Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-12
SOUTHERN REPUBLICAN Appeal

so OUTHERN REPUBLICAN APPEAL.
The Norfolk club of Boston, few
days ago, entertained a number of
prominent republicans, among them
Senator Higgins, of Delaware. The
topic of after-dinner discussion was the
southern question, and the principal adj
dress was made by the Delaware sena-
tor. He said there had not been a fair
election in his state since 1870. ''but,
he remarked. "the people of Delaware
are fevered and rcstless, and while the
tyrants were forging new manacles for
the republicans their own party arose
| and repudiated them." Similar forces,
ne went on to say, are at work in Mary
land, the two Virginias, Ken
lucky and Missouri, and he made
this appeal: ''Men of the north,
we do not ask that you come
down and fight our battles for us. We
will do that, but simply don't go back
on US. We pray for your countenance.
Do not withdraw your sympathy, as
| many have"
This is the appeal of man who has
been faithful to the republican party
and it's principles in southern state.
1t reflects the feeling of every sincere
republican in the South. If they have
| any doubt or misgiying regarding the
future it comes from tho fear that
northern republicans may not continue
to. give them their countenance and
sympathy. They have suffered in the
past from partial withdrawal OF
this support to their courage and
fortitude. They have found
themselves almost abandoned by their
northern allies. They have expert
! enced all the discouraging effects OF in
difference and q nearly total disregard
of their desires and their conditions.
They have seen the government trans
ferred to the control OF the men with
| whom they were politically war, and
who having obtained control, grew
| more bitter and relen tless in their hos
tility. Yet such republicans as Senator
Higgins have never faltered in their
loyalty to the republican party nor for
a moment lost faith in the triumphant
vindication of its principles. The con-
fidence having been justified by the re-
turn OF the republican party to power,
these faithful southern republicans now
| only ask that their political brethren
of the north shall BIO as loyal 10 them as
they have been to tho party and its
| cause. they require no other support,
but so much they must have. Will it
be given themp
The southern problem presents as
mn 1iHipn1fiao fn-1au no | 4 hoS
done, Doubtless no republican presi-
dent gave it moro serious thought than
| it has received from President Har-
rison, and while he has shown quite as
much wisdom in dealing with it as any
! of his predecessors, and more courage
than some of them, he finds himself
now confronted by a new difficulty
| which, however he treat it, may
thwart his undoubted desire to do
right and promote the purpose OF
securing equal civil and political
rights for all citizens OF the south. The
newest complication grows out of the
effort to organize republican, party
in the south exclusive in its character
| party which proposes to leave out Of
its ranks the great body OF those repub-
licans who have kept alive in the south,
at enormous sacrifice, all the republi-
canism there is in that section. In
| short, to create in the south a white
mans republican .party. A close and
careful political observer has remarked
that the craftiest misleaders of new
| presidents are from the south, and of
this class he regards the men who are
the leaders of this movement for an
exclusive white mans republican
party in that section. 81 am sure re-
marks this observer, the president
wants to do right He is in favor of
equal civil and political rights fer all