The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-07
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4 SOITHEIN WHITE REPUBLfCAN
PARTY.
II was announced at the outset OF
President Harrisons administration
that he intended 10 devote Erost por-
tiOn Of bis energies. patronage ana
power towards fomenting white Re
publican party in the South. or course
the only foundation upon which the
President hoped 10 build up his pro
posed political structure was that OF
protection. with selfshnsss as the chief
cornerstone.
But what are the chances OF bic sue
cessy So far. extremely slight. A few
Protection clubs. composed Of some 81
the few protected manufacturers IN the
South and their employees, have been
formed, it is true. but beyond that tie
movement Is at "a complete standstill.
These SOuthsrnefs who place their indi-
vidual selfish interests above other
considerations. are naturally az ready
to adopt Radicslism-with its accompa-
nying supremacy Of ignorance over in
telhgence as q means to that end, AZ
they are TO sec the great masses Of their
fellow men taxed for their own special
benefit. 1t is safe to predict, however,
that outside Of such men and the place
hunters. no white recruits in tho South
will ever be enlisted in any force in the
ranks Of the Republican party.
Itmight be otherwise If it were not for
the colored citizens in the South who ara
natural, nativo-born, dyed-ir-the-wool
Republicans, and cannot be anything
else. If that element, which makes up
the vast rank and file Of Radicalism in
this section, could be eliminated, there
might possibly Be. in course OF time,
respectable following Of respectable
men for the party with whose name
only ideas of tyranny, ignorance, sec
tional hate, and malignity are now az
sociated in the average Southern mind.
But il never can be eliminated. The
negro 10 here; he IL here numsrously; he
is getting more numerous daily, aud
lie is here TO stay. IL the statistics Of
the SYNOD Of the Northern Presbyterian
Clutch, recently held in New York
city. can be relied on-and they should
be correct, as that body has made the
negro problem one Of special study-be
is increasing at the rate OF 500 day.
Evidently there 10 no prospect OF his
disappearance while that condition Of
fairs continues.
lie 10 also not only here and TO stay |
as IA man, but he is here and TO stay as =
citizen. The ballot has been placed III
ms hands, and it is not likely that it
can b. taken from him. 1t can only be
90 done by an amendment 10 the Con
slitution repeating the Fifteenth amend
ment, and if two.thirds OF any Con |
gress could be found willing to vote for |
such a measure, which 10 too absurd an !
idea to be seriously entertained no |
three-fourths of tho States would agree
to its ratification. Even if the Moth /
should favor it. the South itself would /
oppose it, since the people generally
would not be willing to surrender the
increased power in Congress and the
Electoral College given hsSouth by the
snfranchisement Of the negro, while
the Southern Republicans particularly
would unanimously fight against it, as
they rely almost entirely upon negro
votes for the successful accomplishment
Of their schemes.
1t follows then. that "a tho negro is
permanently with us that he Is with
us as man and as a voter, and that he
is with US. as rule, as Republican, no
white Republican party Of any conse-
queuce can exist in the South. So long
a. Southern Democracy is synony-
nous term with Southern civilization,
80 long must the Southern white man
i'm the abstract bs Democrat. The
seekers after revenue only, and the
comparatively favored few who are de-
sirous TO become speedily rich at the
expense Of the struggling many. are
the only white allies which Mr.. Harri-
son can ever hope to find for his black
and tan followers in the South.