The Portland daily press., 1880-11-05
SOUTHERN VIEWS.


Tired of Being Led to the Slaughter.
AUGUSTA, Ga, Oct 4.-The Chronicle and
Constitutionalist says in reference to the cleo
ton: The South at least has the satisfaction
OF knowing she kept her part of the bargain
and if the hero of Gettyshurg is not President
it is not her fault. We think too that she
has for the last time been led lamb-like to the
slaughter
Does the Solid South Pay9
CHARLESTON, S. c., Nov. 4.-The News and
Courier concludes ali article OH the result of
the election as follows:
"We 90 nOl for moment imagine the
American people wish that any state should
again be ruled by Scott, Moses ora Bull
lock. The truth was that the control that was
necessary and even indispensable in local af-
fairs carried with it a considerable influence in
national affairs. With the help of two North
ern states the South could elect the President
and be master of the government. We know,
or think we know, the power would have been
exercised wisely, but the conquerors were not
ready to be ruled even to their own advantage
been if Grant instead of Lee had surrendered
his army 10 years since. Besides this latent
war feeling, there was the mighty influence of
bankers, merchants and shopkeepers who had
no particular objection to the Democracy com-
ing into place exceptit involved change of
some sort, ana they wished no change of any
sort. Why should they? Business is good,
money is cheap. Every department of traffic
is ftourishing. 1t is true the currency is in an
unstable condition, but cool-headed citizen,
not in debt, would not expect from party
which prostituted itself to the Plaisteds and
De la Matyrs better dollar than would be
furnished by Chittenden. Morton and Sher-
man, and we may add with eyes wide open to
all its faults the white people north of the
Potomac had come TO the conclusion that there
was better prospect OF good government
from the Republican party than from
the Democracy. Whatever the exact way in
which it came about it is a hard fact that the
Government OF the United States for the next
four years will be Republican in speech. pur-
pose and action. The Republican President
VIII apparently have at his back Republican
Congress. What they will they can do with
the Southern States and their people, We
hope and believe, however, that the business
Interests which were the handspring of Tues
days work, will be opposed utterly 10 any leg
isiation that would in any way embaY Yrass tile
agriculture and manufactures or the trade and
commerce OF the South. 1t is to the interest
OF the North and West to take this position
They will do it whenever and as soon as the
people Of the Southern States cease to be
posed by the politicians as would-be autocrals
OF the Union that they did their utmost TO de-
stroy: when this spectre of Southern suprema-
cy Is laid the Northern people will he lreer to
exhibit kindly and interested feelings, and one
CT the first questions Southern whites will
have to ask themselves is whether the welfare
OF the South has been or is likely to be him
dered or advanced by an alliance with the
Democrats of the North. 1t does not hurt
those gentry to be beaten, they are sure to
have just and equal governments in their
states in any event. not SO with the South In
losing politically, the South loses in pocket
on the losing side, and If so OH what terms and
for what pa.pose? The Southern people, we
fancy, Will make themselves heard on this
subject before the wintor is past