The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-08
HARRISON ELECTED.

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election OF Harrison. The Republican party
stands additionally for oppressive opposi'
ton TO the South. There has not been
year since Abraham Lincoln was elected
when il has not lectured and hectored and
avowed hostility TO slavery and
bcdeyilcd these States. Established Oh an
20 the prevention Of tho equilibrium
between the States in trade rs well as in
politics, which had, up TO 1856, been main
tanned by compromises and other political
balancings, il today declares the Mills
bill TO be purely sectional measure, pre-
scented for the acceptance and indore-
mcnt Of the American people as means TO
the destruction Of Northern industries.
The Republican party thus conicssodly
exists for the subordinaton OF the South
to It's purposes. 1t will not be content
with less than the abasemcnt Of the once
slave States. This is the issue, and We must
look II square in tho face. Texas is
an agricultural State, and lis interests are
opposed TO the continuance Of high tariff,
therefore Mr.. Mills introduced a bill look
ing 10 a curtalmcnt Of the tariff. The Re-
publican manufacturers OF the North take
alarm, aud, unable from any oconom-
ical standpoint 10 oppose this bill,
have recourse TO sectionalism. Tho
cry Is started at once by them that
the South, always agricultural, has always
fought against high tariff; that II was so be-
fore the civil war and is 80 now, therefore
the tariff question Is purely sec
iional one and Ms such is TO be
fought aud overcome. This was tho
argument Of that prince among liars
and political charatans and mountcbanks,
Mr.. blaine. II served him for that old
chestnut, the bloody shirt, and was quite
MS effective. Therefore the Southern
States must prepare for restoration Of
Rcpublicansm and reaction that win
fall upon them with all the weight the
Republicans can muster. The admins
tration Of Harrison will be the reverse
! OF Clcvelands. lie cnnno, asauro
peace aud security 10 the South. in III,
face OF his party platform aud the speeches
Of Sherman. Blaine and Foraker The
stream cannot rise higher than its source.
lilo was the candidate Of n sccionalizcd
party, and lac Is the elect Of H. Ills
own record In the United States Sen.
ate was that Of bitter partisan.
Ills rcod during the campaign just
closed was that Of u subordinate 10 a chic
whose name Is Blaine. And what /,
Blainc's poliiiml record In connection will
the SOUTH l. there any Republican liv
ing or dead whose career rs 20 built upor
seciionalbm7 IL there any tina
can bo named who hp been
40 biiicT so lmplacablc, .,
dcspicably mean Is there anylhin.
that a mean man, one utterly los, to truth
could inycn, that he has not put into word
OF cllcc, In order 10 maintain his party
prestige aud dominance a, thc expense q
the social aud political lilo Of the south
cn SlatcA Take his career In Congress
what Radical was mow radical than h
was whom the chains oi Reconstruction
were boing iorged7 In the House hc WI
the master In all TINT cool aud cacula,in
seroundrrlisn, unparalleled since Crom
Wells eviction Of the flower u Ireland
population 10 satisfy English greed ior lrisI
soil. When, blythe will Of Maine. he wen
M higher aud entered the senate he lhcr
inausuraicd his policy o. hate against ia
South, aud was only stopped by llill, {
Georgia, In n speech whose cloqucncc 70
siir the blood Of every honest Soulhcf
man who Is not a member oi trust or
A combine Leaving that body ior Cat
fields Cabinet he did not a. Secretary
State, have much opportunity ior evil, b.
: In Ibis san Domingo iob be gave cvidonc
Of his viii IN the direction Of the oouuI
Q tionhy which he has grown rich, aud Nhic
p compcls him 10 Ne lho defender and iricn
y Of trusts lilo Is the man Who will stand b,
hind the throne, and what hc Is and VIII
he has proposed rs TO the South that vi
be the policy Of the Harrison ndminis,ri
y ton. Tho restoration Of the Rcpublica
y party 10 power is the restoration Of all III
evils which u originated and upheld irol
= 1861 10 1884. and among these are an,
). thing aud everything from the wliolesa
Q robbery Of the South aud It's political sul