Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-11
HENRY WARD BEEOHER.
The Future of the South-A south.
era er for President-Blain
and the Catholics.

The Future of the South-A South
| er. er for President-Blain
and the Catholics.
Henry ward Beecher, the great abo
litionist, the man whose eloquence in
spired the hosts which conquered tn
south and swept away slavery, lectRr
ing in the celestial city of the most az
gsessive slave state, Atlanta Ga. is f.
unique figure. He comes at a time
| too, when he eau claim the credit O.
having been the man who led the re
publican contingent which placed the
democracy once again in power. Ths
audience which greeted him was larg,
and composed OF the best element o
society, with a strange absence of tht
black faces with the history of who's,
freedom his name is so intimately con.
nected.
The correspondent cornered the dis
tingnished lecturer in the green room
OF DE Gives opera house, while til,
applause was calling for his appearance
at the tootlights, and he entered into
an animated talk upon his part III pub.
lie affairs.
FUTURE OF THE SOUTH.
81 know of no section of the Union,
said Mr.. Beecher. "with q grander fu-
ture than the south. Now that the dis
turbing political issues and the curse ol
slavery, which stood as q barrier be-
tween it and the civilized world, have
been removed, the country will begin to
grow and develop in such way as tC
put i'll the shade the wonderful pro-
gress made by western communities
But l have seen so little of it with my
own eyes, that perhaps should leave
the statement of its advantages to
Others.n
"What direction will southern pro.
gress take?"
"The building up of its manufactures
first. Money always seeks profitable
investment. l find that many progres.
sive men of the south, who have the
ears OF Northern capitalists, have
secured large influx of money, the
result of which can be seen in Birming.
ham and Chattanooga. In time, this
draws population. The south, though
the richest portion of our national
heritage, was walled in by slavery. In
contact with which free labor could
not come without degrading itself. The
hardy peasantry of Europe who sough,
our shores did so with the view OF bet.
tering their condition; consequently
they would not 60 near the slave line
Take Missouri, for instance. There il
a state blessed by nature, fortified BY
human inventive genius and made at,
tractfve by wealth-the national cen.
ter OF the United States. Her lands,
her minerals, all were inviting; yet the
great hood OF immigration rolled ovel
it and kept on until Kansas was reach.
ed, where labor was the freeman's her
itage, and the community was no,
weighted down by an incubus from 8
barbarous age. But the events of the
last twenty years have changed all this
and the incoming Of the present admin.
istratlon has set in motion a new era
IN which the south will play an imror.
tant part"
"Four years ago." said Mr.. Beecher
after pause, "when the Garfield cam
paign was in progress, said to nv
people that l hoped to see the day when
L might vote for q southern man for
president. What was then a wild
dream has now come to be a reality.
There are southern men now before thu
public-democrats-whom would vote
for to place in the presidential chair
L nave no names to offer. 1t is too
early to name men for the next race
and many things may happen in four
years to change the drift of public
opinion, but If the elections were to
take place to-day, under present in
huencss, there are southern men who
would be we'll thought of in the north
for the presidency.
ASSAILING BLAINE.
"There were deep influences at work
III the last election. The republican
party in the northern states had fallen
into the control of thieves and jobbers,
and patriots were alarmed. This was
Intensified by the nomination of Mr..
Blaine, whose known bad character
made it impossible that he should re-
ceiVe the support of honest men. Then
1t was that many of the most courage
Ous looked across to the democracy for
the way out of the wilderness. Thou
sands and thousands could not vote
tor Blame, and their prejudices would
not allow them to vote for Cleveland.
Then it was that st. John afforded the
blessed relief. All through New York
state st. John was the city OF refuge.
Men who would otherwise have been
compelled to vote for Blaine voted for
st. John, and for this opportune work
tho prohibitionists deserve thanks. A
vote for st. John was vote taken from
IL
thank God for St. John.
"What wero the most serious obiec-
tions to Mr.. BIaine?"
THAT he was a man with no princi-
pies, and trimmer for purposes of
gain. l have seen the statement that
he was once Catholic. l only wish
that | could believe 1t. would be
glad to know that at some period of
ms life he had some religion. But if
he ever was Catholic he simply
sloughed off without being noticed.
tie attends the Congregational church
at his home. 1t il the proper thing for
politician to do in that place.
AN UNDERSTANDING WITH THE cArHo.
Lies.
"That bargain existed between the
Catholics and Blaine l verify believe.
OF course we can only suspect. How
comes it that the ignorant Irish Catho-
lies the county through, who had been
born in the democratic fold, 30 mys-
terlously went over to the support of
Mr.. Blaine? A nod from the Cardinal
to his Bishops, whisper from the
Bishops to the priests. sign from the
priests to the congregations-and at
once we see Catholic hosts of the Union
voting the republican ticket.
"Then, again, Blame was on the
closest personal relations with the dyna-
mite Irish. In his addresses he fairly
iathered them over. There must have
been an understanding that he would
antagonlze England and uphold the
policy of the dynamiters. He is still
the same tactics. Defeated
once, he will try again, and he relies
on the dynamite Irish vote to give him
the state of New York. They are in
close and confidential relationship.
Hence, you may look for a campaign
next time in which Blaine will figure
as the leader and the Catholics and the
dynamiters As his close followers. To
offset this, however, the hundreds of
thousands OF republicans who, dis
gusted with party management, either
Jailed to vote or voted for Blaine under
protest, will by that time be embold-
sned to vote the democratic ticket"
What are the prospects of the DEM
ocratlc administration, and its contin-
uance in power?'
CLEvELAND'S PLAN,
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