, 1874-07-28

Tho newspapers which arc atill busy In sup-
pressing the Rebellion and abolshing slavery aro
in costnafos ovcr the Whito Leagues Of tho South.
They use 1t as the old gentleman with q atory
about gun used his foot. Ho would stamp on
the floor, atart up and say: Itch, Oh, what's
that Pa gun? Well, speaking Of guns rominds
me-" etc. 50 tho truly loyal odltor writes
"Whito League" looks at 1t, aud shrieks In
print: "Wbite Leaeuel Ali, traitors. Horo.
ho|p! Save tho Ropublloi STUFF tho ballot
boxes agnin, baok up tho oarpet-baggora, help
the rosues,-help them, or t!at drondfu1, dis
loyal Loaguo will destroy the glorious Union, tho
bood-Healod groonbaok, and tho ransomed COL
oFod brother, by actually establishing honest
government in tho South! !" 1t is fr!ghtful
prospect. The ehrioktng Journalists sketch 1t
again aud again. Tho raw-head-and- bloody
bones story bus fearful fascination to them.
They arc ha'f-porsuadod that thoy believe what
they write.
We have alrsady condemned tho idea OF the
White Leugue. Race should be the last conBid-
Grafton In politics. Moreover, the whites arc
not strong enough, In the worst-goyerned States,
to right their wrongs alone. But re protest
againBt tho doctrine 30 industrlouBy tauglt TINT
these Leagues hare boen formed with malice
proponBo, without provocation, for tho sake Of
ma!troating tito nogtoos, aud of doing by bu]fotB
whnt ballots cannot accomplish. Tic fact ia
that the white southoruers hayo borne insult
aud outrage long and patiently. ustatfs n,utan-
f3ja fhfr0 ,rn,,f5 t.n,ta 1r.u nt.,, IT,
revolt had sho lad New Orloans fate. Tho
whites hayo segn unuttorahle corruption among
their rulers, and have beon howletl down when
they fcub}y proteatod. They hayo seen sworn
elecsion-seturns changed, from hour to hour, to
meet tho news Of Opposition gains in outlying
parts Of tho State. Thoy have soon drunken
Judge, backed by bayonets, put into power
Governor whom a1l America knows was never
elected. Negro insolenco has grown with white
sublection. The dofeat Of the Ciyil-nighta bill
at Washington Was followed by storm OF yitu-
partition by Southern blacks and their allies
against Southern whites. Davenport, tho col
orcd C1ancery olorlk Of yiokHburg County, matlo
speech to O. negro audience which loudly
cleorod Ills passionate declaration that tue white
raco must yield to tho coming nun, tho nogro
lie named tho daughtora Of the first whito faml.
liea of tho city, and coaraely predicted their
future marriage with men Of hia race. Similar
speeches havo boon made In the MisRisspp Log
ialature. T. Y. Cardozo, Mississippi State
Superintendent of Education, colored carpet-
baggor from South Carolina, publishes
IN Frod Douglass Era tho atatoulont
that 1t Ia "beiter that the whole
State OF Tonnosaoo Hhould TO reduced to
aahes" than that tile Rights bill should fal.
Such violent language has beon the rulo. It is
but natural that tho wlitos thus attaoked by tho
blacks, shonld accept tue issue forool upon
them. Tho whole trouble In Yloksburg, on ae-
count OF which Gov. Davis has asked for garri-
aou OF United stateH troops, was tho work Of tho
colored population. At loast, 1t Hooma 10. After
duo allowance haa been made for tho eraggora-
ions Of botl. sidoB, tho true story Ia apparently
about Of follows: Tho city, with valuation OF
&c, 900, 600, owes e1,00o.000. Taxation is on
ormous, aud businoas tA orushed under Ii. Lust
month, tho negroes nominated city ticket Ton
of tue thirteen nomlnoos are black. Tho whtto
| man proposed for Mayor IL under indictment for
perjury aud h]ackmailing. a ticket Of white nen
waa at ouco pro,oBed. Thou Davenport made tho
speech ulready referred to. Tic city waH
in oommotion over 1t, hut tAeto was no rio.ing.
The negro msllta.patrolled Tie atresta and ar