The Springdale news., 1888-08-24
4 GREAT DIFFERENCE.

It is a hard matter to make our people believe that there is a great difference between the Democracy Of the north and south. They seem to think that because the northern Democrats are loyal and lsw.abid- ing citizens, the reports circulated about the southern Democrats cher ishing the spirit of the rebellion are false. They arc inclined to look upon the reports with q great deal of allowance. But in thls they are mistaken. The old rebellious spirit is living in the south today, and Is kept as green as it was Tn !6l. Since the election of Cleveland four years ago the southern Democracy has be. come much more aggressive, and is showing its cloven foot r. localities where, prlor to his eleetieR, the spirit was kept down to a certain extent.
 These ideas are suggested anew from reading letter received the otLer day by Mayor Martin, of thls city. As our readers well know. R. NJ. Gaut, E. II. Livingston and John Martin, the former sons-in-law, and the latter son of Mayor Martin, moved to Springdale, Ark, and en- gagged in business. The letter to which we refer is from John Mar. tin, and IS in answer to one written by his father to the boys, advising them to nave nothing whatever to do with politics, and by attending strictly to business, try to overcome the hatred of the people of that place toward northern men. In his letter John explains at length the situation at that place and con, cludes that 1t is impossible to live in that locality. He says the Dem ocrats will not deal with a northern man, and tEey have to depend en- tirely upon the custom of the few Republicans who have settled there He says that while they treat [ visitor cordially and leave tho i'm presslon that he could live there as well as any place, yet as soon as ht locates. be finds that unless he con forms to their customs, hIs life Is IT danger. When the news came thaI Sheridan WAS dead, John thought he would follow the custom in loya communities and run up hls flag al halt mast. He had hardly done SC when a.burly ex-rebel ordered him to take it down, and upon his refus al to do so, thls influential Demo crat preceded to knock It down and was only prevented from doing so by another man, who seemed to have some fear oi the result.
 On the same day a Republican was carrying bucket of water along the street, and aceidently spilled n few drops on Democrats boot. This was all that was neces- sary to fire his southern chiyalry(Y and be at once drew his revolver and threatened to shoot the inotfen sive Republican,. Numerous in stances of thls kind could be cited but these are enough to give oul people an ,dea of southern Demo cracy. The assertions of cur Dem ocratie friends that the re9elhor has been forgotten m the the south are not substantial by the facts; in fact just tho reverse IS true.
 That success four years ago has made the southern Democrats much moro aggressive needs no argument and 1t is plaln that another victory would make them so radical in their treatment of northern men that the south would have to be deserted by all loyal citizens, and given over to the rebel Democracy. There is a vast difference between northern and southern Democracy, but in the event ofanother Democratic victory 1t will be the southean Democracy that will bs in the saddle.