The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-21

publican party. You will observe the tact
with which, in his inaugural, President
Harrison appealed TO the old Wing Gle.
ment in the South by his invocation to the
memory of Webster and Clay, thereby ap,
poaling at once to the hearts and princi.
pies OF the Wings OF the South.
Again, the Southern people, rs q body
and irrespective of party, favor largo Fed.
eral appropriations, which are especially
needed in that section. You have OBJ.
served this, that since the war the Demo-
cratic representatives in Congress from tho
south have WED with the Republicans in
voting for liberal Federal expenditures.
STATE RIGHTS AND SLAVERY.
"And yet another important considcra.
ton. Before the war the people OF the
South cherished tho strict construction and
the State rights doctrine, seeking to mini.
mize and restrain Federal power, for the
obvious reason that the cxertion OF that
powerportended the destruction of slavery.
IL was Tor the security Of their institution
oil slavery that the Southern people rs.
serted tho exclusive control of the State
governments over that institution and de-
MED the right OF the Federal government to
restrict the expansion OF slavery in the Fed.
eral territory. But slavery being now gone
that special interest, of course, ceases to
hold the Southern people TO the strict con.
struction and State right doctrine, while
on the other hand the necessity Of Federal
aid In rebuilding their fallen fortunes and
repairing their wasted resources compels
them TO aggrandize the Federal power. By
the concurrent operation OF all these forces
the tendency Of the Southern people is
toward that party which shall favor the
stimulation OF its industrial interests by
protective tariffs and liberal expenditures
ofpublic money. Hence YOU must have
observed the very general approval Of the
Blair educational bill among the people OF
the South.
"You must be mindful that the hostility
TO the Republican party which has pre-.
vailed In the South since the war was not
caused by the conflict Of arms, but by The
oppression and spoliation OF the carpet
bag governments inaugurted and upheld
by the Republican party. But those gov
ernmonts are now things Of the past The
people OF the South are In absolute control
OF their own Governments. And resent
ment and passion, being transient In their
nature, will give place readily TO the pres
sure Of material Interest,""
why was not the effect OF this tendency
displayed In the recent elcction2"
"Bccauso II was arrested by the appre-
hension OF the necessity Of preventing me-
gro nscendancy. Being secure, as they
thought. under Democratic administra.
ton. and being doubtful OF the policy OF u
Republican administration, the people OF
IhA kAaaIh xftalA...l 10 sge t..N.
and 80 supported the Democratic candi-
date. In my opinion, II they had been
assured that no dangcro OF negro asccndancy
was involved In the election Of Harrison
he would have carried several Southern
States"
THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
81 have always understood that Virginia
was the headquarters Of the Southern irc,
traders. IL tpossible, General, that Vir
ginia Is for prolection'"
True, Virginia was In times past tho
stronghold OF FREQ trado, but under the
new regime her people have indicated uni
iormly n preference for the protective
policy. They so declared In the Demo-
cratic platform adopted nj Roanoke two
years ago and by the refusal Of their lcgis.
laturc 20 indose Clcycland's so-callcd free
trade message, although inthat Legislature
the Democrats were overwhelmingly In
the majority"
at has always been believed by many
Of Us here nj the North that the sOuth ~.
gnrded her agricultural interests as par-
mount, and for this reason, u for no other,
she was committcdt 10 the Democratic party
and free trader
"Tho effect Of the war involving the
abolition OF slavery and 20 destructive Of
the labor system Of the South prostratcd
the agricultural interests OF that section at.
torly. and then the attention Of the South
ern people was drawn 10 other sources OF
wealth. They have nj hand the cotton
crop-tho raw material Of cotton manuiac.
lures. They have inexhaustiblc water
power In proximity 10 this raw material,
they have an incxhaus,iblc supply Of the
cheapest labor, and with These obvious al.
yantagcs they think they can successfully
compete with the manufacturers oi Con.
nccticut and Massachusetts,. Meanwhile
the discovery Of the richest coal and min.
cral deposits In Virginia, Alabama, Gcor.
gia, Tennessee aud other Southern States
invited Southorn enterprise 10 the doycl.
opmcnt oi these resources, and for that
matter may add Northern capital aud en-.
tcrprisc, too.
''So Il has come 10 pass that the manu-
featuring interest at the present moment Is
the most busy and ilourishingoi any In the
South. Louisiana, by reason OF iis sugar
interest, always favored protection, and
South Carolina because Of iis rice crop ~
similarly affected. In consequence oi the
superior resources, advantages aud iacli-
ties Of the South for manufacturing, look
10 sec much Of the manufacturing capital
and enterprise Of the North Transferred 10
the Southern States There could be- no
stronger influence operating 10 cnacc the
entertained at the South against
the Republican party than this influx Of
Northern capital and people. All that "
requisite now since tho Disappearance Of
slavery 30 make the American people one
homogeneous whole is that they shall
know each other, and know each other by
their acquaintance with the best classes OF
their respective communities. These
classes from the North nru rapidly appear.
ing In tho South and 10 the process Of
assimilation between the sections Is going
on apacc."
"But will not other issues divide parties
and NO prevent tho effect you indicate OF
the protective policy Of the now Admins.
tration2"
THE TARIFF TuE ONLY ISSUE.
81 think not. In my judgment, the one
issue In 1892 will be between the Demo-
cratic doctrine Of tariff for revenue and
the Republican doctrine Of tariff for pro.
tection former preventing accumula.
tions In the Treasury, tho latter allowing
accumulation and expcnding them In
education, internal improvements aud the
stimulation Of foreign commerce.
You must remember that from 1873
until 1890 the one issue that divided par