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Show leading advocate of the boycott. The Montgomery Advertiser says: ' Tho Atlanta Constitution Is trying to work up a boycott against everything in the north on account of the lorre bllL There are hundreds hun-dreds ol democrats all over the north as bitterly bit-terly hostile to that measure as the Constitution Constitu-tion Is. Are we to tie -hue a boycott attiiiust these gallant anil fe:irpss men because, led away by partisau m:nlmas. tho republican majority ma-jority in the house h.is p;.M"1 a force bill which may become a law? Boycotts cannot be enforced en-forced between the north and south until tho Hue of demarcation is as great us It was in the time of war. It is foolish to pretend to believe it can be done." The probability is that the force bill will not become u law. There is too much opposition to it. Ken the republicans re-publicans of the south are uniting in appeals to congress against any such unpopular legislation. But while tho force bill may be unpopular, would it be unjust if passed and put into execution execu-tion with a view to securing fair elections? elec-tions? If the elections arc now conducted con-ducted in the south in an honest manner, the force bill certainly would uot change the results. On the other hand, if they are now tiufair, as they have been in the past, would not the force bill result in a free ballot aud a fair count? These are the questions to be considered, consid-ered, and it would bo well for congress, before proceeding further towards the passage of any such measure, to thoroughly thor-oughly investigate the condition of affairs af-fairs in the south aud ascertain if there is any necessity for the enactment of any such law. TttE FORCE BILL. The proposed federal election bill, known as tho Lodge bill, is meeting with a very warm opposition not only from the democrats but from a great many of the republicans. This measure meas-ure makes somo very stringent provisions pro-visions regarding the holding of elections elec-tions for federal ofliees, and it applies to every st:ite. It is aimed, however, at the southern states, but whether in the north or the south it takes the election elec-tion machinery, iu congressional and presidential elections, out of the hands of the local slate authorities and puts it under the control of federal officials. This is what the south so strongly objects ob-jects to. and threats arc beiug made to boycott northern merchants and business busi-ness enterprises. There are some cool heads- in the south, however, and they do trot apnrote of auy such suicidal policy. The Atlanta Constitution is the |