New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-02
THE SOUTHERN SITUATION.
POLITICAL AND INDUSTRIAL INTERESTS
DISCUSSED BY A SoUTHERNER
PROTECTION IDEAS neutrality-suspicious.
OF THE NEGRoEs-ooMMERcE
AND MANUFACTURES.

AND MANUFACTURES.
TO the Eh1tor Of The Tribune.
Sir As a Southern man by birth and educauon'
old Texan OF nfty-four standing Vo'erah
of the Mexican a Unionist in 1860 and hepup-
llcan since, l desire. through The Tribune 10
call attention the situation at the South and 10 Tue
by which that section may be benehciauy
affected by the present Administration.
In the first place. the fact that the Repuohcan
party has lived aud Is still living in the south' NOT
withstandng the appalling prosecutions It has so long
endured. must be regarded as matter sighnsihg
both its vitality and It's fitness as part oi 'he
National organization. for the accomplishment op us
mission. and that entities 1t to recognition ana
respect 1t has not only lived there under the most
discouragng conditions but It has grown and Is sun
growing. II has won the esteem and enlsteo tho
sympathes Of many who were formerly us "orst
enemies 1t is that the Republican vote In some
portions Of the South is apparently insignificant ot
that follows result Of derectiOn on the par OF
Congress in falling TO rrovide adequate safeguards
to the right OF suTragc-a derelicton which should
bring the blush OF shame, not TO our races pu' "
those OF Northern friends. who seem to DO srau
to enact a proper election law. clear majority on
the Southern people undoubtedly favor protective
tariff and free ballot and fair count. II congress
would insure to them the last mentioned tney "ouu
manage TO take OF the rest. There would then
be no necessity for the so-called third parry fro-
tectionlst movement AS " The Charleston News ana
Courier" Justly says. the Protection Democrats
should be In the Republican fold The Dehioc'"dc
party afford TO spare them for the sake Oh oou
slstency. but the Republican party cannot ahoru 10
receive them unless their surrender Is absolute anu
completes The majority OF Protection Democrats
realize this and would accept the situation cheery
II there hope Of success In the eouth uior
existing local laws and customs and those OF them
who follow Randall and his satellites in the policy OF
cOntendng for Protection inside the Democratic parS
lines viii hardly receive credit for suhcieht i'o
ligence and consistency TO obtain respectful nearing
Considering that the minority In the present HOUSE
composed almost exclusively Of Free Traders MI
Rsndalrs recent proposition 10 hold the HOUSE, III
deadlock for a in order to retain the power 10
defeat any measure which the minority does not ike
must necessarily shock those who have heretofore
believed that he would cooperate with any party
In support of measures looking to the
maintenance of the Protective system anu
the abolition of internal taxes. If the President uo-
sizes 10 encourage and enlarge the party in the eou
II he wishes Protection Democrats TO become RepuOh-
can Protectlonists, and Is willing to take by The manu-
all new converts who are sorry they voted ior
Cleveland and wished they had voted for HARRISON IL
should manlfcsty be his policy 20 lay the hand OF
repression on tho oppressors Of his friends by SEQ
Ing TO IL that his friends may vote and have the'r
vote counted in spite of their oppressors. can
not insist strongly upon this proposition II
is the very root and korncl of the subject the sine
qua non of rational Southern policy, the paramount
duty of the General Government.
AS TO the distribution of offices In my part OF the
SOUTH and its bearing upon the fortunes Of the party
there I believe that 70 would be harmful to select
Protection Democrats or 10 show the least consdera-
ton to the wishes Of any socalled Republican men,
Der Of the last Congress who voted for the MINIS DILL
For the Republican party Is the only home OF reai
Protectionists; and. is shown by the example
Mr.. Randall, spurious Protectonis Is the worst
of Boubons and the readlest to become revolutionary
obstrutionst. Whoever IS not Internationally a Re-
publican is not Republican, and should not be en-
trusted with official power Let there be no Trojan
horses imported into tho oppressed ana Decaguered
Republican party of the South; no Randalliies I'm
duced into fold.
The negro race should not be ignored there should
be color line inside the Republican party. The
Constitution and the Republican platform make no
discrimination on account Of race s.u,.0 or
discrimination such grounds, pretending that 1t
would strengthen the position Of the party with the
white men OF the South, have neither the patriotism
nor the intelligence TO appreciate those great instru-
the south. Their fidelity, docility amablly and
progrcssiveness are without parallel in history: ~, III
cotton states the most fourshns agricultural districts
me TO go further and show why the South is IN the
nature of things as deeply Interested as any other
In the first place II has unsurpassed natural
resources and unparalleled facilities for mining and
manufacturing, as we'll as for agriculture. The
KanaWha and Now River coal basins undoubtedly
the extensive I'm the world and becoming the
most productive, and many great industries must
spring up there. Alabama Kentucky and Tennessee
pwlse contain coalfelds of great and all the
Appalachian section of the South has Abundance OF
Of good quality. which are being developed 10
great advantage account Of the proximity of coal
and limestone. and the consequent facility Of as
emblng the materials for smelling iron. II IS there
fore the interest Of these communities TO protect
by judclOus tariff every industry involving the CON
sumption OF coal or iron-that is. every industry IN
vOlving the Of machinery or Of skilled labor.
Another point Is this the streams OF the section
of the Mississippi and south OF Pitsburg are eX-
tremely numerous. and flow almost I'm straight lines
from common centre on the border Of Virginia ana
North Carolina. radiating like the spokes OF Wheel
The Federal Cove Is improving all thes, streams,
and In the future they VIII be made naNleabc
by OF locks and dams far up > en- cheering
skill, sustained by the National treasury make
them so becoming available not only convenient
channels OF Internal commerce. but means Of sup
plying mechanical forces and OF irigatng and ferulz-
ing adjacent fields. And, moreover. their valleys nave
already been utilized 10 vast extent railway rOnes'
and every year see new roads projected along their
banks. These facts indicate early and enormous
dev elopment Of domestic manufacturing and COM
merce. demanding protection against foreign com
petition and sustain my assertion that the SOutp
must, In selfdefence. adopt the protective theory;
Washington, oct 90 1850. A. C. b.