New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-16
HARRISON AND THE SOUTH.
THE DEMOCRATIC "CHARLESTON NEWS
AND COURIER'Sn NOTABLE EDITORIAL.
CAPTAIN DAWSON EULoGIzEs THE INCOMING
PRESIDENT. AND LOOKS FOR NO LEGIs-
LATIoN INIMIcAL TO THE SOUTH.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIgryE,

LATION INIMlCAL TO THE SOUTH
lBr TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUNE
Charleston, s. c., Nov. 49," The News and Courier"
publishes double cedsd editorial to-day, which has
caused considerable sensation of the fact that
the editor Captain f. W. Dawson who is also a MEN,
Der Of the Democratic National Committee, has just
returned from trip North. The editorial says
Those who have known General Harrison long and In.
timaely find excellent points In His character.
The ceanness Of his private life has been dis
puted 1t is evident that he Is wanting In maninesS
General Harrison's record respectable
BY merit by political influence. he the stars Il
BrigaderGeneral In civil life he has been bold ant
uncompromisng The intellectual force Of General
Harrison has been questioned but his intimaes regard
him as man Of big brain With this goes 1t is asserted
an invincibc confidence in himself
What OF the SOUTH IT evident from the utersnces
the election there is desire than before
to dragon the States. There has been bloody talk
War paint has been plentiful. II is not unlikely that
Senator Chandler will the bill to regulate elections
in the South which he introduced last winter. but theFs
are conservative influences at work Many millions q
Northern and Western capital already invested In ha
South Many more millions can probably be placed
the Southern This will far TO prevent yiO-
lent and coercve legislation. There is likewise wide
spread feeling that nothing is TO be gained by attempting
negro rule and carpebag control in the SOUTH
The experiment has been tried and there is little emDa-
repeat Whatever the desire. there
can be legislation inimica to the South for yesi
Captain Dawson, who was an original Cleveland
man, and has been stanch supporter Of the present
Administration, asked tonight what, In his
opinion, would be the effect of General Harrison's
election upon the South
81 hope he said that General Harrison Will
lead the best elements Of his party and rule the rest,
and that he will not, approhended, be the stool
pigeon of any politician. Speaking as Democrat,
l SEQ more immediate political danger In Cancellation
and Kindness than In force, bills and abuse There
many persons In the South who, from the necer
sity of things have acted always with the Democratic
party. There was no other way to secure and main
tain .,od local government. If such persons can be
satisfied that tho National Republican party has no
desire force upon them corrupt or profiglte local
government, their for sticking to the Democ
racy through thick and thin will In a measure be Ic'
moved OF course any one who accepts Office under
Harrison will be classified Republican. IT Is
certain however, that there will be division Of
Importance among the whites in such states as South
Carolina, long there Is real danger that political
divisions will bring about negro rule in any folm
With these considerations before me, have advised
the Southern Democ racy TO await quietly the course VI
affairs to apply themselves to the promotion and
tension of Southern industries and above all things
TO decline to be alarmed by the threat OF attacks
which probably will never come
al don't expect the Industrial development OF tho
South In general to be retarded by the election Of Gem
eral Harrison for the that large a part of
the capital Invested In Alabama, Tennessee, Florida
elsewhere from Northern sources, and from
men disposed to lean toward the protective system II
the forty and mule idea TO be revived, labor
will be dsorganzed and the people white and black
will be seriously injured. The negroes do not Iowa
work. and If they chance OF escaping from IL
they will be difficult TO manage
DO you think that the election Of General Harrison
will break up the solid South q
Il do not. There will be arrangement of poI
ica parties, but the underlying devotion to Demo.
cratic principles In the South, l am confident VIII
cause the bulk of the white people to continue iheI
present political affiliations"