The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1881-11-19
The New South.

In the National Repu0tlcon, wash
ington d. c., of the 18th, in an inter-
view under the above caption, social
ed white Southern Republican," airs
some of the views especially peculiar to
the miniature section of the Republican
party of the South, to which he belongs
and which are not entirely unknown in
other portions of the country. The
appetite of this patriot has been raised
to fever heat by smelling the fumes
from the political flesh-pots which have
recently been warmed up by the success
of Malone in Virginia. He sees mill
ions" in the new movement in the
South, and he and his gang, all un-
mindful of the fact that by their un-
blushing robbery they destroyed the
Republican party in many parts of that
section, are reaching out again for the
fat places.
This patriot is statesman of the
crossroads stamp, and he is in Wash
ington for the purpose of assisting Gin
his mind) President Arthur in the for
nation of his Cabinet. He thinks the
South should have two representatives
but Negro should not be thought of
for one of the places. But hear this
patriot for his cause, (Which is that of
getting an opportunity to steal some
thing):
"There should be two live, active,
brainy Southern Republicans in the
Cabinet.
X x x X * X
They should be put where they will
do the most good, and that is az Post.
MASTER General and Acknowledgement,
and as the Republican party wants re-
cruits from the natives of the South
not because we have not votes enough,
but because we cannot get them count.
ed fairly-one of these Cabinet Minist
ers should be native Southerner.
J. X x X X X
GAS the negroes largely predominant
in the Republican party, would you
give the other place to them ?"
"No; it took six hundred years Of
magma charta, and one hundred years
of our own free institutions to make
the Anglo-Saxon the leading race OF
the world and the negro will require al
least three or four generations Of lber.
ty and education to entitle him TO q
seat among the rulers. There is anoth
er class in the South from whom the
other Cabinet officer should come. AT
ter the war large number of Federal
soldiers settled in the Southern States.
X x X The other Cabinet Officer
| should come from that class"
1t will thus be seen that while this
patriotic Southern Republican" has
an itching palm to steal whatever come:
conveniently within his grasp, yet hi
is also bent upon having one kind O
people do the Republican office-holdins
in the South, and another kind do bat
tie for the party in the way Of voting
and being shot for opinions sake. A
is quite well-known this is not a new
idea among certain Republicans, bu
we hardly think it will obtain with thu
present administration. There are ca
pable colored men in the party in TIT
South and while VIC do not wish to Sc,
them monopolize the offices, they Ger
tainly should have fair share of them
inasmuch as there can be no hope what
ever Of the success of the party in thu
South without their votes. Presiden
Arthur should provide himself with ,
robust usher with well developed leg
and pedal extremities, whose specia
duty it should be to exercise himself OIL
these so-called white Southern Repub
licans who 90 to Washington full o
scheming f;ilsehoods for the purpose o
getting office. To ignore the coloret
elemc mt in appointments to. office, is t
pave the way to rapid disintegratiol
of the forces which now secure Repub
lican success. Practical political wis
dom will avoid any such course.