National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-06-27


laboring force in the principal cotton states.
They are there TO STAY and must
be made the best OF by wise aud Just treat
ment.n
IGNORANCE Is bliss.
Gen. Schurz writes Of the many new in
dustries in the south, cotton mills, iron
mines, and the like, and attributes all these
to development OF new ideas In the people,
instead of telling the truth about it, and say
ing thatthese things are the result Of the en-
torprsc Of northern men, and the advent Of
northern and European capital. He must
have known the facts but, has suppressed
them to enable him to play the sycophant
to southern people Ninety-nine dollars
out Of every hundred invested In southern
railroads and iron industries came from
abroad, aud Gen. jSchtirs kn0igS II, or he Is q
remarkably ignorant man. The increased
production Of cotton and tobacco IA merely
the natural increase In proportion TO the
increase of people.
THEY OUGHT TO ne SATISFIED.
"There has been q suspicion rpised at ti,o
north that this loyal garb ia put ON by
southern men merely for the purpose OF
concealing secret disloyal Designs" says
Gen. Schurz, and he then devotes some
pages to combating this idea. lie says tho
white people Of the south are honest In
their professions and satisfied with the CON
dition Of affairs. They arc. They have
complete control Of their state govern
ments The enumeration Of the negroes
rs citizens gives them largely increased
vote In the House of Representatives of
Congress and I'm the electoral college, thus,
with the aid OF a few friends in the north,
giving them supremacy IN both those bodies
aud the control Of the nation. Why should
they not be satisiied9
GaI.
principles OF the Democratic partyn have
become ohscured by the new ideas which
have sprung up, and that the "Virginia and
Kentucky resolutions Of 179S" and "strict
construction have been weakened In their
influence. Let him read the platforms OF
the Democratic state conventions or the
speeches OF Democratic members Of Con-
gress. He says that southern men are In
clined Sin practice" to "too looson con-
struction Of the constitution. Perhaps
this Is intended rs a mild rcbuko of the
practices described on pages nine and ten,
gcuURz AS A uUMolIsT.
Gen. schurz is humorist, or he would
certainly never have written q sentence
which Is found on page %, Speaking
OF the fears entertained by the negroes Of
democratic rule, he says i" In fact, us soon
rs the result Of the late presidential election
became known In the south, very many OF
the former slaves went to their former
masters TO offer themselves anew for SER
viye." This was either intended forhumor,
ul II can only be answered MS was the boys
conmdrum. lie snid "That boy is my
brother and that girl is my sister, but they
are not brother and sister, The correct
answer to this conundrim was 1.-THE boy
told lle.r
But most of all Gen. SEIZURE loves, IN the
"New SOUTH" to affirm the unfllnching
loyalty of the people Of that section. Again
and again he reiterates this proposition,
though he qualities 1t by intlmating that
1.-THE old flag and an appropriation are
wanted together. Race antagonisms" are
to disappear in this political Utopia which
the general has been imagining. The lion
and the lamb are to lie down together-the
lamb inside, as usual. .
have not attempted TO follow Gen.
Schurz closely through his thirty-two pages
Of the "New South, but have only touched
upon some of the salient points presented.
Taken as whole the book can best be de-
scribed In a single word. In Maryatps
novel, "Peter Simple" one day Peter over
heard his friend, O'Brlen, and one of the
subaltern officers Of the ship in converse
ton. After time he asked O'Brien what
the officer meant by talking In the way he
did. "oh,n said o'Brlen, ,'that is flap
doodle.n "What is ilapdoodlew said
REFER '9HU 20 Jtcu JOOtS on was lne un-
swer. "Flapdoodle"' is the single word
wanted to describe Gen. SchurZ's "New
South"
AS said in the beginning OF this article
writer could be Judged most fairly by
comparison with himself. shall now APP
ply that rule to Gen. Schur2 by giving ex-
tracts from the sold South" and the ''New
South" Before doing so II would be proper
to state the sources OF information the au-
thor had in each case.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION.
OF course his own observation in each
trip through the country. In the 'New
South" we are left somewhat in the dark as
to sources. Page 70 alludes to some
~ heard off, &C.; page ID, "Southern So
cietyn Is spoken Of, and on 10, "Many q
southern man who had been active in the
rebellion.n ga young southernor" grad
uated at Hartford, whose 'father was a
confederate general is found on page IS.
"White and colored people alike" are made
responsible for statements on page24. "An
intelligent colored Politician appears ON
pages 20 and q, and is made the mouth
piece of his race. a.
These are the authorities quoted by Gen.
Schurz in the "New SOuth,n but any one
who is at all familiar with southern news
papers manufactured for northern consump-
tion will readily see where Gen. SEIZURE oh
tanned this information 2IS for his work.
The sold Southn contains forty-six
pages written by Gen. Sehurz and sixty
pages Of documentary testimony to sus-
tain the views expressed and the facts
stated by the author. Among the signera
of these papers find the names of Maj.
Gen. Q. A. Gilmore, Maj. Gen. John p.
Hatch, Mai. Gen. Steadman, Brig. Gen.
John Il. Croxton, Mai Gen, Z. II. s. Candy,
Brig. Gen. Thomas Kilby Smith, Mai. Gen.
p. Joseph 0sterhous, Mai. Gen. Charles X.
Woods Col. Charles II. Gilchrist, and o
large number Of other officers. Besides
these statements Gen. Sehurz gives num-
Der Of speeches, extracts from newspapers
laws passed by states, ordinances of towns,
cities, and counties, all Of which sustain
Gen. Schur2 and proves what he states TO be
true.
The public can judge in which instance
the authorities quoted are most to be re-
lied on.
HOW THE SOUTHERN PEOPLE WERE CLASH
FLED.
In the "Old Southn Gen. Schurz divided
the southern people, outside Of Unionist'
| and negroes, into four classes First, the mer
| who submitted only to force but had sense
enough to see "the irreverslble changes pro
| duced by the war, and honestly endeavor Il
| accommodate themselves to the new order
| of things" Second, those ''who are ready
| TO make any ostensible concession thai
| would enable them to have the states re-
| stored without delay. Third, 'the incorri
| gibles, who prosecute Union men and ne
groes when they can do so with impunity'
He says: "This element is byno means I'm
| important; 1t is strong in numbers;
addresses itself directly and necessarily L
the passions and prejudices of the masses
| and commands The admiration Of tn
tUonea" But it is the fourth class II
which Gen. Sehurz compliments The
ofathe multitude Of The people lev who bay,
no definite ideas about the circumstance