Year: 1879

right crowd but he always knew when to drop il and
get up on his fence for another chance.


A SOUTHERN SENATOR'S STATEMENT.


Concerning Mr.. Thurman's present attitude as the
head of the movement forcing extra session on
the plea of relieving the South from bad laws.
Southern Senator remarked to your correspondent
to-day


The South is poor and feverish and tired-it wants
peace and rest. IL only be injured by being
made the football of political contention it
has SO often been used by Northern democrats. We
of the South are not moving for the immediate
peal of the Election laws we have thought nothing
about it. 1t is time enough, in our judgment
peal them next December. SO far as senator Thur
man is concerned if he is really in earnest and has
not been carried away by momentary inn
pulse. he appears to be repeating the
sprans the Nebraska bill and the doctrine Of
squatter sovereignty on us. The South had not
flung into politics by Mr.. Douglas, Northern dem
ocrat. very influential and eminent one. not ~
please us, but to coerce u.s. not for U.S. but for his
own advantage. When the gift was forced on us we
could not refuse it, just as now, il the Northern
democrats insist Immediately repeating laws of
which we have long complained we hardly
fuse to cooperate with them. But the South is tired
OF being used by Northern democrats mere
political football We see the danger to ourselves OF
this constant renewal OF sectional issues questions
in which the Southern States are made the political
target. Douglas harmed us to advance us he hoped,
his own political fortunes and 1t may be that Thur
man thinks the same policy good one for himself.


OF course the answer to this is that Southern men
need not follow dangerous leap. II this theory of
Senator Thurman s motives should be correct. as it
is certainly plausible the Southern not
bound to follow him. They do themselves and
their section far more good by resisting what. no
doubt. is temptation by replying that they prefer
the good Of the country to the untmcly and irrcgu-
lar repeal of even bad laws. In such matter men
like Senator's Bayard Herman, Randolph and other
Northern far safer guides and leaders than
Senator Thurman. Mi. Herman spoke wisely when
he warned the Southern men, in Monday nights
caucus that they had to look to carrying the North
much than the South, and that If they allowed
themselves to be misled into movement which
Northern democrats could not defend before their
constituents they committed fatal fault.


There appears to be little doubt that the republi
can will agree to the repeal Of the test oahs
The President said by his friends to favor this
measure.


DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAUCUS ON THE RE-


PEAL OF THE FEDERAL ELECTION LAWS.


At caucus of democratic Senators held this morn
at this late stage OF the session to effect
the repeal Of. the Federal Election laws
discussed The discussion showed that there
was a largely preponderant sentiment against
such movement Another meeting of the
will be held tomorrow morning. when there will
probably be substantially unanimous decision
that such an attempt at this time would be unwise
and inexpedent. The consultations Of the last two
days have produced the general conviction that this
movement has its origin not in the South but among
Northern politicians, and this takes away whatever
strength it at one time seemed to have