The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-07-27
RANDOM NOTES.

A pamphlet, written by q southern
man and published by tho Gossip Print
ing Company, OF Mobile, Ala, is attract
ing considerable attention and is being
largely circulated. 1t ia entitled "Tho
Rondiug OF the Solid South" aud is dc.
signed by itS author, who has evidently
made n careful study OF tho political
situation, and who is a Democrat, TO
show that the political solid south 10
disintograting; that tho people have
ceased TO DO led blindly by lOaders'Rnd
bosses and nre going to do their own.
thinking In future, cutting loose from
their allegiance to the controlling fac.
ton OF the northern Democracy, Tor
which tho southornerI have been for
nearly thirty years the hewors Of wood
and tho drawers OF water. While tho
book is q irco silver publication aud is
aimed at tho "gold.bug" faction Of tho
Democracy, 1t is interesting as ailordinR
q very graphic view OF tho condition of
tho party, and tho "hopo!eGInesS OF its
situation as an org~aniLatiOn-a hope
lessnoss that has not boon brought
about wholly by tho silver agitation.
but Is tho result Of a combination Of cir
cumstanCes. Tho author Of the book
does littlO theorizing, but confines him
BoIf to 4 simple, cold.blooded statement
Of facts as they exist. =
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Speaking Of the origin and lifc Of tho
Solid South, the writer Of tho pamphlet
referred 10 Expresses tho whole political
situation in that section during tho
past quarter ola century when he says:
Tho south was the slavO OF n situation {;
aud Tor some years, there was roally no
safety for her but In wearing its
ShackloA. Nor did they seem very gall.
ing ones, for aS tho poet Of philosophy
tells US:
Custom doth make 1t In US tho quality Of
eMinCsi."
The south was content TO believe that
her trus political rolo wal 10 how wood
and draw Watnr for tho northorn Demo.
CrAcy. She was content to moot in
masses aud conventions, select littlo
delegates TO choose big oncs, and send
llposo to national conventions to noni.
natO candidates dictated by hCr north.
Orn alliol. Even on those rAro occn.
sions when strong popular iooling at
tho south suggested hOr own ptoiOronCo,
accustomed leadership aud fonr to
jeopardy n succcHi doomed a national
essential, caused hor to cit
Like tho ponf cat, T. th' alngC.
Letting u lnto not whit upon ~ wouldl'
Such In no longer tho condition Of
h%GNIrs, aud tho oliver question has pro.
cipitatod tho brOak which has 80 long
boon thrcntcnod, aud which will bring
about tho utter decentralization and diB.
Indignation Of tho national Democratic
party. Tho old timO methods Of tho
iaadors h8yo boon poworirbB 10 f0pntr
tho bronx, aud, Bayn tho littlO book, tho
food has como, and II sweeps away old
tlmo land. mRtk from Ond to Ond of this
lately passive section, Louisiana
lOGna, NJ BsiasipDi, Alabama, Georgia,
thu UarOlinas and Tennessee, II Cun.
tinhOs, ara In n htatn Of rapid change
from ChtyEaliB into political Nnin
worms. Tho thought oil tho maaacl
has had timc for growth aud growing
TO strength, II has asserted Ia roy0lL
against the long familiar crack Of tho
party whip-dommdiug to NpOnk lot
ilaOli, Instead Of bolng HpOkUn iof ~
nforOLimr. In short. tho author con.
cInlOs that tho south nov practically
asserts hor right to think lot herself,
aud "ihuq thinking. to become u part
Of that political autonomy Of which sliO