National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-11-14

When the republican party sprang into
being it was looked upon with angry
hostility by thousands in tho north
who aftcrward Joined its ranks There
was nothing in tho antocedents of
either tho whg or democratic
party 20 establish limo of SYM
pathy with tho now organization.
But It was q party of ideas, and its
founders were men of intellect courage,
and persistence. They went among tho
people and laborcd from tho foundation
up. Their ideas were zcalously explained
and inculcatcd In school houses and at
cross roads. A dozen men wore sufficient
for an audience, for converts are easier
made from knot of sober listeners
than from Il large crowd of excited
people carried away with tho noise
and faniaronado of great cam
paign. The printing press was used
us powerful and effective ally, and men
were piled at their homes with news
papers and documents, replete with rea-
son, argument, appeal and statistics un-
I'll their judgment was touched. This
intelligent, earnest, single-spirited course
bore the fruit that must always reward
great effort based upon great ideas.
Wings and democrats alike, wore con-
vinced and converted, amy from small
band of devoted mon, looked upon with
contempt and dislike, the republican
party expanded and grew, until it cap
turcd the north and became one of the
most powerful political organizations
known in the history of the great re-
public,
There is abundant hostility to the re-
publican party in tho south to-day, but
no more than existed toward it in
the north in the days of its in
fancy. Nor is there any reason founded
upon the character of the southern
people that precludes the possibility
of obliterating such hostility to re-
publicanism as exists there. The
American of tho southern states may
differ in some slight particulars from his
northern brother, but he is of tho same
general stock, can be also reached by
well-considered argument, and may rs
we'll be converted to republicanism as
was tho latter quarter of century
ago.
1t is one OF the sins of omission for
which the republican party now suffers
that it has permitted the south TO become
solidly democratic without making any
serious effort to prevent it. There has
never beon any very good reason why the
party might not put the democracy upon
the defensive in such states as Tennessee,
North Carolina, Arkansas, and Missouri,
and even such state as Mississippi offers
hopeful field for missionary work.
1t is in order for the party to now turn
its face toward the solid south, and con-
slider how to destroy its solidarity by max
ing determined effort to convert its
white voters through the same kind of
work that captured the hearts Of tho peo.
pie of the north.
1t cannot but be noticed that in national
campaigns as they are now carried on,
the democracy, relying with implicit con-
tidence upon carrying all tho southern
states, do not feel under any necessity of
doing much campaign work in them. The
result of this feeling is that all the promi-
nent southern orators come north and labor
might and main in the close states, with
out paying any attention to their own
homes. Needing nothing at home, tho
southern democrats raise all tho money
they can and put it where 1t will do
their party the most good in the north
As an example, there is no doubt that
Indiana was carried this year by southern
money contributed in response to the ap-
peals of Voorhees, and other leading
Hoosier democrats. Fully 100000 was
sent into Indiana from tho south in the
last week of the campaign, with tho result
that the election found the democrats
with moro money than they could use,
while tho republicans did not have
enough to bring all their voters to the
polls.
If tho republicans will now arrange to
| begin an earnest, temperate, prOselyting
cultivation of the field lying fallow for
them in tho south, it will not be long
until the southern democrats will find
abundant employment at home for their
speakers and money. But it must be nc
superficial campaign on the part of the
republicans. If the party is built up
there by reaching and converting the
whites, it will have to be done by men
who are imbued with an enthusiastic be-
lief in the goodness of republican prin'
ciples, are willing to go to the people and
expound their belief, and Of ability
character, and standing sufficient t.
reach the intellect and win the respect o.
the southern voters.
There is abundant reason why tho re
publicans should attack the heart of the
democracy in the solid south, and there
is no reason why it should not. Republ
can orators and republican newspaper
sent there to make friendly appeal for
hearing would find it awarded to then
in time, and when the party makes up Ii
mind to undertake the work it will hav,
opened the road to q renewal Of its undls
puted control Of tho country.
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