Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-26

haFthgria Dusneas men, put tHat 4 boy,
colt may be enforced against the eolored
supporters Of the force bill In the south.
Before the proposed bill can be put into
operation anywhere 100 Republicans
must petition for its enforcement in this
district.
As there are not 100 white Republi-
cans in the entire state, the negroes
must be called upon to invoke the bayo-
net. The plan that will be adopted in
the south will be to boycott these ne
groes. 1t viii be generally understood
that no negro who signs such petition or
accepts an appointment under the OBJ
noxious law can obtain work from a
Democrat thereafter, and this rule
should be obeyed with the utmost strict
ness.
The Georgia Farmers Alliance.
The Suns Atlanta correspondent says
meeting has been called by several of
the sub-alliances of the Farmers ALI
ance in Houston and other counties, at
which meeting it is proposed to adopt
resolutions to send to all the county ALI
ances urging the systematic boycotting
of northern products in case the force
bill becomes a law. The president of
the Worth county alliance makes the
suggestion that no cotton be sold to the
northern mills, but that it be sent to
England direct.
Pledged to the Boycott.
Capt. Clark, president of the Mer-
chants Bank, of Rome, Ga, and head
of the largest Wholesale house in that
city, and who has for years been buy
ing dry goods and shoes in the north,
unhesitatingly pledges himself to the
boycott. Public meetings are reported
as being held i'll all the smaller towns
throughout the south at which the boy
colt plan is endorsed.
Alarm la New Orleans.
The Suns New Orleans dispatch says
there is much alarm there over the pros
pect of the passage of the Federal cleo
ton bill, and there is a general demand
that some action be taken in regard to
it so as to nullify TIE law should it
pass. But there is a wide diversity of
sentiment as to what that action should
be. There seems to be an even division
on the subject of a boycott of northern
products,
About half the people want a conven-
ton called, to arrange course of action
so that all the south can act together in
fighting and defeating the law. The
New Orleans chamber of commerce and
industry has adopted resolutions declar
ing in favor Of the proposed convention.
The States and Delta warmly support
the boycott proposition and urges i'm.
mediate action in calling the conven-
ton.
The Picayune thinks that boycott |
against the north may become necessary
n nj 20 10
now.
The Times-DemOcrat opposed both
boycott and convention as being sec.
tional and savoring too much of seces-
sion times. 1t expresses the opinion
that the force bill can be beaten and
nullified without convention.
Action at Birmingham.
At Birmingham, Ala. Wednesday, |
several hundred Republicans held a
meeting and adopted memorial, giving |
many reasons why the election bill
should not be passed by the senate
This memorial Will be signed by several
thousand Republicans and forwarded to
the Republican senators at Washington
Opposition to Both.
Other dispatches from various sections
of the south show that there IS gen
eral feeling Of opposition to the force
bill, but that there is more or less oppo.
sition to the proposed boycott.
The Constitution Again.
The Atlanta Constitution returns &c
the subject and editorially urges south
ern merchants who are ordering goods
from the north, to make their orders
conditional and to distinctly stipulate
flnf ha ord t,S 1.a n hn oil ho
force bill passes. The northern trade
centers will thus be made to appreciate
the gravity of the situation.
The Constitution adds: Our arrogant
enemies will make the mistake of their
lives if they decide that the southern
people are half-hearted or Indifferent.
Better turn this fair land into desert
than have it plunged into endless race
conflicts or resting under the curse of
negro domination.