The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-11-29

ity will attach to the Northern white man as
odously as ever Norman noble stamped IL
upon Saxon churl
INTERESTING TO NORTHERN LABoRERs.
This subject is OF peculiarly deep interest
TO the laboring men of the North. With the
Southern Democracy triumphant in their
states and the Nation, the negro will be com
PEELED to work for just such wages as the
whites may decree-wages which will
amount as did the supplies of slaves, to a
bare subsistence, equal in cash to perhaps
entire south. The white laborer I'm the
North will soon feelthe destitute effect ofthis
upon his own wages. The Republicans have
structlon that wages in the South must be
raised to n just recompense of the laborer or
wages in the North ruinously lowered, and
the party have steadily worked for the for
mer result. The reverse influence will now
be set in motion, and that condition of
affairs produced which years ago
boring men OF the North will prove
hostile to their independence, and will in
evitably lead to ruinous reduction of wages.
mere difference of color of skin will not
suffice to maintain an entirely different
standard of wages in contiguous and adj@
cent states and the voluntary will be com
PEELED to yield to the involuntary. SO com
pletely have colored men in the south been
already deprived by the Democratic party OF
their constitutional and legal rights as ctti-
zens of the United states that they regard
the advent OF that party to National power
as a signal of their re -enslavement, and are
aHrlghted because they think all legal pro-
lection for them is gone.
CONFEDERATE RULE.
Few persons in the North realize how com
pletely the chiefs of the rebellion WELD the
political power which has triumphed in the
late election. 1t is portentious fact that
Democrattc senators who come from states
without single exception-al personally
participated In rebellion against the National
government. 1t Is IA still more significant
n in Stnfa rl,n x.rn1
loyal to the Union, no matter how strong "a
Democrat he may be to day, has the slightest
chance OF political promotion. The one great
avenue to honor In that section is n record
OF Jealous service in the war against the Gov
eminent. 1t is certainly an astounding fact
that the section, in which friendship for the
Union in the day of its trial and agony was
political disqualification, should be called
now to rule over the Union. All this takes
place during the lifetime of the generation
that fought the war; and 1t elevates to the
practical command of the American Govern
ment the identical men who organized for
IT'S destruction and plunged us into the
bloodiest contest of modern times. have
spoken of the south as placed by the late
and mean all that my words imply. The
South furnished nearly three -fourths of the
electoral votes that defeated the Republican
party, and they will step to the command OF
the Democrats as unchallenged and as un-
restrained as they held the same position for
thirty years before the war.
THERE MUST BE EQUALITY OF RIGHT.
Gentlemen, there can not be political in.
equality among the citizens of free repub-
lie. There can not be a minority of white
men in the south ruling majority of white
men in the North. Patriotism, self-respect,
pride, protection for the person and safety
for the country all cry out against it, The
very thought of ii Stirs the blood of men who
inherit equality from the Pilgrims who first
stood on Plymouth Rock, and from the lib
erty-loving patriots who came to the Della
ware with William Penn. 1t becomes primal
question OF American manhood. 1t demands
a a md n
ment will vindicate the equality of American
citizens in all personal and civil rights 1t
Will at least establish the equality of white
men under the National Government, and
Will give to the Northern men who fought to
preserve the Union large a voice in it's
Southern man who fought to destroy the
Union.
The contest just closed utterly dwarfs the
fortunes and fate of candidates., whether
successful or unsuccessful. Purposely-Imay
say instinctively-I have discussed the issues
and consequences of that contest without
reference to my own defeat-without the re-
eVated to the Presidency. Toward him, per-
soDally, have no cause for the slightest ILL.,
Will, and it is with cordially i express the
wish that his official career may prove graft
tying to himself and beneficial to the coun-
try, and that his administration may over
come the embRrrassmentS which the peculiar
source of its power imposes on it from the
hour of its birth"
At the conclusion of Mr.. Bane's speech he
Invited the large crowd into his house, and
for nearly an hour an informal reception
was held, the hundreds of people passing
through the rooms. The greetings were es.
pecially friendly and cordial.