The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1882-04-14

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cnt'' a. an a~ntithrSis Ii " Bourbon "a
misrepresentation that was long ago OBJ
served and pointed ont IN Georgia but
that has escaped notice In other States.
The Republicans have again fooled
themselves and committed n second
error as fatal a. the first in their attempt
10 strengthen their party In the South.
Bourbon iii means anything. means
An old man with obsolete ideas. General
Toombs. perhaps. Il 4 !" Bourbon and
the monntaineers q Tennessee VINO st'll
vote for Andrew jackson are " Bour-
hons" The few Confederate colonies
that first went TO Washington just after
the wal with war claims must have
been :. Bourbons." Men Of this kind
who "learn nothing and forget nothing
] naturally enough have not been sue
cessful In politics, and they have now
become the Z. Independents" The idea
that the Southern 4" independently are
young men. and that the old gentlemen
who have outlived their ideas are the
leaders Of the Southern Democratic
party. Is the mistake hat the Admins
tration is making. During the last
State campaign in Georgia the hide
pendcnts'' were the obsolete men. In
Virginia the Democrats that were de-
ludcd bv Malone were obsolete men
men who do not at all understand the
present problems Of the State. The
fudicrous blunders Of legislation. the
frequent misrul;ngs and the utter ignor-
ance Of the simplest parliamentary rules,
that have made the Readjuster Legisla-
ture Of Virginia the laughing-stock Of
the press. Indicate the presence and pre-
ponderance OF \. Bourbons.n In North
Carolina also aspirants for "lndepend-
ant honors are "Bourbons.' With
the exception OF Mr.. Specr. Of Georgia,
nearly every = Independent leader in
the South is an old man Of q man no
: longer young who clings to old ideas:
Almost every one. too, Is . political
!. malcontent and their followers are not
! the youth.
Evidences Of the independence and
! energy Of the Democrats. on h other
. hand. are not lacking. Georgia's pros
\ perity and the satisfactory and pcrma-
. nent solution Of all the difficulties, po-
litical, educational and social. that arise
in other States from SO large . popula'
] tion Of negroes, are evidences tnat IN.
4 Democrats are not the "Bourbons-
y n men VINO HIt uuttAiA- -"
cotton mills in Georgia are Democrats
q In South Carolina the rebuilding q cit
les and the construction Of railroads =
Z the work Of Democrats and shows prog
! ress. On the other hand, in Tennessee
: since Governor Hawkins, q Republican
q was elected. and the unhappy inancia
complications arose, less j. heard Q
"A Tennessee prosperity than was heart
n under the preceding Democratic Admin
. istrations. And in Tennessee Their
= were Democrats independent enough Y
Y vote for 4 Republican, rather than 70
y y population; but these Democrats ar
" not the ..Independents' that are mo
q courted by the Republicans. The me
30 already spoken 81 As probable caI
didates Tor the next Democrat
nd nomination for Governor in Mort
- Carolina, Mr.. Thomas M. Holt an
Mr.. A. b. Andrews. have probabl
done more within the last ten years
develop the agricultural, the manufae
urinr a-d the railroad interests in n
up State than any other two men. The
~ are independent and energetic. but NJ
n .I~ndependents." In Mississippi u
b. Democratic press Is independent enoue
ID 70 chastisc the recent Democratic Lei
AZ ~islaturc for not making more liberal a
he propriations for the common school
Be- II Georgia even the negroes are laug|
Ill inc Il the obsolete ideas and methods
iar thee .Independcnts.r "A religious new
70 paper. published at Augusta and edit
his ~ A colored man, In its last issue !
nld snectfully declined DR.. Felton's lind
er- PENDENT promises made 70 his rae
Eyerywhere the .'BOurb0ns and 7
oor sIndcpcndents'' are the same.
Of The fatal mistake, or perhaps the
en- tai necessity. Of the Republicans, thci
ing fore. Is in allying themselves with the
md persons with the hope Of gaining q
cap epectable following In the South--a M
ued take Of the same kind as the mista
ion made with the carpet-baggcrs and q
nan casts. In Virginia with regulators,
cks Tennessee with the debt-payers. in Gc'
es- Ola with the dissatisfied, in Texas NJ
less ne Grcenbackers (if they are not 4 Boz
the hons who areP)-such alliances
,om where gain the support Of young m
nan II energetic men or Of the strength q
"" hone Of the South. And already the
was libentely laid plan Of strengthening
- Republican party BY giving Federal
iece 49, ~ "Independents" has had ID
erous results. Not even Mr.. Mahon
two letter Of grand platitudes 70 . Bos'
anne committee o Mr.. Riddleberger's
was tive nonsense IN the North american
biz tieso affords more amusement than
pick sight Of troublesome old Bourbon
becoming ~ Independents" The tr
e Of 4, the Republicans are succeeding
r o. doing precisely what they DO not y
pom. 70 do. The hindrance of Southern ~
lend ocratic politics for q long time has B
an The presence Of obsolete men whose
gut. culiar position, but not whose a. !.