The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-11-10
"THE LESSON FOR THE SOUTH"
A Liberal View from an Illiberal
Source-The Election Of Garfield an
AuspiciOus Event for the Peace,
Progress and Prosperity OF the
Snuth.
(From the NcU York Internationally

(Frpm The NctD York Internationally
The Southern people will doubtless recognize at
last the futi ly of dpprhtlInE on the Democratic rnrtS
Of the North tn help them IN cartpihr INT the purposes
which they have cherished. That party has mot
deserved, and therefore. does not possess, the conf
drnc- OF the people. It has not the power Of public
sentiment In the old free States behind It and the
snuth has been delnded whenever 1t hns been induced
to believe TINT the fact was otherwise. The leaders
Of that section have been ready to accept any caDdi-
dnte and any platform which the Northern Democrats
have Seen lit to offer MS Promising sncccss. Some Of
then, may have been animated By o genuine desire
Southern sentiment on the basis Of q conservative
maintenance Of the common interests of the Union.
But others hav- more or less openly harb0rrd the
design Of n Southern domination md O restoration Of
the practical effects Of the State Rights doctrine. Tho
two classes have held together In support OF the
Northern Democracy In the hope Of ~effccting their
several purposes. They will now see how hopeless
are all such calculations.
We look t. see the Solid South 60 to pieces under
the blows Of the dec, sive defeat OF the Democratic
party. The hopes OF the Bourbons. which have
given Cohesion to their power In the South for soma
tire, are now blasted beyond the chance Of renewal.
Their hold upon the ~divarging forces Of public senti.
mrnt In that section will give way, and new cumbina-
tions are almost certain to be formed which will r.lc-
gate their de- patio rule to the limbo Of baf1.d and
brOken.down tyrnnnies. We have long believed that
which regarded with apprehension the prospective
and repressive sway Of the Bourbon leaders which
recognized the mistake Of their policy. and wa. ready
to acc pit tho National principles " hich nre the glory
Of our free Republic. There must I've there an enlight-
ened class Of citizens who arc able to see that the
progress Of those States In wealth and power depends
upon the protection Of person and property in all
their rights, and the encourage tnent Of capital, Of
labor. and Of popular educ .tion. They have been
kept back BY the Indifference with which their senti
ments have been treated, but they will now receive
new accessions " strength and OF courage. They nre
likely to assert themselves In behalf Of n more en-.
l~ighteneh policy and bring about q division OF the
political forces on . new line. which shall result In
better laws, better administration. and the protection
Of the rights Of the humber class of citizens whose
they will need.
The South has none Of its old grievances to hold It
together In an attitude Of resistance to those who
ontrol the National Government nor are they likely
to be renewed. II they anticipate any Federal inter.
ference In the anairs Of their States they Willie disap.
pointed. The most they need expect Is the maIntc.
sphere, and that they should be ready to ACCEPT aud
to sustain. Let them do so honestly and cheerfully, as
the Northern people acceJ I and sustain the authority
OF the National Government and the enforcement Of
Its laws. and they will feel the hand Of Federal power
no more than It Is felt In New York or Massachusetts,
South, and more likely to promote its progress and
the restoration Of harmony between the sections
could possibly have happened than the defeat Of the
Democratic party and the discontinue or the BOur.
hons. Let It discard all purposes which are the
heritage Of an unfortunate past and all the sinister
methods by which It has hoped to attain them. accept
the idea Of natl onality and the principles Of freedom
and turn It's face to the future. ind 1t will yet have q
share in The prosperity and power Of the country far
better for II than the arrogant domination Of former
the leaven is ut work which is to regenerate it, vigor,
and before another Presidential election we hope u
see two national parties In the country whose line Of
separation will be one Of principles and policies