Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-02
REFLECTIONS
Touching Impending Political Ma,
n9uV6rs.
POINTERS TO MeDITATED EFFORTS
10 Ge Made by Repudiated zl5 In.
furiated Republican
Leaders.

GSSIGlS'
: To The Edi:oT q TIE Register
, Observers were startled about one yes
since, ct tie uttersnces of Mr.. Blaine 6
Augusta. He had then been made to re
alize that the fruits Of the Fourteenth an
Fifteenth Amendments TO the Constitution
had turned to sour grapes. His utterance
evinced q purpose, in some manner 10 re
pudiste OF avoid this fruit the legitimate
, growth OF his and other co.la5orers, anc
which they and their party had forced
upon defenceless States whose people wer,
then chiefly q non voting people These
uttsrances were taken, at the time
as the bubblng Of de
featsd candidate. Since however
from the resolves Of the Republican Con
yen,ion Of Ohio the speeches of Johr
Sherman, Judge Foraker, and By tkeii
press, We are warned of their purpose K
weaken and reduce, by some manner o.
methods, the power OF the Southern States
as electoral factors in the future, and
thereby tc secure to the Republican party
absolute Gscendency ard domination
In the scheme of said amendments, the
Republican party assumed, at the time the
negro Was only fl 10 be used as mere
numerical power in elections Happily,
;hvY do not intend 10 De so irsultingly
Utilized, blt lutelligently comprehending
the TACT that the Democratic party will up.
mold and defend them in the free enjoy
ment oil their constitutional rights aud
privileges they, at recent elections,
nave evinced with becoming manhood
their Independence as irermcn
rhls ia disappointment 10
the Republican fathers OF the amendments
referred 10, and now we have not merely
rner oewaiIings but threats and menaces
20 the Southern States, now to be dwarted
and weakened TO uphold Republican aspi.
rations and to crafty their insatiate thirs.
for restoration to power. Shall disap-
pointed purposes lead 10 such consequent
dlaster'
We should know that the true interest
Of our whole country is in its continued
progress, developed wealth. and in the
peace order and happiness Of its whole
people. Appropriately bearing on the
medItated purposes OF the leaders referred
TO, q few statements Of The presen. condi.
uoa Of the Southern States, south Of the
Potomac and Ohio rivera, reachinr 10
Mexico, should be considered About the
last census year these States were fully
freed from disastrous consuming govern.
meE'a. which reconstruction had placed
over them. Then time OF improvement
began, and in five years to the present
there has been an increase Of eght hun.
dred ard ninety millions in value. or an
average annual increase OF one hundred
and seventy eight millions of dollara
Their wealth has increAGcd fu!! % pa: con,
IN i've years, and the THEFT .hCnsaiIs ti.n.ai ~
yuEcements They raised mole cotton
corn, wheat, &c, in the last five years, than
in the preceding tive ut less expense nnd
greater profit In these the increase III
five years has been one hundred aud
twenty millions OF dollars, or over 20 per
cent, and this increase has been more
rapid than the population.
The white labor now produces full halt
of the cotton crop We can not impute to
the Southern farmer caTelessness or lszi.
ness. This is Que Of the conditions OF
changed south, and who can say it is not
playing az important part in the country
advancement? Again, the same improve
meut in fruits and early vegetables has
been going on, They have early gardens
Tor northern markets, and from fruits and
such like industry, it is belie7ed fifteen
millions Of dollars are annually realized by
| them.
Again, during the last five years there
has been q wonderful increase in stock
raising. In that time this industry has
, increased In value not less than 80 mil
lions OF dollars, including butter cheese
and other products Of animal industry.
Relatively, it is perhaps as grest as in the
west.
HASUTACTURES.
1, can no longer be doubted thai the
Southern States can end will become O
greet manufacturing region. In cotton
mills, there has been an increase, in these
few years, in capacity o! about 100 per
cent and The fact is, cotton msnutsctur
ing ia cheaper there than elsewhere in the
world. The iron Of varied varieties, is dis
played by the bounty Of Providence from
the Blue Ridge in Virginia, west and
southwest proxlmste to coal and trsnspor.
tation facilities, and Of this their wonderful
output indicates that in q very few years
it will be fully equal to one halt Of the
whole output Of the country. In the pro
duction OF wooden articles Of furniture,
agricultural implements, 6c their in
crease 10 value, 10 the same period, hst
reached not less than ten millions OF dol
lsrs.
1t is not expected that when mauufAc
turing enterprises South shall ontstrip and
startle the Northeast, that the South will
have 10 encounter the iree-trsdn and no
tariff demands Of New England
1t is not alone in material matierG thai
the South is advancing go astOnIshlngIy :,
hut the school houses are roofing out iI!it
eracy. In proportion 10 taxable value
those States are, since the last census, pay
ing as much for public education IS th'
: other States. and the whire Democracy be
, stov these facilities on the negro shk
/ with their own children They are giviul
i to-day to public educa ion more tkar
+ twice as much as in lH22.
, Their present con4itiou--EnGncisI, N
f industrial ana educational, presents mos
cheerful showing, and such SIS furnishes in
j dubitabe assurance q. glorou
=. future, Gni OF which tn
whole country should be proud, All az
il compEshed after long sorrow and afte
j emerging from period Of political al
4 other depressions, which followed the strai
n Of most destructive war and desola,ior
h. Having achieved oil this since the reE;oG
Of Of war, persecution and G.GY, We hay
much t. loc1- to N tCs future Tor our whol
country Give them psace-that pesc
that springs from fraternal regard-an
. industry, thrift and wealth are assured.
p The Republican party mg2t - mad
n and it's Blaines, S1erraaas, forskers al
e, other log,.taii perambulstipg de:nagogue
&c must be rec quired TO submit 10 the etfectu
ne o,a,atinna CF THAR constitutional ha n,lip ~ =