The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-02
A Young Man Off His Base.

Mr.. Jose u Medill, of the Chicago TT'i-
bure, has r,turned home from Florida. A
day or two before he left the South the Tri-
61tn@ in speaking of the efforts of Southern
pagers 10 behalf of immigration, said
1t would seem almost needless to inform
the South that the political co .ditions pre-
valllnS iii that section are not such as to
invite Northern capital or immigration.
w hen the South ceases to eulOgiZe treason
and traitors and to boast Of its dev Otion TO the
lost cause, when freedom of political opln-
ION is tolerated and the uutrammeled right
of suffrage is conceded, when the laws OF
the country are respected and the prepoS-
ferrous dogma of State rights is abandoned,
and when all men, white and black are adj
mltted to the equal rights guaranteed by the
constitution, the South may hold out some
inducements for Northern immigration, and
not until then. Northern men are not &C
customed to the conditions imposed by
Southern BOurbons and bulldoZerS. They
think as they please, talk as they please,
and vote as they please They would not
enjoy the social advantages Of ostracism
and caste nor long endure the insufferable
airs of Southern chivalry. If the South
wants Northern men or Northern capital
she must grant political and civil equality,
give every man his rights OF citizenship, al
low freedom of speech and an honest suf-
frage, and meet the North full and fair
half way. Otherwise its Southern paradise
VIII remain undevel0ped TO any extent by
Northern capital and untenanted by NORTH
ern people, who would rather live in biz
cards the year round than endure the social
and political inequality, injustice and dis
regard OF law that prevail in that section.
Doubtless it was after reading this re-
markahle outburst that Mr. Medill grabbed
his gripsack and went West. He didn't go
any too soon. In fact he went a few days
too late. The young man whom he left in
charge had got in his work
Mr., Medill spent several weeks in the
South. Did he notice any evidence that
the colored people are not given their full
rights in all respects2 Did he notice that
Northerners in the South are not allowed
to express their opinions, or that they are
socially ostracisedt Did he notice that the
laws are less rigidly enforced than in any
other sections of the countrya If he noticed
none of these things he should pay his
young man weeks wages and part with
him
The Tribune probably forgets that there
are thousands of Northern men in the
South and that they are among its best and
most prominent citizens. They are treated
with every consideration. If they were APP
pealed to-. no doubt they would say that the
Tribune doesn't understand what it is talk
ing about.
The South wants Northern immigrants
and she will get them, notwithstanding Mr.
Medill's Tribune. The Northern people
know that such stuff as that quoted above
is not true, and they are not going to be in
tluenced by it. There are tens of thousands
of Northern people in the South, and all
they know about being ostracized or de
prived of the privilege of speaking
their opinions freely they see in
Northern Republican papers. There are
some people who would be Ostracized any
where They take particular pains to make
themselves offensive. Perhaps Mr.. Medll's
young man has met some people of this sort
who did not find it pleasant in the South.
Now and then a Northern man comes South
who thinks it is his mission to make South
ern people think as he does, and is dissat-
isfied if he fails. Such men are mischief
makers, and are never happy anywhere.
They are not desirable citizens North or
South