The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-06

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$2il,iii.p2
The lsst three items above stated ar
D not treated by the Secretary Of the Trea-
NY as a part Of the surplus, but the.
, represent money lying Idle In the Treas
D ury, and only the last small item was sub
D ieci 10 draft. This exhibit only strength
: ems the argument for tax reduction. NJ
such sum can be drawn from the people,
! and from the channels Of trade snt
locked up without the graves, dangers Il
, business or without affording constsn
excitement and excuse for schemes o
, corruption and plumber by ..congressiona
demagogues. Witness the grand pension
steal which proposes TO run up the an
nual pension appropriation from eighty
millions TO one hundred and fifty mil
lions OF dollars-a disbursement from
which the South will hardly get one
cent.
But admitting the great importance OF
reducing the tariff and the internal reve-
nue. as the Mills bill proposes, the subject
is one Of secondary importance TO the
South compared with the one OF ma
lignant, sectional and Republican admin
islrstion Of the National Government,
and the question whether the State gov
ernments of the South shall be controlled
by the respectable, intelligent, patriotic
and progressive white population, or by
vile. irresponsible mongrel party com
posed Of the negroes and the profigaie
whites. And these two questions arc
really one question. If the National
contest be lost land it may be
that the vote of Virginia will settle ip
the old recurring struggle Of The political
brigsnds to gain possession Of the South
ern State Government will be renewed,
aided by the immense power of the
Federal Government, lis executive power,
an unsparing and INSCRIPTIONS horde OF
district attorneys and other Federal
officials, partisan judges, and every
possible agency Of tyranny and corrup-
ton. With this immense power thrown
into the scale there is the greatest posi-
bic danger that number Of the State
governments Of the South will fall into
the hands of these conspirators against
property and public morals. Cities like
Richmond run the same risk.
Let no man suppose that because prior
to this campaign Benjam Harrison was
not distinguished like Morton, Sherman,
Boutwell,, Blaine, Butler and others, or
because his career in the Senate eyinced |
no ability above vulgar medocrily, be !,
3 not, therefore, TO be feared. On the
contrary, for that very reason he Is more
to be dreaded. We have had ample oppor
tunity to observe him during his entire
period of service as a United States
Senator from the state OF Indiana. We
have heard him speak and vote very
many times. and no man in Congress
seemed TO have more steady and
consistent hatred for the South
han Benjamin Harrison. He is narrow
and prejudiced, bitter and yenomous, so
cold, so cruel, and so malignant that be
makes no effort to hide his rancor for the
Southern people. Democrats regard him
IS the very worst Of the whole
OF OF Radical prosecutors. If he
we're a great man like John Sher-
nan, or Morton, or Garfield he might,
perhaps, on assuming the responsibilities
# power, consider that he had a great
TO gi'e the country a Ma
ionsl administration but such breadth
Il view in Harrison is a moral impossi-
,iliiy .By al this we do.ro' mean that as
President he would employ much VIC
ent OF Incorporate language. lie might
orego all this, but when he came 10 act
here would be the iron hand, the cruelty,
he same ruthlessness which marked the
wful and bitter days Of reconstruction, ,
when the South had to drink to the very
regs the cup OF humiliation and despair
The election of Harrison means the (
Of the Bourbons 10 power ,
he revival Of the evil days from which
be South has by supreme effort hap .
lily emerged Virginia did not fall un
er carpet. bag rule North Carolina did. Z
nd her State debt, which was Sl0,9jl, ,
rs at the close Of the war vas run up r
. these thieves to s54 ss7467 ia 1872 p
he debt of South Carolina was increased
rom some FIVE millions to thirty nine #
billions of dollars, Louisiana had her
ebt run up from ten millions o. $50,
20 ,30G.9i in 1872 and so on with al the =,
,st All Of these States repudiaied most
this carpei-bag debt and We note that n
&c Republican candidate for Vice Presi-
snt is engaged in q scheme to fasten anew
pom the State OF North Carolina a large o
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