Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1892-11-24
A MYSTICAL EXPLANATION.

A MYSTICAL EXPLANATION
Under the caption "The S nth Re-
leased, y the New York Sun indulges in a
most curious editorial, the meat of which
s contained in the following:
"Since 1850, when the south was solidifed in
opposition to the election of Abraham Lincoln,
It has remained unbroken under the pressure of
the results of the northern triumph. These
thirty years, which have seen its greatest impov-
erishment, have also brought its highest pros
perity. Its material development has done much
to raise it again to p ane of politics from which
it might consider all national questions on their
merits without throwing into the scale the threat
to its own prosperity and peace always contained
in Republican domination For twenty " ars the
prospect Of some portion Of the south breaking
I through the traditions stamped upon it by the
war has been steadily growing, yet when election
time came around the plunge out of the ranks of
the Democracy seemed fraught with too serious
danger, and it was not taken"
The Sun in the above tells part of the
plain truth, but it is pity that its effort
in that direction is so abbreviated. The
south acas solidified to Democracy by the
ClCCUlOu VI aOl dudu AiuCOld WhOih ~
foully assassinated. The interim of
years since his election has contained for
that section its periods Of greatest de-
preston and highest prosperity. 1t has
seemed on several occasions that Re-
publican rift in the cloud of Democracy
was imminent, and it has proved, time
and again, that scch hope was uLfound-
ed. The south has remained practically
sssolid."
So much for the shining light Of truth
in the above, but how about the incon-
sistency which it also carries. Why was
the candidacy of Abraham Lincoln SO
bitterly opposed by the south, and how
came its impoverishment? Who does
not know that Lincoln stood as the Re-
publican champion of the theory of in
dividual liberty and national rather than
state or sectional supremacy Who does
not know that the south, with its belief
in the propriety of slavery, essayed to
be greater than the Union; that ii
fought for dismemberment, desperately
bravely even, but to the verge of it's owr
sweeping ruin, and that when the smoke
of battle rolled away, it recognized utter
defeat and found itself without resource
of property? The history of thirty years
ago should be familiar enough to al
Americans. The dream of the southland
was sweet enough, but the awakening
even on the magnanimous terms prompt
ed by the mellow heart Of Lincoln, wat
bitter to the last degree. The south
with undoubted courage of its convic.
tions may none the less lay upon nc
other than its own shoulders the ruin OF
its fortunes in the early '6Os.
simultaneously the south went into
congealed Democracy and rebellion. 1t il
enough to state the simple fact without
pointing to its significance. The wal
laid aside, 1--WE hope never again to be
called forth,) the last and most terrible
issue, but to Democracy the south has
unfalteringly held. We try in vain to fine
good reasons for this, nor does the SUI
help US in our search. In breath il
admits the south's ''highest prosperity
is feature of thirty years of Republican
national supremacy, and vaguely tells o.
the "threat to its own prosperity ant
peace always contained in Republican
domination" If, as is admitted, pros
perity has come under Republican rule
through the investment of northern ant
largely Republican capital, and by north
ern and generally Republican citizenship
if, we say, prosperity has come to th'
south notwithstanding and in spite o
those gruesome "threats" which 'Re
publican domination" has INDUCED il
for 80 years. then it must follow tha
present prosperity in the south is a
nothing compared to the deluge of richie
which must follow Democratic victory
This is the logic of the situation, but will
it prove practical? The Sun says fur
ther:
"The decisive triumph of Democracy on Tues
day will give again to the southerner- citis er
ship from which all sectional prejudice has bee
totally disconnected, and at last our nations