The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-01
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 1. 1891.
SIGNIFICANT INDICATIONS.

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Two Of the most significant indications
Of the great change which has. m the cours'
Of the last twelve months especially, taker
Mace in the public sentiment OF the North
are: first. the passage Of resolution ia
the Kansas Legislature expressing disap-
proyal OF the Force bill; and secondly, thC
withdrawal Of a resolution m the Legisla
tnre Of Pennsy l,auia which condemned IN,
course Of senator Cameron in connection
with that measure without putting il % Il
vote. there being excellent reasons for an
ticipaiine that If il were subjected 10 this
test II would be- at once thrown out.
II is plain. from the action Of the Repub-
licans in the Pennsylvania Legislature on
this occasion, that a very large majority Of
the representatives Of that party in this
body we're strongly opposed 70 censuring
the senior Senator from that Commonwealth
for the stand which he had taken with refer
ence 10 the Force bill.
A brigher DAY has dawned for the coun-
try when states Ike Kansas and Pennsyl-
yainia. VIGOROUSLY for a long course %
wears the sirongholds Of the most rabid and
embitteled Republcanism, states which
have been Influenced Boy the most passion
ate hostiht T. the southern people. and
which have always shown themselves % be
The most Liberal ana preiudiced m their ma
ti0nal relations, exhibit a very decided
disposition. either overly as iu the case Of
the Kansas Legislature, or tactly as Ia the
case Of that OF Pennsylvania, TO condemn
measure under discussion in the national
senate, which as is well known to every
intelligent citizen Of the Union, is directed
exclusively at the South.
Kansas and Pennsylvania have in the
past been the chief opponents OF all that the
Southern people have been in the habit Of
considering 10 De iuimical to every interest
upon which their welfare has absolutely de-
pended. suddenly. under the influence Of The
silent movement, which has been going Il
in every part Of the North, except possibly
in Maine alone. these two great Common
woalths at a most critical period in the his
tory OF the South arrange themselves sub
stantially on her side. The voice Of Kansas
was unmistakable, and but one inference
can be drawn from the action Of the renl-
sylvania Legislature.
The Forcr bill, Infamous as it was, has
not been devoid OF beneficial results. The
opposition which it aroused from the bee
ginning In the House and Senate, extended
70 the lrthest confines Of the Union, be-
cause II wus clearly seen that though the
bill was intended 10 apply only TO tie
South, IL was really blow al the liberties
OF the whole country. Never before had
the identity Of the interests of the American
people, in whatever part of the Union they
might reside, been more distinctly and
forcibly brought out. Never before had The
unity Of the American nationality been
more plainly exhibited.
The Force bill impressed upon
the minds of all tie citizens OF
the United States their community
of fortune, and the response TO this
truth that has come in from all sides, and
from the most distant sections, is a most
gratifying evidence that at last the day Of
thorough reconciliation between the North
and We {, and the south, has indeed arrived,
never again to be dis urbed by antagonistic
Interests simply because such interests no
longer exist.