Litchfield enquirer., 1880-08-12
Aid to the Republican South.


ndapparently decided at the New York Re-
publican Conference, last week. 1t arose up,
on the application of Southern Republicans
for aid by money and speakers to enable them
to make respectable fight in the November
election. From remarks made by speakers
on that occasion, and information gathered
from the papers, we judge that there is no
reasonable hope of carrying any Southern
State for Garfield except Florida. g
Opinion was good deal divided, under
these circumstances, upon the advisability of
making fight for special Congressional Dis
tricts in the Southern states which now go
Democratic by default, or by fraudulent count.
Mr. Blaine and other procurement Northern
politicians expressed their conviction that the
real contest was to be fought out in doubtful
Northern States chiefly IN Indiana, and that
help to the Republican South is, this year,
merely side issue. Southern speakers diff
fered, but the Florida men made strong ap-
peal and the vote taken after the debate ia
vored the aiding the South.
We hope the latter policy will prevail, pro-
vided always that the Southern Republican
party can be put upon basis that will make
it a source of strength and not of weakness
should it meet with success at the polls.
Anything like resurrection Of pet-baggery,
such as for many years misgoverned the South
and nearly ruined Republicarism, North,
should not be encouraged. On this account
we cannot but regret the leadership of Florida
Republicanism in the present campaign.
Conover is the present Republican candidate
for Governor in that State Our readers can
scarcely have forgotten his crooked career as
U. s. Senator, and we for one, have no faith
In him. If he is fair specimen of Florida
Republicanism we can hope nothing from the
restoration Of such party to power. If
Southern Republicanism, in short, asks ma
terial and moral support from Northern Re-
publicanism, it must show that it deserves
such support. Once give US an organization
of that kind in the South thai deserves sup
FOR, and there can be No forl'. of expenditure,
whether of men or money, that will pay as
well as that which encourages an honest, true
Repuolicanism just where .Republicanism
is now weakest.
Where most of our Republicans err in our
opinion, is in supposing that disho. .yst Re-
publicanism can or ought to succeed in the
South. They'forgct that terrorism which
suppresses sco,iidrelisn will never be thought
oil fh..r I(,f ,,,ha Rn
publican party Can make the North believe
that Democratic rule 10 several Southern
states is terrorism which suppresses honesty,
then the Solid Republican North is assured.
Wherever, therefore, the National Republi-
can National Committee find an honest Re-
publican party organized in any State, under
honest leadership. let them give that party all
the support they can reasonably ask. Let
them have all the money needed for honest
Political work let them have the ablest speak
ers the North can send Them and let such
measures be taken as will ensure either
full poll and fair count of the Republican
vote, or abundant evidence of it's suppre ssion
by force or fraud
tons upon the importation of American cattle
was rejected by the House of Commons, 1874
to 20. 10 the debate on that subject, Mr..
Jacob Bright stated that American importation
had been greatly lessened by these restrictions.
Anthony j. Mundela, Vlce-President of the
Council, said that, according to the best au-
thority, the foot and mouth disease had been
stamped out in that country, and to relax the
existing restrictions might be to open the gates
to allow its reintroduction. Nothing would
give him greater pleasure than to see the regu-
lations relax. but America has done nothing to
warrant such step. He complained to the
United States Government having done moth
ing to prevent the spread of disease, since it
would not only be in the interest of England,
but of America also to relax the restrictions
He had only to-day, he said, received a tele-
gram announcing that five animals in con-
signment of Chicago cattle, just arrived at
Birkenhead from Boston, were infected with
Texan fever, and that forty-two had been de-
stroycd on the passage, also that orders had
been given to destroy the entire cargo.
Mr.. Arnold declared that on the highest
scientific authority Texan fever is not conta-
gioMs.
William E. Forster, Chief Secretary for
Ireland. said he should be glad if negotiations
could be entered into with the United States
to isolate the districts where disease existed,
80 that there might be importations of cattle
from the rest of the Country.
Rev. Moncure ID. Conway, the "liberal"