The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-11-16
Good for South and North.

II IL both proper and inevitable that tho
Southern States, to which Mr.. CLEVELAND
owes SO large n part VI the votes that have
Elected him. should exercise n considerable
Influence and power with his Administration.
That this influence will be proponderant, or
will even DO proportlonate to what might
Justly be claimed. does not seem probable.
But whatever may DO thought by inllamod
paitisans who can never forgive the South
for its refusal to bo Republican, tho admis-
sion OF tho South to share OF power and
responsibility in the Federal Administration
will, VIC are confident, provo benefit both
to the South and to the country.
The memory of political mlsrulo prevents.
and will perhaps long prevent. the white mon
OF the South from becoming Republicans.
but tho causes that make them almost oil
Democrats nro only temporary. The distrl-
button OF the Federal patronage will OF itself
produce quarrels and schisms among the
Southern Democracy, and the great sep
aration which must arise sooner or later In
the Democratic party as TO It's economic
policy. Is still more likely to break tho South
crn Democracy in twain In the North.
where the Democrats, united and with Rc-
publican assistance, have had tho utmost
difficulty in getting n plurality, the cvcrlast-
ing fight between the protcctionists and the
FREQ traders may DO patched up from time to
time; but in the South, where the party Is
inconvenlcntly large, this fight Is likely TO
be waged to the bitter end.
Tho rise OF manufacturing has produced
In many parts of the South strong prOtec-
ZIONIST feeling, which will grow as the indus
tries Of tho South grow. Tho cotton manu-
faclurcrs OF Georgia, tho sugar planters OF
Louisiana tho iron makers Of Alabama are
as firmly opposed to free trade as the most
thoroughgoing Pennsylvania protection
lists. At the same time, the South still re-
tains great share OF tho sympathy for FREQ
trade which 1t formerly manifested. On this
question alone division must arise and has
already arisen among the Southern Demo-
Gratis; and tho end is not yet.
When the Intelligent white men OF the
Southern States have ceased to belong OK
clusivoly to tho Democratic party, the
negroes will divide also. When the latter SEQ
that their fears are not realized, and that
they are as we'll treated under Democratic
rs under Republican rule, they will cease to
believe that their best interests depend upon
their adherence to one party.
creation OF an intelligent aud well-organizcd
opposition will be beneficial. To the whole
Democratic party such u result, even IL the
loss OF some Southern States should be In
volvcd, would not DO without compcnsations.
The Democracy might reasonably hope to
make up in the North whatever losses 1t
might suffer in the South. For tho whole
country it will be happy day whom tho
talk about tho solid South is stopped. The
South has had cause to be solidly opposed
to Republicanism; but it can divide under
Democratic rule with safety and honor.
The solid South will very probably give
tho national Administration some trouble
and the more rabid Republican journals
some cause for cloquence during the next
four years; but il 1t shows itself moderate
and capable, there will be moro Democrats
In tho North, even II there should be fewer In
the South.