Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-11

smooth words OF southern atkscI : /. - AAe"
addressed 10 the color ed people. IseSe
journals spell future with a large I when
they prOphesy about the coming history
Of the race which they have cursed ana
kicked with pleasant alienation lot
generations. Ine ballot IA me otatA
mans hand. or which would e In Il i mol
stolen from him by Bourbon TICKS makes
him worth c0nciliatinS. II the colered
voter would agree 10 carry the Demo
cratic ticket his prospects would improve
amazingly. The Savannah NEWS talks
mellihu0usly in this way;
r.. There are those IN the Republican party
who were Jealous IN c0uferrsng suffrage upon
the ueEro. who Would gladly see nun detrsNeA
ni *. since he can no longer = lei 10y lhe nsse
90 tie viii II the Radical leaders but, = Jar
as the southern Democracy IS cunccfne4t. me
uezro j. safe On the eVerci~e OF MS sunrage.
subject 10 Stale regulations. lie counts Tor
Ia1 much 60 eliminate hlm lrom the factors
thar make uD the political strength Of the
south ia tAe Federal councils ami IN the
Electoral college
The paragraph quoted from the News.
states two Well known facts. First,
thai there Is a growing coincidence
on the part OF numerous Republicans NJ
the North. more or less eminent in the
opinions once strongly ay0wed by Oliver
Z. Morton and John \. Andrew. that the
negro l. untitled for suffrage: and. sec
ond. that there i no wish on the part Of the
southern Democracy 10 deprive the ne
.ro II the ballot. since his enfranchise-
ment increases the political strength Of
this section.
Our esteemed contemporary may dis
pute either statement, but it cannot do so
successfully.
Furthermore. We would inform our con-
temporary that the negro i agreeing 10
carry the Democratic ticket more and
more from year To year, and pretty much
for the same reason that Massachusetts
factorv hands are wont to carry the Re
publican ticket. Need We remind our or
thOdOX contemporary that the in
terests Of employer and employed are
identical:" or does this truth hold good
north Of Mason and DixOn's line exclu-
~iyely: We would. however, invite the
attention Of our valued contemporary 10
some recent utterances of Mr.. A. W.
Campbell. a gentleman Of some promi-
nence in the late Chicago convention, and
editor Of that sterling Republican sheet,
the Wheeling Iateliigeacer.
Mr.. Campbell has discovered for him
self what sort Of party the Republican
party Of the south is; and tells his broth
CT Republicans just what he learned con-
corning it. says Mr.. Campbell:
at is unnecessary to say that practi-
cally the white people Of the South are
solid against Southern mot Northern
Republicanism. indeed there is no Re
l publican party down here to speak Of out
side Of a few white politicians and the ne
ornaE III fher1 oyer was ono il X dead |
/ see no signs Oft anywhere. / occasionally
meet "a Northern man or woman who is a
| Republican, real Old-time One-but they
/ are passive, and for the reason that they
don't admire and will not affiliate with
/ such Republicanism as has existed here.
l am strengthened inmy conviction that
l the South must become an Independent
! field i'm politics. and that the cOlOred man
must divide his vote among candidates.
/ In this way his vote will be counted: and
Malone, Chalmers, and other like indie
pendents will spring up, who viii act
with the Republicans in Congress. The
/ darky cannot run his machine alone"
Mr.. Campbell neglects to state that the
negro has already begun to divide his
| vote, but We take it that our contempt
/ rary would desire more acceptable types
/ Of Independentism than Chalmers or Ma
/ hone. Cant is played out. If the
| South is 10 be divided, the Re
| publican party must dissolve and give
| place TO party with a creed that the peo-
| pie Of this section can contrast fayorably
with Democracy. Until that is done. the
! people of this section must remain solid
for the sake Of their safety and prosperi-
| ". These essentials they can only find in
supporting Democracy. They have no
/ other choice, and the negroes are fast
coming to think alike with the whites.
Commissioner of Pensions Dudley has
/ notified Mr.. Rounds, the Government
Printer, that the list Of pensioners Of the
United States is ready for the compost
! tors, and it is probable that the work Of
| printing this document will begin July l,
1888. In response to the demand for this
information, Congress at its last session
authorized its printing as an executive
1 document for distribution. The Pension
Bureau, however, has delayed furnishing
the manuscript till this time, in order that
necessary corrections may be made up to
, January l. 1SS}. An idea may be formed
Of the extent OF the work when it is stated
that forty-eight volumes Of 900 pages each
Will be required to fulfill the COngressiOn-
al enactment. 1t will give a complete
list Of all the names on the pension rolls.
The formal opening Of the Brooklyn
bridge on the oath instant viii he made
the occasion OF big display. President
Arthur, Gov. Cleveland, Gen. Grant and
"a half dozen or 80 Mayors will be present,
and two regiments Of soldiers Will be
posted upon the structure. The main
streets in New York and Brooklyn lead
ing to the bridge, as well as the shipping
in the harbOr. will De dressed with flags,
and at night a grand illumination with
electric and other lights will take place,
the whole winding up with pyrotechnic
display from the bridge. Hon. Abram ;.
Hewitt will deliver the grafton. The in
vited guests and the city officials will
march at noon in a body from the City
Hall in New York and cross the bridge,
where President Kingsley will deliver the
structure to the Mayors of the two cities.
Noting Mrs. Stoves remarks upon the
South's industrial outlook, the Baltimore
Sun succinctly says that every month
the area Of employment in the South has
been widened and extended. Cotton fac
tories have been multiplied in North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and
Alabama, and the iron industries in the
latter state have been marvellous in their
growth. Virginia and Tennessee, too,
have kept pace with the enterprises which
have been stimulated around them.
while In Texas and the southwest, the
march has been steadily onward, and the
development of Florida has created an
industrial centre for the Gulf States, the
influence Ofwhich is being widely felt.
The following statement Of the foreign
commerce Of the United States shows how
trade has stood i'm the first quarter of 1888,
as compared with the same period in 1882:
Exports. 1888. lSSl-2.
December -.....-.-.. s92. $50, O2G 81. o6I, 642
January ...-......-..... S0.3SO. 253 64.92l,05l
February ...-. ~. 1856, 239 5000. 533
March .......... ---..- 77,6J0.374 G2.6l3.S72
Imports. 1888. lSSl-2.
December .-......-.... SO, 500.349 So. 337 GO2
January ..........-- ...-. j6,947,54 1886 224
February .... ...... 56.30O,5ls 5S,s26.926 |
March -.--... 90, 49,. 81 6s,G03 sol
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