The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-07-25
THE ELECTION LAW.
CES IN THE SOUTH CONCERN.
ING THE BOYCOTT.
A Prominent Charleston Merchant
Thinks the Boycott Will be on the
Negro LabOrer--A General OppO.
sitiOn to the Bill Throughout the
South.
[By United Press. l

by United Press
NEW YORK, July pa special from
Charleston, S. c., to the Sun says: One
of the wealthest merchants Of that city
said yesterday that it was not at all
likely that Southern merchants and
buyers would take part in boycott
against Northern business men, but
that a boycott may be enforced against
the colored supporters of the Force bill
in the South. Before the proposed bill
can be put into operation any where,
100 Republicans must petition for its
enforcement in this district. AS there
are not 100 white Republicans in the en-
tire State the negroes must be called
upon to invoke the bayonet. The plan
that will be adopted in the South will
be to boycott these negroes. 1t will be
generally understood that no negro who
| signs such petitions or accepts an ap
| pOintment under the obnoxious law can
obtain work from a Democrat there
after, and this rule should be obeyed
| with the utmost strictness.
| The Suns Atlanta correspondent says:
| A meeting has been called by several of
| the Sub-aliauces of the Farmers Alli-
| ance in Horeston and other counties, at
which meeting it is proposed to adopt
resolutions to send to all the county al
liances urging the systematic boycotting
of Northern products in case the force
- oe
the Worth county alliance makes the
suggestion that no cotton be sold to the
Northern mills but that it be sent to
England direct Capt. Clark, president
OF the Merchants Bank of Rome, Ga, -,
and head Of the largest wholesale house
III that city, and who has for years been
buying dry goods and shoes in the North,
unhesitatlngly pledges himself to the
boycott. Public meetings are reported
as being held in all the smaller towns
throughout the South at which the boy
colt plan is endorsed.
The Atlanta Constitution returns tC
the subject and editorlally urges south
ern merchants who are ordering good:
from he North to make their order.
conditional and to distinctly stipulat'
! that the orders are 10 be cancelled II th,
force 81 passes.
Ihe Northern trade centres will thu
| be made to appreciate the gravity Of th
Z situation. The Constitution adds: GA
y arrogant enemies Will make the mistak
. Of their lives Il they decide that tn
c Southern people are half-hcarted or in
y different Better turn this fair Ian,
into desert than have it plunged int
S endless race conflicts or resting unde
} the curse Of negro domination"
j The Suns New Orleans dispatch say
there is much alarm there over the pros
e pect Of the passage of the federal cleo
e tlon bill, and there is a general deman
IT that some action be taken in regard
n it SO as to nullify the law, should
t. pass. But there is a wide diversity {
l. sentiment as to what that action shOul
be. There seems to be an even divisio
d on the subject of a boycott of norther
o products. About half the people wal
l. convention called to arrange cours
10 of action so that all the South can az
together in fighting and defeating th
law. The New Orleans chamber of cor
L merce and industry has adopted res
lutions declaring in favor of the pr
posed convention. The States and De
or ia warmly support the boycott propos
ton, and urges immediate action
calling the convention.
The Picayune thinks that boyco
ne against the North may become necessar
er but that it is premature to propose
IN | now.
). The Times Democrat opposes DO
"a boycott and convention as being sectio
0o al and savoring too much of secessi
~ times. 1t expresses the opinion that t
~ ~ force bill can be beaten and nullifi
- without convention.
no ~ At Birmingham, Ala, yesterday ST
~ eral hundred Republicans held a meeti
and ad opted a memorial, giving ma
'u- reasons why the election bill should I
Id. be passed by the Senate. The memor
in will be signed by several thousand
81 publicans and forwarded to the Repl
lican Senators at Washington.
no Other dispatches from various sectic
at Of the South show that there is g
me eral feeling of opposition to the to-
or bill, but there is mole or less opposit
: to the boycott.
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