, 1880-05-06
1ha Folly Of supposing that the
Solid South Can be
Divided.
r..,.tern Democrats United,
Aggressive, and Strictly
Partisan.
MIN Ro,trl,on Candidate Sure Of
1873 Electoral Votes III
tho South.
,rsots and Opinions from Various
~ Points Throughout the
Country.
LOUISIANA.

LOUISIANA,
..,- eorr1f goL1p -A1A1NsT nEpunL1cANlsM.
ans ars,staI forrtspondsnce NJ Tht Chicago Tribune.
VIZ ha,,rASs, May 4--Mr. Stephen a. DOUG
,s1ran w." ho possibly 10 tho son Of bis fnthor?-
~ tho ltoy. Mr. Tnlmngo scotn to ho mtitnlly
s..snno 49, INT, either to ti'spaythoir own or
.,sv mon tho g,llliblltty of others, III conncc-
.tnn With tho South. The ono, bless hls lnno-
e"nt soul, would tender n third term Us tho pan,
on, GU @oT Nil Southern troubles; tho other, still
asra Se1o mnrcsstblc, perhaps, seems to think tho
..'",hnrr millennium already Mt hand, Improves
s,ua, f,rcocy, and says," Go South, young nn,"
.Il.,nsJ ul nf West, lloth have evidently boon
cs,,,h and both have as evidently bccn most de-
eon esaaa,v tokrn In, Each wo,ild seem TO hnyc
.hn,,, as fair M ilen Of his eubjcct"mattcr rs
ma tho average Fcnian Of tho principles OF In
tcrnatlonal Inv.
NJ Douglas says: 1t Is adnlttcd by all that
,an r, ,ront Ia tho only man who Gun break tho
us1, .saMS south.'" why is not tho gentleman
Aia.e,f houcst enough to aamit, by way OF
= nrefacc, TINT, With tho advent OF 0rniit rs
r,csIt,rnt, tho South wNs almost equally solid,
.a,,atv 1,en,lblcnr2 That this "Solld South
, vcr1tab!e Republican stronghold, ssAs lost 10
.ho nDnubl!caps and turned over to tho Demo-
ers,. during hts tGrants) Administrations This
IL nm ,,npleosaut fact, no doubt, for tho workers
NJ Inc boo1n,-oto they do not euro to discuss.
II Il mono tho lcss, like facts In general, bound
IN cou,o up In Its npproprmto place. ana must 10
5.nosed OF Gro tho Mr gttlnents sought to 10 nd
snnccJ by such nr.lont thtrd-tct1n advocates as
III not,nlas shows himself to Io uro at all ap-
plcable to tho situation.
mi, whole Itlca of dividing the "solId South"
ssa, far advanced, Is simply Ridiculous Iho
ma obstacle Of nil others underlying tue
structure as n whole, tho Intelligent North
cithc, cannot, or will not, unuerstand. Preach
As no mag, ono has no excess OF !ovo Tor tho
stroug arm from which Que has fclt tho blow.
Tho South plunged into II war OF rebellion:
was whipped Into suDjcction to aGovcrnm6't 1t
lad learned to tlctcst. Tho, power Of that Cow
eru1ucnt wns wludcd in thehnnts OF tho lscpuh-
lrun purty, Tue people Of the South, us rule,
drew no limo Of distinction Ms between tho two.
Hating md rcvlltng tho one, they wcrd bound
iu.tnetiycly to hnte and r9vile tho other. Thoy
hntct tho llcpublIcNns from tho lirst as tho ones
vim bud ground thonl under tho hcct. Tho 1tc-
publican party. moreover, Wna the party or
emancipation; tho party Of colorcd enfrnn-
chisenent 1t was tho party, as a consequence,
seeking to forever dunn the .6outh-hclplcss In
It's sdcfcat-through hopeless degradation. lio
who !mngincs tl1ut thls feeling, however ls-
suagcd, bus 50 fur gone rs to pormit OF coN-
Citation IN lts proper seasc,-0f dividing the
"Solld South" Of drawing cvou tho smallest
proportIon OF the Southern people Into tho Re-
publican fo!d-knowa littlo Indeed OF tho South
as it's. Ho has been simply taken In and dono
for, rs havo Mr. Stephen A. Dougfns and tho
Rev. Mr., Talmage, by IN overflow OF 6outhcrn
gush and scntlmcntaiIsin. Had thoro been less
Of this sumo glsh md Rcntimcntalisin In tho
North, too, thuro would havo been much less OF
"solId South to-day with which to contcnd.
RECONSTRUCTION WITHOUT ENFORCEMENT.
at its best, was but d miserable farco. 1t showed
tho power Of tho Government MS inadequate to
tho protection of Its own citizens. Had tho case
becu different, NIL Of 1awlesness and organlzotl
outragp upon Republicans would havo beon
crushed out: tho Republican organization.
everywhere In tho majority, would have tnnln-
taincd it's ascendcncy; would. through Its worry
exercise OF power, have drawn toltsolf the more
tmid Of tho disa!rectcd whites: as gradually
haze broken In upon tho Democratic lines.
Tho failure of enforcement was THO failure OF
tho Goycrnment; tho tienth-kncll Of tho Southern
hSGpssa party !, shs rlyns ct
Of tho othur. 1t will bc said lust here, pcrhapa,
thu, this opposition TO tho Government no longer
a iaS esmoy nex Mr " has sssf 5
burrows itself down at once to tho point, as to
Whit constitutes tho Government. ls It thu
Is Msdc y BY wSea taa ~ ao Is tSe
Issue In y nut shell. Thut tue South Is to-day
unalteraliy opposed 70 tho ono. Is ind!spntAblo;
equuly applrciit. The South simply does ilot
draw the ilno OF distinction as betweon tho 0uv-
etnment and party IN power; The ltepubi!cant
Government, In TINT they stand IN tho way Of lts
aGsolutc control Iii Demoerntlc-l.e., In Southern
bands. The South s true md loyal to the Gov
ernmrnt. tho Government It socks to contrDl
Rfopcr sense, Iie ID certainly wldo Of tho mark
oo cera% ptens eho
on ones fncg to every Southern Republican