The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-02-18
THE SOUTHERN PxosLEz
RepsSlseas Political DIssdsrsaG-Msw Only
the sslia Beurson sessh esn be Divided.

8eDabooeaa Political D1aadertag-Wsw Only
the solid Bes-son sessh esa be Divided.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 10.-In all the Southern
States. there are large numbers OF mon who
are heartily sick Of the obstruction policy OF
the Bourbons. These men are mostly young
They are planters generally; but among them
are many merchants and lawyers. l have
talked with scores OF those have met In all
portions OF the cotton States. These men are
Republicans. are anything. In fact. excepting
Bourbon Democrats. They chafe. and fret
and swear ut the existing order OF things polit-
ical and material. and they have vowed for
years that they would vote the Republican
ticket at tho next election. But they never do.
Why2 Simply because tho leaders OF the Re-
publican party fall to understand tho condition
OF affairs in the cotton States They apparent
ly do not know that the Government has not
sufficient power to mako tho elections In the
South fair and honest. These white people
have suffered under the rule OF the carpet
baggers and negroes: suffered 30 severely that
under no circumstances will they allow the
control OF tho State Governments to fall into
| tho hands OF tho Southern Republican party as
| now organized.
The truth is that no State lying within the
| cotton belt will ever again be controlled by no.
| groes led by white carpet-baggers. II the bal
lots cast on election day forcshadowed such
| result. blood would flow at every poll. or the
| ballots would be cast aside. The feeling rs to
| the control OF tho State Governments remain
ing in the hands Of the nntive-born whites il so
| intense throughout the cotton States that there
is no use OF the Republicans attempting TO
carry those States so long as the Republican
party OF the North insists on regarding the
negroes as active political factors.
| The Republican leaders OF the North have
steadily striven to weld this mass OF ignorant
| klon MAJ int oaplil h.I aV1
| them to control the State elections They thus
forced on the Southern people n race issue.
| Tho only practical outcome OF this unwise at
tempt has been to band the Intelligence. wealth.
| and courage OF the cotton States into solid
body that can always be relied on to carry any
election by fraud or by violence. II necessary.
The leaders Of tho blacks are white ONCE
holders from tho North. Those men are dis
liked exceedingly by the Southern property
holders. They are looked upon enemies Of
the State who deliberately seek their personal
advancement by delivering the Government
into tho hands OF the blacks. These office
holders. assisted by the negroes they employ
rs clerks and Recommendation men most
| ly-are the leaders Of the Southern Republican
| party. The towns swarm with negro politi-
clans Of the Robert Small type who in great
measure control the appointments OF Fod-
eral oficeholdcrs. All tho negro preachers are
politicians Their work is to hold the field
hand negroes steady In the ranks. and to keep
them interested in the welfare OF the Republ-
can party. The political power the leaders Of
the Southern Republicans have ut Washington
is out OF all proportont to tho work they have
accomplished
negro. known to be q common thief and n
liar. and to be utterly devoid OF all moral prn-
| cipe. IL allowed to dictate Federal appoint
mcnts in, say. Missssissippi. He has ignorant
men appointed. men who have no interest
in the State. This angers the white men.
and would be Republicans are tainted with the
practical workings OF Republicanism. When
important Offices are to be filed. tho Admins
tration generally fills them with common.
coarse. vulgar men, Northern men mostly who
have traded at the cross roads with negroes or
who have planted In small way. and whose
manners are offensive to every decent man I'M
fortunate enough to bc brought in contact
with them, These men fill the subordinate po-
sitions with negroes.
Every political move the Republicans have
so%.se s White as m sr mors ry osehe
stead Of trying to divide the white party and
thus afrordlng the blacks protection in the OK
lily striyen to hold the races apart to nit one
aG9inst thu other 3h ~ long this Is continued
must OF necessity be split before tho cotton
material prosperity win follow,
in the South Sick q Bourbon rue. They lilly
appreciate the evils that arise from it, They
are aware that the onr6oG "a! are not moro hon
nessee and Alabama were and are to-day BOur-
bonsl ard they want the white men Of the cot
ton belt divided into evenly balanced parties.
good behavior. During, the summer months
aepcsaant ,icEst u as sSG they did run =" sonh
Missssippl-m to spi. the whits pa party
il possible. AS soon rs tho Republicans saw
and stupidity the back prenchors and poiiti..
clans and white ofliccholdrrs howed to the ne
grocs to stand by their color.
The news spread with the rapidty Of tighten
ing among the native-born whites! that the
Republicans wore crying aloud. g, Stand by
ranks ready to asht to the death II necessary
eady iormcl 1857 Ali that was M needed sas
10 so wise snt tow the sn %e4 iSs
Democrats party OF the south would haye
been =, thing OF the past What they did do
MOULDED oiIlceholdcr in the other. and with
them batter, the TANKS OF the dividing force
fear Of negro rule The natural result Of this his
political stupidity was that the South WAS. and
There Is no possibility of dividing the DEM
ocratic party Of the cotton States as long the
Todiyide the, party the Republicans must ut
teriy ignore tho claims the bucks make for .po-
litical rewards. Once let the fact be under
stood in the South that the Republicans are not
going to hoist negro Ofiicehoilers over the
southern people and that the blighing infiu-
cnce Of the negro politician and the Northern
oiiicehodpr is to cease and that day W i'll see
the solid South shivcred. Let the Offices in tho
South be filed by native white Republicans
ut the clerks and messengers be made Of these
men let 1t be understood that no negroes are
to he appointed. and the rule OF the Bourbons
will cease Until the Bourbons can be met at
the polls and on the stump by white men. po-
liticaiy their foes. and their equals in courage.
there can be but ono political party in this fair
Southern land. FRANK WILKEsoN.
Views OF an Intelligent southerser-Fraak
| WIikeson 10 Right.