Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-21
The Mission Of the Solid south.

whether CLEVELAND he elected or not -
81 we firmly believe he will be elected
there are ircidcpt,l developments OF tho
campaign which are Of immense advantage
10 the South. Not the least important OF
these developments is the fact that iust'cc
Is being done our people. The leading
papers at the North arc beginning to un'
derstand the truth and TO tell it-begin-
ming 10 Tive all that tho South has ever
asked IN her yindicsticn, and thai Il facts.
The Philadelphia Times. In an article on
"why The South Is solid." says:
There Is a constant campaign cry against
tbe . solid SOUTH In every important con-
i,st. but those who clamor for divided
soulh siudiously conceal the fact that every
property, industrial, educational, and pro
cressiye interest Of the southern States
demands Democratic administration. Re.
publican rule in the south left one vast sea
OF debt and desolation, and Republican
capitalists would to-day withdraw their in
yes,ments II they apprebended restoration
a the only Republican authority that the
South could furnish.
. The Times then takes up the cise OF
North Carolina and gives the rate OF taxa
ton, cost Of legislation, aud expenditures
for common schools In that State for a
series Of years. From this IL shows that
Republican government In North Carolina
collected exhorbiiant taxes, spent eight
times rs much In legislation as Is now ex-
pended. and left in 1869 nothing for COM
mon schools; while under Democratic
government taxation has been reduced to
nothing, and the appropriations for
schools increased from nothing in 1869 and
s42,s62 In 1870 to s2S9,2l3 the first year
and steadily thereafter, until the present
appropriation reaches s725,0O0. And upon
these figures the Times comments as fol
lows:
These are the reasons why North Caro-
Ina. the most liberal aud conservative OF
the southern States, cannot vote Republic
can, and the same reasons prevail In every
southern State In the early future the
southern people will divide on political and
economic issues, and the solid South will
be broken; but as loEg as nothing better
than n restoration Of carpet-bag and negro
rule can be offered them: as long as the
Chalmers and the Mahones are presented by
the intelligent and business Republican or.
ganization ofthe North as the leaders OF the
new South, Just so long will there be a solid
South. It Is choice between public theft
aud decentralization on the one side and
honest Bourbonlsm on the other side, aud
theft will not win with people already i'm
poverished by Its shameless record OF waste
and crime.
Forcible language this, but true every
word OF It. Now the solid South proposes
to help the honest men Of the North to do
for the whole country what she has done Tor
herseli-riG 1t OF corruption. extravaganza,
and profigacy; rid 1t OF the vampires that
have been sucking the very li'e.blood out OF
the nation: rid 1t OF the oflice-holdlng elec-
tion.bribers who are supported while en-
gagged in their neiarious werk upon The peo-
ple's money; rid 1t OF party that claims a
preseriptive right toadminister the Governl
ment, and through a prostituted Fedora
judicial system appoints thieves, slug
gers, and blackmailers deputy marshals
aud sends them out on election-days
to shoot down peaceful citizens at the bal
lot-box. The solid South has mission in
the interest of honesty. reform, good gov
eminent. peace, patriotism, and the Con-
stitution. When this mission Is accom-
plished the South will divide, but not
until then. II would be sad day for the
country were 1t TO divide sooner. The
course Of the philadelphia Times and that
OF the other Independent Republican papers
during this canvass show very plainly that
they and those for whom they speak at
last recognize this fact.