Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1867-11-27
Shall the Southern Negroes Rule North
ern White Men

III the negroes are admitted to the suf-
frage in the Southern States the State
Governments will be as completely under
their control as if they formed the whole
population. Acting with the Republican
party, they will in every State form its
majority; they can dictate all its meas
ures and its nominations. They can de-
termine in every instance who shall be
Governor and what laws shall be passed
by the State Legislature. Nor is this ALL
They can not only govern those ten States,
but can control every federal election and
govern the country. The States which
they will control, hold the balance be-
tween the two great parties, and can turn
the scale IN favor of whichever the negroes
prefer Supposing Presidential election
to be held now, and taking the result of
the last State elections as the criterion of
the strength of parties, the contest would
be very close. The following are the
Democratic States and the number of
their electoral votes:
Connecticut . 6 New Jersey 7
California 5 New York 33
Kentucky 8 Ohio 2l
Maryland Pennsylvania 26
The number of electoral votes counted
in the last Presidential election was 22I. .
Of these ll3 Is majority of FIVE; SO that
supposing only the same States to vote as
in 1864, the Democrats would elect the
President without any further gains. We
shall doubtless gain Maine, Illinois, Indi-
ana, and some other Northern States, and
our popular vote, including those who
vote with US in the Southern States, will
make US a majority of all the adult male
inhabitants white and black. And yet it
might happen that after gaining the States
named, we should lose the election by the
complete control exerted By the negroes
over the reconstructed States. Those
States, including Tennessee, will have II
electoral votes, and if they are all brought
under the control of the negroes, they
may turn the scale and elect the next
President. With Maine, Indiana, and H.
linois voting with the Democrats, we
should be beaten by majority of two
II, besides those States, we can gain Ore
gon, we shall still have majority in spite
of the negro 7ote. ~
This survey will explain why the Re-
pnblicans are so stiff ard obstinate in ad-
herring to their negro suffrage recons,ruc-
ton scheme. There is no possibility OF
their carrying the Presidential election if
they abandon it. If they give up that,
they are the same as beaten already, even
if they keep out the excluded States and
preyeLt them from reinforcing the Demo
cratic party. The Republicans have lost
so much that mere policy Of exclusion
cannot save them. They must reorganize
those States under negro control, or their
party is undone. 1t is for this reason
that they turn deaf ear to all moderate
counsels, to all proffers of compromise,
and refuse to give up their reconstruction
scheme notwithstanding its condemnation
by the people. The North will therefore
be called to decide whether the Southern
negroes shall govern the country. The
Democratic party must gain enough to
oyerbalance the Republican gains IN the
South which can easily be done as soon
as the people come to see that the real is
sue is whether the white or black race
shall rule the county, World.