Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-26
EIGHT PAGES.
THURSDAY. JULY &c. 1900.
THE SOUTH AND IMPERIALISM.

The Iowa State Register finds itself
the proud possessor of some alleged
facts that will be interesting to the
people most intimately concerned. It
learns that the whole South is I'D in
arms against the Kansas City plat
form. 1t continues:
THE Charleston Post, the leading
democratic paper of that State. the
GreenViile News, and other Democratic
papers and the intelligent people of
1 tbe n Saroiina, all join in condemnlng
tne democratic platform. The Char
iotte IN. CO Observer. Richmond (Va.)
Times, Knoxville (Tenn.) Banner
chattanooga (Tenn) Times, The Bal
tiInore (Maryland) Sun, and the Herald
anu the News, Birmingham (Ala.)
papers OF the South, are outspoken in
condemnation of the Kansas City plat
form as still more odious and danger
GUS than the Chicago platform. The
southern Democratic papers are silent
as 10 the imperialism fallacy and the
consent or the governed, because they
realize that people who are not capa-
Die of governing themselves must he
governed until they can be safely
trusted to rule themselves in a safe
and intelligent manner"
This is exquisite. The Charleston
Post Is an afternoon newspaper with a
city circulation only, and, of course of
little influence. The News and Courier
Is the leading paper of the State and
Is warmly supporting Bryan and Stew
enson. The Columbia State ranks next.
and also supports the ticket. The
Charlotte Observer Is neutral The
Richmond Times can't make up it's
mind. The Knoxville Banner Is known
only In the East Tennessee metropolis.
The Chattanooga Times is Republican
and has been for four years. The
Baltimore Herald is in the same boat.
Ihe Sun is supporting the Democratic
ticket, though not very enthusiastical-
ly. The Birmingham News is neutral.
The only newspaper of note in the
South that supported Bryan in 1896 and
is not supporting him this year is the
charlotte Observer. On the other
hand, few of the newspapers that OPP
posed the Democratic ticket then but
support it this year are the Balti-
more Sun. Louisville Courier Journal
Charleston News and Courier, Mont
gomery Advertiser, Petersburg Index
Appeal, and our local contemporary,
the Landmark. which. however, tenn
pers It's support with the admission
that the Democrats are going to be de-
feated.
Decldedly the most humorous part
OF this remarkable Iowa production is
the assertion that the Southern press
Is silent as TO Imperialism" and the
consent of the governed" and the ac-
3 companying admission of the negro
phlle State Register that the Republi-
can party has been wrong all these
years in its row over the Southern
\ negro.
Apropos of this. 1t may be said that
there is nothing inconsistent in the
Souths opposition to the enfranchise-
nient OF the Southern negro and it's
equally strong opposition to govern
ing the Filipinos without their CON
sent. The people of the South would
make no objection to the negro gov
erning himself; what they object to
and will not tolerate is his governing
them. The Filipino lives in his own
country, and If, for time, he should
govern himself poorly he, no. others.
9 is the sufferer To allow a people low
In the scale of civilization to govern
themselves In their own country is one
thing; to take an Infinitely lower peo-
pie and set them UP to govern in some
& body else's country a highly civilized
enlightened and sensitive people is
quite another. The first is an appli-
cation of the principles set out in the
4 Declaration Of independence; the last
Is an application of the political creed
! OF the devil. II he has one.