, 1874-08-25

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Tho Albany journal Bays Of tho Southern
Democracy; 1.-The proof Of purpose to provoke
and prcss tho race-issuo is rapidly acounulat.
ing." Tho Utica Herald declares that top
position organization lin tho SOUTH is armed
hostility OIL the Rotl opposition movement i8
conflict aud outrago, nnd tho shedding Of human
blood" The Toledo Btdtle announces TINT " tho
conflict now In progresH throughout tho South
il war On tho part Of tho Rebel Democra-
cy for the suppression Of freedom OF opinion
War. Republicans would be shot down ut tho
South as freely AZ thoy {sic) would shoot o rabid
dog; and 10 it IL to-day" Blainoa paper, tho
Augusta (Me.) Journal, Bays: "1'he black man
Is doomed ii tho Republicans Of tue North faltor.
We had hoped that the racc-ssuo would
never ariao III tho South. aud that tho condition
Of tho coiored people lad ccaaod to euscr into
our elections. but the Democracy have intro
duced them, and tho Republican palty can do
no less tlan aecopt tho conteat forced upon It,"
Two tdeaa underio these aud tho srorcs Of
similar articles which NO could quote from tho
ultra-nepublican press Of tho North. Tho first
il that the Southern Republicans, especially tho
blacks, aro in molnentary dauger OF nssassiua-
liou. The second is thai the taco-issuo Inns boon
forced upon tue South by the white Consorva-
tiyes. Wo shall examine the truth Of thoso idoaa
in the ordor iu Which We havo Htatod them.
The evidence givou in dofonHo Of. tho first ia
1imsY. 4 number of vague runlora Of tho ship
ment Of arms to tue South uayo been Published.
There III not 1ot of proof that they are true,
yet tho iubiuus tnct IL ut onco hailed M proof
that tho Southern whites nra arming III order to
externinate tho blacka. On tho heels Of these
rumorB como q few accounts Of brutI murders
Of black mon by white. Theae. also, hnse no
continuation. They Gnu bo manufactured
by the dozen in any newspaper oolco.
It is usually "a negro IN MlssisBlppi," or
III negro living about 20 miles from
Now Orieaus," who Ia thus dono to doath in the
news-columns. Such story cannot bo dis
proved. It is impossible to tnko consus OF
AtissHsppi or Of tho country within radius OF
twenty miles from New OrloanB in order to show
that not siuglo nogro il missing, The ohiof
authentic disturbaucoa at the South within the
last year have beon those ut VickHburg aud AuA-
tin, Miss, Lancaster, Ay., and Georgetown and
Ridge Spring, $. @. 1t Voksburg, square
r1lcc-issuo MIS- precipl.atod, as NC shall herc-
after show, by tile blacks. Tic whites wo,h
The election was nearly tlroo weeks ago. Not
single report Of outrage upon tho blacks, during
orn I'm lna hon nfr tnff ~
Austin, . negro triod to kl white mau. THO
latter returned tla fire, missed Liz aim, and
killed little black girl. T1oroupon tho ne-.
groes boslegod aud captured tho town. Having
done SO, they bohayed with great forbearanro
and dlsporaed. At Lancaster. IN lntorforonce
NTH the execution Of legal process brought
whites and blacks into collision. The dispatches
give no details from which the responsibility
for the outbreak eau DO put upon either party.
Two negroes aud two whites wero killed. l.
sqund Of Federal troops put an end to the riot
mud arrested thirty-tlye Of tho rngloadors. In
Georgetown, tue quarrel IL wholly between tho
blacks. Not white man has hed u thing to do
| with 1t. III Ridge SprinN, tho armed negroes
who had gathered at Georgetown threatened to
! massacro the Whites Tho latter naturally armed
| themselves. They hayo done nothing to "carry
tho war iuto Atrica." Not ahot laa baon ex-
changed between whitcB and blacks. We submit
tlar these facts-aud they the only facts yet
brought out-do not Justify tic rawlings Of sub
sdixcd Journals oyor mans 1nhumnuity TO n,au
below Mason aud Dixon'a limo.
Tho race.iBsue has hot been forced upon tho
South by tho whitcH It was inevitable. Whon
whole raco belongs to one party,' AZ the negroes
do to the Republican. opposition to tint party
IN nut 10 opposition to the raco. So far ~ tue
istu has been forced ut all, tue hlac1sa arc more
to blame than tho whites. The negroes havo
Hl.aadilY insisted on tho elooiou Of otl!c!als OF
! thalr color. They have carried this 30 far that
they hayo repeatedly rent their own party rathol
than vote for wlto man. Tho Louisaua 1o.
!! publicaua are divided into Plnohbaok aud Pack.
ard-black and white-eliqueB. In the Asst a.
ALBANIA District, tho oolorod delegates tt
tho Republican Congressional Convention
1nsiBtod upon the nomination OF ont
OF their race. They hold out through 81,
ballots, and finally carried their point. Floridt
Inns Que whito and ono black Congressman. TLt
no ,,roeB now demand both. When tho regular lie
y ublloan Convention of the Second District TO
nominatod the whtto member, tue uegroea holtos
mud nominated 4 negro. The Jacksonville Ne,
South, Republican papor. aa!d. iu advance Of tn
Convention, that II such course should bo p,lr
III ed, 1.-THE result vii! oortainly DO that by tbs d
rc.,t instigatlon Of tho official and personal O.
ca III Of Gov. ssoarua [ltopnbl!canl. tho race
ar .ea.ton, with all ita disastrous consequence!
vi il be sprung upon tho people OF tha state'
III Mvelssippl, tue oolosad nenbass of tia Lsl