The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-02-09

ern press, in order to fire the Nortber,
heart, representlngthe as raising perdition
Outrages inflicted upon them were EN-
;. blazoned by Republican opponents as ont
/ RACES upon Union men. Dickens repre
SCENTS a school teacher as having a grudg,
against certain boy. He watched the box
for an excuse to beat him, but as the box
did nothing, the pedagogGe had to content
I himself by giving him rap over the head
ana telling him not to do that again. Thi:
/ people was in much the same predicament,
only this difference: The Republican Office
holders plundered without excuse to them
! put justified the iniquity by Islander circu.
lated at the North. The reasons for solid
Democratic South are palpable.
But this people is still hurtfullv misrep-
resented In reality, life and property is as
secure here as in Massachusetts. Still. for
voting purposes the belief is kept alive
that Arkansas Is IL or on the verge OF re-
DelllOn. Every interest requires rigid en-
forcement of the law here. Crime is re-
garded as public calamity. Arkansas is very
rich III soil, climate. timber and minerals
Proper development will make it one of the
most opulent States in the Union. ..If
tcklcd with hoe it will laugh with har-
vest. Emigration is wanted Much of the
tide that has been turned to the far West
should have emptied here, and would but
ing all, 1t is rapidly settling People are
coming by the thousands, and there Is room
Tor millions more. But the process is slow
In comparison with what it should be. IL
the truth was known concerning society
here every acre of land susceptible of cult
L tIUn W ttld be claimed within the nexr
year. The emigrant driven to the bleak.
barren and forbidding West is wronged.
But he is inscnsible of the wrong. This
hon i
labor and citizenship are conscious of the
injustice.
Yet, better day is coming. Truth is
mighty and must prevail. No two lntelli-
gent Republicans can look each other in the
face while discussing the Southern question.
Even Fred Douglass was nfe1lowed by
visit to North Carolina. In the end:
Ever does truth come uppermost,
And ever i justice done.
The South is getting rich Her wonder
full prosperity is attested by the last census.
Such rapid rebuilding has never before been
known in the history of the world. All
this has been accomplished, deeply as we
deplore the fact, over the protest and teach
ings OF the Republican party. Seeing the
impossibility OF Keeping this section down,
Blaine, COnkling Ingersoll & Co, will pres
emily become disguised with themselves and
join the other side. It is folly TO struggle
with. the inevitable or wrestle with the abb
solute. What God hath united let no man
or party put aSunder. There must in the
very nature of things be union between the
cotton and corn States. A sectional party
in this country must cease to exist. In
some shape the ideas of Greeley must rule
The bloody chasm must be bridged. Moth
ing but political avaTiCc could keep alive
the idea of an irrepreSsible conflict, and the
men who during the last election taught ii
from the stump, will yet live 10 look upon
their folly and repent their crime, let us
hope. LUTHER Benson.