The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-31
THE SUNPAPER
FoMENTs AT THE SUGGESTION
OF A SOUTHERN MAN.

Some days ago Laps d. McCord.
Private Secretary to Congressman
Gaines, sent out a circular letter
to Southern newspapers in which
a proposition was made to furnish
a series of articles relative to the
nomination of Southern man for
President The American receiv.
ed the letter, which it regarded in
the nature of a business matter,
and it is not in the habit of pub
fishing private business PROPOSE
tions from correspondents and
writers. One or two papers,
however, printed the letter. The
New York Sun says of the matter:
''The Hon. Laps D. McCord, of
Tennessee and 200 e Street N.
W., Washington, has asked him
self why a Southern man shouldn't
be nominated tor President. He
has convinced himself that a
Southern man should be nominat-
ed for President, and he has gone
to work to convince others. He
has emitted circular, and he pro-
poses to emit a full line of letters
wherein and whereby he hopes to
make a simultaneous demand all
over the South for the nomination
of Southern man for President.
There has been no Southern Presi-
dent for 81 years, he says, appar-
emily forgetting Andrew johnson,
or counting him merely as an Incl
dent. Apparently forgetting Zach
ary Taylor also. The slaveholding
South was as well served by Pierce
and Buchanan as by Polk and Ty-
Ter. 1t ruled by an alliance with
the Northern men with Southern
principles.
"Yet Southern man will not be
nominated and the efforts of the
Hon. Laps D. McCord will be
vain. BY meekly failing after the
Democratic party, by having no
reliance upon itself, by continuing
to shiver at negro rule after de-
priviug them of the right to vote,
by accepting reliances against its
own interests with the fierce Pop
ulistic Democracy of the West, by |
being patiently and persistenly |
Democratic, the South has lost for
the present its chance of making
a Southern man a candidate for
President. Whosoever is nomi-
mated and on whatever platform,
the South will be faithful to the
Democratic party. There is
nothing doubtful about the Demo
cratic South. No concession need
be made to it. No Southerner is
necessary for the purpose of car
rying it. The South will do as it
IS told and vote obediently. Its
breed of public men has not i'm
proved under the demoralizing in
iuences of a party without effect
We opposition.
ut is the South's own fault that
t does not furnish the Democratic
for President" J"
The South does not "shiver at
legro rule" Only the towards
nd the demagogues do, or pre-
end to. II has not been many
ears since the Sun was Stimulating
pasms over the thought of ne
'ro domination in the South. 1t
ppears to have recovered from its {
right. As to what the Sun says
oncerning the ready docility with !
thich the South votes for platforms
,hich others dictate and for men
tho live invariably in other sec
ons there is more truth in it than
'e care to hear or to discuss. The
outh would show more self
aspect and independence if it
'ould vote, for once, at least, for
Southern man rather than
Western ora New York c
'emocrat for President. The
verage New York Democrat is a
ood man not to trust as Demo
rat. The South, which is the !
ome of true Democracy, has been l
oting for Eastern and Western
zen for forty years. Why should
ot Eastern and Western Demo .
ats vote for a Southern manG
Iany Of them would refuse to do
}, but we should rather like to see
lem have the opportunity. G
ashville American. =
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