The Charlotte Democrat., 1890-06-27
Republican Aggression.

While the Southern people are fully
aware of the object which the Republican
party have in view in passing the pro-
posed national election law, aud while
also alive to the dangerous and vexstious
character OF that measure IN the form that
it 10 certain to be rushed through both
Houses of Congress, nevertheless, they
have not exhibited as yet as deep a con
Germ about the working of that lav in the
Southern States as would have been an.
licipated. Il may be that the leading
newspapers of the South, which reflect
the sentiment of the people of this SECTION,
represent more distinctly the feeling pre-
vailing 10 the large cities where they are
published, than the feeling to be observed
10 the country districts, the inhabitants
OF the large cities, very naturally, 1ot be-
ing no apprehensive of the evil conse-
quences to flow from the national election
Law ss the inhabitants of the country
where the great bulk of the black popula.
ton 10 10 be found. Whether this be cor
rect or not, the Southern people expect
Only what is iniquitous from ths Republi.
can party, an expectation Justified by its
whole course from the beginning of its
existence, and they are therefore disposed
to regard with more or less philosophy
even its most outrageous measures di-
reeted at the Southern States as being
precisely in keeping with its character.
But the present attitude of the South
ern people tQWsrd the passage of the na-
lional election law probably bad its prin-
cipal ex xplanstion in the firm belief which
they have 10 the material destiny of their
section. The growth of the Southern
States 10 wealth and population, which
has been go great in the last few years,
must be wholly unprecedented IN the
course of the next decade. A hundred
laws enacted by the Republican majority
10 Congress tor the urd:sguised purpose
Of placing the Southern States under the
heel of the Republican party, may impede
that growth, but cannot substantially and
permanently obstruct it. The waxing
prosperity of the Southern States is it's
most powerful bulwark against Republi-
can aggression, and that bulwsrk will
only increase 10 strength with the lapse
of each gear. The Southern people recog'
nize this. They recognize that not q
mine is opened, not q factory is built, not
q railroad constructed, not town founded,
that the barrier against the tyrannical in
reference of the Republican party is not
rendered stronger and frmer.
Nature itself is in conspiracy with the
Southern people to disconcert the pur-
poses of this party with reference to the
South. Day by day and month by month
q large and influential body of the North
ern people are joining iu this conspiracy.
Not q dollar OF Northern capital is in'
vested in the South that it does not con.
stitute q protest against the passage ol
such q measure as the National Election
law, and this protest will grow louder and
louder az Northern investments in the
Southern States increase in volume.
With oil her elements of natural wealth
being rapidly developed. with her native
and acquired white population increasing
enormously in size, the South can afford
to regard with comparative indifference
even the passage of such laws as the Ma
tioual Election law. ALI the forces OF the
age are on her side in the contest with
the Republican party. The moral and
economic forces of the world are on her
| side. Civilization itself is her supporter
As surely as civilization will conquer bar
barism, as surely az intelligence will gov
ern ignorance, just SO surely will the
South triumph over all her enemies, and
will emeI &c victorious from every contest
10 which it is sought to shackle her liber'
ties and destroy her prosperity.-Rich
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