The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-23

IL Is small wonder that the land
which. two years since. wns 80 pros
porous 10 now paralyzed with fear OF
the possibilities which lie before us
at the hands OF the motley mob gath
cred in the halls of Congress-. Nor, in
considering the effect OF this upon the
popular mind, can We omit the bitter
humiliation arising from the fact that
we are delivered over to the tender
m erciea of the South. 10 one whose
mem rlus OF the civil war ARE still
fresh IL would seem impossible that
the vanquished South should already.
lty means of the Democratic party,
have bacome dominant In the Union,
Into which it was coerced. Yet so 1t
is.-Henry Charles Lea's letter TO Har.
lper's Weekly.
. There are too many people In the
North who do not realize that the
bonst which tho South made at the
close OF the civil war-that they would
by tho ballot and In the
halls of Congress what they lost upon
the field OF battle-is being made
good. Tho South is In the saddle to.
day. Its leaders are daRiling with
4 he recklessness Of drunken driver
down tho hill of destruction. They
are seeking to wreck the industries of
la North and to put tax upon
Northern industry, thrift and skill.
They are seeking to stab the manu-
facturers of the North by pretending
to aid them.
They are declaring for free raw ma.
terlal, while at the same time reduce
ing the duty on the goods into which
the raw materials enter. 1t is not
mere political tnlk to assert that the
South Is In full control OF the gov.
eminent which 1T sought only thirty
years ago TO destroy. Not only that.
but the leaders and responsible men
In Congress to-day are the very men
who took up arms TO destroy this
government. under which they now
live and thrive. They are busily on.
gagged in a battle against the North.
hoping that the defeat In the clash OF
arms can he atoned for In victory
Through legislation. 1t needs no
ghost to tell us these things. Every
man can see for himself what is going
ION.
A glance at the composition OF the
committees Of both houses Of Con-
Gress will prove the truth OF the dec.
lHratlon which MIR. Lea makes, and
" hich we have frequently made. Iu
lie Senate there are So committees.
OF these committees IS OF the chair.
men are from Southern states, and 81
Of those chairmen served in the Con.
fcderats army. while one other was a
member OF the Confederate Senate.
In the House there are 56 committees.
and "a OF them have Southern In Ell for
chairmen. OF whom 20 served In tho
confederate army. Here we lind that
out of ia committees in both houses
62 are in charge OF Southern men, and
40 of them are x-Confedorates. This
10 disagreeable ehowlng, we must
admit.
But ontside Of tho fact that ex.Con.
Itederates are the power in Congress
the matter of population Is to be con-
IslderGd. The Northern ''dough-facos."
n order to hold their party in power,
ltruckle and bend tho knee, Just as they
did forty years ago, to tho men OF the
South. Inc fifteen Southern states.
Including Maryland and Missouri
nave. by the census Of 1890 an aggre.
gate population of 90. AGO. SIS, and a
voting population OF 32t0,S5
against an aggregate population In
tile other states OF 80, 44s, 52S. and q
voting population of S. $50 AIS
Yet the South controls the commit
tees and dictates to tho rest of the
country what it needs and what 1t
shall have. These facts should be i'm
pressed upon the people Of tho coun-
try. They should be made TO under.
stand that what the Federal tro ops
won on the field OF battle is being
lost In the halls of Congress. The
South has not forgotten its ''lost
cause and the men Of the South who
control the committees OF Congress
do not intend that the North shall find
relief through any legislation upon
their part.
The old sectional spirit 10 Just as
bitter as it was In 1860, and men who
fought In the ranks OF the Confed-
crate Army are now debating terms to
I their Northern allies. the Democratic
members OF Congress. The Demo-
icrats Of the North have turned the
com mittee rooms OF both houses over
to the Southern members, regardless
OF the boast which was made at tho
close of the civil war by tho defeated
South. These are grave facts. 1t Is
nigh time that the people OF the North
had begun to realize the extent and
menace of the great conspiracy now
working in Washington.
We find to-day that the representa-
Itives of fifteen States. with a popula
ilon Of 22, AGO. 3iS people. are debating
TEN TO tho representatives of 80
ihtates, with population OF 50, AS, 53S
lreople. No wonder the Democratic
newspapers of the north are begin
ming to complain, in feeble way, to
@ sure, that Congress is hampering
the financial and commercial interests
NJ tho country by Its dllatory methods
. md rank schemes.