The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-10-25
SENATOR MORTON.
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FELLOW CITIZENS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
The Hon. B. Gratz Brown, tho present Gov.
ernor of Missouri, and the candidate on the
Democratic ticket for Viee-Presidcnt, re
Gently made a speech in this city, and one
at Springfield, H., and these two speeches
though somewhat contradictory in theiI
character, | shall consider as one for the
purpose of a reply. But before come to
that beg leave to notice pretense which
Gov. Brown has put lorw ard, ard which wal
also made by Senator Carl Schurz, that Mis-.
souri, presented remark able example of the
happy effects Of reconciliation. By "recon.
ciliation" they mean the enfranchieement oI
those in Missouri who were engaged IN the
rebellion, and who were disfranchised by =
Especial clause in the Constitution of that
State in 1864, but which was repealed in
1879. By Reconciliation" they further
mean the elevation of the Democratic party
10 power in that State, the expulsion OF
nearly all Republicans from office, the elcc-
tion OF Gen. Frank BLAIR To the Senate and
she inauguration Of q state of disorder equal
in many respects to the disturbed districts
in North and South Carolina and Texas. II
We arc TO credit the reports of the Associated
Press from various parts of Southern and
Western Missouri, and the generally receiv-
ed statements of newspapers in that State
il is to-day oae of the worst-governod States
: liz the Union. In many parts of it there ia
no security for the life, liberty, or property
Of Republicans, mob violence zeigns su-
preme, and the authority Of the civil power
IS set at defiance. If The ability and fitness
of Mr.. Brown to serve as Yice-President oi
2 the United States are to be determined by
his success as the Governor of Missouri, we
must entertain great doubts in advance
For while he has been persmbulsting other
States making political hsrangues and elec-
sGoneering for himself and the holy coalitlon
Of which he is an originator and a csndidat
respectable citizens Of Missouri, whose only
fault is that they differ from in politics
have been cruelty scourged or outraged and
driven into exile.
Bothsof Gov. Browns. speeches contain
many charges against the Administration
and the Republican party, all of which
hsve not time, nor would it be profita bic, 10
attempt to answer. Both of them are dis
cursiye, and exhibit high pretense to moral
izing and philosophizipg upon political
affairs.
THE coLoRED PEOPLE.
From the long and somewhat rambling
discussion Gpon the condition and relations
ol the whitc and black races in the Southern
States, and the dangers Of the future, several
distinct propositions are evolved.
First, that unless the colored people of the
Southern States give up their separate or
ganizations and their politica! hostility to
their old masters and enemies, and fraternize
. with them in the government Of the States,
war of races will be engendered, in which
the ceiored people will be exserminated,
driven INTO exile, or reduced to a condition
which he docs not name, but which means
slavery. The meaning of his proposition is
that colored people can have peace and Sc
curity by submitting to the political domi-
nation of their late masters, and that per-
sstent refusal upon their part to do SO, and
the assertion of their rights and character
in connection with those whom be desribes
J SIS "carpet- baggers and scalawags" will re-
suit in disaster and ruin. The proposition
is developed as threat against the colored
people Of the South. go
Again, he asserts in substance, and in di.
rect terms, tina. the Administration and the
Republican party are endeavo.ing to CON-
bine and consolidate the colored people in q
separate organization for the purpose of op-
pressing the white people of those States
taking away their rights and reducing them
to a subordinate position. These allegation,
are unfounded in every particular. There
is not a, sinrle circumstance upon which
they can be supported. They are among the
wild and reckless declarations of desperate
minority who are struggling by every meant
that may impose upon the public mind u
break down the party in power and Eeiz:
upon tho Government. ..-.
Agein, he asscrts that the colored peopl,
Of the South have been formed into secre
leagues and societies of dangerous char
acter for the purpose of subve:ting the rights
security and happiness of the white people
and that unless those secret organisation
are abandoned civil war and desolation viii
intervene, in which the black race will bit.
The dust. Now, where is the evidence e
sustain this statement? Numerous inyesti
cations have been had and witnesses on botf
sides have been examined, but nothing o
this kind has ever been proved. The col
ored people have, had their organizations
snd'some Of them have been attempted TO b.
concealed, though they could not be, but in
vestigations have shown that they wer'
harmless IN their character, contemplated
noysoknce, no invasion OF the rights o
soahe ,1mtsvcrc mere inssrnmentalities fol
the purpose of concentrating their own in
.fueace y ands Disseminating their opinions
and for instruction.
slAT<. Tsf eruE KU-KLux.f rlst
ca But thif pretense OF dangerous orgapiza,
.ioBs among the people was first invented
and has been Kept alive as an excuse ant
: justification for Kn-Klux, II hes mover i'm
posed upon any intelligent man who wal
acquainted with the facts, but has beer
. brought forward as bugbesr 10 confuse ane
= iinpose upon the Ignorant. $50
e Butl now come TO what must beregardet
e ~ en- astonishing fact ia a aBpeechlof can
dida.e for the Yice-Presidency, who desires
the country 70 un6 6erstand that he is a phi
iastpher of candor and high moral tone
: Which ia, that in hie speech at Springfield
he wholly faitpd to NJ Lo oct n th<
existence CT the Ku-Klux organization il
q he Scush. or 70 refcrfo it in the remotes
uesre, and IN bis speech in tho city refer
iea 70 II very remotely and only ss "crue
olsorser. What are we to think Of thai
political discussion which attempts to cup.
press the existence of an ipsernsi orcaniza.
ton, which for bloody atrocities and crime:
without name has no parallel in history
Snich looks Q nothing fees than a politicaI
revolution, which embraces at east eight
states within itsr limits, and whose extent
sha history are established by the combined
EYrience Oh thousands Of wituerHs; and
nong we 1oudest and most bittet in hii
TIcnciatiohs Eas his. own associatA On tie
1. 1eket, Horace Greeley? Mr.. Greeley. in hi.
speech in New York, last year, on hh feturr
! r}fon the South, spoke as follows. II
ryv bus 1 have been asked, are tho 70 any Ku.
AUX down South? Yes, gentlemen, there
.ie. fney aidrit come Jup 10 me and tel
ne they were Kn-Riux very often. They
inu J,a NOT undertake TO perform any of thcil
ssicsn operations upon 1nA, should have
10 a. very much more respect for them i
"a f,sy had. dGeat iaughter.l ~ sTy
+ t1 Inoved with :prosasnd disgaa whcr
asnk soa tAese mon covering thefnselvei
snh secondhand sAaIiss, .nsskinsF. !. theii
,sees, srming themselves to the teeth, anc
naing around to the cabins Of poor, harmless
ssgfoss, dragging them for heir beds, aps
Whipping and manning them until tLey ar