shall hear OF more
plows and fertilizers and blooded
stock; new business enterprises will
be started instead Of new political
combinations; the people will nay
more attention to getting new emf.
gratis to settle among them than to
settle the validity Of the amend
ments; Q man who can manage a
railroad successfully will be moro
highly esteemed than q man who c. a
manage q canvass; the noise OF q
steam engine will be more highly az.
preciated than the noise OF a stump
speaker; the leading men will come
North, not to consult about saving
the country, but to buy new machine.
~, and instead OF seeking political
alliances they will seek the alliance OF
capitalists to furnish them with the
means OF building new mills aud fac.
tories. OF improving their methods
OF cultivation and transportation !:
the drummer will rank the colonel.
style will succumb to trade, and the
man who works will he q bigger man
than the man who talks.
One great difference between the
North and the South 10 that in the
North business is first and politics
second; 10 the South II il politics
flrst and business second. Under the
new order Of things the South viii
tall Into line With its more prosper.
Gus neighbor, and keep step with a
progress from which it has hereto.
fore shut itself out. It has ali the
conditions Of prosperity II they are
Only rightly utilized. Its immense
area OF coll has been scarcely scratch.
ed BY the scsnt cultivation of its
crops; Ito forests and strerms furnish
the raw material and the power for
much Of the manufacturing induafrv
OF modern life: 1t has cheap labor to
oe utilized: the great staple Of manu-.
lactufers: cotton, is theirs, and theirs
g demand Tor the manufactured BRO.
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