Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1880-09-01
Elk SEPTEMBER
THE SOUTH.

THE SOUTH.
Ne Free speech Thsre.--sems Fssts y - Cos.
sidssed.
This is gala day in our city. The
Burns annual picnic and an excursion
from Aurora, streets and parks swarm
ing. The excursion train was rare and
comical sight, 81 carp, and In such vaxie-
ty,-passengers, baggage, smoking, box
etc, all packed with eager pleasure
seekers, and none more buoyant than
scores Of accomplished ladies and gentle
men peering through the rude bars Of
The cattle cara. AT . late hour. these
people resolved to join the crowd and
were NOT to be disappointed because
they could not hAve fashionable accom-
modations. People can readily conform
to circumstances If so DISPOSED. But
when we have exCursions between this
Forest City and the City Of the Lakes,
let us have passenger cars.
Now to the subject of this letter.
All true philosophizing is based on
facts. ANY Judgment founded in direct
opposition to facts can be Of little value.
We are told that the election Of Gen.
Hancock would restore peace, confidence
| and harmony to our whole country. But
was he not nominated by those openly
derouncing the union and claiming the
right cfsecession Acknowledging them
selves overpowered but not conquered?
Hoping the lost cauae might even yet
revive and triumph? The doctrine Of
state supremacy is openly vindicated in
the south, and opposing utterances
sharply rebuked. A gentleman from
Mississippi, captain in the rebel army,
said to me few days since: In our
state we would like to see people from
the north, only they must not talk about
! the issues of the war;" But would you
not allow candid discussion on national
questions7" "Not If Republicans; we
are all Democrats and want no Repub-
lican talk in Mississippi. It would only
stir mp the niggers--we have them now
| under control, understand them per-
fectly, and If they make any
disturbance we know just how
to take care Of them. They are only
good to work; If any of them vote they
win vote with their old masters. :"
Would you be satisfied with the elec-
tion of Gen. Hancock! "Yes, he once
came to our relief; we like his style, and
are not afraid to trust him." A young
clergyman of the north recently said to
me: !" / have been laboring as q mission
ary in Kentucky, but did not like to re-
main there. The people are very sus-
picious Of northerners, and they resent
reproof. / did not know what day I
might drop" Another gentleman told
me he had been south to visit a brother.
While there his brother said to him.
" Remember you are in Texas, and he
careful what you say." How does
your brother live there?" "Oh, he is
Dsmocrat-goes the whole figure; he
could not do otherwise. :" But was he
always Democlat?" "By no means;
in the north he was q staunch Republic
an" In a recent letter, an educated col
ored man in North Carolina says: 80 Yes,
| every colored man may vote, but If Re.
publican, his vote will not be counted. y
1 These facts show the state of society in
the south. Facitus tells US the old Romans
made solitude and called it Peace. II
was the peace Of the graveyard, the pence
| of death. The peace Of the South is the
practical re-establishment of slavery.
The old masters still hold to the institu.
tion. Fifty years ago, Prince Metternich,
standing upon the balcony of his palace,
and looking AP0h the men and women
working in his vineyard on the banks oi
the Rhine, said to q party Of princely
guests, "Behold the true philosophy q
society, gentlemen in the palace, la,
borers in the field, with an impassable
gulf between" This is the doctrine fol
which Robert e. Lee and Stonewall
jackson fought and died. It il the doc
trine endorsed by Wade Hampton, and
which, with imprisoned eioquence, ~
adjures Virginia and South Carolina *