Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1869-09-30
Dent.

i%Ohto DCifO, dllci liiuSh tiipuidIloL, Has
finally opened his campaign for the Gov.
ernorslIip of Mississippi He spoke at
Corinth on Saturday, and disclosed the
drift of his electioneering policy He is
Democrat, with "a strong hankering for,
negro votes He has "a negro running on
the ticket with him. u As a special privi-
lege, he was led upon the platform and in
troduced to the Convention that nomina-
ted him, by a gentleman of color. In his
opening campaign speech, nothing is so
desperately labored as his appeal to the
African race to stand by him. He wastes
little time ia persuading white Democrats
that the :. National Union Republican par
ty . whose banner he carries is none other.
than, the .yeritable Democracy of olden
time. :. lie docs not need to tell them that
he is only cruising under a disguised name
to capture negro votes. With no fear in that
Quarter, he gives free scope to his admin
iistration for the :. divine images in ebony"
=, Dent assures the colored people of Mis-
sissippf that they owe nothing to Northern
men. The North he says, never intended
to give them their liberty until it became
a military necessity, and never would
have given them the suffrage, had not re-
construction required their help at the
polls as a political necessity All the
while, Dent would persuade them, their
true friends have been their old masters
at the SoJltli-the men who brought their
ancestors over from Africa, that they
might become civilized and converted /;
the men who supported them on their
plantations. and gave them wholesome ex-
ereise in the cotton. rice and sugar fields.
Why should they turn their backs on
these kind-hearted and generous "ncigh-
bors," and join hands with the Radical
Republicans? Had not the Shareholders
rebelled. there would have been no war :;
and had there been no war, there would
have been no military necessity; and bat
for the military necessity, Lincoln and his
hirelines would never have freed the ne
gro while the world stands. SO the rebels
and not the Abolitionists, abolished slave
ry. Think of it, dear colored brethren
Do not desert us now. -
Then came the political necessity, says
Dent, which gave the negro the ballot.
Had not the Southern rebel shown dis
position to oppress and re-enslave the AZ
rican race, would the Radicals have de-
,clared for negro suffrage, think you Be
sides-and this is rather delicate point
for Dent-these are Northern men, car
pet-baggors, who come down here among
you to get office, and who know they
would stand no chance without the aid Of
colored voters Now. Why not, dear coll
ored 1teilow-citiZens, turn the tables on
| these miserable fellows, and vote for the
| very men that gave you the ballot to pro
teet yourselves against? Itwas a singu-
! larly brilliant strika, in this connection,
for Dent to remark that his opponents cared
for nothing but Office Besides, it came
with such good grace, that even an ,lnlet-
tered man could appreciate its felicity of
\ taste. 1 sf.- y
This is about the average run of the
logic and eloquence of Dent. We can not
! honestly say we think him very decided
Esuccess, either as letter-Writer or as an
orator. He constantly reminds you of enc
who is handling edge tools with the use
of which he has no experience. Nor Is
hhe always perfectly clcar-transparent as
his main purpose, and real principles al
ways are. For instance, we can not tell
what he mcans-and who dare conjecture !?
when he "a Northern man and carpet
hagger) urges, his colored brethren to
ss.join their. fortunes with true Southern
men," adding :" "Itrwas only by 50 doing
that their qttce could Jc peg11ctuatcd. If
they failed to join those who loved them,
they would drift away, like the Indian, to
the frontier of civilization, and in a few
| wears entirely disappear."-C Cincinnati
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