The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-28
Attaokine the SOLD south.


One Is the white Republican party move
ment, which is as yet confined TO Allah anna.
and which has the approval of the Presi-
dent. The other is the independent party
movement, which is a South Carolina
product. The managers of the latter move
ment have been making a great deal OF
noise for a year or two, but they have
never accomplished anything. Indeed, it is
doubtful il they have any considerable
number of followers. In South Carolina
the Independent party is not considered to
be of sufficient importance to be entitled to
/ serious attention
The managers of this party, it seems,
applied to prominent republicans" Of
Massachusetts for financial assistance, and
these republicans sent Mr.. L. Edwin Dud-
| ley to South Carolina to investigate the
Independent partys condition aud pros
poets. The fact that the Independent
partys managers applied to northern re-
| publicans far financial assistance would
seem to indicate that the Independent party
is composed of republicans. The probability
Is that it is, and that they are trying to
build up republican party in South Caro-
lima under another name. There may be
some men connected with it who have acted
with the democratic party, but if their
record is looked up it may bs discovered
that they acted with the Republican party
when that party had South Carolina by the
throat and were looting her.
Mr.. Dudley made his report to the
| prominent republicans of Massachusetts,
a few days ago. He told them that the
| Republican party of South Carolina was a
mere shell. and at it existed only for the
| few federal Offices to be obtained under a
republican administration. He said, how
ever. that the Independent party had excel
lent prospects, and that if it were encour-
aged and helped, five or six congressman
might be obtained from that state who
would act with the republicans.
| MIR. Dudley said that he mad talked with
a great many democrats in South Carolina
and found out that there was much dissatls-
faction with the way democrats managed
the states affairs, and that the people were
ripe for a revolt against democratic rule.
He thought that with little effort the
white vote could be divided, and that with
a part of the white vote and the black vote
state.
Doubtless the democrats that Mr.. Dudley
talked with are those who have Joined the
| Independent party. The kind of informa-
ton he carried to Massachusetts, could have
been obtained from no other source There
are no genuine democrats in South Caro-
lima who want to see their state fall into
the hands of the ignorant blacks again,
through the instrumentality of the Inde-
pendent party or any other party.
What the prominent republicans of
Massachusetts, and other northern states
are aiming at is to get enough white men
into the Republican party in the south to
organize the blacks and get their votes
into the ballot box. They don't care
whether these white men call themselves
republicans or independents, and they don't
care whether or not the blacks get control
of the state, county and municipal govern.
rnents in the south. All they care for is to
strengthen the national Republican party.
The fact that the blacks almost ruined
nearly all the southern states during the
carpet-bag period, and that they would
check the progress of the south at once
and put her on the down grade, if they
were to get into control again, is matter
of total indifference to them.
There isn't a single southern state that
can stand black rule, and there isn't
southern state that wouldn't have black
rule to a greater or less extent if the repub-
lican party should gain the ascendency in it.
Thesoush is new advancing rapidly. Her
resources are being developed Her cities
and towns are growing rapidly, and her
people are generally prosperous and hope
full In every state public affairs are wisely
and economically managed. Immigration
is encouraged, and public schools
are literally supported. Let the re-
publican party get control in any
southern state, and in thai state
all this would be changed. The blacks
being the great bulk of the party, would
take, the management of affairs. There
would be ignorance and vice in the places
of power, and the result would be ruin and
dssolation. Tue national Republican party
would gain additional congressman, how
ever, and the prominent republicans" of
Massachusetts, would be happy.