The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-09

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bplsee am, ,ferenttenss IN sav a. them. Gen.
Harrison Voillnot he prepared 10 say what
MS r.elscv will re in <scaling with matters
rrela sin,y ssholls - the south until he is in a
4 position 70 spsss suthoritativey.
tfe IS s5rosS partisan, but he has always
had che reputation of being an no rest and
iusl man lie will naturally desire to secure
che lpa,'Ess aent ascendancy of his party, and
10 accan.slis h that he may endeayor to build
NJ The Republican party in the south. AS
bong IS the south is solid, and several of the
most important OF the northern states ex-
lre,neiy doubtful, the republican patty can
not feel secure in the control of the govern
ment.
BY what means will Gen. Harrison try to
strengthen his party in the south? Will he
seek emong the colored people for leaders
Of it, or will he endeavor to make a white
basis for it? Will he strive by his appoint
ments and his general course of conduct in
southern affairs to make the Republican
party in the southern states wholly black,
or will he encourage white men of influences
and recognized position to become members
of ita
The experience of previous republican adj
ministrations was not such as to encourage
the building up of party composed almost
wholly of colored men. Indeed, the Re-
publican party in the south during the ad-
ministrations of Hayes and Arthur was in q
much more disorganized condition than it is
at present, and there is no doubt that if Gen.
Harrison depends wholly upon colored men
to make a strong Republican party in the
southern states, he will meet with failure.
If he is the wise man he is represented by
his admirers to be, he will not undertake to
place upon the colored race responsibilities
for which it is not ready. In no other way
can he do so much toward keeping the south
solid and hinder the solution of the race
problem.
The republican leaders have always pur-
sued a wrong policy with respect to the
south; and unless they change it their party
will never become the dominant party in
any southern state. In their anxiety
to keep the control of the government in
their possession they have aimed at i'm
mediate results. They have attempted to
force the southern people to submit to a
condition of affairs that the northern
people would not tolerate for a day, and
this they have done not for the sake of
principle, but for the sake of power. To
gain their ends they have been willing that
the south should be dominated by the
ignorant and venal and thus ruined
If Gen. Harrison desires his party to be-
come strong and respected in the south, he
must see that its policy in southern matters
is changed. He can relieve the southern
people of burden of apprehension by an
nouncing in his inaugural address that he
win not pursue policy calculated to breed
race troubles, and that he recognizes that
the race problem can be solved more readily
by the southern people themselves, and
without outside interference.