The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-11-21
THE ON ENEMY

| reorganization OF the DemOcraulc party
on the basis of eternal hostility to the
negro multiply on every hand. We
showed, some weeks ago, how the Con-
servatives of Virginia have so gerry
wandered the State as to give to the
white men n representation to the As
sembly equal to that of three negroes.
In Ohio the recent campaign developed
that the Democracy of that State unite
best and most harmoniously upon the
oldest and most conservative candidate.
The nomination and election of Allen
demonstrates the purpose of the Demo-
cratic party to renew the old fight
against the solidarity of the nation, and
to plant itself on its old platform of
State rights and uudying hatred of the
colored race. 1t counts for nothing that
the party resolutions contained an ac-
ceptance of the situation, so far as the
results of the war are concerned. The
past record and campaign speeches of
the party standard-beartr gave the lie
to the party platform. The Democrats
of the Western Reserve voted for Allen
because he represented the ideas and
policy of the Democratic party before
and during the war Liberalism went
to the wall before the vigorous onset of
the ancient Democracy fired by the hope
of new victories for the cause supposed
| to have been lost in the battles of the
rebellion. The coalition of Cincinnati,
which threatened to snuff out the Demo-
cratic party, was itself snuffed out,
polling less than 10000 votes in the
great State of Ohio.
n, l,o 1on1, 6 t1,a 4r,,,,,,,Nh Of
bonism in Ohio the "white mans
patty" again comes more prominently
and aggressively to the front in Virginia.
Mr.. A. II. H. Stuart, Secretary of the
Interior under Fillmore, delivered an
address at Richmond on the ODD inst,
in which he declared, unequivocally,
that "the issue in Virginia is whether
the white or the black man shall rule.
Mr.. Stuart denounced the Government
"for inhumanity in freeing the negroes
and then leaving them poor, ignorant
and unprotected" He also declared
:" the utter antagonism and instructive
antipathy of the races, ard the impos-
sibility of the whites and blacks dwell
ing together in peace and harmony.
He quoted Jefferson, and Lincoln, and
Ben Wade, to prove that negroes
could not and ought not to remain in
the same community with white people
in a free condition, and that with their
freedom must come their deportation to
another country, or determination
and much more of this sort, together
with a labored attempt to show that
President Grants only thought in IA
voring the annexation of San Domingo
was to effect the colonization of the
American negroes i'll that island.
1t will probably occur to the present
generation that, however valuable and
worthy of respect the opinions of Mr..
Jefferson on questions which concerned
his time may have been, whathe thought
or said about the practicabiiity of free
negroes dwelling peaceably with white
men is of small consequence Just now.
1t was mere theory then it is an
actual fact now. To quote Mr.. Lincoln
as in favor of the deportation OF negroes
because he gave countenance to such
proposition as Il compromise measure,
and attempt hence to commit him to the
alternative of colonization or extermina-
ton, is to insult his memory as a man
and assail his Judgment a political
| tCciLDulISt. 4uI Dtuati 'iNulS IL d'oohbf
tions, not in facts. He says the Gov
ernment freed the negroes only to leave
them "poor, ignorant and unprotect-
ed" "poor" they may be, "ignorant OF
necessity they must be, but not "un-
protected" 1t cost vast sums to pro-
tect them, but they have been protect
ed. Many of them were butchered by
the murderous Ku-kIux, but the ku-
Klux were finally awed into subsection !;
and to-day the negro has an opportunity
to rise gradually from his poverty, and
through his increasing means may edu-
cate himself and his children.
To declare that it is 80 impossible for
blacks and whites to dwell together in
peace and harmony" is to pit mere
sounding assel tion against an actual ex-
isting fact. The blacks and whites are
dwelling together in peace and where
there is peace, harmony must follow IN
the natural course of events. Not only
this, but the observation of discriminat-
ing travellers in the South is to the effect
that the war of races has already COM
menced, but it is very different war to
that predicted by Mr.. Stuart; the war
is to determine which race can accumu-
late the most landed property and money.
This particular sort of contest causes
the rapid spread of intelligence and edu-
cation, and makes good citizens of both
white and black men.
The Government of the United States
will never go into the deportation busl-
ness. 1t would be n singular spectacle,
indeed, for nation which invites the
immigration Of all peoples to her shores
to undertake to drive away 5000, 600 OF
men, women, and children simply be-
cause they are black. ii Virginia still
looks back to the time when she boosted
herself "the mother OF Presidents" the
nation itself is not of the same kind. To
free a race of men only TO kick them out
of the cou'try is no part of the pro-
! gramme Of the American people. If the
, South is still bound to give heed to the
mouthing of musty, illiberal theories by
men of the stamp of MIR. Stuart. there
is great mission yet unaccomplished,
which must devolve upon the Repnb.
lican party. If the Democratic party is
to be resuscitated on the basis of the
deportation or the determination of the
negro race, il is to be brought to life as
an enemy of the Government, as an
enemy of peace and of good order, rs al
enemy of freedom and equal rights. As
such it has no place in the present time
1t smells of treason, and threatens an.
, other Inter Ocean.
THE RESULT IN ONO.