The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-27
The New National Union.

The New National Union.
 New Orleans States.
 :, Several weeks ago the editor of Les- iie's Weekly expressed the opinion that furnishes nearly all the electoral votes the Democracy obtains in Presidential election. to claim the right to put one Of itso its sons ,,a.,at at the head of the Demo News and Courier took occasion to question the correctness of the asser- tion of Lcslie's Weekly as to the com old feeling of hostility to the Southern States, and to express the opinion that the selection of a Southern man as the would be an unwise one. In this opin-. ion The States concMrred, because 1t is | convinced that enough of the feeling engendered by the war remains to raise l a great clamor and protest should a man from the South seek the Presi- dency.
 To this view MT. sleicher. the ac- complished editor of Les1ies Weekly, refuses to agree, and with the utmost confidence he assures The News and Courier and The States that "the feeling much more cordial than is commonly realized on the other side (this side) of the Potomac and the Ohio. The North reJoises rrb,is in the s. South's prosperity, is industrial triumphs, and comedies that | the South deserves the credit for very much more of the moral and material advancement which the United States l is achieving these days" These are very kind and very true words. but wo have sufficient reason to fear that the | cordiality of the North Is not yet suf- ficiently strong to regard with favor and without prejudice the candidature of 3 Southern man for President, and we believe that we could mention scores | of leading Northern newspapers that would rise in fierce opposition to 1t. Nevertheless, MT. Sleicher is sincere and holds firmly to his conviction that the time Is ripe for the South to assert its political right to name. Southern cratic ticket: MT: sieioher says:
 conditions which have now disappeared, the South Is certain to make greater industrial and financial progress in the next quarter of a century than any North will rejoice equally with the South. Under the influences of these Tps ponmse aos tss obo bsHs n nearly all their old political meaning as lines of demarcatfon and are only local boundaries. North. South. East. sions today. and can never again have their former social significance"
 MT: Sleicher contends that the South in shaping politics, framing platforms and furnishing candidates. "A new National Union has come" he says,
 
 recognition is to place a Southern man ticket in 1908" It is well to add that MoI MT; sleicher,s opinion is shared by MI: MT Weekly, but we feel sure that if the South should follow the advice of these distinguished gentlemen 1t would ex- man it put up knocked down by a tre- ssaiast him north of the he Potomac and is ripe for the South to make an experi- ment of that kind, and w5 feel that | the wisest course to pursue Is for the South to bide a. few years more In pa- tience. Certainly no harm and perhaps much good will come of 1t. That Mir. Sleicher Is absolutely sincere in his friendship for the South there can be no doubt, because 1t has been manifest ed too plainly in the expressions of esteem and respect found in his articles dealing with Southern questions, and | the South's appreciation of 1t is made all the greater by reason of the fact that he is confirmed Republican. It was only few days ago that he ad- Editorial Association at Washington and expressed himself on the race ques- tion as follows:
 to be considered by us. now more than ever, thoughtfully and earnestly. and that Is the race question. Since the
 % eee beter eeHs Se press and the people of the North and the South than exists today. Much of this has been brought about through the influence of the non-partisan Ma tional Editorial Association and the social meetings which diversity its an nual conventions. My friend, Major w. Advertiser a veteran editor, is now at the head of that organization. l have an abiding hope that the great ques- tion which overshadows every other in the Southland will one day be settled by the thoughtful people of the South themselves. If the historic, substantial | and solid Democracy of the South would but assert it's dominance in the counsels of its party, and not permit | itself to be regarded simply as a politi- cal and geographical unit. the south pressions and unjust prejudices in the North. The South cannot forever be separated from us by sectional wall raised by party rancor, The inter; mingling of our people in social and business lines Is undermining. the icy barrier. and under the softening sun that barrier must intimately disappear. Let 1t not be said that we have not done our part toward this happy con- The words of this prominent editor and Republican are highly encouraging to the people of the South. and 1t Is into the minds of those who heard them. The South realizes that the race problem Is the greatest and most diff ficult of all the problems with which It contended that the problem should be settled by "the thoughtful people of the South" who would address them selves to the great task in the right spirit with the result that the problem in time would be solved righteously and justly to both races but this Is impos- sible if the South Is to be constantly harrassed from the outside.
 
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