Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-05
.Instice FieId,s Letter.

1t Is a little remarkable that nobody
seems 70 have thought Of Justice stephen
J. Field a. a Presidential candidate
lately. He was a candidate in 1850,
though not a very prominent one. Itseems
that he has not forgotten that he had
Presidential aspirations. In fact 1t looks
very much as il he wanted TO lead the
Democratic party 10 victory in 1854
He has written a letter 10 MI. William
1. Rovau. which 10 the average reader ap-
naa-s like a lid for the Democratic Presi-
Dental nomination. He opens his epistle
hv stating that his candidacy in 1880 was
not OF his own seeking. He was urged.
il seems. to let his name 90 be-
fore the convention 10y those who
thought that he could do something
10 bring the North and South into better
relations with each other. 1t is little
curious that the politicians are all the
while talking about bringing the North
and south into more harmonious rela-
tions. As far as anybody can see the two
sections are getting along very well To-
gether. The people trade with each
other and ENJOY close political
and social relations. Southerners 20
North IN the summer and leave respect
able amount Of their spare cash, an
NOrtherners come south in the winter and
seem To enjoy themselves pretty well.
The south isn't demanding anything in
particular. and doesn't appear 10 want
anything that she doesn't get. The rights
or privileges or claims Of the North don't
appear 10 be interfered with in any way by
the south. The North is prosperous, and
the South seems to be glad Of it, and
/ the press Of the North certainly
/ appears TO be making good deal Of a
f satisfactory sort of a noise about the
/ wonderful prosperity Of the South. There
I are no issues and no iTrecOncilable differ
\ ences between the two sections. Now
and then some extreme newspaper OF one
section OF the other says some
+ thing in a rather Incorporate way,
/ but these papers do not represent
the great masses Of the people OF
/ either section. The relations Of the
! two sections are probably a. good to-day
as they were at any time during the forty
wears which Immediately preceded the
war. But To return to Justice Fields let
ter: He SAYS that he is in favor Of reor-
| ganiZing the Supreme Court, 50 that busi-
ness can he dispatched without such long
DELAYS. He is an advocate Of a proper sys-
TEN Of Ieyees along the Mississippi river,
and ne thinks the leyees ought to be
/ built so big and strong that they would
last for ages. and would not
only keep the channel Of the
river from shifting. but
would prevent overflows. He believes in
revision Of the tariff. but he wants a
tariff that gives incidental protection to
our industries. He Is very emphatic in
his belief that the unjustly levied cotton
\ tax. amounting to something like seventy
millions Of dollars, ought 10 be returned
! to the South. lie admits that it would be
difficult to find the parties who are
entitled 10 the tax. Tie avoids this
/ difficulty. however, by saying that
| il ought TO be distributed among
| the cotton States. Taken all in
all the letter is strong bid for South
/ ern support for the Presidency. Justice
| Fields tariff views are probably in har-
monv with those which Will be enter
1 tanned by a majority Of the Democratic
National Convention. His levee views
will lind strong Endorsement in the lower
Mississippi Valley. His belief that the
| cotton tax ought to be returned Will be
/ approved by all the cotton States. Justice
I Field is an able. earnest, and an honest
man, but a. yet there are no indications
/ that any considerable portion Of the
American people are anxious to see him
! i'm the White House.