Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-12
REsoLIDARlrY OF THE SOUTH
The Temper of the Republicans as shown
by One of Their Leading Organs OF the
North West.

North west.
L9usrlRs, H., C0wiisr-J Journal.
THE Beginning Of the End" is the
title which the Chicago hter-Oceon gives
its lesdirg article on the result Of the re-
can't election, ard tie appended extract
will irdiclte the tenor Of it:
"The election of Harrison and Morton
means the beginning CT the end OF the so!ld
South. From the nature Of the case tbs
defeat for that sectional diaholism IS q
,duslity. The old slave S,atts may stu
o'-Swe, slaughter, and defraud the col
ored lr,9le OF the right Of suffrage, but
Trey nesI ok for no effective alliance a.
she MU'I n,,ots ~ another Presidential!
will be admitted into tie t %nG wb;cb Of
itself would be e.sily decisive ~ the CEN.
sus of 1890 will give the nation a 10y ap.
| ~portionment, tothe great advantage OF the
| Republican Northwest and the disadvan
tsrs of the Tenccratic South. Between
these two great and inevitable facts there
is no dspgerof any other Presidential con
test with ts Republican party 81 heavily
hsndicappd as it was in less, and that
too. howe r tenacious the Democracy may
be IN msntsinipg its organization intact. 4"
This a fair illustration of the spirit
which SENS TO be especially prevalent in
the NShwest Just now with regard to the
Sout' The greatest glory which the
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is, 1t that it is the triumph OF any princi-
plOr set of principles, but that it isa new
hn1iat on or subiugation Of the South.
ne South has the e~ffrontery u vote the
democratic ticket; consequently all ottc-
Questions must be put aside, and the rest
Of the country must unite for the defeat
Of ary PARTY which the South supports. 1t
not that a maj iy Of the psCple
of the Northwest would be benefited by,
and believe in the great economic princi-
pie on which the Democrats attempted 10
their r5csnt campaigC that principle
was proposed by q party which IL favored
by tie Southern States. That is enough.
Tie South, even when seeking to advance
a policy to which the Northwest is welded,
he put down. TIE North
west, believing in a tariff reform, "a
does. is not willing TO see
that reform accomplished If the South is to
have any part in accomplishing it. More
than that, it is willing to ,Ontinue to bear
the burdens If an unnecessary taxation II
by 80 doing they car deprive the South OF
part OF the administration CT the gov
ernment. The Mills bill would receive sn
overwhelming Endorsement by the people
Of the Northwest if reported bya Republic
can committee of ways snd means. But
Nils bill bears the name Of a Southern
several Southtra men took part in
il, preparation; the Southern members OF
his House voted for it.; the Northwest
therefore, returos am emphatic majority
the PARTY which committed lt,e!t
10 the Mills hill.
After all, the war is rot over, ard it
coks o dsy az if it will never be over a
org ~ the Southern people dare to Fave
of their own, even though those
are the seme as these held by
MILLIONS Of people in the North.
The Inter ocean, however, is mistaken if
I believes that the result Of the recen'
lection means the beginning of the end
f the Soil South" Under the Circum-
t lncts, it means the rehabilitation of the
,Outh, which, under the broadly National
practical administration of Cleveland,
'as rspid'y approaching the point Of dis
btsgration and realignmeat. But this
election has checked eli
hat. The North has chosen 10 say
D tire So1tEern people that they
lkufferably presumptucus in asp
3 cig'z2us OF the r.plbG:c, to participate
/ the administration of its government,
nd 10 the direction of it econoui, plicy !
nd to retuke suca presumption and to
sprive them CT al suCh participation, i
IS willingly made the sacrifice Of It's own
,uvictiOus aad Interests which it made
recording itself 3 & linst the reform Of the
riff 10 order to defeat q party supported
? the South.
Tie North NAV carry out the programme
hici the Inter Ocean has flreshadowed in
10 psrsgosph above quoted. As lorg as
e North is animated by the spirit OF Sec
which marks the Inter Oceans
itsivipg1, ard which was 10 largely
.t~erminative in tie result Of the late
there is no question Of the North's
,wer to regulate ard keep the South in a
ate OF pcvincialism. But thu North,
,werful az it is, is power.es to break the
l,dity Cf the South by ary such pro-
policy. As long as 1t CHOOSES TO
aw q line around the Southern States
d 70 decree that all political principles
,vocated by them are sccursed simply be-
use they are advocated by them, so long
m The So1kb ha solid