The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1874-10-24
THE HORRIBLE SOUTH.

THE HORRIBLE SOUTH.
The Reig,. Of Blood and Terror-1he
Slaughter Of the I'anocents-1he South
a Human Slaughter Pen. '~@-> 80"
The Republic sends out in its weekly
edition a record of the political MUIR
ders committed in the Southern States,
which record covers seven columns,
and is the most sickening document we
have read since the days of Anderson
vile and Salisbury. The Republic, in
introducing this bloody record, says:
The following record of crime is
without parallel even in the days of
the Inqulsiti0n. It embraces but a
portion of the recent atrocities, and
probably not 1.-THE of all that have
been committed since the United States
granted general amnesty to their au-
thOrs. There is no Justice for the VIC
Tins or their friends. When a colored
man kills white man in the South he
is promptly arrested, and either tried
and executed or hanged without trial
by a vindictive mob. When a white
man kills a negro, the offender is care
fully guarded from violence, furnished
with excellent counsel, and generally
escapes with no further punishment
than the loss of. his time and the inc0n-
yenience of an arrest. We make the
following assertions with the confident
belief that they cannot he truthfully
gainsayed:
l. That since the war no negro in
the South convicted of numbering
white man has escaped hanging.
2. That during the same time no
white man guilty Communicating a negro
has been hung for the same offense.
The negro is murdered for exercising
the elective franchise and the white Re-
publican who befriends him is murder
ed for daring to befriend the poor
blacks. The Democracy of the South,
which is the old rebel element, are de-
termined to rule and to that end they
are putting down their political oppo-
nents by the pistol and the knife. Dead
men cast no votes. But for every Re-
publican murdered in tire South there
should be thousand Republican votes
made in the North. II the recent
high-handed seizure Of tlleGovernment
Of Louisiana by the Democrats of
that State, and the systematic murders
Of the Ku Klux and White League of
the South do not show the necessity Of
maintaining the ascendency of the
Republican party, then it is useless to
tall Of cy,a1, Il
cy and the transportation questions
For every reason, the ascendancy of the
Republican party, is necessary to the
prosperity of the country, but especial
ly is it necessary to the complete tri-
en- by the late war, has not yet been
clinched, and it never will he if the
Democracy gain power.
Several good stories are told on
Judge Waite. The Judge believes in
distributing tracts on Sunday, and
therefore goes about or that day like
any other colporteur. A few Sundays
since he was up in Murray county and
called on Deacon Allen, who keeps
post Office and stationery, for some
stamps and envelopes. The Deacon in
formed the Judge that he did not do
business on Sunday, and rebuked him
mildly for his disregard of the Sabbath.
Recently the Judge was distributing
tracts in one of the eastern counties
near the Iowa line and in his zeal to do
good, got across the State line into Iowa
and went about dispensing the Demo-
cratic word to the people. AN irrever-
ent Republican finally informed the
Judge that lie was in Iowa and that
he might do there would be
work Of supererogation. A wicked CO.
temporary suggests that. the Judges
prospects in Iowa and Wisconsin are
good.
From the St. Paul Press.]
REASONS FOR Pl2EFERRING KING,
S7RAITAND DUNNELL TO THEIR
ANTAGONISTS.
The St. Paul Press earnestly, and II we must
SSnfsss T. RRttery opposed the Of
profess any friendship for him. 1t would be a
piece of sheer hypocrisy if we affected to be his
a !5 OF in any personal sense his champion:
qualities which justify the warm attachment OF
his friends we have always conceded, and with
Ss sene s Es lis snS Ss
times misinterpreted to his prejudice by the
groundless imputauon of corrupt intention
nSts; fS he ss srRgc iyets s
public good that he is sincerely and enthusiast
ically devoted to the advancement Of the mate
t Interests OF the Stat that he
executive ability which Is most likely to command
success. But. except so far as his capabilities,
ms ans amd MS are elements
Is to be elected, we do not support him on any
personal grounds; nor even because he is the
pac %s him an s NC
one who desires to promote the great material
interest OF the State can hesitate to prefer the
that the future OF Minnesota depends upon tIe
adoption OF q comprehensive policy OF internal
improvements With unobstructed navigation
ss Of 90 a tS the the
woalI be solved, and the west forever einanci
lions That accomplished, and Minnesota Would
leap at once from the position of far inland
State to that of the American Levant, with two
ing upon 1t the opulance which springs from the
conjunction Of rich natural resources with free
command of the markets of the world The
ton in this benevolent policy. TO ensure the &C.
cOmplishment of the measures which Senator
Window has proposed and advocated with such
snt it that send to
tie Republican party alone can, consistently
with its principles 2r will carry out that policy,
and second and above all 1ter,h|''can Congress
nesota candidates. are known to be earnestly and
enthusiastically III sympathy with that policy.
The people OF large portion of the State are
deeply Interested in the local qualifications Of
this policy OF internal improvements. They want
the Upper Mississippi made navigable for six