The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-04
TEE SOUTH misunderstood.


A. Lochraue, of Georgia in which that gen
t,eman gives his views of southern sentiment
at this time. 1t is needless to say that Judge
Loehrf ne does not know what the southern
s,atiment is. versatile, joyial lrishmsr,
superficial in ali .thing., cratic without Liked
political principles of his own, he has no
conception of the principles which aetuate
the southern people. As IN evidence OF it,
while the people Of Georgia like him be-
cause of his bon bommie, his geniality s1d
love TO listen to his frothy eloquence before
a'iu. :, and are fond of reading his Pc ety.
they would not vote for him for constable.
The Times in alusion to the interview says
"Judge Locbrsne ei2es vivid sketch OF the
progress of southern feeling, from the rigid
times before the war and through the perils
of the past twenty years to the present. I'm
doubtedly he correctly pictures the south as
it is to-day, rresistibly advancing in all the
material features and lbersliziug in thought
with tina. material progress. The people Of
that section have not altogether ! sen thevol-
untary opponents of the true republican sent
iment, and for what has been called the solid
south mistaken republican policy has been
almost wholly responsible. There is every
irdcation ,ist the better and controlling ele-
ment Of 'he south hf always since the war
sought some chance to go forward IN every
wsy possible, but il has been thrown back on
the defensive SO often AS to discourage every
hope and shut out from that section what it
mostly needed AS Judge Lochrane says, the
south HIS large expectation of General Gar
fields administration. If that administration
shall be what il nov anticipated, and what
his recent attitude in congress Indicates 1t
may be, there Nill no longer be Solid south
o solid north. but We shall have one
country, in whose general prosperity the cti-
zens Of all sections will unite. What is
eedel 10 give this foothold is better I'M
Outstanding of the sosth by the north and OF
tho north by the south, and the army OF
howling demagosues made up from both
sections will have to get out of the way end
allow tho people end their interests to 20 up
to the front" The trouble with the Times and
other leading papers in the north ike it
10 that it does not ilae'f understood and APP
preciats the southern people, nor the south
ern situation and every man with a little
local prominence who comes along is
bounced upon for his statement rs to SOUTH
ern views and feelings and all ne utters, no
matter whether he is "a mountsbank or
gentleman, is taken for gospel truth. The
true representatives Of southern sentiment
are the public men of the south-sOuthern
governors, southern senators and southern
congressman. When the people of the
south, as rule, elect man to Office it is be-
cause he is q representative man in whom
they have confidence. The south is demo
cratic and solidly 50 on principle snd it in
tends SO TO remain. The south does not ex
pect anything from Mr.. Garfield thatitis not
| enlltleu w anu ~ uhs nv liSuV w hioio' IL
Mr.. Garfield fills the position to which he hsi
lie. been elected, as president of the United
States and not as president of a section, or
president of the republican party, the south
and the north End the east and the west will
all fare alEe--get what is due them-"only
this and nothing more" If the north will
persist in misunderstanding the south, if it
will not bolieve all oar protes-
tstions of fraternity; will have
no faith in all our acts in behalf of the
general welfare of the country, but prefers
to remain solid and continue its abuse of the
south and its injustice towsrd us, why let il
do SO. The south hss p"id too much atten
Ton 70 Politics in the pest, it has at lr''
found out, md IA, north itself opened the
eyes 9! The south . this fact The >d'he
people, siuca the day they laid down their
scms and gave up the suirein behelf Of hose
principles dear to them, and which were
born of the constitution, have had but one
thought, one hope, snd nat was TO id y
building up me entire county end TO CON
vince our northern brethren that we de-
sired sincerely merely the baOilitation of tn,
county and return to the old feeling O
brotherly love and confidence. Their effort
have been in vain. The great bulk of tn
northern people still hate tho southern poo
pie in their hearts and mslign them when
ever occasion comes. Inc leaders of IN
pa W ir.power teach the people of the nortl
to despise and contomn us, and the republ
can and independent press of thenorth, whel
it is not heaping maledictions upon us, is find
ing fault for something we have not don
end never thought Of doing and tonderin
adSica TO us to stop evil ways o
which. we are not guilty. Havin,
tried for fueen years in vain .v convince tn,
people Of The north of the truth concerning
} ourselves, the south now intends to let poll
, tics axe care of ITSELF 1t will look af' Or tn
interests of its own state governments an,
4 elect honest democrats TO fill the Offices, bu
I aside from mere local political matters, Il
| true policy now is to look after its agricultu
, raj, manufacturing end commercial inter
: ests. Wo are going 10 be "Soid" in ms
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