The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-25
A FRIbNDLESS BOYCOTT.
The Atlanta Constitutions S
Scheme a Flat Failure.
DlSAPPROVED BY DEMOCRATS.
Leading Southern Statesmen Refuse
TO Endorse lt-Vnncc and German
Say Its sNonscnse-Comin incrcial 81
Bodies Not Enthusiastic.

WASHINGTON, July 2l.--The boycott
proposition Of the Atlanta Constituiio'
does not receive much Southern support
here. Mr.. L. w. Barrett, the correa
pondent Of tho Constitution, sent Iii
paper the following expressions Of opin.
ion by Northern md Southern Senators
and Representatives upon the boycott
proposition:
Senator Butler. Of South Carolina-.
l do not think It advisable for
the South to take any concerted
action in regard TO the Force bill yet
awhile. The chances are the bill will
nor pass.
Senator Vance, OF North Carolna-ATy
church doesn't allow me to swear, but il
you will swear for me would Say this
talk OF boyColting is the daninedest sort
OF nonsense. think we should resist
the passage OF the force bill by all legal
and constitutional methods, aud appeal
to the sober, conservative sentiment Of
the North to aid us; but ii it does pass,
we should take tho advice OF the Town
Clerk OF Ephesus, and do nothing rash.
Senator German, OF Mary!and-Talk
Of boycotting is extreme. Public men
here do not entertain such propositions,
nor are they disposed to encourage it.
The pussage Of the bill will injure tho
North, but not rs much as the South.
Senator Cockrell, OF Missouri don't
care to discuss the matter, but you may
say that l AM opposed to boycotts. Even
ii favored such, however, would not
advertise il in advance.
Senator Call, Of Florida-We do not
know yet what will DO the iate OF the bill,
and l do not think such discussion right
now IS wise.
Representative Cultivate, of Ohio
me bill ls a blow ut the prosperity OF
the South. l would not encourage
threats, but would encourage reuon.
strauces from commercial, manufac:ur.
ing, mining, railroad interests and the
Farmers Alliance.
Senator Colquit, Of Georgia. have
not considered any particular means OF
lighting the force bill, should it become
Il law. When the time comes | will be
ready to cooperate in any measure to
protect our people from its disastrous
Under the caption Goodbye, Boy.
cott,' the editor OF the Critic, Mr.. Rich.
ard Weightman, q radical Southern
Gays: 1T seems quite safe to
predict that We shall hear little ii any
more OF the Georgia proposition to es.
tablish a business boycott aSains. the
North throughout the Southern States
Enough Of the Southern States have
been heard from already to give assu..
ance that no measure so silly and mis-. |
chlevous will receive even a consider.
able approval. The Chambers OF Com
mercs OF New Orleans, Birmingham,
Lynchburg. Augusta. Montgomery, and
Savannah have replied to the Atlanta
Consolidation, saying that in case the Lodge
bill becomes law they favor conl.
mercial convention to consider the
situation. Richmond, Charleston and |
Mobile say outright that they do no,
approve the boycott, and Baltimore and
Chattanooga announce that their COM
mercal bodies are not political organiza.
tions in any sense. The one glaring and
significant fact is that in no instance has
Constitutions idiotic proposition been
sduare!y Endorsed. The attempt by that
excellent newspaper to take Charge Of |
the South, to dictate its policy, and, in.
TO boom itself, has, iu the
picturesque phraseolcgy oi the great
American game Of poker, Hit the cell.
ing Instead Of rushing forward in a
grateful and enthusiastic hurry to hail !
the Constitution as their deliverer and
chieI, the Southern cities have con-
tented themselves with courteous re-
plies, some OF which la!ly repudiate the
boycott scheme. and not single one OF
which approves it,