Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-11-06

river 10 which there arc enough reputable |
aud competent members Of The republican party
to gil the Offices thereof. To entrust that
party therefore With tho executive. legislative
and judicial manage ment Of sny one Sou!hetn
State would DO to turn that State cve' to the
control Of disreputabe white men sna Ignorant
to The latter entirely
az they constitute nlDc tcn,hs OF the re-
publican party 10 The South. To do
that wou!l be to aSaaicn tho State
asd the property Ct its people to utter
ru;o and destruction. aud though Individuals
havs destroyed themselves. for the good OF
o.hcts, States have nt yer been 80 ssfsacrlicloG;
therefore it is not surplisicg that 60 Stale CT
The South is arx!ouy TO make martyr OF is,If
bv entrusiog the ooDrtl Of lis IF ,r5 TO The ra-
prb'jc.rs, though aware CT tho benefits that
wauld sc,rue to its sister States from the sup
PRESTON Of the cry of the solid South" that
would necessarily result from such nalt5!dom.
The people CT tho South bavo much honor aud
o little properly to protect, AID tho oa'y meArs
BY which they cau fleet that otjsct IL
TO remain solid. To turn the States in which
they reside over to the republicans you'd DO 10
destroy tbti5 honor aud ruin their properly, for
people VINO would vote. as tho nerroesin the
Virpicia LEGISLATURE did last winter, to rapudlao
ihs State debt, would not hesitate 10 impose
taxes on property equivalent to corhsoalIon-
especially ns they have no property aud ooDse.
sea1so!l, would not DO the sufferers. NJ. Tic
South will aud must emsia solid. B.tter q cy clio
Of GMG eld's ct Washiogton than a year OF negro
rule ct Richmond for Virginia. The Southern
people fully realiza tho il airy that THEFT sclidly
iphic:s upon them, not only by (xsludlcg tho
from all governmental! benefits blu. by IcssoD of
tho embargo that sclidily imposes by radical
machinatioa upon immigration and capital.
but Ike wise men they choose tie
Jesse. of tho tmo cvils. N:i;htr are ,h!y
By any means infatuated Si!h democratic prloci-
pies, and wore the republican party Ct their sec
ton Composed Of different material, more than
half if not all tbs Sculbero States woud loDg
siocs havo charged thtir p:li:ioa allegiance.
There is ono way, AID only one, by which the
solidity of the South may DO dissolved. and that
ia for sufficient number Of reputable Northern
repubiicans-men with uotlamished chars c!oIs
at hone-to fiji all the Offices 10 s,me of tho
Soulheru Stats, 10 sett!o permanently therein.
The negroes will vote for them aod tc rein.
forced by enough Southern white men TO ecct
tbom. That tho negroes will not vote for
Southetn white men. even though advised
10 do 30 by their professad Northern
friends. wss shown ty tho result Of tie
recout election ia this Stale. To Dissolve
tbs solid South nov would be to ruin
tho South. ard the people thereof cannot DO *
peoted to do that, no matter how great may tc
their desire to prove their loyalty and establish
their slagiarc, 10 the Uoi.p.
At present. there IS IS Stroog reason for q
solid South as ever. and as the sold South is
tho cause Of the d,feat OF democratic nominees
for tho Presidency. it would be better for it TO
tako no part 10 the next Presidential election.