The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-26

nets ana WOulu to " i'.'
comic were united against lmp0rtatlons
hrd,,gh Northern ports. The Northern peo-
'le mist have tobacco ami rice. We can
h without their grain and meat, we can
and import for ourselves.
'hey can not buy cotton, tobacco or rice
Except from us 49,,
80, ond nrosner on IT, We ought to use IL |
,,,Iv when every resource OF argument, re-
nonsirance protest and legal resistance is |
vhoustcd. II we do have 10 putt on, let us
determine that il will be tight. and fast, and
,arl. and keep on until The white people OF
he south are gwen white mans chance |
n white mans country.
baltimore Herald
To nut il bluntly the ''Force" bill makes
.ensible people tired. and the proposed
southern boycott makes them weary. Both
,roiects are the best kind of enterprises to
,ill .,,
Montgomery Journal
The Journal regrets to see Governor Cor
Ion 20 on record as iayOring an organized
iovcOtt of anV character. The measure u
infamous. and if the bill becomes "a law,
vould seriously cripple the south. but rs
noaus of redress the boycott would not be
manly. or worthy a brave and cbiValrlc
leople. fit is wrong for working men To
combine and institute a boycott AGAINST
.apital when il becomes oppressive; II 1t is
wrong for the farmers alliance, or any cidss
,r organization ~ proclaim boycott
loainst newspaper. which they believe Is
m enemy 10 their principles and cause, 30 II
wrong for the southern people Tor southern
merchants and business men 10 institute "a
boycott against the merchants and business
men of the North for the wrong dolngs Oh the
Republican party, no matter what outraGes
the party may commit or the iniaml al the
LEGISLATION for which IL may be response
bic. II is not satisfactory argument
against such a boycott to argue that the
business men Of the Moth, many OF whom
are Democrats. have no sympathy with The
present movement to hUmiliate the south.
While slavery plausible argument and
a very good one, the better one is that boy
colts are un-Republican, un-Dem0cratc,
mwise. hurtiui and opposed to the genius
of our institutions. They are WRONG ln
and are 50 obnoxious % the tenn
pcr of the people, 50 dangerous in their
means and methods. the legislatures Of
many states. and Alabama is one of them,
PASSED stringent laws against the declara-
ton of bOycOtts ina business matters. The
has made a mistake. Cover
nor Gordon has made mistake. The south
must redress it, wrongs in other, more
manly and lawful ways.
Philadelphia Tines
The marrow Of the trouble is that both
Northern and Southern business men know
that il is not "hOncst elections that force
election laws contemplate. ON the con-
trary they mean race arrangement, Nlo-
lent political mcthod- general di-trust and
the possible rulc Of c0lored voters by force
methods and the inevitable turbulence that
must follow.
New York ieraldl
II il the part Of wisdom. therefore, TO let
the white and black settle their affairs
among themselves. There is no wrong that
one may do % the other which will NOT ln
time rectify itself. A. for our Northern
friends Republicans especially let them
devote themselves % the diligent miudng
of their own business. Grave are the
problems surrounding them here and every
where i'm the North. There are clouds 0i
discomfort making and breaking around
the horizon; a feeling that labor is without
due reward: that the burden OF "a war
tariff is too erieyous 90 Doe borne; that "a
tariff which dO0ms hundreds of thousands
to an endless night OF misery in coal and
iron mines in order that Mr. Carnegie may
reycl wealth is a greater crime than slavery.
and that government hy going 10 the devil.
as expressed in recent financial legislation
in Washington, will end in bankruptcy and
social disorder. With these problems at
home we can leave the south TO take care
of itself.
lNew York star
Make Republican leaders realize that
their poisoned dart j, % boomerang. Then
they will not dare 90 precipitIte a conflict
in which they must Doe defeated. The meet
mg of Southern Republicans at Biuming-
ham, Ala, on Wcdne- la. set AN excellent
example. South us Wen as North there Is
a lar.e element in the Republican party
firmly opposed o. DaycuF0u'- revolution.
Let Democrats and loyal Republicans proc
test everywhere. and all thought OF boycott
or extreme remedies will be idle. The duty
of the hour is to beat Che bin. and that
can De done if The people viii continue to
nght it vigorously as they have during the
past fortnight.
philadelphia Record
Hence, good citizen, in every region of
the country have q common interest in r.-
sistiu9 a partisan measure that D. ifu-ht
with danger tO the public tranquility and
peace. There could Doe mo- such thing Cos
isOlating one portion of the country from
another I'm measures Of partisan legislation
I
Of Georgia and VIRGINIA would react uI n
the prosperity of every other commuuil..
Not even would the districts of Speaker
Reed and Chairman Bedeu Doe exempt from
its effects.
4 line Of protest against Obi, bin from
each citizen 90 his United states senators
j. "a patriotic duty at this time.
New York World
The Southern press generally shows uo
favor 90 the absurd and huutul proposition
10 boycott Northern States iu retaliation inr
the Force bill. The leading men Of the
south. as shown by our dispatches. reru-
diatc the suggestion as alike impracticaaie
and iuiudicious. Partisan maiignity on ONE
side doe, not call for midsummer madness
on the other.
Norfolk Ledgcrl
The people az Virginia are as much OPP
posed tO the Force bill, which is now pend
ing ion Congress, as are those Of Georgia or
any other southern state. and if 10 becomes
law (Which now appears improbabIc), will
do all which lie, iu their power % defeat
the party responsible for its enactment. but
they are not prepared 90 follow the assumed
leadership of the Young managing editor
of the Atlanta Constitution. who has i'll
yited "a conference Of the various CONNER
cial bodies OF the south 10 discuss the quc,-
ton of establishing a "bOycOtt' against
the North, i'm certain contingencies. 80
tar as Virginia Is concerned. her bust
ness people, in all probability, sell as much
i'm the North rs they purchase there. aud DO
would bee the height Of folly to think Of
adopting the suggestion which come, from
Atlanta. The truck business OF this imme-
diate neighb0rhOod amounts 10 several mil
lion dollars annually, and Northern COM
are the customers; the millions
upOn millions Of feet Of lumber which our
lumbermcn annually handle 20 10 the Mid
die and New England states; millions OF
tons Of coal and scores of thousands of
tons of iron take the same direction; the
product of the tobacco factories of
four important cities and several
Villages Of the state is sold largely
in The North. The cattle Of the S0uthwes,
20 principally. norhward, and dozens ct
other industries find their most profitable
markets in the Northern States. No, Viz
ginia does not desire boycott" against
the business North. on the contrary, she
has every reason to wish 10 extend her mar
kets in that direction. y irgnia will do her
whole duty. politically. boy her Southern
sisters. but she prefers at the same time 10
continue 10 extend her industries 50 a. 10
add to the number Of her Northern customs
ers. This she could not hope 60 do were she