Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-09-04

In oil Democratic "demonstrstions'.
that have been made in the State during
the pending campaign the anti "nigger"
idea has been paraded with as much pro-
minence rs in the olden time. Their
speakers have We'd with each other in
hurling the bitterest invectives upon the
heads Of the colored race. Hendricks, Ia
bis eighth Of January speech, gave the
key note in low, vile demsgogical ap-
peal to the basest passions Of his basest
followers; an appeal which, if il had any
meaning at all, was simply yell for
"nigger" extermina;ion. Other speakers
from Voorhees, down 10 Dittemore have
taken up the strain and rung all the
changes on the old, old theme of Demo.
cratic hatred of 1.-The niger" Torch
light professions have been radisnt with
notices illustrative Of Democratic fear Of
negro equality. Banners and transpar-
encies innumerabie have shown how low
aud beastial Democratic human being
can be when gorsd to desperation by the
the haunting nightmare Of "pigger'
equality.
In all this, the Democracy of Indiana
have strangely ignored the fact that the
party hopes to curry the Presidential elsc-
ton by negro votes Neither their speak
ers nor their papers have dared TO tell the
masses-wbom they are trying TO educate
down to niger extermination-thst
their friends in the rebel States are most
assiduously courting the negro vote, and
that their leaders in that section, the
men who were most prominent in the
New York Convention, are busily engag.
ed in orga MIXING "Colored Conservative
Clubs" and in doing oil that can be done
by any and every possible means to Sc
cure the cooperation OF the negroes in
their campaign. Nor is it likely that
their efforts will be entirely unsuccessful.
There are many advantages in their
hands, not the least Of which Is the fact
that nine tenths Of the property in ten
States is in the hands Of those who care
ried on the rebellion, men who are pre-
pared to use that property to secure the
triumph Of the principles they fought for
during the four years Of dire war.
In Hampton's speech at Charlestown,
he announces the rebel programme. Il
is this:
"Organize Clubs in every locality;
send speakers through the land to arouse
the people. Try to convince the negro
that we are his true friends; but il he will
not be convinced, aud is still joined to his
idols, convince him, at least, that he must
look to idols whom he serves as his gods
TO feed and clothe him. Agree among
yourselves, and act firmly on this agree
ment, that you will not employ any one
who votes the Radical ticket. Use all the
means that are placed in your hands to
control this element by which abe Radi.
cal par ty seek to degrade us whilst they
secure success, and we can turn their bat
teries against themselves"
Heie we have, from the lips Of an ac-
knowledged leader, of great prominence
in the late Democratic National ConveD-
ton, the man who dictated whatever he
pleased Of the platform. the plain decla-
ration that the negro must vots the
Demo cratic ticket or starve. A more
satan utterance never came from human
lips; ind yet it is the true spirit Of mod
ern Democracy" the same. spirit that
would be manifested in this State and in
this city if the party should fnd itself SO
situated as to require, and be able to con-
troll, the negro vote.