Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-09

Inns are in the minority In the South
Such vulgar Doors and irresponsible
hot heads make a great amount Vi
noise. blu, they represent themselves
rather than the section TO winch '"e'
are a disgrace and menace Since the
election many southern editors anu
h,.t,a.s mon have been heard from, as
10 the President and his pollcies' a''o
their views are doubtless much more
,vnic,l of the great masses OF the
southern people. The Hartford Cou'
an, has collected some of these views
and with them expressions OF opih'o''
90 N the formation of new pOiltica'
Marty BY the southern Democrats
Col. A. Colyar Of Memphis writes TO
the Commercial Appeal Of his city as
couraging any movement toward ne"
southern party. and urging the Denoc-
r,cy Of his section to keep calm anu
.uai, the guidance Of events. He goes
On 10 say: Much as We in the Sou'"
nay differ with the new President, ne
is undoubtedly man of very general
reading and with patriotic impulses
writes this Tennessee Democrat.
country torn to pieces by strife can no
longer have idols In common. and much
of the new Presidents writings would
indicate that he is a national man, ana
reveres the names of our Jacksons' our
Lees, our Houstons and all who nave
made great names in defending our
common country. When he produces
the eruption, 1t will be time enough TO
cease TO be national in our political as
sociations" The paper in which his
letter appears agrees with nm that
there must not he any abandonment OF
Democratic principles. but thinks that
the South had better devote herself for
the present to her own industrial and
commercial development"
In a letter to the New Orleans Plea.
yune Judge Thomas II. Lewis OF ST
Landy parish. La, expresses nope
that the Southern Democrats will stand
firmly by their principles and party.
Which NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of 1896 and
1900. or those of 1904? The judge
doesn't specify But he does say that
Theodore Roosevelt is not indebted to
any personal popularity for that pro-
digious ma jority. THE American peo-
Die voted to maintain existing cOndi-
tons" he says. THE country is pros
porous, and II was feared that change
of administration might reverse those
conditions"
In a letter to the New Orleans Times
Democrat, G. c. Barbour Of Vicksburg
advises the South to turn her attention
for the next 25 years or so to her cotton
and other natural resources and to her
mills. What care We for a President
so long as we can dominate our home
governments?" he writes. Let us put
our efforts and brains to the manufac-
ture Of our native products, and 1t can
not be long before the wealth Of the
country will be centered here. and
when this condition arises the political
influence will naturally follow" The
Times-Democrat thinks his advice
pretty good advice in the main, but dis
sents from Mr.. Barbours' view that the
Northern people want to crush the
South politically. II does not believe
that, nor does it believe that the Re-
publican President is an enemy of the
South. II sees in his speech at st.
Louis a broad Anericanism. and il
says: mo American, no matter In
what section he dwells. could ask Mr..
Roosevelt to do more than live up to
the spirit Of his ST. Louis address. In
II he has said all that could reasonably
he expected. and We think the country
Is prepared to take him at his word.
To be the President Of the whole peo-
p,e-that sums up the duty Of the
&uct MdSISN AtC w th'S a'utioii, dbu ~
should be the ambition of each sue
ceetiing one to do so as nearly as lies
within his power. That Mr.. Roosevelt
realizes this SO clearly and announces
his intention so positively and signifl-
cantly is indeed fortunate for the coun-
try
We group few other recent South
ern and Democratic utterances gath
cred by the Courant. The Richmond
News Leader is almost convinced that
the country has entered upon another
era Of good feeling. The Norfolk Land
mark suggests that the thing for the
South to do now is. obviously, to get
along with President Roosevelt as well
as she can. The Atlanta Constitution
praises anew the broad and manly
spirit of his letter to Colonel Mosby,
and remarks: The American people
are sick, and tired of sectional spleen
and sectional narrowness" The Ma
con Telegraph thinks a great Southern
leader is due as well as needed. but