National Republican., 1881-11-19
WILLIAM MAHoNE.
The Administration aud the south-A Cab
tnet Place.


tnct Place.
To the Editor of THE REPUBLICAN;
Malone in the Cabinet! This is the
talk ofthe day, and. for one am glad to hear 1t.
1twould be a bold and yet wise and sagacious
act OF our President, which would mark him rs
the rising man OF the times. The best elements of
both sections would hail II as an OMEN Of true re-
concli0tion, divesod Of all gush and bosh, and If
such movement should result in making the
Republican ticket for 1891 Arthur and Mahore"
so much the better. Malone is not urged on the
narrow ground that he comes off victorious in
the recent hard fight in old Virginia
covered all over with personal laurels-but
because he represents an idea that only needs
encouragement and support to spread all over the
South aud forever put down that bdC noir In our
politics. Solid South. Malone Is not as important
as the idea behind him. lie is but the historical
development of the irreprcssible conflict between
two opposing systems Of civilization. He is not
even frst or original in the movement President
Lincoln saw at the close Of the war that unless
local Southern leaders ofpublio opinion could be
brought forward to bring the Southern people into
line with
THE NEW ORDER OF THINGS
pnrty conflicts in that section would soon degener-
ate into a of races. But he was cut off at the
threshold of his wise and statesmanllke policy
and small demagoguo and marplot called to his
place who played havoc with statesmanship and
made necessity for the reconstruction which fol-
lowed lie and the Democratic party succeeded
in putting the South back at least half century.
President Grant entertained similar views to Lin
coin, and during his first term made every effort
to induce Southern leaders to accept the situation
and 10 o-opcratc with him in restoring order,
peace and prosperity to the South. But the selfish
and pig-headed leaders Of the South turned a deaf
to his wise counscs, except q few brave spirits
who came forward, but who hud to return by the
light Of their own efigies TO find their wives and
daughters oStracized and their sons ussassinntcd
Grant persevered through his second term in the
same wise policy, but with no better success. lie
backed up Kellogg and Packard in Louisiana in
an honest effort to divide the whites in 1872 and
give good government and peace to that distracted
State; but the stupid leaders Of the White League
and Of the Democratic party in that State turned
away from these overturos and Joined their forces
TO A RENEGADE REPUBLICAN
TO use force and fraud to subject the majority to
the rule Of the minority. They came to grief, but
their experience taught them nothing. Kellogg
came into power, but discarding all feelings Of
resentment, he still laborcd to break up the color
line and give the people good government. They
answered him by the guns of the 18th Of Sep
| ten. or, 1874. With all this opposition from the
oldest and b Kellogg succeeded in giving
them the best government Louisiana has ever
had. lie "readjusted" the enormous State debt
LEFT by the pcculations and extrava-
| gance OF his predecessors, both Republican
and Democratic, on terms satisfactory TO the
| bondholdcr and to the people Under him the
State had substantial prosperity and If the whites
had only co.operated with him and Packard Lou
isiana o.day would have been a marvel ofpeace
| and prosperity. Grant tried the same thing with
Chamberlain in South Carolina, but the chivalry
of that distracted State adopted the same policy
pursued by their Bourbon brethren In Louisiana
and preferred the tactics of Hamburg TO the states.
innnlike advice of Grant. II will be peculiarly
| fitting in President Arthur to take up this wise
policy of Lincoln and Grant and carry II out to a
| conclusion. lie, like Conkling "the nobcst Roman
ofthem ALL was among the first to favor the Ma.
hone movement Ia Virginia. aud since his acces-
sion to the Presidency has done all he could with.
out violating the proprieties of his high Office To
| aid the movement.
| TALK ABOUT HAYES SOUTHERN PoLIcYi
II consisted only in yielding to the threats OF
melting to the gnsh of the Bourbon leaders. He
handed over the Offices to the Democrats or "a
such Republicans generally the meanest and
worst Ms the Democratic leaders might recommend
We have right to expect better things of Arthur
He is different man from Hayes, and will sur
round himself differently. So far he has won only
| golden opinions. have not seen u Republican
from the South, white or black but would be de-
| lighted with the appointment of Mahone say, MS
Postmaster General, while the liberal, progressive
element of the South, never identified with the
Republican party, are
ENTHUSIASTIC on THE SUBJECT
Local questions will be properly and correctly
settled in due time The debt of Virginia will moi
be repudiated but settled to the satisfaction of the
bondholdcrs and the people, The public opinion
In Virginia, which stands behind Malone, has
passed beyond the question OF the State debt
| The leaYen of Republican ideas leayens
| the whole.lump and will work out its own results
With the encouragement and support of this
administration and by the significant Endorsement
Of Cabinet appointment the movement so sue
cessiully begun in Virginia will soon extend Ia
other Southern States aud give assurance of the
electoral votes Of at least six Southern States fol
the Republican ticket in 1854. New York was
nearly lost by blunderingi let the South be saved
| by wisdom. LOUISIANA