New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-19

men Of the North. With the Southern Democracy
triumphant III their States and In the Natoh 'ho
negro will be be compelled TO work for Just sucn
wages as the whites may decree wages which VIII
ainornt as did the supplies of the slaves 10 pare
subsistence, equal in cash perhaps to 80 cents per
day if averaged over the entire South. The WHITE
laborer of tho North will soon feel the dis-
tinctive effect of this upon his own wages.
The Republicans have clearly seen from the carries.
days of reconstruction that wages III tne ''u."
must be raised 10 just recompense OF the lao1iIi,
or wages in the North runousy lowered ana ,he .he
party have steadily worked for tne Inc o I"fn n motion
duced which years ,aEorng ago Mr' men m'n'0,5d of
the North Will prov hostile TO their in6epenue'ofe
and will inevitably lead TO runous reuuction VI
wages. mere difference IN the color Oh 1ant ana n
will not suffice TO maintain an entlreiy uucici..
standard of wages in contiguous and acJacent
states and the voluntary will be compe leu ,,o bo
yield 70 the hson go oready deprived by
the Democratic party of their constitutional @ ahu
legal right as citizens of the United states, una,
they regard the advent of that party to Natloniii
power as the signal of their re-enslavemeh,
and are affrighted because they thhh aii
legal protection for them is gone.
POLITICS OF THE SOUTH.
Few persons in the North realize how completely
the chiefs of the Rebellion WELD the political power
which has trlumphed in the late election. II is a
tors who come from the States OF
the late Confederacy al-and mean ! without
a single exception personally participated III the
rebellion against the National Government III IS q
still more significant act that IN those Sta'es no
who was oval to the Unlon no mater t ,;iH nHw
strong Democrat he may be to-day, mas thc Slight
est chance of political promotion. .. :.
The one great avenue 10 honor III tnat secuon -
the record of Jealous service in the war ag 'lnst
the Government. 1t is certainly an astonnd1
ing fact that the section IN when II ifle'ifs its
trial and agony is still political experimentation
should be called now to rule over the Cnlon,;
of the "n'S generaiop 'nS p"'h that fought the war
and elevated into practical command oi ho .ho
American Government the identical men w.o WIZ.
organized for Its destruction and plunged rs @ INTO
the bloodiest contest of modern times. nave
spoken of the South as placed by the iate eecI
tion in possession of the Goyernmeni,, ana rba
south furnished nearly three-fourths of the
electoral votes that defeated the acpnbcan party
and they VIII step to nS ,aS al as they they
held the same position for thirty years before the
Civil War.
POLITICAL EQUALITY A NECESSITY
Gentlemen there cannot he political inequality
among the citizens of n free Republic; there cannot
be n minority of white men III the South
ruling a majority of white men in the
North Patriotism sci Prospect, pride, protection
for person aud safety for country all cry out against
it, The very thought of II stis the blpu'i oi incn
who inherit equality from phsIlniN WV h'''
stood ON plymuuth Rock and from interviewing
| patriots who came to the Delaware WITH William
Penn II becomes the primal question oi American
manhood. IT demands hearing aud settlement,
and that settlement will indicate the equality oi
American citizens in all personal aud civil rights
1t WILL at least, establish the equality "f whltc
mon under the National Government. AMI VIII rlvo
10 the Northern man who fought to preserve the
linton. an large u voice IN ia Govetnncnt nS may
he exercised hy tho Southern man, who Fought 10
destroy the Union, "
The contest lust closed utterly dwatis the
fortunes aud fate of candidates. whether success
| iul or unHucccssiul. Furporry may say inHinc'
| tiVcly-i have discussed the lAsnre nnd con'o-
| queuccs of that contest without reference !"
NV own defeat, without the icmotest reference 10
the pont cman who Is elevated 10 The Presidency.
towards him personally | have no cause for tho
slightest i'll viii, aud 10 In with corliaIity express
the wish that his official career may prove
gratifying 10 himself and beneficial to
Ihc c0untry and that his admins
tratlon NAV overcome the embarrassnlcntS which
the peculiar source OF its power imposes upon 1t
from the hour of its birth.
At the conclusion of Mr. Barne's speech he in
vted the large crowd Dto his house, and for nearly
an hour an informal reception was he d. as hun
dreds after hundreds passed through the rooms
The greetings especially friendly and cordial.