Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-04-27
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A Kicking Gun.

planning their overwhelming defeat
in the election at st. Louis, assert
that the white voters-German and
others-were SO disguised at finding
themselves in line with negroes at
the polllng-places that they either
voted the Democratic ticket or went
home and did not vote at all. The
explanation applies to part of the
facts, but is too narrow to cover them
all. In heavy German wards, where
there are no negroes, the Radical
loss was larger than anywhere else,
and thousands of voters stayed at
home, openly declaring that they
would not cast vote which would
be used as an Endorsement of Grant
and a rebuke of Schurz. But other
voters, no doubt, were Influenced, as
the Radicals assert, by dislike Of
negro suffrage. And now we bes
these Radical philosophers to tell Us
why the very same cause does not
account for the collapse Of the Re-
publican party in the Southern States? ?
No Ku-Klux bands are supposed to
exist in 81. Louis; nobody alleges
that the election was carried by
Intimidation" l." What reason is there
for ascribing Democratic victories at
the South to other causes than those
which appear sufficient to revolu-
tionize city so Radical as ST. Louis?
The truth-unwelcome to Repub-
licans, and yet undeniable-is begin
ming to force itself upon the attention
of Radicals, namely, that negro SUI
frage everywhere turns white votes
against the Republican party in pro-
portion as it adds negro votes. Where
the negro reinforcements are few the
Republican loss of white voters in
consequence is comparatively small (;
but where the negroes are numerous
the white dasesters from Republican
ranks swell into an army. This fact,
to Republicans so distasteful, is the
secret of overwhelming Democratic
victories in States where the negro
vote is so large as to threaten entire
control. If white men in st. Louis
do not fancy voting by the side OF
negroes, is it wonderful that white
men in Southern States object to
being ruled and represented BY ne
groes? Every day the white vote
0f the South is becoming more COM
pletely united and consolidated un-
der the Democratic banner. No
intimidation" is needed to account
for a result which we have seen in
NorGhern as we'll as Southern States,
wherever negro votes have been re-
lied upon to give the Republicans a
majority. Thus Indiana, usually a
close State, gave 9,572 Republican
majority at the last election, before
negroes were admitted to vote, and
the Radical politicians boasted that
ths addition OF thousands of colored
voters would make the State i'm
pregnably Republican. The election
of 1870 came, and "the cQloaed
troops fought nobly," but the Demo
cratic majority was 2,55S. Connec-
ticqt gave 3s04l majority for Grant
in 1868. and All majority for Jewel!
in April, 1869; but in the election ol
April, 1870, Immediately after the
adoption Of the fifteenth amendment
the majority for English was s4S
and at the recent election, in spite
Of the addition of thousands of col
ored voters. English is at the head OF
the poll. In 1870, just before the
adoption of the amendment, New
Hampshire gave 1858 Republican
majority; now, with the addition OF
negro voters, the State gives Demo
cratic majority. So in New York,
the addition Of thousands of negro
votes only aided to reduce the Re
publican force from All ,S55 in 1865
to 366,436 in 1870, and to increase
the majority for Hoffman from 2S,-
900 to $4,000. lo
If results like these have followed
the admission of negroes to the bal
lot;box in Northern States, is it
stran ua thot OF +bo South uyboye thpu