Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-05-11

50 now. But no force would be
necessary, for If the army was
withdrawn the infamous carpet
bag governments would fall Of
themselves.
Mr.. Blair then referred to an
address alleged t.. have been Is
sued during the Presidential cau-
vass Of 1868 . the negroes o:
North Carolina, advising them to
<burn tie bsrns of people who
discharge them on account of pol
isics, ard which on the authority
of DR.. Godloe, he said, had been
written by United States Senator
Pool and Judge Read.
Mr. Pool interrupted to say
that the address bore no such
construction, and 20 sensible man
could put such a construction on
it.
Mr.. Blair, resuming' said il was
SO regarded at the time, and the
testimony of the negroes before
the committee showed that the
negroes had confessed that they
were insigated to tho barn-burn-
ing by Governor Holden, and
were pardoned when convicted.
1t had been indIsputably proved
that the origin of the L,yal Lea
CUES in the South was for the
purpose of compelling the ne
groes to vote the Radical tick
ct.
* These signo-
rant superstitious negroe,' the
Senator from Ohio rs h erman
called them, were initiated into
the Union Leagues with blue
lights, red lights, and every kind
of lights and all appuriences cal
culated to bewilder their simple
minds, and then sworn to support
the Radical party. -
Mr. Blair then reviewed at
length the condition of affairs in
North and South Carolina, aileg-
ing that corruption, fraud and
vilIainly reignod supreme, and
that the people were plundered
of their substance by an army of
carpet aggers, andtEat the debt
of the State had been enormously
increased, etc. The Senator from
Indiana Mr.. Morton had, the o.
Their day, favored the Senate with
extracts from Democratic papers
of kentucky. lie {Blair) pro-
! posed now to give some extracts
from the Radical papers of Sout-
Carolina. Mr.. Blair then quoted
from Republican papers of South
Carolina, severely commenting
upon the yenality of the Legisla-
ture. He also quoted from the re-
marks of Governor Scott, that
one of the greatest curses aff1ic-
ting South Carolina was the horde
OF unscruputous adventures from
the North coming down there for
purposes of plumber
Mr.. Blair further read an ac-
count Of the personal of the
South Carolina Legislatute- Of
that whole body but thirteen
were white, and the remainder
all black, but nineteen could read
and write dramatically.
Mr.. Sherman Admitted that
the Legislature of South Carroll
ma had behaved shamefully, but
he would ask. the Senator what
remedy di he propose for it? Did
he favor universal amnesty? Be-
cause, if he did, he [Sherman]
would probably agree Did he
propose to take suffrage from the
negroes? Because, if he did, that
would be a subject for debate.
Buff the Senator proposed NO
remedy, he had certainly no right
to bring these matters in here.
Mr.. Blair said he had a fright
to do it. He had a right t. ar
range this body for striking
down the voice, the very princi-
pie of free government, for de>
stroying local self government.
Mr. Blair continued In the re-
view Of the condition of other =
Southern States, the debt of
which he said had been so enor-
mously insceased under Radical
rule. He said that he knew Gov
ernor Yarmouth of Louisiana
well. that he went from Missouri
ragged and naked and without
money to pay for his breakfast;
now he lived in Il palace and was
rolling in wealth, and he blair
was informed that he never sign
ed a bill with out price. In re-
gard to the case of Dir. Yelger,
which had been brought into dis
cussion by the Senator from Ohio
CMr. Sherman he [Blair] desir-
ed to ailude to an aspect of that