Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-07
THE OLD NORTH STATE.
senator kansOm's Understanding of Its
Political Prospects.

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Senator Matt Ransom. of North Caro
lima, is in the city attending to bnsinas.
connected with the Potomac flats i'm
proYements. In answer to a question
! concerning the claim of the RepublicanS
Ito the old North State" in the nevt
Presidential election the Senator spoke as
| follows: 0i''N' 'S
''North Carolina is a Democratic State
will go Democratic in 1884, and there Is
no foundation for the impression which
| the Republicans seek to create that they
can capture the State next wear. They
raised the same cry in the last two can
vases, and may affect little more conf
dence at present because the last Demo-
cratic majority on the popular vote was
small. The prohibition question had been
voted ON in 1881, the excitement incident
10 that issue had not died out, and enter
ed greatly into the canvass. That issue
is now settled and our people are cen
erally united, the action of the last Leois-
lature having taken it entirely out of the
political field. VIZ
How does North Carolina regard the
Republican party in its national charac-
ter and pOlicy?" asked the Post.
"Ihe people of North Carolina said
the Senator, "love constitutional govern
ment; are intensely devoted to their
rights and have no idea of outside inter-
terence with their affairs. This is the
traditional character of a people cool,
calm and slow in coming to their cOncIu-
sl0nS, but firm and determined i'm main
tanning them. Any attempt of the
Federal Administration to carry this State
Oy the abuse OF Its patronage will be re-
Sented and will recOil on the Republican
party which, as we understand it at pres
ent, represents this policy. North Caro-
INA has been less Influenced bv Federal
patronage than any State in the Union.
Her people are not office seekers. and they
Will never consent to have their power
transferred to Washington to be admin
istered by what you call bosses."
What are the business relations of the
South to the Republican partyY'
"Ihere has been great deal said about
the progressive spirit of the Republicans.
but all the present prosperity in that sec
tiOn is owing to Democratic rule. for
everybody is aware that the Republicans
are only known there by the friAhtftlI and
ruinous track of the carpet-bagger. Since
the Democrats have gained ascendancy
business has improved in every way, and
all eur resources have been started into
development. The farms, the factories.
the railroads, the schools, the credit, public
and private, in fact all the elements of n
peoples prosperity are thriving under the
Democratic rule. Why should there be a
change backward to the party which has
left blight on the land and WHY should
anybody not look forward, hopefully, to a
National Democratic victory in 1884? The
relations of the two races are satisfactory
to both, and continuance of this happy
state of affairs precludes any chances
for recurrence to Republicanism.
Certainly recent events in Virginia afford
no inducements to join anv such coalition
as has prevailed in that State. Our peO-
pie had enough of the Republican party
in 1868. 1869, 1870, and the experiment i'm
Virginia has accomplished nothing to
break the established precedent of evil
which Republican domination in the
South has brought to every State in which
it was tried"
Are there any divisions among the
North Carolina Republicans? ?"
''The people outside the State overlook
the fact that there are greater dissensions
III the republican ranks than in ours: for
hundreds of Republicans last year refused
to vote the coalition ticket. But there
can be no solid ana conservative charac
ter to the Republican party in the South.
Its elements are bad, and it makes dis
credltable uses OF its opportunities. 1t
seeks to disturb the natural relations
between labor and capital. and insti
tutes the rule of the discontented and
turbulent. This is all false to the
spirit of American business and Dro
gress, and it may be stated as fact that
republicans of character in the North.
who are not interested in the absolute
partisan politics, would not consent to
see the South turned over again to their
own party. That is the simple, hard fact.
The North is interested in the deveIop-
ment of the South. The time has come
when this feeling is paramount to preiu-
dice, and the whole country wishes to see
honor and credit maintained in that sec
ton. The Republican party did not do it.
and that is why North Carolina will not
try any more in hers.''