Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1890 — The Rule of the Minority. [ARTICLE]

The Rule of the Minority.

No better reason has been given for the passage of a federal election bill than Mr. Blaine gave soon after the election in 1884, when he said: Gentlemen, there can not be political inequality among the citizens of a free Republic; there can not be a minority of white men in the South ruling a majority of the white men in the North. Patriotism, self-respect, pride, protection for person and safety for country, all cry out against it. • * £ TE becomes the primal question of American manhood. It demands a hearing and a settlement, 'and that settlement will vindicate the equality of American citizens in all personal and civil rights. It will at least establish the equality of white men under the national government, and will give to the Northern man who fought to preserve the Union as large a Voice in its government as may be exercised by the Southern man who fought to destroy the Union. The unfavorable crop indication? in Europe is favorable news for American farmers. A good market at fair prices is assured for the grain product of the United States this year.