National Republican., 1880-11-19
"a NEW SOUTH

a. NEW SOUTH"
The newly-elected senator from Georgia,
ex-Govornor JOSEPH L. BRowN, is credited
with uttering the following sentiment
quite recently: 1--WE have a new south.
The world moves and move with it.' We
congratulate the senator on this new reyela-
tion of departure relating TO the south.
Nothing would be more gratifying TO the
whole country than to be made to believe
and be firmly established in the belief
that the south has passed through the
process of regeneration and has been really
born again. This is all that the north de-
sires of its erring sister of the sunny south.
Let her forget the past and let the past
dead bury its dead. Let her conform
with due respect to the constitution and
laws of the nation. Let her recognize the
equal right of every citizen to enjoy the
freedom Of opinion and the privilege of
exercising his suffrage as he pleases with
cut interference or molestation. Let her
guarantee to every citizen, without regard
20 birth, color or distinction, the rights
mentioned in the constitution and laws of
the general government. Let hor act upon
the principle of "hve and let live" and
treat every citizen in business and politics
rs they arc treated at the north by the
great states which form the bone, sinew
and power of this nation. Let her well
come to her population all men, irrespec-
tive of nativity or previous condition of
servitude, and treat each and all as the ma
tive southron would be treated, with
recognized rights of equality before the
law. Let her welcome population and capi-
tai within her borders without stopping to
treat all men who seek homes in that Sec
hon with all the consideration that merit
and respectability deserve in this great,
prosperous and free country. Let her do
all these things as evidence of regenera-
tion, then all will believe and be happy in
the belief that we really have in word and
fact "a new south" which Senator BROWN
promises to the nation.
Inasmuch as the republicans in both
houses Of the Georgia legislature voted for
Ex-Governor Brown to be senator, the
Interpretation of this new shiboleth is that
the south intends to turn away sincerely
and permanently from its past policies and
methods which have prescribed American
citizens for political opinions sake, and
have robbed them of their dearest rights
by intimidation, violence and murder
This being real, new and brighter day j,
dawning upon that section in truth and il
fact. 1t gives token that the south is rap
idly breaking away from the iron rule o.
bourbOnism, which has trampled upon the
rights of citizenship with a ruthless tread
The south must break the power of this
proscriptive rule if it would become n new
creature and put on the semblance of tru'
regeneration. 1t must confess and repen
of its manifold sins if it would be respect
ed as a new south" Let it turn its at
tention 10 the condition of the blacks whit
were planted in their midst as slaves, anl
who, by the constitution and laws, hav,
been emancipated into freedom and citi
zenship, and see to it that they ar
treated as men md not as chaltels
Give the colored population fair star
and nm even chance in the race of life, TO
there are contingent embarrassments anI
difficulties attending their best estate suf
fcient to crush and depress any people
without adding TO their di faculties the i'm
pressment of prescription and persecution
Secure for them full opportunities for N
education, with all its progressive and ex
pansiyc benefits. Provide for them accord
ing to their abilities field of labor at E,i
compensation. In other words, treat then
so fairly and justly in regard TO all thei
rights and chances in the race of life tha
they will never desire to leave that sectio
and go elsewhere that they may bette
their condition. Then we shall have praC
tically "a new SOUTH" which will briu
to itself peace, prosperity and happiness.
The south cannot secure other than co
ored labor to till its soil and gather II
crops successfully aud economically. I'll
white man, whether "sollawa gn or
nabob, will not enter the field of toll in IL
south as he does in the north and west, if v
hhC W JhANEN AhS iANNhN ~ VIZ ptobs 4 hO Nbl
clusiOn is irresistible that the toilers of IL
south must necessarily be of the color,
race, unless the experiences Of n centul
70 for nothing. The south has superb
advantages of soil and climate for the Gu
tiyating of crops that cannot be produce
in the north. Its resources in that regal
nre almost illimitable, and only await d
velopment 10 make it rich and prospe
Gus section of this growing nation, III
old south never could, with its tradition
and methods, attain true greatness in
material and political characteristics, whi
as "a new south it has bright prospec
before it. 1t will in that aspsct become
formidable rival of the other sections
the country in point of population Al
wealth in the race for progressive 81
premacy,
LoRD SHERBRooKE, in writing upon Il
Irish question, asserts that the chiefeGonom
trouble in Ireland is that agriculture is Il
exeIusivelv tho emnloymrnt of the ueonl