The daily critic., 1890-07-22
so BOYCOTT

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We hone that ihe New York Herald
will not get excited over the Atlanta
CtnNuWHous threat of a commercial
boycott by the South against the North.
There is nothing In &C.
More than month ago when the
scheme was first broached by a Charles
ton merchant. then visiting Cincinnati
Uor e Is not original with the C0av31-
tOH). THE Carrie took occasion 20 ob
serve that the whole thing was bosh
and nonsense We did not then aud
DO not now mean TO say that The passage
of The Lodge Elections bin will not in-
iuiiousiy sGrect business and, in that
way, lessen the volumeof trade between
The sections But we do assert, and
uTon The strength Of as wide and accu.
rate a knowledge Of Southern sentiment
as the Constitution can possibly possess,
that Southern buyers are not going into
sny wholesale combination to boycott
Northern products The idea is simply
preposterous.
The South will obstfuCt the operation
Of the Lodge bill should &c become a
law, and the South will render it rs
fruitlcss Of the results expected Of Il
ly its authors as the frozen solitudes
Ul the pole are barren Of vines aud
foliage and flowers Il Is not impossi.
BE that this struggle may restore
many Of the material conditions Of
the reconstruction period, much Of
ils turmoil aud disorder and
prosiration Of industries and values.
And, as a matter Of course, with these
conditions will come a blight upon bust.
ness that will be felt IN every Northern
market But in our opinion there IS
not at the South even the nucleus Of
such q combination as the Atlanta paper
suggests, and there will not be at any
lime IN The future. Nothing but the
kirdest relations Of mutual respect and
cor fdence exists between the merchants
~ The two sections, aud these relations
are IN no danger Of being disturbed by
ihe nothing Of politicians and news.
raprrs.
This n, IN truth the worst feature Of
tie Lodge bill, hat q will restore
the power Of these politicians aud
soIidify afrosh the political organic b.
iion through which they have for so
many years controlled the Southern
States. That power had begun to owane.
That organization was dlsintegratlng.
In Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South
Carolina, the white masses had already
Iebelled against the machine. In
other States they were preparing TO
fCl'ow suif. The thoughtful and pa
trlolic element Of the South had begun
10 realize that the end was al hand and
that the race question was about to adj
Just itself through the only peaceful
and beuthcent solution that was posi-
BILE, when Reed appeared upon the
scene. with Henry Cabot Lodge and
John /. Davenport as bis henchmeu.
and offered the Federal Elections bill
as veto upon this happy evolution.
What Governor Gordon means IN his
comments, what THE CRITTo means,
What everybody who knows the
facts In the case means, Is that
the passage Of the Lodge bill and
iis attempted operation by Federal
officials will arrest the progress, both
political and material, of the South, re
instste the old rigorous machine Of re-
construction times and, in the troubles
and agitatlons that must ensue, compel
theneople. whether they wish it OF not.
10 cuTlail the purchase Of luxudes
from the North and live more closely
within their immediate resources.
This is al there is in Il and we respect
fully but quite confidently serve notice
on the Herald TO that effect
THE VALLEY T'rgiaiaa Of stauuton, Va.
3 stsunch Republican organ, is saying some
very sensible things about the Lodge bin r
Il iugs 10 which the Republican leaders IN
CoEeress, whose most dazzling Characteristic
seen 10 he ignorance 0f the southern
ARA elton, would DO sell 70 listen.
d ere Is one uf its recent utterancess
''lt gill be . fatal blunder, as it would af-
feet fte Republicans 0f the South, and an
equally fatal mistake, as lt would relate 10
the party throughout the country, to enact
into law tbe Lodge bill or any other
measure calculated 10 arouse race aud see
lIonal preju8iees and force back into the
party rauks the dissatisfied Democrats who
are uow making war upon the Democratic
Organizations o. several 1f The Southern
States. The hesl policy Is 10 leave the South
alone. Forces ana Influences are nov a.
Wark which aul do more ~ break the
solid south aud disiategrate the Demo
ersiie party than az the lass Congress
could enact. The mlaes being opened, the
industries established Tie railroads con
straeted and TIE enterprise and capital
flooding ID from the North WiH work our
Ienefeeut results, As tQ which ~ other
political organization need feel apprehea-
Sion except be Democrats. We trust The
Senate wn nos pass the Lodge b.I aud
thus relieve the south from political tur
mol aal sgrife ana stimulate The w0ader.
fal Industrial era upon which she Is a0#
eufefpE
IHEHE FEo-FEg that lItIeI young
man n decided personal attractions sIH
nlumiue the social heavens peEt winter
Tie New York fHrEf SAYS eWbI.e 1af
newspapers are dieI with paragraph
agaut alliances belW6gH the tiled people
- Europe ana our simple American elGi
1sus, due attention should De given 10 o..
LerlIe Performance af Ar. CEegltoE
Webb one Qf tie youthful member.
of tie Four Hundred I'd Jlis eisy, nos
soloamiug u London. It Was Ar Webb
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