Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-10-02

trv will be at the disposal Of a very
incousiderabie minority of those who
are concerned III it. A formidable
conclusion, indeed, if it were valid,
but assumptions of tallacy lurk both
in the premise and the conclusion,
and nobody needs to be frightened
ouI of his senses.
The frs: assumption or Implication
is that the south can succeed by itself,
which it can not. Even II we sup
pose it solid (and it is by no means
certain that it will be so Ill Noven-
ber) il cannot succeed without the
aid OF two or three of the great ma.
die states, which are most important
factors in that sum Of "produclng,
commercial, industrial, tax.paylng
,n,. property interest" which Mr..
Cankiiug tlourishes in its face. 1t
capnoL succeed without securing 8
| majority in New Jersey, New YORK,
| i,.d;aua and some states in New Eng
land aud on the Pacific slope. Now
,uese determining states represent .
very large part of those commercial
industrial aud property interests
which are used to make the contrast
between the n0rta and south. Ii our
orator had been All honest statesman,
AS be is an ardent politician, he would
have instituted comparison, not pc
tween the north and south, tut BE-
tween the republican and democratic
states: but t:ieu the entire basis OF
his suyerstructure would have fallen
away and he G ouid have had no scare
, crow at all.
The second assumption is that the
south, which can only win by the as
sistance OF these great middle states,
would originate a policy, if it had the
power, certain 10 ailenate thelr SYM
prtb,es aud support. But what can
be more preposterous than TO euppose
thn, it wOnid run counter to the con-
v,c,ion4 and political prospects not
only of these great middle states, but
of that very ia"ge minority in the
republican states which constitutes
an essential part of the democratlc
torca-nrarly half the people in TACT
, How soon would it sink Into utter
q impotence if 1t attempted to outrage
The opinions or even preJudlces OF
/, ;ne north aud west? 1t could not
, live . year III the enjoyment OF its
power; aud Its allies at the north
would be irrepsrAbly destroyed. Be-
. side, the largest staies of ''the south"
n and those which are likely to have
!. ;.:r most to say in its councils, are
I M,ryiun:!, Virginia, Kentucky, Ten
n uessee, Missouri aud Arkansas, which
i belong 10 the great middle group.
% aun whose Interests are nearly ldenti-
a cal with those of Indiana, Ohio, New
York and Pennsylvania. Under the
- or.rstion OF the living forces which
a bring localities together they wou.c
a gravitate moro and more toward
~ these and 40 political party, call 1t
!. by what name you will, would dare
=, TO come in coutilct with the tenden-
VI cies of opinion in these mighty cen.
= ters of civilization, trade and activity
" These states. though neminally be.
" longing 10 ".he SOUTH" because OF
i. their former tolerance Of slavery, are
now, under free influences, rapidly
o am al gamating with the states near and
si around them. They were never
~ strongly southern. and have becsme
y decidedly northern. They would
. never ching for any length of time to
~ II policy decsively southern theil
- alliances are with the north anG
-, west, and with them i'll the end the!
~ vii! be found. Mr.. Conk
% llmg La. done much hitherto to drive
:. independeut thinkers from their re
=, Le publican adhesisns, and his presen
-, ill judged, illogical adhesions ant
70 mslicious speech will, we fear quicker
:, ~ the departures.