The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-25
A BOYCOTT !! NO.
ONE EVIL SHOULD NOT BE
MET BY ANOTHER.
WHAT The fRESS THINK OF II.
MnnifesiIy Unfair-Friends and Enc
mics Would be Treated AIike-The
Sections Want TO be More closely
Tniica Rather Than Estrnnged.

The press of of the South and the
people too are opposed to the boycott
of the business men of the North and
West, as proposed by the Atlanta
Constitution, in retaliation for the
passage of the Lodge election bill.
Richmond Dispatch: ''To determine
neither to buy of nor to sell to the
North carries with it purpose tc
treat friends and foes alike. 1t is
equal condemnation OF Democrats
and Republicans in such States as
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut
Ohio and Indiana, where we have
devoted friends by the ten and hun
bred thousand. 1t proposes Il pun
ishment to be visited upon the guilty
and innocent alike, and is therefore
wrong in principle"
Richmond State: THE attitude OF
our Chamber of Commerce towards
the proposition for the Southern
merchants to boycott the North if the
force bill is passed is just right.
Action of the sort indicated in ad
vance of the Senate's action would
undoubtedly be prematurea and wrong.
But the Chamber of Commerce
should without delay meet and adopt
resolutions protesting stronSlyaSalnst
the passage of the force measure. If
a half dozen business organizations OF
the South were to take such action
this week, the chances of defeating
the bill would be better than ever. :
Baltimore Sun: ANY threat of re-
taliation on the other hand would
simply aggravate the situation, and
would intlict widespread injury among
interests which have contributed in
no small degree to the South's de
velopment, and are in no wise to be
held responsible for the miserable
partisanship and rancor which have
inspired the attempt to foist upon
the South so odous measure as the
force bill. The Southern people have
been patient and long suffering; let
them not now throw away the fruits
of years of admirable self-restraint
bv listening to hot-headed counselors.
sincere and honest though they may
be-
The Washington Post 1.-The propo-
sition of the Atlanta Constitution to
have the Southern people institute a
boycott on Northern business inter
ests in case of the passage OF the
force bill is so unwise and mischiev-
Gus as to attract wide attention. The
proposition is all the more unexpected
and strange when it is recalled that
the journal which advances it was at
one time edited by Henry Grady, a
man who endeared himself to the
American people by bis persistent
and manly efforts to eXtinguish all
sectional animosity and cement the
North and South with trade and
social relations that would withstand
all assaults of the Observation-Disclosures.
The New York World says; ut is
both surprising and unfortunate that
Governor Gordon, Of Georgia, has
lent his countenance to the dlstem-
pered scheme of organizing a sectional
business boycott in retaliationfor the
passage of the Lodge force bill. 1T Is
surprising because Governor Gordon
is man of sense, while this scheme
is senSeless. 1t is unfortunatate be-
cause, in INDUCING in such talk,
Southern men are directly and pow
erfully aiding the Bourbon element
in the Republican party to turn his
tory backward and restore evil condl-
tions from which the country has been
rescued by the good sense and fair,
ness of the people. The Lodge force
bill does not represent the sentiment
or reflect the purposes of the North.
1t is opposed not only by all Northern
Republicans, by some OF the ablest
party newspapers, and by great
company of the very business men
whom it is proposed to boycott. There
is at this moment an excellent pros
pect of the bills defeat in the Senate
through this opposition of intelli-
gence and patriotism to Bourbonish
reaction and brute force, but that
prospect is not helped by threats
of trade bovcotts. 1t is hurt and
will be destroyed by these threats if
they are continued. Men of Cover
nor Gordon's character should be
teaching hot heads to reflect that the
patience of the past has been re-
warded; that the intelligence and
sense of fairness of the North have
once before proved their ability and
disposition to overthrow Bourbon.
ism of the Lodge kind; that those
forces compelled the abandonment OF
reconstruction methods, the with,
drawl of the troops and the defeat OF
the Force bill of 1875; and that the
good will and fair temper of the
Northern people are allies to be
sought, not repealed by violent threats
and dire warnings. 1t is inconceiv-
able folly which leads such men into
so false and dangerous position, and
it is folly which tends to precipltate
the very calamity dreaded, and which
will 60 far to prevent the otherwise
sure breaking of Republican power at
this falls elections. 1t is time for
conservative men at the South to call
a halt to the hot-heads.
The Philadelphia Record says:
"Governor John B. Gordon, of Geor-
gia, threatens the employment of the
boycott against the Northern people
in case of the passage of the Federal
force bill. The measure itself would,
if passed, be sufficient boycott upon
the reciprocal business and inter
course of the North and South with
out aggravating the mischief by such
a course as he proposes. Appeals tc
sober reason and to the spirit of fail
play are much more potent with the
people of all portions OF this country
than mere threats. Happily, the at
titude of many Republicans of the
Senate toward the Lodge-Davenport
bill inspires the confident belief thai
it can never be passed. But Governor
Gordon, who evinces rare good judg
ment and a spirit of genuine patriot
ism on most occasions, ought to kno"
that no mere threats of boycotting
could prevent its passage"
Roanok World: with all respect
to our contemporaries, who are EN-
dorsing the suggestion of the Atlanta
Constitution to inaugurate system
of boycott towards the North ant
West, as retaliatory measures, in thu