The Evening critic., 1882-01-16
PRESIDENT ARTHUR's oPPoRTU-
NIFTY
OEPGpulariaing His Administration
in the SOutli-Sen. Grant Dcfepdcd
Eg ~, gyr-C'ors TosEorngp gDTtlier

rs Ahlt t1fFNaAl AHtAts NhUtEA sAAtFal
hy an ncx-COnFctJerate Soldier.
To-day q CRITtc reporter ran across Con.
il. J.. Hurst, Of Mississippi who has been
in the city for some time, and inquired
what he knew in the way Of developments
in regard to the overthrow Of Boutboni5m
in The South.
The General replied that me was fun of
It.
Have you read the editorial on The
Issue published in Fridays Republicans
IN which the editor states that There are
certain southern politicians who have
hitherto been engaged i'm swapping national
delegates for Federal ollicc3Y' asked THE
CB1TIC.
"Ycs,' replied tho General; "and right
here occurs the first and greatest obstacle
70 be overcome by the present Administra-
tion before intelligent form and order can
be substituted for the damuahle political
nuddlo into which the Administration of
President Hayes plunged Che South. Civil.
service reform, as carried out in Missis-
sippi by said Administration, only meant
the appointment Of Democrats and un-
scrupul0us Republicans for the sole pur.
pose Of packing the State convention re,
gardloss OF the wishes OF the mass ot tho
Republican party
iF 1OhlAE itldtl VI LIN '.sil AZ NllNsi
read a quotation from the New York Tines,
in which the editor says, on the 7lbjocy OF
THE South and Ciyil.soryico Rotprn -
" Mr. sherman prostitutod the vast and
varied Treasury service ia the South in
desperate effort 80 secure his own pDmina-
tion TO the presidency and when he left
his higl Office that service, with some
striking exceptions was scarcely other than
q nest of greedy, trading politicians, with
1tf41r rl,fli4,- 1ae1 p,atupfppH
q" win President Arthur's administration
be popular in the South ?'
" l think SO. First, because he has never
abused the South, and the average South
erner although accepting the situation il
| good faith aud putting ont OF sight the Is
| sues fOr which he contondel, does not rolish
the word rebel, nor the bolly-shict buji-
ness, either in debate Or for cnmplisn el-
| feet. Second, the SOuthcrncr is q sympl.
! thctic follow who IS ever ready 90 ap-
| plaud man who makes brave fight
| against heavy odds, and ho invariably sides
| with such man when pressed down by
| The unjust assertions of unrclcntiug adver-
| s0rics. Many OF our Southern boys have
| had various political crushing machines
tried on them, and, therefore, 4 tell0w-lcel-
| ing makes us wOndrou5 kind, And,
| lastly, the liberal cX-Conlcderatc element
| that have ever felt kindly toward Gcn.
| Grant, even when he made many bad ap-
| pointments, as the New York Tines states,
| on the solicitation of Southern Senators
and politicians to serve their personal onls
rather than the good of the service or that
Of the Republican parity for which he was
| not responsible, as at that time lie had few
reliable Southern men to advise wish, and
| they will ever revere and remember the
great commander whose liberal terms at
| AppOmattoX enabled the idOlzed leader OF
| tho 6pfpc tp1 lnuioug in gray n rrtoin lie
sword"
Gen. Hurst then perforated as follows
And those brave followers of Gems
Lee, jackson, johnston and others, ever
since the icy casomates that were thrown
around their hearts by a devastating civil
war, We're shattered by the same fatal bullet
fred by n cowaldly assassin, which laid low
the head of the nation and brought forth
the tears Of sorrow of q sectionGlized peo'
pie reunited over the national grave at
| Cleveland, have been casting about fOI
some man Of heart and brain big enough
to take into friendly consideration all out
glorious country, forgetting the bitterness
of sectional strite-rememberiug the past
only for the lessons it has taught; and the
hallOwCd graves of many loved ones il
contains, wherein peacefully rest the hos
cf heroes who fell that the patton nigh
live, the blue mingled with the gray.
"And to-day the South Tevercntially look
back aud holds the memory Of the past 81
cred What she fought for is lost, and forme
slaves are now respected citizens, gooi
neighbors and firm friends of old masters
The mass of these new citizens of color, ani
some of the best white blood Of the land
extends hearty support to President Ar
thur. Not for the few petty offices he ha
to distribute, but for reasons previousl!
stated, and because the people are restles
under the Bourbon yoke and the sicl1enin!
spectacle of Solid South arrayed agains
a Solid North. The South is ready to ex
tend the hand of fellowship to the North
despite that hideou5 hydra Bourbonsm
but, mark you, Bourbonism and the yelpin;
pack Of lying, trading, troacherous politi
ticians, who, in the name Of Ropublicanism
have done so much to keep the North AM
South asunder, must so down together
And damned be he who would stay tn
downfall of either loprous class
common curses Of our boosted civ
ilization in this enlightened age"