Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-28
HARRIsoN's OPPORTUNITY.
what the Administrator may Do for the
Country.

Country.
New York Globe.
There is some doubt still whether West
Virginia voted for Harrison or Cleveland;
and whether the legislature CT thst state
which will have to elect q United States
senator, will have q msjority CT R,pubii-
cans or not. The latest returns teem to
indicate that the electoral vote of the
state will be given to C!eyelfnd, snd thA1
the legislature will be Democratic; anu
thst the South voted solidlY for Cleveland
on the 6 n Of November.
Ole CT the most valnsole results OF Mr..
Cleyeian6's administration Is the fact that
IL has relieved the minds Of the North
ern people Of sH fear that the Democratic
pactYwould IL 1t were put In po yer, attempt
TO make the government assume payment
Ct the Confederate deof, and to burden II
also with the payment Of millions upon
millions Of dollars for cotton and other
war claims, and that /. would perhaps try
TO pension Confederate soldiers, snd rea
fuse to grant liberal pensions to Uaion
soldiers.
Fur wears ego these and similar fesrs,
hCwever absurd, were entertained in q
greater or less degree by millions CT
Northern people, not one CT whom, except
an iIcortigible ass here AID there, en-
terta'ns them now. II is hard to e. innate
the good feet witch the removal OF these
fears has lad IN ircliDlrg t5s nth to fe' !
more ki-tly to1aris the South and is
preparing The wsy t;r that pelf c. !ec NJ
cil!a.ioR cf the sec -i6nF, which il my be
I. p tow ~ n Sonr
administration 10 bling about, srd which
Il csrtsinly csn srd probably will effect
There is but one thlng thAt nesd be
done N order to 1ccon . ism this result.
L It the Harrison administration demon
suate to tie South that the fear
which has kept tast sec'ion soliG-.he
fear ths, the return OF the Republican
party to power at Washington means re-
newsd attempts to establish negro eu-
p:emlcY at the Soutt-:s as grouudless
IS the fear which the North felsfouryears
sgo that the country would be burdened
with taxes for the benefit CT the beaten
Confederk.es.
A Republican administration st Wash
irgton can do this, aud by doing it can
disintegrate politically the solid South,
snd put IN end forever to all urffiendly
feeling between the two sections. No
Dam, c. attic administration could accom-
piish such result. The South trusts the
Democratic party already, and for that
reason sticks to it and vot4s sclidly for
its national candidates. Let the Republic
cans win its confidence, too. BY demon
s.rstlrg that they have no desire 10 de-
stroy its revivins prosperity, and no
intention TO eubjsct them to the curse OF
negro domination.
We believe that Mr.. Harrison will do
this, and be the fist OF our late presi-
dents TO be chief magistrate CT thor
oughly reunited country, Ct Union CT
States .
distinct rs the billow', but ore Rs the sea.
In his speech at tue Republican banquet
LAST Wednesday night, CasunceV M D.
pew expressed this feeling, this aspira-
tior, this belief, In these glowing words:
The close of the ADMINISTRATION Of Mr. Cleve-
idencies. With the inauguration OF Bel amin
Harrison begins the second century. 1t Is
more Than the imag nary line OF time which
separates lhese cycles. 1t is line OF oestiny.
a line of national history, line of national de-
yelopment and policy. The close OF the hun
Ore years which end with Mr.. Clevt lana marks
the d. sth OF things we have talked about. 1t
ever 1t ends RI lid South. Il ceanses the
bloody shirt 1t unifes all secti ms and leaves
one people. l. buries partisa, sbeD based upon
bloody divisions in q grave " hich we trust Will
never be reopened; and erects upon IL the
monument CT eternal patriotism.