The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-07
seetional 'fzase and ths Republican
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seetionai Aase and ths Republican
IL Party. Ga%S
The Republican party has not 9 single
living issue which is in aceord with the
interests of the people. IF you ask their
leaders why the Democracy cannot be
trusted-they reply the solid south must
be crushed, = lie you endeaver to engage
them in discussion on living issues-they
may essay to go into the discussion, but
before they get through they wind up with
an essay on the solid south. Talk finances
to them, and after the discussion has pro-
crossed a while, they branch out on the
old theme-sectional hate. It is so in
everything they say-the invarisble wind
up is an outburst of sectional hate.
Now we ask ia sllsincerity and candor,
Is this beneficial to the people2 Is the
policy of everlasting hate going to improve
business, build up better feeling between
sections, and reunite the country on a
sound basis north, east, south and west :.
We think not, and in this opinion the con-
sentative thinking business men every
where will. If they consider the question
ohndidly. sgree.
The policy of the Republican party il
to FIRE the northern heart, keep alive a
feeling of hatred between sections, excite
the worst passions, appeal to the prejudi-
ces Of the people and thus enable the
party to retain its hold on power. By false
ly stating the actual condition Of affairs.
tsThe south spends millions of dollars
with northern jobbers every year. The
money thus obtained flows through the
regular channels of business and diffuses
among the people. The cotton in the
south finds market in the sporth. while
the prints from the cotton finds market
in the south. The sugar raised in the
south finds market north. and in return
the jobbers ofsthe north wholesale their
merchandise in the. south, The northern
farmer raises his grain and finds q pro
ftable market in } the south. and the
southern planter raises his cotton, sugar
and rice, and finds market in the north.
Thus the trade between sections goes
along distributing itself equally between
the two great sections, and a bet~
ter feeling is growing-a feeling bound by
business ties; and yet the Republican
alarnists are trying to destroy this good
feeling, trying to break up these business
relations. trying 10 injure the northern
manufacturer-in fact trying to create
breach between the sections by shaking
the bloody shirt, and seeking to array the
north against the south in all the bitter
ness OF sectional hate. Is this beneficial
to the country? Is it calculated to in
crease the prosperity of the natlon2
Again, the manufacturers of the north
sell millions of dollars worth of their wares
in the south annually, and this trade is
constantly increasing. It is the result of
local self government. of returning pros
perity in the south, Hundreds and
thousands have settled in the south during
the past five years, and thousands more
will do SO, if the business affairs in the
south are left to work out their Own saliva
ton. And yet, notwithstanding the |
favorable conditions for a better era of
good feeling between the north and south /
regardless of the prospect for healthier
business outlook for the country. the Re-
publican party is.seeking TO infiame the
northern mind. by Haunting the bloody |
shirt, preaching the doctrine of political
hate seeking to array one section against
the other-in fact doing everything posi-
bla to break up the feeling of friendliness
between sections-and for what purpose? |
Simply to.solidify the north and perpetu-
ate Republican party rule, and for no
other reason. Is this policy beneficial to
the country? To it calculated to increase
the prosperity of the nation2
The Republican party is the party of
Sc ctional hate. It relies for success on
keeping alive the hatreds of the war,
inaaming the northern heart, and building
up q sectional government. This policy
rs not-cannot be beneficial TO the country
because il is not universal policy-but
for q section oniy-and il carried 10 its
nun conclusion must inevitably end in the
estrangement of the sections. Il is unpatri-
Otto, unwise, unsafe. and in direct antago-
nism TO the best interests Of the vhole
people.