The Red Cloud chief., 1886-01-22
REPUBLICAN PROGRESSION.

How. the A~ssie3passI Growth - che
South IL 70 He RETARDED ~ SsDDestisG
. Nlggssd,y Policy.
Some impotence IL evident among
the Southern people At the expressed
! intention O! the Democratic party.
now tina. it controls public ex-
penditur.s, Of returning To the cheese
pairing policy 81 a~nie-rebellion days
Threats are made that. II this course
is pursued. i, may not DC for the inter
est of the South 10 stand solidly by the
| Democracy any longer. The sacrifices
| that section has made for the b.nehi
| of the party now in possession oil the
Government are known oniy too well
IL ha, been the hover o: wood an! the
drawer Of water for the Democratic
party for twenty years. l. has taken
the ri-k f unlawful political methods
and withst0oi just crnsUTc anu OBJ
loauv in order that the Democracy
! mi.it have a chance - win the Prcsi-
! dencv. and row. when IL should r.
| ceiv. IL. reward for this sacrifice and
patience. it is told that the old niggard-
/ Il policy Of Z quarter Of 4 century ago
j. 20 b. begun again
Thi, i naturally Encouraging to the
| South, which wishes II enter upon a
| career al prosperity. the people have
| awakened To q dim sense uf the posi-
! biljtir- If tiia; section. IL has taken
| them lon" To learn that the black man
would work bctterin state %! freedom
than in bondage. but to-day the
..l..a, .tfa taaf.EF. = wa re-
ioicing that the South has the best and
most Trustworthy working class any
where 10 be found. With this question
settled. the Southern people are anN-
ious to share in the boundless prosperi-
IL which they sec has blessed the North.
They want some Of the immigration
which flow, in a consoles current to
the great States and Territories Of the
West. aud the use of some of the capt.
tel which crowds Northern bank vaults
to cultivate their rich lands and work
their i~nexhau-tiblc mines. Their har-
bors need To be cleared and their rivers
drcdgcd and other improvements be-
run, which the general Government
alone j. rich enough 70 undertake. and
il is not strange that they are impatient
when they see the party they have sus-
tanned about To return to its old Mig
gardly policy.
IL OUGHT 10 be evident to the South
by this time that if il wishes 10 keep
step with the march Of progress in this
last quarter Of me nineteenth century
it must cease fighting under the banner
Of Thomas Jefferson and JOIN the party
which makes progression its watch
word. The Southern people can not
be blind to In. gigantic strides the
couutry has made under Republican
rnic. When the Democratic party sur
rendered the Government IN 1861 the
Nation was still in is ~swaldling clothe-.
It's resources were undcvclOpcd and IL
had to depend upon Europe for every
thing except the coarsest manufactured
articles. and that would be the >'tna-
ton to-day had the Democracy o II
tinucl in power. The immense adj
vance made in wealth, population and
all the comforts Of life during the past
twcuty-four wears have been under the
benign Influence of R"pubiicani~m. Ii
the South wishes 10 share in this pros
perity let ii join the party under whose
direction this result has been achieved.
Let il turn its face toward the future
and cut loose from the narrow, pro-
vincial policy of the Democracy. The
door of the Republican party Is open.
Let the progressive men in the South
enter il and make glad their section
with prosperity Paiiaieiphi" Press.