, 1880-11-09

extreme Itutlicu!s Will crtIclAo tho Government
nr,,gram, nti tho debate OIL 1t Is expected to last
I'LL Thursday.
TIE GREAT QUESTION.
Tho grcat probum whicl, tho Incoming
Administration of ten. Garfield will DO
Called to deal with IS TINT Of tiiu Southern
1mlticaf situation. How to see TINT the
u,tnrAltrcs OF tIlp Constitution touching stlf-
frage shall bo maintained, tl,ls Is tic t!Mes-
tlotl. 10 The solution Of this question Tic
lato result ought, lngtca'ly, powerfully to
contribute. Tha Southern lenders Ought 10
be abIe to sec tl1at wl,lle tic South remains
sotd the North will also ret'ain solid. Ill
other words, they ought to bo ablo to see
that SO long rs tho Southern colored vote ts
suppressed tho majority Of tic Northern vote
Will be cast largely with tho view Of dcfcat-
tng tho result sought to be attained BY Its |
suppression. It follows that the South cali |
not hope to Einye a1,y part 0r lot in tl1e colt
troll of tile General Government SO long NJ II
persists In tltsiranclislng the coloved Gle"
lucnt III It's citizenship. And tliis Involves
one Of two things: Either tho Democratic
party South must surrender control Of sew
cra1 States to tho Republican party By per-
hitting free. full, md fair yolo and M hon
est count, or It must tllsbantI anu seek to es-
tnb!sh new party, and sucll dtsoniidnleht
involves tic destruction Of tho National Dc'll-
ocrattc pnrty, for the Northern wing OF tint
pnrty Is mcrey the tail OF tho Southern dog.
Neither of these alternatives Is likely to be
| u,!optct, because, while tho ono would be
sure to divide the South, there Is MI Imminent
probability that tEe other would also. As1te
| from tho fact tint tic Southern people are
Thoroughly tlclnoralizcd ai1 tlebauc!letl to
degree which renders thont utterly obivtols
Of the political rights OF c0lorcd citizens,
| tlicrU IL doubtless among teleun M honest
horror OF wl,at thoy call "nEggor dolnna-
| ton" wllicl, will prevent tllgm from volun-
tnrl|y co1!sent!ng to suclln frcoexerclse Of tho
suffrage AZ would ut atlce turn over to the
coutrot OF 4 few white Republicans nrll their
hosts OF cotorctt allies four, five, or SIX
Status. But tlls is the very danger which
thoy would encounter III m attempt
to organize 4 new party. No at-
te,npt to create full-grown political
mrtya eyer yct succeeded, and 1t Would
mt ssccccst now. An effort by Southern
Defnocratfc len.lnra to nr9antzc llew purity.
would bu regarded as new trick by both
blaek md willie Republicans, and So would
tend to strengthen rather than weaken tho
Republican party lincs.' Tl!o new party
would be weaker than tho old party, aud II
tho now party should renounco tho terror
izlng and bulldozing methods Of the old, tic
blanks would Immediately gnin control OF
several States, result which tho South
most breads ntltt most seeks to nvert. There
H., then, 10 probability Of the tishandsnent
Of the Democratic rarty South By doi1o-
elate, concerted actin1l. 1t Will continue to
drift, and rs 1t drifts continue to woar nway,
md us 1t loses from year to year soiac Of Its
tsttcr elements, Its corrupt l.nhugors vii
| continue to make up the party loss by III
ti1nitlatlng tho irresoluto a,.l tEnll' class,
assasInattsg tic bo1d Md teiiaut fow, allt
By stutl!ng tho bnllot-boxes with fraudulen
, votes, OF throwing out honest votes OF
! sllad0wy, trllmpcu-pp tcciln!ca!ittcs. This Il
y the polttteu sitlntion Suutt,, which tho I'D
0 ,nlnistrnttun Ut Gen. Garfield anil the country
!, Sortl, will bo called 10 face.
: WI,nt will Ncn. Garfield lnabout 1t? Wha
II will tho country to about II? During tho las
D two years Of Gen. Grants second terin TIL
= country, tired Ut turmoil and strife, nil
nnxtuus for revival Ut prosperity, pr0tcstct
!. against further gtforts t0 cocrce tic Sontl
!, into obes!unco to National lnws. Tic .peop!
Of tho Nort! turned deaf Cur to tAesncric
: a,,tt l,rnyers Of the prosecuted md dl3fraf,
l. cl!ised black nlitl wl,ltu Republicans of til
SoNtll, and demanded poaco at Rhy price
" ten. Grant loft tho wny npen for the peact
h nt-nny-prlce 10lcy Of President Hayes, Nil
J. that policy wns tNnnsurAted I'LL tho 6olesn
r guarantees Of Wnta liA,npton md othc
l. Southern leaders TINT bulIt0zlng, assasnp
J. finn ufnI p1eptinn frnI4ta should cnasD Att