THE SOLID SOUTH, PAST AND PRESENT.

FUTURE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY To turn again to the South.

This section has been a fertile field for political experimental purposes by successive Republican administrations, ever since the second administration of President Grant.

The Solid South, so-called, has been a serious menace to the peace and prosperity of the country.

How to bring about such a condition of affairs as would do away with the supposed necessity for its continuance has been the problem, the solution of which has been the cause of political experiments.