The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-07-01

The Solid South 10 be Divided and
Four states Won for ths. R.lumed
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S ,ecal to the New York Herald.
RICHMOND, EA Jun o 22-Thc conference had
Il the Natural BRIDGE some time ago between
J lr Blaine, Col Pars' rs and other friends of the
.laine statesman, witt further conferences since
Icld there, and which have been mentioned in
he K,uM, are beginning to be productive of re-
us. Mr. Parsons, tie proprietor of The Natural
Bridge property, ha! just as intimate business
relations with Blaine "a ex-senator Henry Davis
ot West Virginia, ard is politically near t.
him .'teve Elkins. An extensive and vgor
Gus plan Of campaign has been agreed upon a.,
TO West Virginia, North Carolina, Florida and
Virginia. These four States have combine
electoral vote oi tlirtv-three, which, cast fc r
Blaine, would well high make up for The loss Ut
New York. AS far as can be ascertained II e
Blaine managers are shrewdy providing again It
the latter contingency in all of their plans aid
calculations. Col. Parsons who is a native Of
Vermont and for II any years a resident of W. st
Virginia and this state is now taking an acti ve
interest in pushing the Blaine canvass in b th
the Virgnias. Tie above named four Stat es,
selected to make / deep political inciSiOn into
the solid South, are considered by the Bla me
leaders close and susceptible OF being carried
by good management and an aggressive, we'll
conducted campaign. They claim that the in
flux of Northern Republican settlers into Flo ida
in the last four years has so largely increi .sed
the Republican vote that they will gain an asy
victory in that State. The contest for Congress
man-atlarge in North Carolina in 1882, they
say, shows that State to be close and doubtful,
and they believe that, with proper applic tion
Of the sinews of war and skllful tactics il can
he carried for ane. As for West Virginia, it
is confidently counted upon tor its six ele toral
votes next fall Blaine is said to have large
mining and railroad interests in West Vr ginia,
and consequently host of friends in both ,olti-
cal parties, who will do all they can to carry the
State for him.
The program me in regard to Virginia ia not
40 clearly defined. There seems 10 be II Ouble-
some hitch about the electoral ticket here Ma
hone. political factor, has not been 1t any
of the Blaine conferences, and does not ST EN- TO
have been ia Ken into their confidence as yet.
The straightOlts have an electoral ticket If their
own as well as the Malone Republicans, and
the Straightouis, it is rumored, will demand the
recognition o. portion of their electors, if not
one-half of them. The Straightout lea( ers are
quite reticent as to the course they will pursue
in the matte but it is pretty certain Il at they
will lay their claims before the Nationa Repub-
lican COmmi tee at its meeting in New York on
the Goth instant Until some settlement; of this
trouble is had the Virginia plan of campaign
will he held partially in allegiance. In t lc mean
time, however, BL.ine clubs are already formed
not only in Vest Virginia. but in the Old Do
miniOn itse t. The mining and the manufac-
turing districts are to be selected as the ground
| to be speedily operated upon. as they believe
| the "Pumd ID Knight" will make large acces-
| sions from the Democrats there. The clubs are
distnctvely Write clubs and black clubs. There
| is to be no mixture, and consequently no obec-
ton on acc cunt of race, color or previous CON
| dition. Tie same authority states thai several
of the most distinguished Northern Republican
| speakers / ad promised to come down and ad-
dress the reope in all of the four States, and tc
speak to iem in a manner in which they never
were spoken to before by Republicans This is
the flatter ng programme already laid down for
| the South anG the Democrats can act accord
ingly To be forewarned is to be forearmed