Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-10-12

NILE in the South. wanted to protest
AGAINST the hand of the North falling too
: heavily on the PROSTATE and Impoverished
South. and after 20 protesting / think ! may
come here in a Southern State and talk Mtn
Won and reason. with you as regards what Is
best to be done in 1884.
IWe are now one nation-a united ana
bappy people, and believe you of the South,
mnci As YOU may have believe in the Con
toderacv thank God we are so. Ii the
national flag was in danger ] think you
would be
THE EQUAL OF THE NORTH
in going to its aid.
Il ask you in all fairness to consider the
old South Of the days Of slavery ana free
trade and contrast it it with the new South
of freedom and protection. ! shall ask You
TO contrast the budding and poisoning IN
dustries of your aeighboring States with
the stagnation of anti-bellum times. Ii you
desire true prosperity to continue, say
you will be compelled 10 champion the cause
of that great American and friend of labor
and protection James G. Blaine. Cheers.
And this not alone because he is the friend
of labor; not alone because he is the friend
of protection, but in sustaining him you
will sustain man who has large and lib
eral views regarding the South-a man who
wants the old line drawn between the North
and South obiterated To prove this will
read the following from his letter OF ae'
ceptance:
THE SOUTH.
81 recognize, not without regret, the ne
cessity for speaking of two sections OF our
common country. But the regret dlmln-
ishes when see that the elements which
separated them are fast disappearing
Prejudices have yielded ana are yielding,
while growing cordialty warns the
Southern and the Northern heart alike.
Can anyone doubt that between the sec
tons confidence and esteem are to-day
more marked than at any period in the
sixty years preceding the election of Presi.
dent Lincoln? This is the result in part OF
time and in part of Republican principles
applied under the favorable conditions OF
uniformity. 1t would be great calam-
ity to change these influences under which
Southern Commonwealth are learning to
vindicate civil rights, and adapting them
selves to the condition Of political tran
guilty and industrial progress. If there
be occasional and violent outbreaks in the
South against this peaceful progress, the
public opinion of the country regards them
as exceptional and hopefully trusts that each
will prove the last.
The South needs capital and occupa-
ton, not controversy. AS much as any
part of the North the South needs the full
protection of the revenue laws which the
Republican party offers. Some OF the
Southern States have already entered upon
a career of industrial development and
prosperity. These, at least, should not lend
their electoral vote to destroy their own
future
ANY effort to unite the Southern States
upon issues that grew out Of the memories
Of the war, will summon the Northern States
10 combine in the assertion of that nation
alty which was their inspiration in the
Civil struggle. And thus great energies
which should he united in a common N.
!ustrial development will be wasteo in
hurtful strife. The Democratic party
hop> itself foe to Southern prosperity By
.lways invoking and urging Southern po-
Gticai consolidation. Such a policy
1uenches the rising instinct Of patriotism in
he heart of the Southern youth; il revives
and stimulates prejudice; it substitutes the
spirit OF barbaric vengeance for the love OF
peace, progress and harmony.
as that the language ola man
WHO HATES on THE SOUTH?
Or is it the language of a statesmsn-a
man knowing no man but as a brother.
Can any of you who came here to cheer for
Cleveland as some OF you did, ever find q
sentence which fell from his dull and lead.
ened lips, that equals what have just read :
A voice Not one. There is nothing on
record as coming from him, excepting a few
lines in his letter Of acceptance. God hates
coward, and whatever mistakes you have
made, the Southern people, like God, also
hate coward. Cheers. James 6. Blaine
is 10 coward Every man knows where he
stands on the question Of protection, and |
ask you in all solemnity, if that is not the
vital question of this campaign.
The speaker then went into criticism
Of Governor Cleveland's veto Of the bilsl in.
creasing the wages of New York pilots and
reducing the hours of labor Of street car
drivers passing from that to a considera-
ion Of England as free trade nation. III
sou come from the other side OF the Allan.
tic TO escape the deadly free trade policy Of
England, he said, then cast your ballots
on this side in opposition to it. know
you are told Of the blessing Of free trade;
It has been preached to you that it is better
o buy where you can buy the cheapest,
but we tried that policy for many long
years in Ireland, with what CHASTITY results
every Irshman knows, and in India, where
the same doctrine prevails, $4,000, 900 peo
pie have died Of starvation"
THE FAMINE OF l847
in Ireland was then pictured, followed by
an appeal to vote for Blaine as q means OF
arresting any such distress in this country
after which the speaker went into statistics,
he figures tending to show the great ad-
vancement the South had made under pro
lection. He claimed the Democracy had
left its time honored principles in its zeal to
pattern after England. Thomas Jefferson
was protectionist, Andrew Jackson was a
protectionist, and even the last poor, weak
minded man they had in the White
House knew enough to be a protectionist.
Not only has the Democratic party deserted
its old leaders, but it has deserted its new
ones. Men like Samuel j. Randall and
Allen G. Thurman, who have given their
best years TO the cause, have been passed
by and the party has fallen down and wor,
SHIPPED fatted calf
Mr.. Sullivan was followed by Hon Eu.
gene Seeeer, who spoke partly in English
and partly in German, exciting considerable
amusement at times.