The Forrest City times., 1892-03-11
The Valley i'm Politics.

The Mississippi Valley is the region Of country between the lakes. the gulf and the two great mountain ranges. It Is not "a section. and in politics it never has been but always in poli- tics. when not divided by North and South sectionaIism. it has tended to act along the lines of its common in- interests
 The talk in politics about a .Wes- tern candidate for the presidency mean. candidate from the Missis- slppi valley. as Andrew Jackson or Abraham Lincoln were candidates from the NJ ssissippi valley. With Andrew Jackson the power of dictat- ing to the Mississippi valley left the East and but for the fight over slavery ii never would have re- turned The valley nominated New Yorker for Jacksons 8 succe ssor as it will nominate Mir. Cleveland if it please@ When the fight over slavery came. when the valley Democrats nominated Cass thegr opponents cou.d flank by going South for can didate and by bringing on Demo cratic free-soil7 bolt in New York Again. when Douglass was nominated against Lincoln it was an artificial, not natural and permanent issue which defeated him
 The question now is whether there is still enough of that old sectionalis m in our politics to pull the Valley apart should Valley Democrat be nomi- 4L ,r ha .xn.,f1 surely be elected for the Valley, North and South. is now and it always has been the hotbed of Andrew Jackson Democracy. There is just as much of it today in Illinois and Iowa as there is in Tennessee and Texas.
 It is certain that the opposition could not be famed know by going for it's candidate as it did against Cass. The only questions to be considered are: CD Would civil war sectionalism m keep the Valley divided? @ Would there be another bolt in New York such as Van Buren led against Cass.
 The Republic believes that the Valley would unite on any good Valley Democrat Every Southern Valley state would support him. So, prob ably. would Indiana Illinois Iowa
 Wisconsin and Michigan. In other
 words we believe that the time has come when bold movement by the Democratic party will put civil war | sectionalism out of our politics for ever and give the country unimpeded right-of-way into a glorious future. And we believe New York would fall into the movement New York was lost to Cass only by the Van Buren bolt. The Cass and Van Buren vote combined. largely exceeded that cast | for Taylor in New York. which on 1 this bolt and on the division in the
 Valley between the Michigan and the Louisiana candidate decided the re- suit In Jackson's second race New
 York supported the Democratic ticket by l6s, 900 votes. against 154. GOO for | the Wings. In Van Buren's second
 regular race it supported the Valley candidate against him. and although i il has been Democratic state during i the ascendency of the Republican party it has supported Valley candi- | dates against New Workers in every
 alternate election. Ii will give its electoral vote next year to any good ! Valley Democrat if he is nominated. The St Louis Republic believes ir keeping these facts before the country. But 1t is booming" no candidate | Mr Cleveland is nominated Valley | Democrats will support him witf ] enthusiasm