Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-12-13
Suddenly Changed.

Cu30cAAy Ca2nSeAs
The plan of battle upon which the
Republican party proposes to enter the
National struggle has suddenly changed.
It is pot now a question of how many
Southern States can be cut loose from
Democratic control and swung over
into Republican fellowship. but a deter
mination to forego them all and strike
for Northern support. One month ago,
Republican calculators were wont to
sharpen their pencils and count up the
votes of Maryland, Virginia, North Car
DINA and Florida, and, assuming these
States as doubtful for Democratic hopes,
prepare to add them to the Republican
pyramid But now all this sort of
speculation is suddenly changed. These
four Southern States are no longer con-
sidered doubtful, but are with singular
unanimity accorded to the Democrats.
The plan of liberalizing the South with
coalitions and Independent movements,
is suddenly found impracticable and
their attention is turned to other fields.
1t is now discovered that the South
is solid, and that the Northern heart
must be fired up to withstand the dread
full assault which this solidified section
is likely to make against the Electoral
votes necessary to elect. All at once
the old war-cry which we have heard
SO often, and which has done duty on
several memorable occasions, is heard
again, and the faithful are warned to
give heed The new direction
of political efforts is not now
toward the sunny South. where
liberalism was thought to be rampant
and coalitions loudly clamored for, but
toward the North where now the only
hope lies. Suddenly the South is given
up as hopeless. and no Republican ed
itor ventures to expect single vote
from that section. The Democrats by
carrying Virginia and Maryland have,
it seems, rendered all future calcula-
tons unnecessary in that direction, and
with patriotic heart and courageous
purpose, the war is now to be carried
into the North, and as hint of what is
coming, the announcement is made that
the sections must now again antago-
nize each other, a 'ssolid North against
a '.solid South Of course this means
the old campaign style, the method
once before advised by celebrated Re-
publican orator, to-wit: ga bloody
shirt campaign with plenty of money"
The trouble is, neither of these pre-
requisites are available now. The coun-
try can not be convulsed again with a
CORY cry, and the sinews of war are a
doubtful quantity since campaign
assessments are forbidden. Of all cam
paign cries this is the weakest and most
worthless. The South is now ''solid''
because its interests demand better
government than the Republican party
could give them. and because the peo-
pie there have no faith in coalitions.
The tendency is toward home-rule and
honest government, and as this is not
possible except where Intelligence and
honest principles prevail, the people
have determined to try the merits of
change. The weak and silly attempt
to make an issue for the people of the
North by crying out that the lives of the
negroes in the South are in danger, and
infiaming the passions of the Northern
voter by sympathetic appeals for sup
port upon the ground of protection to
the negro, are but the inventions of a
Thoroughly demoralized and frightened
crew. The negro is in no danger and
thousands of them are no doubt in bliss
full ignorance that any danger is i'm
pending. The fact is the negro is nee
essary to the South, and all the white
people there know and recognize it.
The danger to the colored man exists
only in the excited and heated imagina-
tons of the average Republican editor,
and it only exists there now because it
is thought that this is the only card that
can be played with success. If this |
piteous appeal in behalf of the colored |
man does not touch the hearts of North |
ern voters then all is lost. Therefore it |
is industriously demanded that the |
North shall rise as one man and protect |
the poor colored man from wholesale |
The fact that nobody is |
hurt who behaves himself and keeps |
out of election rows, and the further
fact that as whole the negroes at the
South are not troubling them
selves much about Republican APP
peals, but are industriously at work try
ing to make a living and bettering |
their condition, doesn't count in the
eyes of Republican editors, because this
is not to the point. The point at which
they are aiming is Northern votes, and
they think it they can make it appear
that the negroes are all in danger of
being killed by Infatuated Democrats,
that the chances of success are then
increased. The people of
The North will learn in good time the
whole history of that Danville ARRAY.
They will be told the truth about it and
hey will then be able to Judge whether
t means an era of bloody slaughter, or
whether it is simply the effort of dis
and discouraged Republican
editors, who hope to profit by deceiving
people. The North can not be won
over to the Republican party by piteous
appeals to save people who are not in
LANCER. The day is past when bloody
,rusades will alright sensible people.
live issues which stand for good gov
and appeal for honest and
aithful attention to public interests are
low the things which interest people,
ind upon these the voters may divide,
,ut no such foolish clamor as this which
oroclaims the decaying hopes of party