The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-07-08

From the New Nation,
Charles Theodore bIurry, "a northern
journalist, has been touring i'm the
south, and the result Of his oBserva-
tioHs are worth considering. We com
mend his conclusions TO those i'm the
north who scout the idea that the
south IS breaking up.
Tile evidences of disintsgratiuu
ars everywhere apparent iu the south,
said the distinguished editor OF a
Charleston, $ C., paper TO me the
other day. Tile situation is to be
regretted, but it cannot be ignored
One of the most interesting pItuses in
this situation is the remarkable syolu-
tiOu Of great peoples from the condi-
ton Of radical states rights to tho most
radical puternalisln within "a quarter
OF % century The distinguished South
CJruliuiuu himself admitted that he
could not understand it. Hence lie
looked upon it us the sign of party dis
/ Indignation. From his point OF view
tile dissolution of the political parties
means new political alignment, We
are won't 60 sueer at a third party
movement because OF the iucOugruous
/ elements that go to make il up and
/ the apparent hupeiessuesB OF its pros
! poets. Nobody eau study the charac-
| ter of tho alliance iu southern states
and su5cr AT it. There are plenty OF
( believers in Patemalism in the north
and west, and they do not stuks us
as peculiar. But, dear me! when we
/ encounter such men iu The south aud
/ in such numbers that Jhoy practically
/ control state afairs-wIaJ then? The
southern disiutegFatioH is in the
/ permanent dissolution of fundamental
principles, and as such is worthy Of
/ the careful study OF tile political econ
Omist. IL is especially important ia
/ that it is going ON iu ths states where
{ those principles we're the strongest and
were adhered to from generation to
/ generation most teuucioUsIy. Il is not
an eJuuition-it is revolution. This
/ is "a process of education. Men do not
/ believe ina states rights to-day, ab8u-
don that for ualiorH.ism tomorrow,
and return TO states rights next week.
They may vote with this party or that
while in a minority, but it is generally
with the party that more nearly repre-
SCENTS their way of thinking. 1t is
therefore immateriM TO the present
| issue whether or mot the alliance move
meut peters cut now or next year
The material fact remains that tho
disiutegraliuu oE political particles
and lines Of traditional thought if I
may apply that process to other than
a suLtauce, has taken pluCe- Is eau
/ be no moro uudous than you can spill
/ water on tie ground ami gather it Up
again. Government IS both the pro
/ cess and the result OK evolution 1t
/ goes on and on as tHe earth goes
round the sun, 1t was yesterday, is
/ to-day, and will be to-m0rroW-but is
never the same f0ran Instant. Human
. thought cam no more conceive what
W0 viii be half century hence than
it could have conceived fifty years aga
what wo would be to-day The springs
OF human action are tire slime. Liks
causes produce like results. Yet The
evolution Of government ls subtle, and
because OF les suBuety irresistible.
Absolgtism fades into socialism by the
same ImperceptjIIs degrees that truth
fades into falsehoOd. We can neither
tell where the one ends nor vheEs tile
other begins. We are physically and
/ mentally conscious OF the change ouly
after it has occurred IH view of All
this, what wonder that South Carolina
sees 40 reason why she should adhere
to time-b0u0rsd uotious-that she
should longer trail along iu tie tracH
OF northern democracy What s.
strange in this disiuJegEatiUu iu GeUr
= giaF Why marvel at the hesitation OF
/ Alabama- III democracy has become
E merely the synonym Of AN Uucsrtafg
. revenue basis aud a particular man fGl
president, there is uo longer any valid
! reason why amy mau should follow it
r except so Gar as 10 satisfies bis desir,
b. Tor one and His admiration for tht
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