Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-20
A Northern BugabOO and South
arn Reality.


nails are poking fun at Old Sinon's son
for trying to scare the business men of
Pennsylvania into supporting his ma
chine made State ticket. Yet, MIR.
Cameron is simply employing a dodge
that is as old as the Radical party, and
which its leaders have employed in every
campaign. No matter how able or pure
or loyal" may be the Democratic nomi-
nee for the Presidency, he is uniformly
pictured by the Radical organs and ora
tors as tool of the rebel brigadiers, "
who would only too gladly smooth the
way for a new rebellion" open the
doors of the Treasury for ''rebel' claim
ants. and upset all the nice arrangements
Of the pampered and privileged manufac-
turers, bondholders, bankers and other al
lies of Radicalism yclept business men. ="
Business will go to smash, the mills
will shut down, and the country go to
the dogs" Such are the key notes sound
ed in every camp ign against the Democ-
racy by the leading Radical organs,
aud upon which the rural press ring the
changes till election day.
The absurdity of this is plain, for there
are thousands of men at the North with as
much at stake as their Republicln neigh
bors, who so far from being frightened
at the prospect of the return of Democ-
racy to power, see in its ascendancy the
very best thing that could happen to the
country The sixty years of Democratic
supremacy made the country what it is.
fixed its institutions and gave it the dis
tinctive character it possesses. Yet absurd
as these predictions of the Radical press
and stump orators are, they find ready
credence at the North, dotted all
over as it is with school houses, and
boasting as it does of its intelligence.
Radical statesmen, while encouraging
these tactics, like the Roman augurs of
old, laugh IN their sleeves at the igno-
rance and crcdulity of the Northern
masses whom they dupe so readily.
Now why should not similar logic be
applicable to the ascendancy of Radical
ism at the South, which the administra
ton is so eager to bring about? Radi-
cal supremacy here would be dangerous
and destructive. First, because 1t has
been tried once and brought the people
to the brink of revolution in their despair
of shaking off the plunderers that under
the protection and counsel of the powers
at Washington Systematically robbed
them for years. In the next place Radi-
calism could only rule here through the
aid of the ignorant negroes, few of
whom have any stake in the welfare
of society, and the vast majority OF
whom are unable to rule themselves,
much less attempt tor frame laws for the
government of a free commonwealth
1t gives the Radicals little concern as to
what becomes of the business interests of
the South. For that matter, the Radical
party, if we are to Judge from its avowed
policy, would gladly see no business in
terests here save such as would pour
tribute into the pockets of the rich men
of the North.
Southern men who might be tempted
to help bring about break up of parties
should look before they leap. If the
North could be injured by the ascendancy
of Democracy it would be only in the
curtailment of the profits of the privi-
legged classes, who are benefited by the
tariff and other special legislation of the
Radical majority in Congress. But
Radicalism restored in the South would
mean return of the saturnalia of igno-
rance, spoliation and tyranny in which
Moses, Bullock and their co-workers were
central figures. Happily, the people of
Georgia have seen this, and the efforts of
| Arthur and his miniOns to MahoneiZe the
Empire State Of the South have proved
fruitless. From the mountains to the
sea her people are welded to the
old party, whose traditions embodY the
grandest political faith the world has
ever received. The republic lived for
three score years of its existence under
the guidance of Democracy, and grew as
no nation eyer grew before it. The
South was under the heel of lfadicalism
for nearly decade and suffered out
RACES that no other free people ever en-
dured. However the country at large
NAV choose, the South has made her
choice between the parties, and it is
unalterable while Radicalism exists.
The necessity for prompt action on the
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