Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-07-15

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South, made up of the States which
seeded, or wanted to secede, and
dare not, solid in advance for its
candidate. The balance, Al votes,
they hope to get in the North. Thir-
ty-fve OF them they confidently ex-
pect from the city of New York,
for the State of New York, outside
the city, is as strongly republican as
Wisconsin. The remaining II votes
they hope to receive from some
of the doubtful Northern States.
1t is said the democratic candi-
dates are northern men, but is it not
true that the South were compelled
to nominate northern men, in order
to give any assurance of success at
the elections Could the South have
done less, aud have been true to
to their purpose, to get control OF
the government 1t matters not
who the President is, if he is con-
troled by the South.
The record of the democratic
party in congress for the last four
years has Justly excited the sus-
picions of northern men. The prom
Uses to the people made in the dem.
cratic platform of 1876, of civil SER
vice and revenue reforms, and upon
which the people acted in giving the
party control in Congress, are en-
tirely unfulfiled Civil service re-
form has gone no further than to
unreasonably restrict appropriations
by which the efficiency of the SER
vice in some branches has been
greatly impaired, and large appro-
priations to cover deficiencies have
been made necessary, while millions
have been thrown away for the i'm
piovement Of rivers and harbors all
over the nation. Revenue reform
eliminated in the selection Of Mr..
Randall as Speaker of the House, a
protectionist Of the most determin
ed sort, by whom the House was so
organized that no measure for rev.
enue reform would be reported from
the committee to which it was nee
essarily referred. While great
part of the time Congress has been
occupied in the discussion Of meas
ures unsought and uGaslled by the
North, and OF interest only to the
South, such for instance, as amnesty
to Mr.. Davis, the repeal of the test
oath, and the repeal of the election
supervisor law, which were urged
with zeal worthy a better cause,
their forced approval 10y the Presi-
dent, being attempted by lacking
them to appropriation bills. At
least one OF these measures was
urged through Congress upon the
Old 02,tC Ociil0u idea of States Rights,
denying to Congress tue pu"vl 70
exercise any control of elections,
even when members of Congress
and a president were to be elected.
To be sure this party of the South
has a respectable following at the
North. There is, however, this OBJ
vious difference between the south
ern and northern democracy: They
equally desire success the South
primarily that they may have politi-
cal power, the North that they may
have political place. They work to-
gether very tremendously now. The
South must have help from the
North to be successful. TO secure
this help the spoils Of tie victory
are promised to the northern Dem
ocracy. Both sections are now sat
isfied with the Arrangement, but
sooner or later the good and patri-
Otto men of the northern democracy
will see that they have sold an iuyal-
liable birthrisht for trinkets, and
that they have been used as tools
by their southern associates. If the
South had the strength unaided to
elect a President, will anybody be-
lieve Wade Hampton would have
stood up, as he did, in the National
Convention of the party at C1ncrn-
natl, and pledge the l3S electoral
votes Of the South to the candidate
for President the North might Sc
lectl The temper Of the South at
this time will justify no such con-
clusion.
jeff Davis said but a short time
ago, that the principles of the Con-
tedracy were eternal. because right.
Beyond doubt this is the opinion Of
the great mass Of the white people