The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-25
B1RllIN0HAN THINks n NIChED.
MORE PRESS OPINIONS.
How the Proposition J., Viewed North of
the Potomac.

The American Grocer says: AS gem
eral rule we think that business journals
should not interfere with partisan politics.
but there are political measures which are
80 intimately associated with the welfare oi
the whole country that L. becomes the duty
of every business man to speak out ana itl
himself be heard upon them.
AT App0mattoN General Grant sand 10
General Lee: Tel your men to take uru
Eor,es home with them 10 help them MAKE
their crops and alterNald uttered Tue im-
mortal words. Let u- have peace.
"The people of the South accepted their
defeat in good part. and went earnestly to
work to retrieve their fortunes. with re-
suit which has challenged the admiration OF
the world: but. lust as the New Souih D.
emerging from 10, darkness, Win 10, labor
contented and its resources developing 10y
"A union of Southern effort and Noithti %
capital, certain politicians. ariualcG hl lht
same spirit which General Grant lchuh,t
now come forward aud for partisan pulIo-
SEES seek AGAIN 20 stir up strife between the
North and the South by proposing what De-
nopularlv known as "he Force BILL "a
Federal election law which Lincoln, Grant
and Carried. the great leader, al the fepuh-
lican party. If alive today, would Whc,iiu-
tinqly condemn. and which every iai-mlnd-
cd man must pronounce as unWise as ID Is
unnecessary. Even intelligent cololtc
men are already found protesting against
10 "a sure TO result in dcuimcnl 10 lheh
race.
The conditions at the South are sucn thai
until the colored people have grown in m
telligence. liberation and virtue, the White
race must necessarily DE the dominant
race. Northern Republicans who visit the
south and see for themselves admit this.
The property of the South Is being taxed To
educate the c0lored people, and IN time thel
will rise 10 the responsibilities ,and duties
of citizenship: hut 20 attempt 10 employ
bayonets in regulating elections M Ike
publican country quarter OF "a century
after the war, is a step backward that "ihy
common sense of most viii NOT indOrso.
and that the dominant party will find 90 be-
as bad policy from Republican party point
of view, as il is untimely and unjust.
"Among the first to condemn Do VIII De
the men i'm Blue who fought against the
men in Gray, and who sympaihize more
with the sentiments Of their great leader
than they do with those who seek o. speak
for the Republican party to-day. AZ any
rate, il is time for the business men VI the
United states 10 protest in the name ot the
cOuutry's welfare against such legislation
as the Force bill. and that they viii pro-
test, earnestly and vigorously, the leaders
OF the Republican party viii find out IN
| 1872, if they do not before
~ BALTIMORE.
The Baltimore sun saws. THE boycott is
| an un-American device which ought never
to be permitted To obtain footing IN our
political or industrial life, and the South.
we believe, has too much patriotism 90 re-
sort 10 an cXpodient which would simply
| s.,.tf,r t,nal bitterness aud iIfurl CD
much larger number of lis friends than OF lbs
enemies. The fact should not he lost sight
Of that the business prosperity and the ln-
| tellectual and moral advancement ul tine
| south are inscparably identified with those
of other sections Of the country, and that il
/ would be serious blow 10 10, future pro-
| gress if il repulsed the friendly hands that
are stretched ont 10 IL from every quarter.
| II is perfectly proper for the south 10 protest
in the strongest and most energetic terms
against the outrage sought 10 De put upon
il, and such protest cannot fail TO win
| sympathy and an encouraging response
| throughout the North. ANY threat of re-
taliaton, on the other band, would simply
| aggraVate the situation. and would lniilct
widespread injury among interests which
have contributed in no small degree u the
| SOuth's development. aud are i'm no wise 10
! be held responsible for the miserable parii-
| sanshlp ana fancOr which nave inspired the
attempt 10 foist upon the South so OdiOus "a
measure a. the force bill. The Southern
people have been patient and long suffering;
let Them not throw away the fruits Of years
OF admirable self-restraint by listening to
hOt-headed c0unscl0rs, sincere and honest
though they may be-"
The Baltimore Evening AeWs says:
Those who know the her0ism Of the South
ern neOule and remember how they sub
mitted % priyatiOn for the cause they be-
lieyed 10 be right, can anticipate the con
stancy with which they will turn from those