Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-10-03
The Plots to Ineite Negro Riots.

A few days ago there was an 0bscur
, paragraph in the personal column of
Western paper to the effect that Sena
tor Morton, Senator Clayton, and ex
Chief Justice Mcclure, of Arkansas
were holding a consultation at Ho
Springs. Then a report came frou
that fashionable retreat that they wer
engaged in concocting a scheme to ge
up negro riots throughout the South
so as to influence the Northern Con
gressional elections. However mons
trous the charge may at first appear
when we come to look into the
characters Of the alleged conspirator:
and the necessities of the Republican
party it does not seem SO improbable
The Republican party is on the eve oi
disastrous defeat. There is but one
chance of saving X, and that is By raj
lying a majority of the Northern peo-
people to Its support upon the old cry
that the rebel spirit is rampant in the
South, and that the wards of the ma
ton" are being re-enslaved and mur-
dered.
What gives color to the supposition
that the present troubles in the South
between the whites and negroes are
the result of plot, deliberately pre-
pared and having its ramifcation all
over that section, is that they should
break out simultaneously in almost
every State. There is strong indica-
ton of a concert of action. The car
rying out of such scheme if careful
ly arranged beforehand, would be easy
enough. Emissaries here and there
would have no difficulty in melting the
ignorant negroes to acts of violence.
This would naturally provoke retalia-
ton from the whites, and thus the cir
cumstances, artfully distorted by tele--
grams, correspondence, private letters,
and the comments of the Republican
press, could be made to fire the
Northern heart to renewed support
of the Republican candidates for Office.
This ruse has been tried repeatedly
before, with success. It is an old Re-
publican trick to influence the cleo
tions. The outrage season comes an
nually about the time the conventions
in the Northern States are assembling
to nominate candidates, and il goes out
suddenly the day after the November
elections. The abruptness with which
the Southern whites and blacks SUBJ
side in to amicable relation with each
other as soon as the necessity of the
outrage business ceases, is one of the
most astonishing features of Southern
society. 1t may be presumed that the
earpet-bag ineendiaries, haying COM
pleted their contracts, leave about |
this time for the North to obtain set
tlement of their accounts, aud the ne
grOes are left to meditation and quiet. |
These plots will not have the desired
effect if the Northern and Southern
people are made know their real ori-
gin and purpose. The angonized |
shrieks of the Republican newspapers
will elicit laughter and contempt when |
their readers become aware that a
mere party trick is behind them.
While the people of the North are
thus giving the reports of rebel ag- |
the little notice they de- |
serve, it behooves the Southern whites |
to carry themselves with all the pa
tience they can command through |
their present trials. 1t will be an un-
wise course for them to play into the |
hands of the Northern Republican
politicians. If'the Republican party
is destroyed in the coming election
they will never be troubled again with
these Vaccinations of the plotters.
They can afford to exercise self con-
troll now, even under the most exasper-
atiug circumstances, for the sake of the !
relief that Democratic victory will |
bring to them in the autumn elections. |
We can safely predict that if Radical |
ism is wrecked in November there
will be no more conference holding at |
Hot Springs between such desperate
political gamblers as Morton, Clayton,
and the deposed Chief Justice of Ar
kansas.-Ne1o York World.