The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-06
Conservatives Of Alabama 20 tho People Of
the limited Stafes.


The address Of the Conservative Convention Of Ala
bama 70 the people Of the United states appears
Montgomery papers Of the 2sth ut The following
among the points we'll put In the address, which will
come homo to every Northern citizen
Degrade and ruin the State OF Alabama by giving II
over 10 the fierce and destructive domination Of the
blacks and the wioe ssterhood OF States from Maine
to California must feel the blow We beg Of you also
fellow. Citizens TO consider whether these military bills
will not In their ultimate effects and consequences,
bring the whole country virtually under the political
rule OF the blacks s too clear for dispute that they
cuded states there Is Controlling majority Of registered
black voters In the other three the heavy black MI
nores, supplemented by the whites in afnliaon with
Here then are ten great common wsahs or the Union
surrendered by these be to the complete political DON'T
twenty and my representatives In Congress and
toseveuty In the electoral colleges for President
Vice President Of the United Staea The political power
OF the blacks Ia now, and will almost certainly continue
TO be- unit The votes Of these ten States Il may be
confidently assumed will DO thrown both in Congress
against tho measures or the candidates OF any given
party But seventy votes cast together either In Con-
grsss or In the elecora colleges win, in the large ma.
control the result OF elections In the other The
party controlling these votes must therefore, become
the whole country. And tina. party, have already
shown you, will DO composed OF the blacks and In
will then become the virtual rulers Of the whole coun-
try and hc United States will DO, In effect Africanzcd,
both North and South.
The address concludes with the following appeal
TO tho white race, then, North "a well AZ South, We
appeal 70 to the rescue Of The interests
at stake natonalthe truths In jeopardy funda
mental and vital II the South be Africanzed IL
will be lost 10 the OF the white for almost in
definite time 10 come The domination OF the blacks
overit will not only cxpe the larger portion OF its capital
and population but win deter emigration and the ngress
of capital into II in future The blacks constituonally
indolent and mprovident, will do nothing TO develop its
or TO maintain even s present condition. BY
shodoo ns
physical and moral eclipse. stagnant barbarism will
ovsrspread its blooming fields The South will be vr.
tuay lost to the OF American civilization and pro-
gress.
CaIcuIatIons Upon the Negro Vote North.
correspondent Of radical paper furnishes the fol-
lowing calculations respecting the probable effects Of the
coored Northern and Western States In the
proposition 10 snfranchiss the class be carried
II is probable that the colorsd population has not
much increased In The loyal States since $780, and has
doubtless decreased In localities hence the figures
Of the last will probably high - the pre-
sent numbers will warrant; but the local increase or
decline would vary our figures proportionatsy. Neither
Of the States Of Maine, New Hampshire Vermont, Min.
neeota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas or Oregon contained
much over 600 negroes therefore nos sucIsut 70 b
perhaps being sligbls 70 the ballot California had
but 1000 Though many thousands Of Chinese) Michi-
gan less thas 1000 Illinois 5000 MASSACHUSETTS, 10 oo0
none Of which, save possbly hs latter two could che
small proportion OF voters influence the elections spos
al these states gave uniformly lAe majorities Mis-
but 70 swell the already large majority q Un,on men
Tnc only States which, IN rsasonable probability may
BE- nnuencsd b. The new vcts In addition V Maynard
and Delaware already named ass New Ycrk, PssnsyL
20 90 bscka adding non 100 70 90 vcsss Penn
DDvNnh eAeeo blasnA aeeos 1Aeoo vsesgsi 80 Nev