The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-05-09
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MAY 9, 1885,

the credit Of the State, had it not
been that giant stood in your way
upheld by the public Judgment OF the
world.
You provoked collisions bstween
the two races in order TO Justify mil.
itary usurpation and TO inflame sec
tional hate at the North. Sir, the ca.
reer Of the Republican party during
its ascendercy 10 the South was q
career Of crime,- unrelieved by a sim
gle act tending to promote the edu.
cation, the progress, the prosperity,
the peace, or the happiness Of eitl Or
race, white or black. II reared and
left behind it no monument Of pa
triotism, wisdom, or beneyolence 70
tell future ages that It's presence had
been a blessing aad not curse.
And when the future historian comes
to inquire why and how and exactly
when the Republican party lost its
tremendous hold on the PROSTATE
South and skunk away to return no
more forever, he will be puzzled to
make answer in definite details, bat
he will finally write that its adminis-
tration throughout all that region
/ had become so vast and intolerable a
scandal, filling the civilized world
with lis foul odors, that an intelli.
gent and omnipotent public opinion
here and everywhere demanded its
downfall and the restoration on its
| ruins Of home rule and descent gov.
erament
And II is this party, cir, whose
leaders nov fume and resolve and
threaten the Southern people and
their States, because they do MOI
welcome it back again into power
with all its nnhalloNed memories
and is predaceous instincts and
hahitsl As well might you expect
! f,oniier settlement 10 welcome
/ with y = second inyasion Of tona.
hawks and &C lping knives.
Mhy glp aud wonder at the re-
suit of tbs election a few days ago il
Louisiana? There IL nothing in the
5000 Democratic majority 10 mar
vel NJ II was simply the overwhelm
ing protect of that state. terrified and
appalled, A. the prospect Of evel
again heitig governed BY the leaders
Ssibe Republican party, and tbs
OILY wonder is that the vote was moi
uBanimous
Thy had ia former times seel
their State government pass into Re.
publican hands with . debt Of buI
81. 800, 600, and thef bad seen her il
the short space OF fur years after
wards crushed 70 the very earth, f
nancially ruined. bankrupted, and
dishonored by a mountainous debt o
| $50, 900, 900. The people or Louisiana
Or both races bad witnessed wors'
aud more dishonest government II
their state under Republican rul'
than the pirate chiefs Of Barraiaris
ever inflicted II their lawless camps
aud 10 the recent election they simpl!
declared with great emphasis iha
they wanted such government NJ
mole forever.
But, sir, suppose We permit III
people uf tie entire South tl max
snswer by their works to the re
proaches of sectional hate, TO the pre-
posed iugutsis legislation ofthe Sen
ator from Massachusetl. [ Mr.. Hoar,
/ aud 10 the other revolutionary an
b unconstitutional measures intro
dured at the present session her,
and 10 the other branch Of Congress
! The spirit Of wonderful progress doe
| not seize upon y country afilictcl
! with lawlessness and social and pc
! iitical disorder. Capital does no
1 seek investment in q land Of Grim
D and insecurity. Business men d
!, not carry iheir money 10 tile home
: Of criminals and outlaws TO max
s new purchases and to increase the
. gains Let the condition Of th
! South to-day interpret the full near
. iug &c these propositions. Her d.
,eiopment since left 10 the control {
= her own local atfairs, and during th
i last ten years, in al the great indus
], trial pursuits, is 10 the minds
r u ughtfnl observers marvel in q
i history Of mankind. Since 1877!
|, careful and relilhlr statistics sho
!. that over $1,000 miles of railroa
Z have been built on Southern soi
= aad that over 5000, ,0O0, 1000 ha'
a been put into the construction
/. new and the improvement Of d
,r roads 10 that section Of the couDtr
4 Within the same length Of time u
! cotton crop has averaged s3OO,0OC
IL 900 4 year. the total value Of az
N cultural products upward Of 500
. 100000 q year. and the assesa
nc value of the entire property Of |,
a. Soath has increased more than u
II 900, 100000 since 1879.
ta In order 10 show still further u
id Che sound, conservative local govci
he m nts o. the South have enc Iurag
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