The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-03-06
THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1890.
SOMEPLAIN PRACTICAL TALK.

SOME PLAIN PRACTICAL TALK.
In the following article the New
York HeraM speaks plainly and to
the point on a question that concerns
both the North and the South. 1t
says:
A great deal of Northern capital has
gone into the Southern States in the
last half dozen years and there is not
a week now that one does not read re-
ports of new enterprises in the South
under Northern control and manage
ment and set up with help of Northern
capital.
We have word of warning to give
to the owners of these many millions
of Northern capital, invested in South
ern enterprises, and of other millions
ready to be invested in the same region.
The profitableness of such enterprises
depends upon the continuance of peace
and order in the Southern States
Under the rule of Mr.. Arthur and still
more under that of Mr.. Cleveland,
peace and, order did obtain in these
States. Confidence in the stability of
things down there drew many millions
of Northern capital into those States.
They are rich in great variety of I'M
developed natural resources they have
an abundant and sufficiently capable
laboring force. Given good order and
the Northern ventures in those States
will continue to be, for years, uncom-
monty profitable and there will be
for long time to come great Induce
ments for more capital and enterprise
in that half of the Union.
So far all has gone we'll down there.
No complaints are heard from the
Northern men who have gone into the
South with capital to engage in useful
and developing enterprises. They are
welcomed. they find their capital safe
ly and very proftably invested ; they
have no fault to find with the local
laws; the taxes are low their property,
be it in mines or mills or factories, is
secure.
But we warn the owners of these
many millions of Northern capital en-
ployed in the South that this happy
and satisfactory condition may not
last much longer. The Republican
managers in Washington have deter
mined, as desperate partisan expedi-
ent, to fling Southern affairs and inter
ests into confusion and disorder. They
= have agreed on politics intended to
set the two races in violent opposition
to each other all over the South. They
are getting ready laws which, as sure
as they are enacted, will plunge the
whole South into condition which
every one will see is fatal to all legiti,
mate business enterprises.
Already all over the South is fell
the ground swells which foretells the
coming storm. The proposed repub-
lican legislation for federal control o.
elections in the Southern States means
as the negroes as well as the whites
understand, an attempt to make the
most ignorant and corrupt part OF
negro population rates over the white:
in States, counties and townships. Ir
all parts of the South negro dema
gogues, excited by the promises of Re
publican legislation, are raising theil
heads with new hopes of mastery
They have the votes, and the Republic
cans in Congress, they believe, will
enact laws under which the solid negro
vote in all the black country shall
once more, as in the reconstruction
times, control the offices, lay and spend
the local and State taxes, and begin {
new career OF robbery, lawlessness anC
generalization.
The buildings of the great upheava
are already seen in the increase of in
cendiary fires in several Southern States
since the Republican programme be
came known,in the frequent assassina
tons of peaceable and orderly white
men, and in sensible increase of VIC
lence and disorder and crime between
the races.
Watching these things carefully W,
are bound to warn northern capitalists
to " stand from under" Unless north
crn public opinion makes itself heard
as it did in the latter carpet bag days
against this Republican programme
the party now in power in both house
will make laws and the party man
ayers will require politics from thu
Executive which will so excite the
negro demagogues in the South as t.
produce in all these States collision
between the races which are sure tt
result in incendiarism, pillage, murde
and general and total disorganiza
ton of the negro population.
The Republican managers do no
care for the negro, but they see NJ
hope of carrying another Presidential
election unless they can once more, il
the old Mississippi steamboat way