The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-17
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER II, 1900.
IS SECESSION sEvlv1NG2

Never has the Now York Sun shown
its consistency Ia stronger light than
IN IT'S recent attack upon the whole South
IA reply to well tempered and, as we
consider Il, highly proper ed torial from
the Macon Telegraph. which we Reproduce
IN another column on the editorial page.
The article urges the South to stand
for Denocra cy-and 10 stand. II need be-
alone II is the last appeal that has tren-
z;ed the Sun. II is the suggestion that the
South could and should act alone that
was seized upon by the Sun as an irrefu-
table proof that the South still haroors
the hope Of secession. and that the South
desires to stand aloof from the LIE OF the
nation.
Nav, to any fair minded man, be he Re
publican Of the strictest sect or be he un-
RECONSTRUCTED Confederate, can this ar
;icle mean anything more than the fact
that the South feels that it has been used
as an absolutely docile slave by those
,1e,, who, by whatever means. have put
themselves IN control Of the Democratic
party? The Macon Telegraph truly says
that the South, for reasons which need
not here be discussed, is and probIb!y VIII
rema.n soiidly Democratic until the com
polling and exterior causes are removed
That since the South is Democratic and
will remain SO il is essentially necessary
for it 20 have fair voice in the policy
Of the party whose numerical power de-
ponds largely on the electoral vote OF
he South.
We do not intend or wish to argue at
Tbs tirlc the wisdom of that course Of
action which has heretofore made the
South present 4 solid front against the
Republican party. But ne do earnestly
and In the name OF that fair spirit which
must exist in the mutual dealings even
between the most rancorous and yindic-
tive exponents Of sectional hatred pro
test against the perrers.on by the Sun
of the exisencies. of political life OF the
South into q spirit that ii DESTROYS of
impeding the best interests Of the Union.
We deny that the spirit of the Southern
people which makes them seek to place
the grand old Democratic party on the
original basis tilat made I: great from the
days of jefferson 10 the DAYS Of Cleve-
land, and to clear :ts skirts of the faint
of Populism and silver Republ;can.sm. is
recrudesence Of secession There is no
part Of the Union to-day which Is more
strongly inbued With the national spirit
than the South. There is no part of the
Union to-day which more earnestly de-
eires The welfare OF all than the South,
and 1t IS from the Very catholicity of
their views. cathoiieity and Wilderness
which Is probably caused by the close
proximity of The & disturbing element OF
the negro vote, that the. are able to ap-
,ireciate the necessity for the keeping
alive of the true Democratic principles
that were once SO well appreciated by the
sun. Democracy is not Popuasn.
The appeal OF the Macon Telegraph is
for The South 10 assert itself against the
popaiist,c teachings and leaders of the
West, moi, as the Sun would have US
believe, 10 stand soildls' and suriiy ar
rayed against The North As the North.
the We. rs The West.
We urge the Sun, for lis own reputation
as an interpreter OF :he English language.
and as a. somewhat stitf,y guide in poll
ttcal creeds, TO ponder these tn nrs.