The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-07-24
THE BOYCOTT.

"force BILL" the Atlanta Constitu-
ton urges a boycott of Northern
business establishments, open up
trade with Europe, make our own
goods, bread and meat, and let the
Northern business men severely
alone, until their kicking forces
their representatives to repeal the
infamous measure.
We think the Constitution is
little too hasty. The force bill has
not become law and may not. A
boycott has always appeared TO US
as despicable resort, To boycott
the entire North would be to boy
colt friends as we'll as enemies. To
punish friends for what our enemies
do, is not right in principle or just
in dealing. We doubt very much
it boycott could be made success
full and universal in the South.
There are many Northern people in
the South who would not be in sym
pathy with the movement and would
still patronize the North. This
would throw the bulk of trade to
those who continued to supply wha.
the people wanted. 10 this extent
a boycott would be impracticable.
The force bill and Mckinley tar
if bill passed will prove more hurt
full to the Republican party North
than boycott would if inaugurated
in the South. The conservative
business men of the North and
Northwest will see the injustice of
sucn unwise legislation,so detrimen-
tai to the peace and prosperity of the
country, and the poison OF these bills
will find an antdiote in a reaction
of public sentiment that will sweep
the Republican party from power.
While s"lf-preservatlon IS the first
law Of nature, it is we'll enough for
the South MT to be too precipitate
in boycott, which might so anger
and embitter our friends in the
n orth as to virtually make the
North solid against us. We will
need their help to undo malicious
aud hurtful legislation.
To establish boycott of the
magnitude mapped out by the Con-
stitution is no child's play, and will
take thorough organization, sound
business management and a vast
expenditure of money, and could
not be gotten under Roadway, in
adequate transportation with Eu-
rope, in several years, and by that
time the ''torce BILL" if passed,
would have spent its fury and been
wiped out by the overwhelming
popular vote Of the people of this
country, consigning the Republican
party, its President, and the Lodge
bill advocates to the shades ofprivate
lite. The boycott would hardly
prove the remedy for our ills and
We would now counsel wisdom, jus.
tlce and moderation"
These are our honest views. They
may not meet the appreciation of
those who think differently, and to
whom we accord the same honesty
of opinion and judgment. We rely
upon the patriotism, the manhood
and christianity of the people North
and Northwest to right these great
wrongs, il they are perpetrated
upon us, rather than by paralyzing
the business of the country by the
boycott.
But we are intensively Southern
in our sentiments and Democratic in
our principles. If our people re-
solve on the boycott, and after ma
ture deliberation, determine that il
is the best way out of our political
troubles, we will DO, as General
Robert E. Lee did, when his State
seeded, 1--WE will go with our
people" We will stand shoulder to
shoulder with them and help them
fight her battles by the boycott OF
the ballot.