The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-10-29
THE RED RAG.

whom the bloody shirt has Disguised:
The board Of trade of Rome, Georgia,
sendf out a circular inviting northerners to
settle in their city. 1t declares that in poll
tics, everything is serene and harmonious
and then throws out the following signi-
fcant hint:
one but the most willful and false hearted
partisan would say anything SO utterly un-
true as that mans politics will stand in
way OF his commercial prosperity. or his
focal enjoyment, mnle&s he n,ak.s politics his
rorthy cf good and p.acs-sceking citizen.
In this state, as in other states. politicians
can breed for themselves dislike and sus-
picion.
According to the Georgia idea. voting the
republican ticket is condition unworthy
Of a good and peace-sceking citizen" =
x-Regixter. Oct. 8:
In recent article concerning my trip
TO the south wrote what was as nearly
applicable to the above rs anything that
could say after reading it. I quote as
follows:
There are few misconceptions concern
ing the south and its people that l wish to
speak Ut. First. there are probably y good
mauy who will read this article that had
the pleasure, as tho writer did. of going to
>
who did, were probably surprised ut the
cordial welcome they received from the
southern people. And the southern people
were good deal surprised also to find SO
pleasant class Of people as came down 70
country, there was pleasant disappoint-
ment all around.
The writer has always been an ardent re-
publican, and in all his life has never voted
anything but the republican ticket, but it
- last -,
had done the southern people AN injustice.
Here were hundreds Of people who met
him, knowing very well his views ON poll
tics, who knew that he belonged to the
party an! the people who had been victori-
Gus in the late war. hut who met him pleas
antly, made him feel ut home. said nothing
offensive to him during his STAY among
them; and on his departure extended to
him a hearty invitation to come again.
/ And he said to himself, il these people who
much. can meet me in this way. isn't il a
little bit me;.n in ms To stand Off and keep
| shaking at them that old diiaridatc red rag
called the bloody Shirt And made ny
| my mind that would never do IL again,
hit M0ul! meet them half way, aud il they
were willing to forget tt" past. l could see
no good AID veiii reasos. why / shoaid
not
sincerely believe that every man Il.
the north with average common sense,
unless it be the machine politician" i.
sick and tired of such articles rs tht
| RcGi-ter and many other northern papeIs
are continually publishing. Can they
never learn that they are injuring the
best business interests of the country;
Can they never see that every time they
make this an issue they get beat Al the
polls, Can they never understand ,ha,
the neepl' Of this country sincerely be
lieye l:.at /. isas dead and buried past;
and t....t they the people, are not goins
to continually keep digging up IL.
| putre.ied remains. when there are coot
live issued that should occupy their al
tention. that we ~ n people believe
Tat this IL Il cantt'.g ttkta as a ~ho.s, and
that the people Of the north and south
Sc learning u like each other AMI re-
srect each .thrr: Wht iher they can or
not. it is Il fact. and |, for one. am clad
Of it, an clad TO know that the nao-
pie in the country that | was horn in
and love have enough breadth and lib
crafty to advance beyond the machine
press of the country. to say that they
viii not be led BY the nose by those who
arc SO rcvcnyeful that they can never
forgive or forget" or are SO narrow
contracted that they cen never absorb q
| lew idea
Among other places visited on my
southern trip was the city of Rome.
Georgia. to which the register allu!cs il
IT'S hcr anu .d 7. mo- pace aaa oia Emu
| class Of citizens than at that wide awake
| little southern city. Ii. G. Bliss. d,