The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-12-05
MONDAY. DECEMBERS 8. 1899.


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labor itself. Whether protection shall
be permitted to remain or not Is a
question that relates solely to the man
who earns wages. Just as soon as this
fact is clearly perceived and under
stood there will DO no difficulty In I'M.
Outstanding the solid South's relation
to the protective system and. why the
old Southern ideas have such posi-
tive force In American politics. In the
South, caste lines are as tightly drawn
us ever. There is an upper class that
despises toll, and there is a lower class
half enslaved, and stepped In hopeless
poverty from which no man can ever
expect to rise.
The South to-day has the cheapest
kind of cheap laborers who will always
remain hewers of wood and drawers OF
water. The South Is kept solld for
this very purpose, In the North labor
lie more highly paid than in any other
part of the world. There tire lhborer
has political equality and his manhood
is recognized. From this class come
most OF the men conducting our great
manufacturing Industries, and from it
come some of the ablest Northern
Statesmen. Their advancement is
greeted with applause, and honors are
conferred upon them.
Between these two systems there Is
an irreconsiiable difference and be-
tween them there must be perpetual
hostility. Let it not be forg often that
the war of secession grew directly
out Of their differences. The South
ern planter with cheap labor and a
monopoly of the cotton crop found it
to his advantage to exchange the prof.
duct OF his cheap labor with that OF the
cheap labor OF Europe. But the tariff
compelled him to pay higher prices
for his goods he brought across the
seas, and for what? Why that the
Northern labOrer might obtain higher
wages. This did not suit the Southern
planter. He was deprived OF the adj
vantage he thought his cheap labor
should bring him, and all this for the
benefit of tine Northern labOrer whom
he regarded with scorn and contempt
as being as much beneath him as the
slave In the South.
These were tile conditions that
created the Southern demand for free
trade, The South has never surrender
al In ls,I. t.4
two years, through war and defeat.
through reconstruction and self-gov-
eminent, 1t has held firmly to its tAeo-
ries, and finally Unfolding them In
the platform OF the Democratic party.
Its constant ally, 1t has induced the
nation to accept them, and when the
next congress meets, 1t will shape
them into legislation for the whole.
This is the real menning Of the Demo.
cratic victory. The Northern work.
ingmen are to be compelled to accept
European wages. What is the worst
about 1t Is that a majority OF Northern
uotkingmen not understanding the
question have voted In favor OF these
candidates whom they will find will
crush them to the earth.
Northern Democrats who have been
the tools Of this new Southern Con.
splracy are talking softly to the work.
Ing men and trying to make them be-
liove that only the greedy employer Is
TO suiler, The Southern men who have
conducted the cunning movement
cure nothing about the Northern work.
ingman. The latter is as much OF a
''mudsilla to the Southern mnn now
as he WIS before the war. These met
have maliEned the manufacturer.
simply to excite the hostility Of labor
We might as we'll prepare Tor tht
worst Not only "lara reform" but
free trade will come whom we shall
have low wages Dr perhaps no wages
The South has glinel the victory and
Intends to have the traits OF it, O
course manufacturer cannot Conduc
business long if they have to pa,
more for labor than is paid By Euro
peans lot Into. free competition wit
them.
The decrease in wages will not b
eastl made, us labor viii resist, but /
will be made, There will no doubt b
strikes. and Observation-Disclosures OF til,
peace OF which the turbulence an
blOodshed at HOtaestea end wers the 81 =.
and token Gut no power of nrA cal
prevent wages falling undrrsucI
conditions. 1t Is hardly likely tina
Northern workmea Will accept tn,
change pat.ently,thoagh a majority q
them may have voted Tor it, aud the,
will revolt against it at the polls.
can hardly ba ina -el that the Soutl
srn labor theory can hlvo permauenc
In u fres country whore there IS a fte
ballot and equality oi rights betwee
the classas
Under the5 % conditions it il no my
terry why tie South will not permit I'll
negro to vote It IS not difficult to 81
why tHo South has been kept solidfc
one politsa. party for geurratIol
1t is strange phenomenon. but hal
Is a community Of 1900 pl8 Or lt
100000 Of people without difference
OF political opinions Tor over tlirt
years. This Il not tie result Of arc
dent, nor Is it produced by Soulhei
fear OF Negro domination, 40 tie Il
grues could eHs5'y be rlieidei betUr,
the two parties. j. stands for lie lixt
and rpisutlFS, host .IffN- t,f "a .V.4 ..t,