The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-20
Rn1InnzINn WILL NOT DO.


We have no cersLre for Senator Morgan
for his spirited resentment Of Mr. HITS
sheer at him on account Of his having
taken part in the movement for secession.
The southern States had a constitutional
right to secede from the Union, and they
did no more than to exercise that right
when they seeded. Having submitted
this cause to the wager of battle, they
lost and agreed that they would never
thereafter assert the right again. They
are bound by this new agreement so that
secession is forever dead in the future
But there is rothing connected with the
move that took place Of which any one
who participated IN it is to be ashamed
1t was a movement founded on right, and
| honorably and goriousy sustained by
men, of whom General Morgan was a
very distinguished one He is right, there
FORE to strike back earnestly and with
effect whenever any one attempts to cast
slur either upon him or his people for
anything that pertains to the period 1851
Is. That is glorious and hallowed
period that is sacredly embalmed in the
hearts Of all our people, and no true
Southerner will allow Decorating hands
to be laid upon it at any time or by any
one.
But Benator Morgan has shown a
spirit and a temper in the recent discus
sions in the Senate which are very far
from meeting with either our appreciation
or our liberation. He has been aggressive,
intolerant, arbitrary and almost violent.
Most improperly, he charged on Tuesday
that the movement for the repeal of the
Sherman law had at its back a combina-
ton between the national banks and Wall
street, and the intmation was very plain
that senators who were in the movement
were the tools of that combination. When
Senator Gray, of Delaware, said, as he
should have said, that the statement,
sa far as it concerned him, was not true,
he turned on Gray and asked fiercely and
significantly II he wished to make a per-
sonal matter of 1t, the duel, OF course. be-
ing Swallowed in the background His no.
tice TO Senator Washburn. which we com
mented on yesterday, that he could get
satisfaction" outside Of the Senate was
another exhibition of the same frame OF
mind. These are but two instances Of a
temper and disposition that has cropped
out all along to carry his views and opin-
ions into force and effect by the methods
OF the high and strong hand instead OF by
argument and reason. The South mas been
sufficiently cursed in the past by repre-
sentatives who have thought this the
best plan for truly representing her in
terests and we had hoped that all Of them
had come to understand this to be the
fact
We tell Senator Morgan and ali who
think with him that they are not rep
resenting the best thought and feeling
Of the South in pursuing this course.
The people Of the South whom it should
be their highest aim and aspiration TO
represent. turn with horror aud disgust
fiom any suggestion to force any measure
through any body by any means having
the slightest tircture Of violence or coer-
cion They want their side OF all ques-
tions presented fully, fairly and with all |
the power OF argument that their best |
men can command. But they viii not |
tolerate the thought that their view Of |
public measures is 10 be made TO prevail |
by attempts at coercing the viii and |
opinion OF other men by measures |
whatever. either Of a physical or moral |
nature. They want their appeals made
to the reason and not TO the fears Of
men. This is the state of that public
opinion in the South which constitutes
the real South. and without which there
would be no South at all. 1t is the senti
ment and opinion Of that great body Of
conservative and justice-loving, patient
men who are attending 20 their own
business and wish to see all other men
have the fullest opportunity to attend
to theirs. When Senator Morgan and
other representatives OF the southern