The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-17
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credited by. all civilized peoples was To-
lowed up by bootins out men 1,Ae Sasaiu !;
5G,ris1e wilson, Olney and Turner, and
s,,f,s,itut.ns Jones, Stone, Altg.td, weaver
go i,rokes-a motley aggregation OF IN
c.-, s q, nd moral idiots. 1t IS painful
+ ~ confess these things, butt Is sume shat
~, n,ani,1od of the South should rise
and reoudiate them. and II w cannot
shata them off we should seceoe from
~ We have been urged to be patent
and good and stand yet Whlie ,to!iS +
waiting. watching and following me otu-
ding OF these incompetent Noi etiei =
brs thren. ca,.,or,,
r,a,,oc,.,t in Congress and III our na t1onal
1.onye,,tions have fpesn given back seats
e,,r Eo-t,,ern sfriG nds- furnishing the pat
for-n. and the candidates, and we OF the
cnu,h the votes Eight times tslnce re
constructiony we have gone UP 70 tue
n e-torat= College and cast practicaiiS d
solid vote for q Northern democrat ioi
president. Except on two OCCASIONS lWhetl
cIeye land was elected in 1854 and 1917 our
Electors met thcre practically soilu
North AGAINST solid South. ms year
AGAIN We go up to vote Tor y osehe at Il
man who would not vote Tor CrlSp loi
Sneaker. because ne Crisp was an eN-
Confederate, and we find again, as we
found four years ago. our own Columns
f,ut broksn) arrayed against sold North.
r. mot time for Southern MANHOOD 10
c,1t loose from thu body of this death!
southern Democrats furnish the votes,
why not furnish the candidates!
Morgan OF Alabama, or Daniel OF Viz
einia. or Turner Of Georgia, could at ieast
have carried the South Any of the three
could have reclaimed Maryland, delaware
and West Virginia and made hshtuchS
sure. Hasn't the tail been wasginS the
dog long enough?
Tb. ;;avs wsre when Toombs and Coo5
and Stevens and Yancey and Benton and
Jackson and Cay and Calhoun and JET
ferson and Washington and a long list OF
Southern statesmen stood at he very Tore
front in the councils OF the nation, not
to say In the councils of their own pollt1-
cal Darties Where are we to-day? Our
Southern leaders are groptng ABOUT IN
darkness. They have bS-n following ohnd
leaders of the blind-trailing first after
an Eastern Democrat and than western
PoDu!ist. 10 here, 10 there, 10 In the
ditch.
Sometimes we very seriously doubt
whether we really nave any Southern
Leaders worthy OF the name. Think OF
Toombs following an Alleged. of Stevens
ay.ng second fiddle to a Croker; think
of a Yancey or q Cobb drinking down the
e.ls ction forecasts Of a Jim Jones and
learning political wisdom at the feet OF a
Weaver,
But there is manhood in the South; there
is ability hare. We do not lack courage.
a thousand fields and forums have dsmon-
strated these facts. Surely the rich red
blood Of our sres has not paled and con-
geaied in the veins OF their sons. From a
race Of giants we have not fallen to a
race Of pigIlies.
Unless we get out Of the rlrt we have
fallen into. the South, which has been an
empire within itself, willAcontinue to wane
until our national political power will be
snuffed out The stuDendous b.under of
1856. followed up by the almost dafibs "a te
suicide in 1900. is mare than Likely to cost
US large percentage OF our representa-
ton in Congress and in the Electoral Col
lege. ALREADY tbs plans are made for the
forging Of our bonds It is a par, OF the
scheme of the dominant party to reduce
our political power to th9 minimum. and
we expect to see Il attempted In
the MT Congress. Who have we to
Dame but ourselves?
The Telegraph has long held to the idea
that ths' South should go into the ELec-
toral College Independent OF any party of
the North, at least until they rep-:ai
the Fifteenth Amendment, and tf5re
make terms. We are a. peculiar people
We have peculiar environments. Our con-
duct OF our political affairs should be a
bit peculiar. So long as the cloud Of
blac.- aliens is about us. put there by
Norths IN Democrats and Republicans
alike it would % the part Of wisdom and
common sense to stand apart. select our
Presidential electors apart, and then so
into the Electoral College demanding
terms.
It is just as easy as it is to suggest it,
for the South to resolve itself into an in
dependent political force, and in this way,
and no other can it master the situation
By this method 1t can absolutely command
what it wants. because when we secede
from Atgsld and Croker instead of fear
ing the solid South and soaring old women
and children with it. as with an old Blue
bard, loving eyes will be cast in our di-
rection, and there will be sharp rivalry
for our favor.-MaUon Telegraph.