The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-09-18
The Position of Parties

ICllll II III VI ~
States seemed to be brighter than ever
before. The corruption of many of the
governments was evident, and there was
an apparent disposition upon the part Of
intelligent Southern men to forget the old
dissensionS, and unite upon the only
practicable grounds for common relief.
This ground was the onlyO one upon which
a real restoration Of those States to tram
guilty aud prosperity is possible, name
", the trankeSt and sircerest ~acquies-
ccnce III the actual equality of all citi-
zens before the law, and a prompt and
absolute repression by the intelligent
md honorable white citizens Of injustice
and insult toward the coiored. The
most powerful Republican journals in
the country hailed this prospect with
eagcrness, and We Joined them in expos
Ing the o.isnses of many Of the South
e-H governments, and in urging the ad-
ntaistrltion to show unmistakably that
lis sympathies We're with the honest and
patriotic and intelligent sentiment ofthe
Southern States. The President in the
case of'the delegation from South Caro-
Ina. seemed to US not 10 understand that
although the Taxpayers were playing
4 PARTY game, there was yet reason i'll
what they said, but he showed in his re-
Sponses TO Texas and his action in Ar
kansas, and subsequently in Mississippi,
that he would not allow himself or the
Administration to be used az Il mere
counter in the game Of Southern poll
ties. There seemed, indeed, a chance
that the cond sense and intelligence OF
the troubled States were about TO con-
troll their affairs.
Unfortunately il is now coming to be
seen thatit was but a mOmentary CLEAN
81 hope. Simultaneous with this re&-
sonable disposition At the South among
the dominant party there were Demo
cratic successes. The Democratic party
carried New Hampshire and Connect
cut, and in the latter State elected a
United States Senator OF antediluyian
opinions, who instantly proposed a poll
cy ta- his party hostile t the whole
spirit Of the renewed Union. Thee
facts, the honest condemnation Of WRONGS
and abuses in their own party admins
tratiOn and in the Southern States, to-
gcther with the result of the elections,
seemed 10 prove to a powerful white ei-
cment in the South that a positive reac-
ton had begun in the North. The Mo-
bile Register, the most characteristic
and representative journal Of this ele-
Glont, says that
IT., white pc,pl" 18th, North haze awakened
:-1:n Th"Ir nightmare. !ar nero l. up inu,Hr
t1- :..-lIrn ......I.r North have com. - their
sens. The negro has di-=rac"t and ruined liz
;,IT:y which pushed him forward, AID Ia" u>cii-
.aru- pendulum u public opinion - how
swinging over {" The side 81 tn ~pu.i!I' m whit"
MAJ. FRED. [DpJtL A-~l IEi-l- a. well civ. II
GI,. In" North have fpUni That ;Avy c'2lt mo-;
Il. IKE =. ~!lS purse our al Il sOw's ear, and have
CAS- ~InIbo overheard"
Believing that the Democratic rarty
Is abOu, returning TO power. and that tie
new Democratic Senator from Connect
icEt represents the spirit ard purpose Of
the approaching restoration, those for
whom the REGISTER speaks, both in the
Northern and Southern States. already
.h0w what the result OF such Il resfOTa-
ton would be. In Alabama and Lou
isiana the Democratic party openly de-
c,areS itselfa white man party. and 4
White Mems League has been formed.
the methods and purposes Of which are
piain!y stated in Louisiana Democratic
journals. One Of them says, speaking Of
the colored citizcRs:
''On m other hand. should yon imagine that
n. teaching uI your former rUIvg. j. caI:uit,
and y"u elect to artempI-fOr il Wi! OIL De an
at..Iuur-I" continue their rule, then yOE must
Tx tine c,a-" .~u'n'e>. For We tell you nov.
AMI let i, be distinctly rvllcIElrTc. that You
have far warming, r!Ia: We intend - carry the
STAT, %! louisiana Ia NpvcInArr neAi, .. she
will be L ryiita!y territory"
Another says:
'.Ihere mas been some rci-hlnie3 wori. done
IN thi- ,r.rI,L mat WAS necessary, brt Il was ev-
st.n.lv ne by col. determined and Just !n".,
wnp know inst how lar "a "a; and We doubt not
Il lie SAINT Kind of work - necessary, i: VIII be
cone
eve say again that we fuliy ard cordially
approve wEat he white lnrI, Of Grant and Rap
lie hi 1t CoifiX: Tnr writc man who doe, not
Is Il creature 20 base that he s!iames he worst
class ot las Species. We -JT AGAIN iuAt we are
going u carry the election ,als i.ll."
Another says:
''rhr people haze determined that the Kcl-
lqgr government has 10 Ice gotten rid of, and
they Wit not sCrup!c about the nicans, 10 tiny
hLvc done in the past"
These are but Illustrations Of the tone
of the white mems party, and its teach
ings are closely followed. Attacks upon
the negroes are everywhere reported, and
wherever they are in the minority the
old system O terrOr isrcyived. Private
Il as well as publicly We are apprised Of
the unhappy situation. Meanwhile the
Democratic Conventions in the Northern
States, true to their ancient hatred Of
equal rights. and to the time when their
platforms were bulwarks of human clav-
cry, vehcmently denounce and misrepre-
sent the Civil Rights Bill, and so sustain
the spirit from which springs the fatal
project Of i white mans party. And
the meanest and most contemplate ser
Witty to this spirit is shown in the
Northern Democratic demonstrations OF