Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-08-23
FzJzaA- LEGISLATION kE5
THE SOUTH

the close "a tAe great
struggle she contention q Cur
people has been for home Tgis
a.d the right 20 govern our
selves. Paramount % all other
matters vas TIRE question d io
cal self government free ofi1-
reference from ahrastaai from
the power cttise blacks AZ home.
The preservation CT State AL
tou0my pt IS too len 8 20
-aze ulrh complaint % che un
constitutions est-5n tax of the
unjust tariff eTaeftous and of
the long train Of oppresslve ieg-
isiafioa fl4t operated 81 kee.
us pocT. Il representative
Southern men vent 10 Va
focal Democratic Conventions
they bad very little vo.cr IN
shaping The party policy or o.
-ectlnE tue party measures. t.
Congress it was not much bet
ter. For many years 0Et reYre
seut4tives iI Congress we're the
silent contingent. They could
vote and even at voting thcy
were not always free agents
But besl les voting they cOuld
10 very little else After many
gears Ihe leaders Ct this silent
force obtained Us . hearing. II
vas shown that we ha.i been TIL
Justly dealt with aHd that IN eur
urafr= ions 81 Loyalty 20 the
Union nf States we we're sim
care. u took e long time % ac-
co-giish the fall measure of our
statehood bl IL has been done.
g1sI now. ctarning Justice
- al5ti haT scale T. Is Ell
natter 81 pride Ed The people Of.
Mississippi, that conspicuous
among the few Southern states
mra he -rged our ease 70 one
of them dill 80 ei04Eentiy or.
more efeetiEeir Thaa SIR. Lamar.
THE --TCATI0E VOW.
T. mus- be remembered how
ever th.3. the issues Of the var
elected every = publican presi
0ent from Lincoln TO GardelI.
and that the bloody shirt played
an important D,rt ia tie las.
Presidential election. The
bloody shit 0Eght 70 be ont OF
date. barred by the statnte Of
limitations. lis not entirely so
however. and our people owe il
30 themselves and 20 the coua
Try 10 avoid extremes N the
Treatment 81 ai. matters auect-
iEg the interests Of others -
vel as Of thcir 0xn. While
firmly insisting upon their own
rights the Southern people
0Ight not 20 f0g-etthe rights Of
others. We mg.qt as well rec
ogBize the fact that there are
some home Industries which
caGu0t compete successfully
with foreign pradgC;s IN the do
nestle and foreign markets OF.
the world aud that as To these
the sudden withdrawal cf gov
eminent protection would wreck
the ca ..Ji invested and the u
5er emE loFed ID carry chem on.
We should Lot f?sge. that there
are protection Democrats and
lie Tublle14 Ts.euae regoFmers,
and Ist here would like 20 say
% not believe It 20 Ue either.
good sense or good pTiaeip'e to
attempt 10 read such men a.
Samuel +. Randall on Of the
Democratic party. That Dir.
Randall IS such a. ultra prosec-
zionist Is TO be regretted. But
we shall need him and his friends
yet III the coming battles with
hepabiicanism nor can we for
ct that IN TIE darkest DAYS cf.
Southern re-e3ustEEetion he
fought our eagsg rs z patriot on
~ could Meantime II mast be.
remembered thai vast Sums Of
money have been coming INTO
the South and the aeld of our
own industrial progress is en-
larging- Great compeuies have
been organized arr gigantic
iron plants have been Iasi. new
mines opened, new furnaces pat
TO work, r0siin- mills, ear works.
Tar wheel works. stove worss.
machine shops and kindred iron
enterprises have come amene.
Us. In Mississippi the lumber
interest Is becoming respecta-
bly, large and Is rapidly growing.
while canning factories. cotton
seed oiLmills, congresses. and
cation mill building ia being
pushed With great vigcr. Re-
ereDce 70 the new order Of
things ~ not made With the view
Of maintaining that these enter
pFiSes among u should be pro
teeted as infant industries on
anything Ike tie scale of our
present enormous duties bur TO
snow that We are interested IN
giving 20 the subject the m0st
4 - -
uon Of which we are capable
and OK making the adjas.mnnt
a equitable as can be dcne.
That this can be done on the
National Democratic platform
believe and ter this reason 4
sand On tAat platform in fun
accord with is principles and Ia
ill sympathy with the people
whom taxation strikes ev-w
TINA fAr~+ ~am