St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-06
plishing the disruption is disclosed in
the SIlhioinnd dnorros,aondanaa.

four IN West Virginia, two in Maryland, six
III Virginia. four in North Carolina four in
tennessee, four in Kentucky, one in Georgia,
Two IN Alabama, five in Missouri, one in
Arkansas and two in Texas--in the congress
OF the United States, and that it is in the
province OF those who hold the prosperity of
the South above all partisanship to make
such Misrepresentation impossible. In these
white districts the race question is not para
mount, and it is due ourselves that we dem
onstrate to the world that the right of citi-
zenshlp is held as sacred as in any other part
OF this nation. | suggest. for myself and
those may fairly represent, to yourself and
those who assert like independence, that
We meet i'll Chattanooga in May next in con
vention and organize Southern Protective
Tariff league, confined to the mineral dis
trlcts and to national politics. which shall so
educate and organize our people that they
may assert the balance OF power they right
fully hold TO protect and advance the material
development of the South further suggest
that when 1000 names are secured Il call for
such convention be issued. Yours truly,
ii. C. PARSONS.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. March 4, 1SS9-H. C.
Parsons, Esq-My Dear Sir: [ have your
letter of Feb %. Iapproye heartily of your
suggestion. We will meet and cooperate
with you in the organization of the Southern
Protective Tariff league. Yours truly.
THOMAS SEDDEN.
Col. H. G. PARSONS is a New England
Republican who has been living in the
South good many years, and has been
actively identified with the railroad and
mining interests of that section. Thomas
SEDDEN is an Alabama Democrat, who
is also engaged in mining and railroad
operations. 1t will thus be seen that
the Democrats of the South who train
with Mr.. RANDALL in advocacy of pro-
tectlVe principles propose to pool with
the Republicans of that section on the
tariff, and by their united effort secure
the election of protection representa-
tiVes from at least thirty-6ve of the
Southern congressional districts.
SO far as the proposed Southern Pro-
tective Tariff League may succeed in
breaking up the Solid South, and in
thus eliminating sectionalism from ma
tional politics, we are inclined to wish
it God speed. And, although we speak
as a tariff refOrmer, we are also graft
fed that the tariff question has been
selected as the instrument of disrup-
ton. Lit will divest the question of all
incidental encumbrances and bring it
squarely on its merits before the people.
The example set by the Southern pro-
tectionists will, in all probability, be
followed by the tariff reformers of the
North and West. If Republicans and
Democrats in the South can clasp hands
and come together into a compact OF
ganlZatIon in support of the protection
doctrine, there is no reason why the
Republicans and Democrats of the
west and Northwest should not pursue
the same course in protection of their
peculiar interests.
The owners of the Virginia and Ala
bama blast furnaces want protection.
The owners of our fertile Western prai-
RE farms want tariff reform and q re-
duction of taxes. The former propose
to forget all past political differences, to
bury their prejudices, and to stand to-
gether on a common platform. Why,
then, should not the farmers of the
West forget their differences, bury
their prejudices, and get together on
their common platform?
Let the Southern Protective league
go ahead and do it's work. Let the
solid South be disbanded.
Then let the tariff reformers of all
parties here in the Northwest pursue
the same sensible course, and band
themselves together with the determi-
nation to send none but tariff reformers
to congress from this section.
If THE migration of negroes from
North Carolina to Arkansas and Texas
has the proportions alleged, it is, ap-
parently, due to one of the freaks that
possess 1Xcitable and unbalanced minds
at times. There is no political feature
to it; and the colored people, whether
in slavery times or since, have had less
race friction in that state than almost
any other, as far South. 1t is not re-
ported that they have grievances to
cause dissatisfaction, and yet their
migration is in such number as to dis
tresS the industrial interests of locali-
ties.
II HAS been found in the old coun-
tries, where statistics have long ranges
and conclusions can be drawn from
them with assurance and accuracy, that
the general business thermometer is
furnished figures by those who marry.
If times are hard and business dull
people don't marry. If marrying goes
on freely, it may be set down that
things are prosperous. Romance and
sentiment may come in as condiments,
but the matrimonial strata are solid
business. 1t is noted in New England
that the spring connubial crop is up in
the par region, and in the Northwest
there are no signs Of shortage.
In NEW ENGLAND a town named
Winchester started the scheme to elect
postmasters by the vote of the partisans
of the administration, and it is having a
run as the Winchester plan. There is a
growing disposition to branch out on a
more popular line in this matter, but
the rational plan seems to be to allow
all adult patrons of the office to have a
voice. This would be the considerate
verdict if the mind could settle down
squarely upon the theory that public
office is a public trust and not private
snap.
IN THE report of the British post
master general reference is had to the
large aggregate of the moneys sent from
this country to the members of the fam
lily who remain in the old home over the
water. The postal orders were larger
than before the past year, reaching
s5,25O,000. This takes a good deal of
money out of the country, but it is a
pretty good advertisement of the new
land in the old. If the emNgrants were
not doing well, they would not have the
money to send home.