The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-05-31

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The reports from Washington that
President Harrison i perplcxcd over
..tho Southern situation. and that the
quarrcls 81 factions In the Southern
States Is q chronic condition. should
70 understood rs a characteristic rad
ical misrepresentation. We do not
deny at all that there are contentious
In Louisiana. Alabama. Virginia and
elsewhere. but they are tho result OF
conditions created by Republican rule
and the presence and schemes Of the
old carpet-bag brigade. We heard
very little OF the Southern situation
| and OF factions in the South during the
last administration. and we only hear
| OF them now because tho success OF the
Republican partys last fall has given
new vitality 10 the decaying~ carpet-bag
| element. This element has always been
aggressive. ~quarrelsome and Office
hunting. and ut no time and In no in
stance has ii been representative Of
the South. Since its invasion OF the
Southern States during the reconstruc-
ton days il has been the plague
and malcdiction of Southern society
and southern politics. and, although
it. control is broken and its power de-
parted. il remains in diminished form
to work mischief and propagate Sian
ders.
II there are factions in Southern
States and local qsarrels over Federal
patronage. they all haze their origin
in this source and not in lust OF office
or want Of sclf-restraint among y
southern people. When our readers
therefore. hear Of the Presidents per-
plcxity over Southern factions, let i
always be understood hat it means he
Is confused and pcrplexed over thu
ofice-grabbing and mutual rcviling'
OF radical cliques. white, black ans
mixed. all OF which is quite apar' ron
the great body Of the Southern people
But there is another aspect OF thi
matter that needs some passing men
ton. III Mr. Harrison really wishe
to distribute the Federal Offices amon'
the class that truly represent the Soutl
and its permanent interests, then p
must necessarily ignore, TO a yer
! great extent, the radical section Q
the population. We suppose he ha
found this out, or Is fast discoyerin
! the fact. and he hesitates natural
! in some perplcxity. This Is alarm
ing TO the aforesaid factions qua
Y reling over Offices vet to come. and II
creases their chronic ill-humor. and
! situation is created, southern so Tar
r location is concerned. that may we
o worry the mind OF the President II
= only course. II he regard truth, di
h nifty and decency. is TO leave the ofic
/. where they ought to be-in the han
OF honest and representative citizen
d no matter 10 what party they may b
long.
The South is Democratic and the G
a ercise Of Federal patronage can n
IL change IL. Omcc-hunting Is not
"a Southern characteristic. and all I
a. Southern people really van is full a
I'd fair opportunity to develop their col
a. try and build up its varied industri'
" This they are doing quietly, stead
and effectively; and Il i The duty
the Federal Government to aid. so !
as appropriate. the great work
no progress. This object will certain
not be advanced by thrusting in
: prominence the pestilential eleme
NJ which so long villihed and misrepl
y scented the purposes and principles Q
a loyal population st. Louis kepubll