, 1874-10-09
A SOUTHERN CONFERENCE,

Tho Governor OF Knntucky has lad n confer
onco recently with tho Governor of Tennessee,
to consider q proposition for general meeting
Of Southern mon to mnko Buch reply as may DO
needed to the representations Of tho Republican
Convention, 10 be hold Boon at Chattanooga.
Far1ona other suggestions havo boon made, in
cludittg = proposition to hold cou-
vention Of all tho Governors Of all
the States, to consider the subject Of local Gov
crnancnta in tho South. It was decided that no
notice should BE- taken OF tho forthcoming mob
at Chattanooga, aud Gov. Loalio, Of Kentucky,
and some other gentlemen undertook TO consult
with Gov. Hendricks and othor Northorn Demo-
cratH as to what action ought to DO takon, II
any, to arouse public sentiment at tue North to
tho condition OF affairs at the South. Tho Louis.
yil1o Cour;er-Jou,nah whoBo editor has boon a
putty to this consultation, gives gloomy rovicw
Of tho situation. end especially Of tho seeming
Indifference Of tho Northern people to tho COM
plants and grievances Of tho South. 1t in to OH
llat public interest at The North that this Convcn-
tton has been suggestcd.
Tho people and politicians At the South make
a mistake IN assuming that tho peuple At tho
the condition Of aitairs 1t tho South Grant all
that is said as to the deplorab1a condition Of
those States. yct the OWL Ia argey'in tho nature
Of things. Tho present state Of tho South IN
primarily tho consequence of tho Rebellion.
The War led unavoaaably to the emancipation Of
tho bucks. That was consequence known to
everybody to DO inevitable in case the Rebellion
was unsuccessful. THO negroes having boon
made FREQ, citizenship and the elective franchise
were necessary to tl,cir protection. Without
these, their condition a. free nogroeB would hayo
boon as hol pless mud defenueleas as that OF
slavos. Tho North had really no choice the
political equality Of the negro was eadontial to
his safoty and. II nuy doubt existed OF this tho
policy Of tho Southern people towarta the blacls
during The years Immediately following the War
showed that political oufrauchisemcnt was
necessary sequel to tho abolition OF s1aycry.
Admit that tho measure was hazardous one !;
that placing the ballot In the hands OF 1900, 600
Of mcu who had been slaves and who weso Ut
teIly ignorant Of all things pertaining to an tn
tolligent exercise Of tho new found privilege has
proved to bo q dangerous experiment, thero was
no othor courao that could be adopted. Like
the national debt, it was ona Of the costly conHo-
queuces Of the War. It Ia true TINT the present
extraordinary condition OF afaira in tho South
ern States is due directly to emancipation aud
tho political enfranchiscment OF tho blacks hut.
NJ thoao we're Inevitable results Of tue War, 10
they aro now irreyocable. and all that IL loft for
tue nation to do IN to mitigate tho evil na far ns
! possible.
Out OF tho political equality Of raca 30
ignorant rs the mass Of tho formor alaros thero
! have grown many gross abusos and these have
been mainly instlgated by tho class known ns
| carpct-baggerB. Those carpot-baggers them
| selves ars another natural consequence of the
| WAR ANY intelligent Southern 1nan who III
] 1860 would Aavo been asked to state the cortan
consequences OF the failure Of the Rebellion
| would haso promptly enumerated: i. Tie
| emancipation Of The slaves; 2. Their enfran-
| shssment as citizens, clothed with the right Of
suffrage; Q. An invasion OF white adventurous
| intont on spoliation; 4, The political union Of
tho negroes aud those advonturers, to tho op.
| proEsion Of tho whites and tho impovorlshment
OF tho South. In taking up arms the Southern
people discounted tho future With knowledge
| that failure on their part included all those
calamities. We do not mean to say that
these arc puniahmonts Justly inflicted,
| but We do say TINT they are tho natural
consequences forced alike upon the North
| and tho South, for which there is no adequate
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