New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-26
rgxT TOUR or DIXIE.

We are SllTDflstu w iSe'h N'i~N -
ton of the Republican League 10 nave 'he ueie-
gates TO the coming National Club Convention
az Chattanooga or Nashville make tour OF
the Southern States in special trains, is not
received in the South with that
dacree of enthusiasm which it has
evoked in other parts OF the country.
If we are to judge by the expressions IN re-
card 10 the matter that we find IN The
charleston News and Courier" one OF the lead
inc representative Democratic papers IN the
south we must conclude that our friends In
D;ria are not prepared to give the visitors
p,rt;cnlarly cordial reception. That journal,
after discussing the subject in regular old
fashioned Bourbon style, decides that 10 Is an
"impudent' undertaking for the League TO
ATTEMPT ito teach politics. to the people OF
the South, and adds:
To eight trainloads Of Southern politicians shouia
i,4 the coal regions IN Pennsylvania and ILLINOIS, ana
hora fell the miners that they are being starved 10
doo,h oud II be singular II the conservative people
80 .hno o,ons should regard the Southern politicians
m r,veIcome intr7idersi Is II at all probable that
they could perform their mission without onendlng
sono sensible Northener or without having their sR'
filed with birdshotf
Let MS answer our contemporaries questions
With all frankness The rugged and hearty
r,;nors If Illinois and Pennsylvania, like their
hrotbren elsewhere, are too fond OF joke to
think of doing anything outrageous TO any
misinformed individual who should attempt to
demonstrate the absurd proposition that they
are being starved to death" They would
chaff him little probably, but they are all
too conservative' and sensible to think
L. q form of retaliation
as our contemporary suggests flilng Win
birdshot' the skins Of ones political opponents
is one Of those playful pastimes OF the South
that we are forced TO admit, has never met
with much favor here.
Rut "Tbe News and Courier does not need
anv assurances from us as to the treatment OF
Southern political Missionaries by Northern
neonle. The experiment has been tried Sure
" our contemporary has not forgotten the army
If Southern brigadiers, the Millses, the Rea-
cams the Wattersons, the Gordons, and the
rest that invaded the North during the last
camnaien to teach politics. to the benighted
protectionists Of this region. Let 1t ask these
gentlemen and see if one Of them has WORD OF
fault to find with the way in which he was
received. A far-mnded, disintereSted person
would say that it was somewhat eXaspers ung
to have man like Mr.. Mills come here from
a State like Texas to instruct our manufact-
urers and their employees on questions OF vital
interest to them; yet MIR. Mills was given
pleasant reception and respectful hearing
wherever he spoke. True, he may have re-
TUNED after election to his native plains some
what shocked and disappointed, but we are
sure that he did not carry single Northern
brdshot in his bronzed skin.
Fie on it, neighbor. Such sentiments are
unworthy of you. What has become of that
hospitality of which you so long have justly
boasted? The delegates who will visit you
in March are some of the best men in the
country. Forget your old moss-grown preJu-
dices ard bid them welcome.