Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-11-23

In Rome the other day the new German
Emperor bent his knee TO the pope That
was nothing but ceremonial etiquette.
Very different President Cleveland He
has been on his knees to the solid south ever
since il nominated him On his knees he
ordered the return of the captured flags
on his knees he signed his vetoes Of the
pensions Of the Union soldiers. Through
the President the solid South holds the
sword of the nation. With a majority in
the House of Representatives it is master
of the national treasury. A bill was intro
duced into the House this session To refund
to the states money raised from them by
| special tax in aid Of the government during
the war. The share due Indiana would
have been over 5000, 600 Forty and more
members, all -Confederates, banded to
| gether, held "a dead lock of days, and finally
defeated the measure. The lesson is not
the loss of money justly due us, but that
they know their power The South is not
permitting any lapse Of war recollections
! The cause may have been lost strangely
enough the Southern managers are doing
many things which suggests studious effort
on their part to keep its memory sacredly
alive. Such is the testimony of the monu-
ments, and nothing signifies separateness
amongst people as positively as public memo
rias. You would no more look for a tomb
of Napoleon in Trafalgar Square than for
pillar TO Nelson overhanging the lnvalides
A soldier in bronze. mounted, booted, sword
ed and in martial regaia, is an everlasting
teacher the generations are his scholars
In localities the South is materially recov-
ering from the effects of the war. Its natu-
raj resources are undergoing development I;
it is beginning TO feel the good effects of
varied industries and free labor Withal,
however, | do not hesitate to say that if
Northern capitalists were TO abandon the
enterprises begun by them in those locali-
ties the whole broad section would within
three years return TO its wrecked condition
of 1868. Every Southerner must know
that.
From what theory then, consistent with
friendly intention, can you, my Democratic
friend, explain the fact that every repre-
sentative Southern politician is a free
trader One would think that members of
Congress from districts in which furnaces
and factories have been established would
be keenly alive to protecting them by duties
upon foreign competition, but it is not so
70 find the true reason for this amazing
circumstance you will have to look under
the surface, and when found it will be
identical with the reason of the prohibition
The men who adopted that constitution aud
the men who represent the solid South in
Congress were born and brought up on
slaves labor In their eyes a slave is
worthier object Of respect than mechanic
With their three great products-sugar,
rice aud cotton-they could buy any manu-
iactured article Of which they were in
need, consequently they looked the world
over with but one demand Who will fur
nish rs goods at the cheapest rates Do
you tatter yourself that they care more
for the condition Of factory operatives than
they did in the old plantation days They
have the negro vet. His average daily
wages does not exceed 30 cents and most
significant of all they still have the exclu-
sive production Of sugar, cotton and rice,
Of which, under the Mills BILL sugar is du
table at the rate of 6S cents, and rice 100
cents. o purblind friend, not to see that
their agriculture does not interfere with
yours that when they have destroyed your
industries by opening the gates to foreign
ers they will be the lords they used TO be
and you the dotard mudsill they used to
think you Slavery plays no part in the
motive. The condition of the negro now
is better for their purposes than when he
was a chattel. He must maintain himself.
he costs them nothing. In short, the free
trade of the South is aimed at the free labor
of the North. Giving them the govern
ment is giving the great American market
to England A.; and you when the transfer is
completely effected, in the bottom of a
beggar's purse you will find the price paid
you for helping them in this part of their
conspiracy
| care now TO consider but one other
question in this connection How nearly
has the solid South come to mastering the
government and what manifestations of
good will has it left in the way We calcu-
late the performance of ship by knots, of
locomotive by miles, of horse by min
utes and seconds. Unfortunately the in
quiry | am putting can not be gauged by
such measurements. 1t can only be reach
ed by deductions from circumstances, and
1t is only as the circumstances are known
and determinable facts that we can assure
ourselves of certainty in the investigation.
The territory Of Dakota covers an area in
square miles four times that of Indiana
Its population is over 200, 600 of whites
1t has over 80 per cent more than Missis-
sippi, 80 per cent more than Louisiana,
and nearly double that Of South Carolina
The ten Democratic Representatives of
Georgia received a total of 90, ,4S2 votes.
Dakota has more than six times that num-
Der. yet she cannot get place in the un-
ion of states. Who keeps her outside
What is the motive Her people have
been knocking at the gates for years They
are intelligent, industrious and able. The
majority of them went forth from these
upper Mississippi states, taking with them
our habits, modes aud ideas. Ny Demo
cratic friend, they are of your likeness
bodily and spiritually-and guilty of no of
fence Had they raised their hands against
the Union, could they be counted upon as
faithful allies Of those who did attempt to
destroy it, they would have been admitted
long ago as a state. Dakota would seat IN
Congress two Republican Senators. There
you have their offending. No deep-sea
sounding here. You have only TO look over
the shady side of the ship and the motive
blackens the shadows below. The Presi
dency belongs to the solid South the South
belongs to it. Give it two Senators more
and American right will become of no con
sequence though it have the sanction of an
hundred years. With countless prece-
dents, it is easier to keep 800, 600 loyal men
voiceless than it is to kill them. Who
knows that better than the solid South
In "A word, it is near enough to be absolute
master of the government to dare disfran-
chse the people of Dakota The lesson in
history which has always made the strong
est impression upon me is that there has
never been a republic that did not die be-
fore the people knew it was in danger
We in America are accustomed to believe
that as long as the constitution is observed
our government is safe Tell me, my Dem
ocratic friend, is that not so Well, as
calmly as | can state a circumstance of
such import, and that you may never plead
.F
the constitution is now a nullity in the
South, and has been for years. Do not
consider me as threatening calamity to
come ] speak Of what is. A Southerner
though stepped in treason from head to
heel, though he has led armies in the re-
/ belliOn, can come into any Northern state,
| live there long enough to attain citizen
ship, and vote without challenge. How is
| it under the domination of the solid South
There are states-observe that | speak in
| the plural-in which the ajority, so far as
expression of political opinion is concerned,
/ go about with gags in their mouths. As to
expression at the polls. they might as well
/ he dust under foot IN rotted collins NE
groes ~ you saw Not entirely, There
are thousands of white men among them
but grant the discrimination, Those ne,
groes are citizens, and in their residences
voters exactly as you are voters here.
Shall | stop now TO lecture you about
the origin of the right of suffrage, aud
that all under our form of government
depends upon its free and uninterrupt-
ed exercise. God forbid If you have
yet to be taught in that department you
will not believe, though an angel Of grace
came to tell it to you, that we are already
far advanced on the road to another rebel
lion. In the first place it is not true that
color has to do with the suppression of the
majority in those states for if negroes
will vote the ticket their masters give them,
called by courtesy the Democratic ticket
they are welcome at the polls and their bal
lots are faithfully counted. But they will