The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-27
THE SOUTH AND REPuHLICANIsM.

No speech has been made in Congress
in years that has attracted more geherai
attention than the sectional bloody shlri
TRADE recently INDUCED in by Senator
ingalls, Of Kansas In his remarks, that
doughty past 5ellam warrior not only
speaks in the most disrespecliui manner
of his fellow Senators from the South,
clubbing them "ihe iaileis and murders oil
Andersonville, Belle lsle, and Libby
Prison" but he even attempts TO besm'rch
the character Of such eminent Federal
Generals as Mcclellan and Hancock, only
because they were Democrats and friends
of reunited country after peace between
the States had been declared. His every
utlersnce breathcd out threatening and
slaughter against the South, and he
proved himself to be avenomOus creature
without a thought that was not one OF
mahgniiy towards Tie Southern people,
nor an idea that was not one of the most
ultra. narrow minded sectionalism
The frs, impression ;hat would natur-
ally suggest itself 10 The mind of any Just
man would be- that the common sense OF
the American people, even II they we're
governed BY no feelings OF patriotism,
would be prompt TO repudiate any such
sentiments as those advanced by ingalls,.
The welfare Of any one section ot this
country is dependent upon The welfare Of
all. Their interests are united and iden-
ticsl. and one cannot be wholly prosper
Gus IL another suffers he natural pre-
sumption, therefore would be that from
selfish motives alone, if cor no other
cause, all would favor harmony and good
will among each other Yet ingalls,
boasts that he has received hundreds of
letters from Republicans sympathizing
with his views, and in expressing his
qualification at the endorsements he had
received, declares that the Southern Con
federacy is as much of political organ
ization to day as it was in 1861.
Considering all these facts, the ques
ton forciDly presents itself How can
any Southern white man, whose interests,
social and material, arc with the South,
be a Republican," There is some slight
excuse for the negr0s eiliiliating with
the Republican party, since he has a
vague idea that TO that party he is in
debted for his release from slavery. Even
he. however, if he would take lime to
think, would soon understand that the
Democratic party has always been his
best friend In the ranks of the Federal
armies which freed him there were as
many Democrats as Republicans, while
since the war bis Radical allies have
mercilessly robbed him through the
medium Of their Freedman's Say.
ings Bank, and have never cared
for him except as political hobby upon
which they might ride into power But
the Southern white man has no SHADOW oil
an excuse for any such political aiiilia-
ton. For him to be Republican means
simply that he must join hands with the
negroes in the South, and with the In
gsllses aud haters and vilifiers of his sec
ton In the North, and for WHAT Simply
that he may either get some paltry Office,
or that he may in some way advance his
selfish ends
This is one Of the great questions
which the white people of Virginia must
consider during the approaching presi-
Dental campaign ii is TO Virginia even
u more vital question than the tariff OF
any other, for in it are involved the civil
ization and progress of the Common
wealth