Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-11-08
Tie Policy of the Solid South.
LETTER FROM CHAs5ECa.

lCo:.ss po1denca CT the Alexandria GazsIte.l
WAREENToN, Va, No7 6-Now that the
battle ia cv.r, tie Emoka ifed. the wounded
bosne 10 Tie rear. aud tie shouts of tie Victors
a wall as lie sigis Of tie v.rq1ishedi alike.
ha7o srk 1!o silcrc,, We caa draw a l'ng
b,ea!t. spd Ignoring oil passion, gr'jueloe sad
party z,.!, see things as they ere, aod, discard
leg al saruiscs, dia1 oorrtc: coIcusloHs as to
tho u1tzoec:cd result Of tho great D'asidsnsial
cam 2aigu Ct 1880.
Nobody III! an old Wonan cr Dir rj6m
lostc., CO the lock:u. for CT lO7l:al11 to CrluS,
will even say they predicted tli1 result. of Sd
cverwheImirg Republican victory 10 the Ualoa
erd iulaer crs 10 t5s 6Iate. l: upset the
cacus,iors Of tie Ecst ts.u!O rcli;icIsn5 CT
bath sid,s 70 Tslter hlw they Claim 10 have
nros nos,ica.ed Two weeks ego. Both parties
were al Sea, and as much uocertl!u as Two nen,
one of whom had bet open end tho Other had
coppered on tho ace
What does this last great c!tc:io1 teach uE;
simply ihis, lba. the sectional cry OF uolted
South can always rally tho opposition ct tho
united North. Tho in eDsa republican galcs
10 the rural regions OF tho Wcs., IS we'll as 10
the maniac uIiag districts OF the North. 1.-Two
this beyond c.vil end beyond doubt. The 10
patriotic slogan OF vote sou shot' is stronger
han Ely argument that either patIl0sisE CT
rlasou cen raise. God knows that Whcr the
rplk and fig CT tho Confederate erOy laid
doWa their arns fifteen years ego and
grounded these puskttS that had a!o1ost co.,
uaered paEce on the banks CT the Sosque
hsnra ip 1863. they did 50 win boIes: hearts
and loyal faith, Hi!h 90 intention CT ever lals-
ing sectional cry a2ei1, bat th=y have been
ji5ed, mGcked snd spu.Ded ever since by their
vicsors until the germ CT patriotism has been
chilled and destroyed, aud the republican party
BY this course have made solid South, 50
solid, indsed, that it will last So long as the lts
OF any man who reEds this article.
The North cen sfjrd to divide, tho South
o.uuo;. So long us W, barber hostile bisck
ropulaiion 10 cur pits: every priIciple OF self
icefest every instinct Of self preservation, every
| feeling Ct :ste, every love of right ard divine
reason urges tho South to be sGld. u1lesl tho
whites s;aud shoulder 10 shoulder ruin will
| overake Us. Suppose tho Southern States
were not solid; supp5s, the color line WAS cot
drawn, Wha. would bo the result. Why cur
| legislative halls would BIO fii!,d with negroes
1ho would make aId unMike cur laws. They
would be cur magistrates. our Gsscssore, noy
| even wear Tho judicial ermlEe. lDdeed The
| spectacle of South Carolina and louisiana 10
| reconstruction times would be repeated 10 every
| former slave State. 10 save OUT States govern
| meuts Tho whites must r;mal1 soii3i their Very
political life depends upon it, and es long rs
] you find black voter ready 10 cast bis ballot
solid 80 long will you Ii ID the whites arrSyad
against him.
The North csn split, change CT rupture thelr
party; they cao turn at will aud embrace every
political c:ced. beginning as ereeubacser
aod c1ding as prohibIIonist and tic solid
fabric Of his State OF her Institutions, her lsw3
will undergo no ditf,rerc;; fer, charge es ho
will, bis party is composed Of the Argl) Saxon.
| inhucd With reason, iatc!llgenco and patriotism,
who has the interest ct his Stale 81 heart.
| Not 50 with the solid S)uth, Oar opponents
| 60 to tho polls and ere voted like cattle at the
| dictstoa If 6esignlr2 men. Gould they IT,
umch ouc whole social. raor2l and political
| fabric would be hurled DOVE as tho car:tquskc
| DESTROYS stately mansions "a tho tropics.
Suppose th.t ell the States 90 tho Pacific
| slopo had double the Gu nbsr OF Cinnamon they
| have poN; 5uppcs, thase Chinese were entitled
| to voe does eDy saae mad qlc3;lou The fac:
| thai eli tho v:rius. Intelligence end cipla
would pcrfero3 be atfsyei oo one slto against
the mass CT pagan; aad yet the Chinese is as
nuoh superior TO the negro 10 reason. 10 l:tel
lec:, iu adap.ab!lty az the Aollo Six}n lsab3vs
tic Moa2olisn.
The so!ia Sou!h bcirg o slid evsTlasliog
fact. i. sets one spscula,irg IS 10 her i! flsocs
10 the national goverlmout. Juas here | may
u:tar o. axiom, taat il aon'l NJ Ike throo strawj
,ff.!eGoo 10 the Sou:a H5,tacr dsuocrstc
| or republican Pttsideb. reiGUS in Washington.
The Stuih Is great agricultural rcgleo. and
her material prosperity is rbJVe al such trIti's
IS tho triunph Of parties. Al! sho wants Is
her OVID States government 10 her hands, aad
Gods clear suashioo AID bcniG,out scoso;s
Gaifeid's cleltion Instead OF Hscc5ck etteos
tho torlunes of several hugdced cfi,sseekers 10
etcA stare, bu. that Is sl
Tho Stub is not whCro Sc ia iout ycirs
sgo, whsn the p:lit:cl ct the DaLiona! severe
| rcot mean! fuin or salvation. She Is IN the
IT.i,p DLW snd she is 10 to stay.
The n,esi.l. cn.ial elcctoo Ct 1850 is the last,
in nv humble opinion, that the South Will ever
Ink, p,rt il; She will let tho NOr.h have
their tuo candidates. a5d she vii! then run
third ticket composed entirely Of Southern meg.
Taught By sad experience TIA: sho vln never
roIv uDon hsr No,taero allies sEo vii grsdu-
sIly withdraw from apy ooslitioa wish other
party, and boldiDg cps hu1drcd representatives
il Congress and the Senate solid, she can dc
tate terns ard shape cxislatioa i0r tho acvaa-
tsgs CT Der soolioo, According to Gy view
General Malone when bo EefCscd IL ,.::e ps?t
10 the democratic Caucus, did an cot foil OF So
prene wisdom, and one that IL tho curse CT
time every Sauheruer will endorse. The h
CATION Of tbs solid Souh 10 the halls OF Goa
eress have been tools If the Nol!hera d:mo'
crioy-thc cit5 paw ibat pulled al The cats
outs CD! CT the htc.
Il is time to start nea poi,sy cd ntU
par:y-n strictly sectional part2-Sh2. o)utlo
log together. will vote 10 Congress either viii
the Republicans or democrats oo a5y CT all
measures tina. will bensf: cur South. By pur.
suing such curse wo will make the great
South as RIGA es ancient Egypt, Os prosperous
ss Carthage as mighty az athens. the latttr,
though conquered by Sparta, get toas eboTc
her 10 nBiesty srd grandeur, a'e act tho FASH
ion for tie weird.
This il no. tha dream Ct 90 enthusiast, tie
idle revore Of dreamer, but potent logic. by
..:.. -. J. I'm Markham n am onr1n3 ga Eava