The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-08-18
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In al Democratic ssdemonstrations''
that have bsen made in this State daring
the pending campaign the anti ''nigger-
idea has been pa1aded with ss nueh
prominence ss in the olden time. Tht ir
speakers have We'd with each oAlAsrsin
hurting the bittefest invectiyes upon the
heads Of the eo1ored race. Hendricks,
in his eighth of January speech. gave
the keynote in . low, vile demagogical
appeal to the basest passions Of his
basest followers; an appeal which, If it
had any meaning At al, was simply .
yell for "nigger' extermiDstion. Other
speakers from Voorhees, down to Ditto
more have taken up the strain and rung
all the changes on the cid, old theme Of
Democratic hatred Of s'the nigger.-
Torchlight PROFESSIONS have been radi-
ant with notices illustrative Of Demo
cratic fear Of negro equality. Banners and
spaYeDcies innumerable have shown
how low and beastial . Democratic In
man being can be when gored to desper-
alton BY the the haunting nightmare Of
snigger equality. staas - asa Esgos !.
In AL this, the Democracy Of Indfana
have strangely ignored the fact that tho
party hopes to carry the Presidential
election by negro votes. Neither their
speakers nor their papers have dared to
tell The nnasses-whom they are trying to
educate down to .nigger' DETERMINATION
that their friends in the rebel States
are most assiduously cotsrting the negro
vote, ,and that their leaders IN that section,
the men who were most pronoinsDt in the
New York Convention, are busily en-
gased in organizing .Colored Censerva-
tive Clubs" and in doing all that eaa be
dose by any and every possible means
to secure the Co operation Of the ne
groes in their caispaIgn. Nor fs it like
ly that their efforts will be entirely un-
successful - There are many advantages
in .heir 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 carried on the rebellion, men who
are prepared to use that property to Sc
cure the triunph OF the principles they
fought for during the four years of dire
war. s-sa9 slsssIsztz =. sss5sss - ~ --szs
In Hampton's speech at Charles
town, he ammo unces the rebel pro-
grammes It is this : -: = s. S. q ~ =.
Organize Gibbs in every locality:
send speakers through the land to aroase
the people. Try to convince the negro
that we are his true friends but il he
will not be convinced, and is still joined
to his idols, convince him, at least, that
he must look to ido3s whom he serves
as his gods to feed and efothe him.
Agree among yourselves, and act firmly
on this agreement, thAt yoo will not EN-
ploy ony one who votes the Radical tick
ct. Use all the means that are placed
in your hands to control THE element by
which the Radical party seek to degrade
us whilst they secure success. and We can
turn their batteries against themselves.'
Here we have, from the lips Of an ac-
knowledged leader, Of great prominence
in the late Democratic National Convsn-
ton, the man who dictated whatever he
pleased Of the platform, the plain decla-
ration that the negro must vote the
Democratic ticket or starve. A more
satanic utterance never came fromoh hu !
man lips |; and yet it is the true spirit Of
modern ''Democracy 5" the same spirit
that would be manifested in this State
and in this city il the party should and
itself so situated as to require. and be
able to control, the negro vote. gssFe y-g
!, II like Grant," said a German the
other day, "because he don't blow. He
minds his own business and makes no