Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-12-21
Peace In the South.

more AT peace tnan mas Deen the SOuth
for the last half dozen yesrs. and under
the reign Of this peace she IL prospecting
and growing rich. Elections come and
60 and hardly a ripple is created. The ris-
ng generation will hardly know what
stnmp orafory is upfess there should be q
great change in the political status Of the
country. EIectioneering is fast becoming
| q lost art, except with nominating conven-
! tions. Here and there two coutending
! parties occasionally vie with each other,
but even then it has been impossible to
arouse the people. Even in Presidential
contests we look in quiet astonishment at
| the Northern States thrown into whirl-
pool of political excitement and agitation
by the violent exertions of contending
| political parties. Social ostracism aud po-
litcal prescription have passed away and
! are no more. Men are holding office in all
the States who have in days past walked
hand and glove with the Republican party.
There are no sectional issues so far M the
people of the South are concerned. The
sectional feeling is srnothered and extinct.
Northern men are rs cordidlly welcomed
and AZ literally patronized in business as
the most devoted secessiouist.
Ii Ia n fact worthy the attention Of the
thoughtful and rejecting that this state of
rule Of the Democracy. Under Republi-
can rule such a state OF peaceful and quiet
prosperity never could have been reached.
The Republican party lives on bitterness
and hatred and delights in keeping alive
political strife and agitation. The only
question for the South todccide is whether
We shall continue the rnle of the better
element Of society through the Democrat
ic party, or whether We shall return TO the
OH regime under a new naGir aud differei,
leaders. Those who forsako the Dcmocrat-
ic party are working toward that end
Nobody wants the old order restored All
homes, white Republicans would them
selves regret n return Of the recent Ozark
Ages Political rrtrusrcs,iom means in
things now stand political war and dis
rnptiom means political refrigeration But
that there il a spirit of rr,ilrssncsS and of
fnultfuring Is evident from the tone OF a
portion OF the press, and these utteranc"s
which breathe spirit of dissatisfaction
are endorsed 10y Il portion of the populacc
especially in the cities. Ii il we'll, If the
democracy has failed, that il should be
knoNn-thlt those who have grievances
should drrlArr ih"m-that nre,l,d reforms
should br pointed out; but it i also best
that these things should hr accomplished
within Tia" party, aud not Ivy organizing
III opposition {" the party. The prmocra-
cy has given IL u government which has
been eminently successful. and under
which "" have prospcrrd ms M people un-
dcr 'imilar circumstances have ever pros
pcrrd. Away with all useless aud unjust
faulttindug aud consider the real and
vital issuc--that between the worst cfr-
mcnt and the best.
Between the National parties there il
an issue. II Is question whether the pub
Tic officials are the rulers or the servants
of the pcoplr-a contest between popular
rights and the power of indi> duals in
auihOiiiy--a contest between the biuatlrSt
liberty OF. the individual aud the supreme
power ui tn" government tho issue be-
tween Democracy and contradiction. II
is an issue which las always existed. In
every Republic il has been the vital issue.
In the past autnrracy has triumphrd.
Here, III this Republic. shall We only r.
peat the old story OF the dead past,
The business of the average EDITOR is To
hunt MP news and To write plain common
scnsr article, on qurstlnHS of practical i'm
portancc To- the public. and tot To form
smooth sentences and make nuv;ioit ~ tine
or brilliant writing The public, <, morally
are not Interested IN such things People
do not subscribe aud pay for new spapcr
10 get the itactftl aud imaginative brain
tnci"s "f s"lnr Impractical dreamer who
has lIuIr A ln lut NIL 4, IL