The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-12-22
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The remark Of Mr., ffed :. ssVas'
one OF the delegation OF .Aiasama
manufacturer who recently called
upon General Harrison. Is worthy Of
at least a passing notice. Mr.. sloss
was evidently pleased with the views
expressed by the presidsut-eIeet. and
he expressed his approval toa reporter
by saying, "we viii noi know whether
we live in Alabama or Indiana, 20 far
AZ the treatment We receive from Gen
eral Harrison's administration IS con
cerned.
This remark illustrates what may he
regarded AZ a general feeling among
the people Of the Southern states.
They look upon the South. not az an
integral part Of the nation. but % a
part isolated and separated from the
remainder. No southerner would adj
init that ne did not believe his state to
be n member Of the Union in precisely
the same rense a. Massachusetts or
Illinois. but he seems, nevertheless, to
acc a difference in the relations OF The
Northern and the Southern states to
tbe general government. The citizen
al Alabama or South Carolina ap
parentIy looks upon bis state as part
Of the south, and this In turn they look
upon as part Of the United States In a
general sense all belong to the same
family, yet their relations TO the head
of the family are not similar. suppos-
ing the general government to be the
head of the family. the Northern states
occnpy the position Of the children
while the relation Of the Southern
states to the rest Of the family IS that
of grandchildren who have lost their
parents. but who have been received
into the household Of their grand
parents. The lost parents may be
represented by the defunct Confeder-
acy. This seems 10 be about the
Southern idea. The Southern states
are members Of the Union family, but
they are members who form group
by themselves and are upon footing
a little different from that Of the
others.
The absurdity Of MFR. sloss remark
may be more faIIy appreciated II we
imagine 1t az having been uttered by
a citizen OF Northern state. What,
for instance, would be thought OF the
sanity OF citizen Of California who
would solcmniy declare that one would
not know whether he lived in Califor-
MIA or Indiana so far as the treatment
received from Gen. llarrison's adj
ministration IL concerned The fact
so exultingly stated is one which no
body would question, and the mere
fact that 1t would be stated would mark
the man who stated II as extremely
eccentric. TO say the least.
General Harrison will have no South
crn policy. Why should he have one9
He will have no Eastern, no Western,
no New England, no Pacific Coast pol
icy, and why should he have dis
tinctively Southern policy He will
have a national policy and Il will be
broad enough to take IN every state
and territory. Alabama equally with
Ohio viii reap the benefits of the pro
tective policy which he Is pledged to
maintain. Louisiana equally With
Iowa will be concerned m the iinan-
cial acts OF the administration. Gcor-
gia equally with Connecticut will he
interested in It's foreign policy and in
its every effort TO assert and main
tain American rights. General IIarri-
son could not have q distinctively
Southern policy without violating his
Inauguration oath. lie will be the
president OF the nation aud not of
section.
II may be taken for granted, how
ever, that order will be maintained
throughout the Union during the
coming administration. General llar-
rison will endeavor to see that every
citizen Is In the full enjoyment OF his
rights. whether he resides in Florida
or In Oregon. II the vote OF any class
of citizens Is illegally suppressed,
President Harrison viii doubtless
take proper cogniEaace OF the fact,
and he will do so whether the sup
preston takes place In Mississippi or
in Michigan. Ills policy viii be en-
tircly too broad TO be a Southern
policy, but. II General Harrison is the
man that the country takes him to be,
IL viii be national policy in every
sense of the word.
The sooner that Southerners of the
class represented by Mr., Sloss get out
of their heads the idea that the South
ern states occupy only the position of
grandchildren in the federal family.
the better Il will be all around. The
relations of any state TO the national
goysrnment are precisely the same as
those OF any other state. and any pol
icy which Is cut 10 ft single state or
a group of states will he entirely too
small 90 fit the nation.