The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-10

There are two ats or the Republican |
at Washington which
would only deserve contemptuous 81 |
lence. did they not show one an utter DIS
regard Of the feelings, interests and ne
ccssities Of a Southern community, and
the ether criminal indifference to the
progress and development OF an I'M
nortaut section Of our common country
We refer to the suppression of q post
Office in Alabama N spitefui revenge
for the unlawful act of a few disofdefiy
nc,eons in community of five hundred
peoplc. and TO the practical exclusion
IL the Southern States from the pro
oromme of observation which has been
arranged for the International Con-
gress. We have referred to the latter
before. but il cannot be touched upon
too often.
The almost daily contact OF small
Community with the incumbent OF It's
postonice, embracing. as 1t does MOI
only men. but refined women, makes IL
necuharly the duty of the government
to see that this Office shall not be held
bv any one, whether male or female
,,bo shall be obnoxious to the people TO
mo served. and it is not surprising that a
20. mar, of Iuverne should have yield
al In 4 natural Indignation at the pros
nee, of their wives and daughters BENG
broucht in contact with a negro whom
they would not have entrusted at "igH'
within hundred yards of their pig
mems or chicken-coOps. We have DC
reason to believe that insult and out
raoe If this kind were ever offered to
vorihern community in the whole ms
tory of the government, and the Repuo
l;.,n administration will surely Learn
that derivation of a postoilice Is more
easily borne By an Alabama community
than a postmaster utterly repugnan
to it.
The other act to which we nave re
, ferred. the exclusion Of The South II
= large measure, and it may be entirel
, from the programme OF the lnterna
D jonal Copcress. does not reach sens
+ hilitie. TO be wounded, but is not the les
s "a be DEPRECATED as showing that IN
b Republican administration Is so BIND
ed by partisan and sectional preJudlc
] as In have narrowed its vision eXcll
-iyelv to he Northern States. and
a regard the South only as field Tor III
1 appointment of negro postmas
8 ers. Has it forgotten the SIEVE
y millions of bales Of cotton no
Whitening the fields of the Sou'
,. and on which will rest so largely Il
3. Importation and trade Of ltsown ia'ort
It section and can it ignore the cities
r the South springing up in the vale,
y of the Appalachian chain as II
y Npic. and drawing their wealth an
nrO-nGlliN l4Oill lilL'A"A NN i'"-'N~
s. have hardly ye, been touched. Is
y his richness Of fruition and prom
Re unworthy Of notice BY the Information
j. Congress. aud are we to be passed oN
ID for theabandoned fields and homestea
IS, Of Vermont and the dccaying war
al dustries of Massachusetts,. The ma
'e festation Of a partisan malice so pet
to and so contemplate excites only pa
Of ing irritation among a people WI
with their climate. soil, and NINE
~ resources. can hardly limit the pos
to bilities o.. their own future, and KIN
n that they have only to wait gene
as ton or two to be securely panopl'ed
wealth and power against the sharp
at dart, of Republican and sectional
AK lice.