The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-11-01
NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY NOVEMBER l. lsss-TRPLE


mnch vcrmin insinuated themselves into every pro-
niaoe plseein The State, polluting everything they
Luch anu piunRing the various counties deeper ana
They are asy rus very
cnlue YET they are all-powerful, apparently re-
sp0nsD'e 70 no one, and ask favors Of no man wn n
own an inch OF land In the State and could not he
attachedn tomorrow to the extent Of MY dollars ar
ia Ieenold. Their conduct, public ana prVa'e maS
no doubt had great deal TO do with making sec,al
intercourse between Northern and soutaerh ILL., as n
lies thing OF almost tmpraciicablllty, anu Wnen ~
is taken into consideration that many OF the Ienne y,
see People OF aristocratc pretensons are sehe
Specimens N tSer midst i Is not surprising that
their Judgment should be SO full OF bitterness
Social distinction, and pride OF lineage, however,
has very little 10 do with affairs OF Sta.e. me lac.
OF mans belonging to one OF the eaag ,a .ha
| profitabe in political sense, for the negro is the
| power that both the radicals and their opponents
| Ounce knows his own Importance and Is making
good OF 1t. He can aord to be generous once In
while ana condescend to smile approvingly upon
him, but which OF the two parties this win be Is just
pow the question that l. sorsly troubling his bewl
the present aspect OF affairs II he viii be able to de-
eide one way or the other before the election comes
Nearly every part o. the state the soored
me men =, are largely majority IN , favor
viii he borne out by 600 OF them polling their
for Grant and Colfax have no doubt whatever.
SIX thousand, and even two or three Thousand above
that ngure may side with the democrats, but think
II the latter finance things down too clearly and de-
pend solely upon thar number 10 WIN the day they
out their host. The fact OF the matter is as have
already intimated in previous letter, Tennessee
darkies are not as UNREASONABLE as the darkies oil
other southern States have already shown them
selves to be- They are perfectly well aware that IN
this state the first Ku Klux that scared negro
out OF his wits, or, what was worse, hung him TO a
tree until he was dead, hailed from Tennessee, and
II viii require great deal OF democratic proselyting
indeed great deal more than can be done from
now until November to induce majority OF them to
believe that the best way to insure their future hap
pness and establish their rights as voters on an IRA
fragibe basis forever and day, is to range them
selves I'm solid phalanx against the party which gave
them not only their freedom but the very ballot they
are asked to use against their beneactOs. The fear
full tales Of persecution and OF suffering which are
daily poured into the willing ears of the town dar-
iies BY the refugees" nom the rural regions may
not IN every instance be true but they have had and
are still having, their effect on the sensitive minds
OF the wavering. There are as have said before
threats from the radicals, will vote the democratic
ticket and who are deaf to the heartrending tales
the Parson at Knoxville who tells them to beware OF
the democratic bloodhound that viii certainly, after
the election, crunch them into nfnitestmal mOrscls
These coored conservatives are almost all in the en-
ploy OF southern whites, depend upon them for their
bread and butter and pin their faith OF future mmu
In addition TO those directly under the control
OF the white residents of the State, there
is large number who are. their own
.'bosses," and who express themselves as
being strongly favor ofthe conservative party but
far nv observations have aided me in fathom-
ing their true intentions am Led to believe that
they are mere .'hedgers." cannot for a certainty
say that they ever received single lesson from
New York politician, but they nevertheless as
perfect in the art OF hanging out for sale though
born and bred in Gotham This class OF darkles pre-
teced by the bodness with which they display
Grant or seymour badge on their ruined shirt
bOsoms. III you are Grant man and one OF these
fellows finds 1t out and he happens to be a hackman
or hotel porter. he becomes very fusome about "de
Generate and makes It point that you do not fail to
see mis- colors" His tactics are quite systematic
II he learns you are SeymOurte. He Is fully equal
10 the occasion and the democratic badge and
slavery zeaot. Now all these fellows at present
at least IN The opinion Of the party managers as
uncertain az the Frenchman's iea. One
doesn't exactly know when he has them
''?l right" but In my conversations with many
Of them, curing which l represented myself as a |
Northern neutral, l was positively informed that
the insarn. as they call themselves, viii 20 nearly
solid for the radical ticket. From careful memo
have couversed with during my tour, End that out
Of a2s but two arc willing to go the extreme animal
seymour badges when l Arst came across them,
simply because that kind OF thing paid. The city
strive ride horses at time are the hardest
nuts OF all To crack 70 get at their secret sentiments
They extremely cautious and reserved speak
ing TO strangers and always anxious, before deign
ing 10 hold any political converse with you to ascer
tain just where you stand yourself II you are in
discreet enough to show your hand you are certain
10 be euchred and get very little satisfaction for the
calamity In the long BY close'observatlon am
convinced that the country "boys" very Wen
disposed 10 sustaining their masters. the planters,
but are sure to be converted to the other side
OF the question the minute they fall into
the hands OF loquacl0us darky canyasser
from town or city, To secure their certain support
the planter must needs exert himself on election
day, and 90 direcvto the polls with them and see
that they vote the right tcket-not that he win find
t necessary 10 use force TO induce them to vote
he desires but because OF the great danger 10 he
CURED ny the simple fellows falling into the hands
Of the tricky back radicals, whose contempt for
rural life ~ coextensiyc with their knowledge OF
the gulfbiity OF country .'nigyasn IL VIII oe seen
at once that he prospect OF heavy coored crop for
work do wonders, ana the opposition are deter.
mined 70 leave hing undone from now until No
vember that may tend to break the backbone of the
radical party In the state. which Ia unquestionably
The negro vote From oil have been able to learn
a- 10 the way the political wind Is blowing In
the various counties and taking the registration al
ready completed In Certain districts as basis for
calculation feel confident that the negro vote,
compared win the white vote, coputn, $1,000 OF
the latter a republicans, will he almost follows:
Cofsg. rJiOTed white
Dtsi. Tote. Vote.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. i,oog Il5o1
=. ...................,....... 300 1880
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5000 5000
Observation-Disclosures. $3.50 $500
a....,... NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10,i0O $500
Observation-Disclosures. s,2po 5000
a....,.. ...........-........... 23eJ $500
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1l,5W 5000
Total Observation-Disclosures. t7,140 $3.50
TIE DOOM or THE CAGPEI-BA8gERs.
Mono vii deny that the colored vote In the State
Z az IN worth working