The New York herald., 1874-08-26
Party Theories Re egarding the
Race Conflicts.
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE +?
The Third Term Movement
Gathering Strength.
IT'S ADVOCATES INCREASING.
RICHMOND, August "A, 1874.

continues 10 be the chief to oic OF discussion among
the masses the interest with which it is invested
is divided with that IN the various conflicts be-
tween the races IA South Carolina, Mississippi,
Tennessee and Georgia. Here III virginia the ut
most quiet prevails, and good feeling exists be-
tween the whites and blacks, thanks TO The aid of
General Grant in allowing tle people TO vote down
the obnoxious clauses in the Underwood cJnstitu-
ton which would have virtually gwen the State
over TO the negroes aud their carpetbag leaders In
1865 Matters have now arrived in the South at
that crisis the turning point OF which will either
be the indefinite perpetuation or the thorough
anulhilaton ol the republican party.
CIVIL RIGHTS
is the rock upon which it shall either disastrously
split or be firmly founded for long period TO
come but the signs OF the times strongly incline
TO the former result. AS Summers legacy TO the
south the civil Rights bill is the wning act OF
the Congressional course OF reconstruction, which
from its very beginning has been anything else
than a success Had the republican party stopped
when the political rights ana citizenship of the
negro were established and secured all would have
been well enough; but the attempt to force social
equality and that III the schools too) was the
feather winch broke the camels back The effect
of it Is now pain ully apparent to republicans in
the result OF the eecuons III North Carolina, Ten
nessee and Kentucky, and in the conflicts which
nave recently taken pitCe III tue SOuln. WHICH are
here regarded as the
INCiPIENT SYMPTOMS
OF a war OF races. Now these preliminary conflicts
taking place at points so widely apart and Id such
rapid succession naturally give rise TO the ques-
tons, What do they mean who instigated them?
and Tor what purpose have gene to a good deal
OF trouble and to considerable expense TO obtain
lucid explanation OF this problem, and my lnyesti-
cation results III two conclusions, either Of which
may be right. They are these The radical lead
ers clearly oresee the ultimate ruin OF their party
this very civil rights question: but with their
usual political sagac.ty they have determined, as
a last desperate effort to turn it TO their advan-
tage in another way. wife this view, on the heels
OF the victories North Carolina Tennessee and
Kentucky they have skllluily and secretly began
the instigaiion Of conflicts between the races,
which they are we'll sa,ished will result i'll
bioodshed and slaughter to the negroes i'll
every encounter that takes place in the South.
Hence the ARRAYS at Austin, Someryllle, Au gusta
and Ridge spring. What more potent arguments
Tor the party organs to rally on az the North than
tnat there IS no protection for the negro In the
South; that they are murdered daly by the reoes
for attempting 10 exercise the right OF suffrage,
and that the spirit OIL rebellion is rampant now
as 1t was in tle early dais OF '6l : This is the
theory OF leading southern politicians whom l
have consulted. and though 90 not iuliy lndorse
1t, l an hall inclined TO believe there are some
grains OF truth in 1t. My remaining conclusion Is
is perhaps more extreme than that just given
1t evinces, too signs OF manifest alarm Tor the
safety of Their political party. To the republican
leaders in the South the natives well as the
carpet-Daggers, the third term movement IN this
section is hydra-headed monster, an elephant,
which they do not understand. They allege, but
with degree OF confidence, that the recent con-
nicts between the are the result oi what they
term the overtures atey mace by General Grant
TO the South, Tor the purpose or securing the
southern vote in 1876" and they point TO the or
ganIzaton OF the rife and sabre clubs in South
Carolina 10 the White leagues III Louisiana, and
other military organizations outside OF the militia
in other southern states, as the 0utcropplnRs and
immediate causes OF the lenent and cOnclliatory
policy OF tile administration They go iurther and
saw that the conflicts in every instance brought
about by the whites, who in this unnistaBabe
way wish to demonstrate to General Grant II he
is to become their candidate '76 that they Will
not only not brook any Civil Rights law but that
this is white mans country, and must be
WHITE MAS's GOVERNMENT.
Which OF the theories is correct time alone will
develop. Due allowances should, however, be
made or the alarm of the immense corps oil repub-
lican ofiice-holders In the South, who see in The
third term movement ann and shadowy prospect
OF the loss oil government greenbacKs. which have
regularly and Systematically flowed into their
pockets or the last nine years. Their great fear Is
that General Grant will abandon the republican
party on the ground that It has fu illed ts mission
that it has become corrupt that anarchy In sev,
eral OF the Southern states Is iostered ny II; and
that he will form a Grant Union party having for
It's platform the political freedom OF al the States
the overthrow Of the rotten governments in the
South, general amnesty, opposition to the social
equality of the race. ana the building OF the IN
ternal lines Of transportation between the
South and west 1t Is easy to see there
can be no such thing as social equality
IN the South, certainly not IN this
generation, ana IN endeavorlng 10 carry out such
doctrine the negro Is put under tIe most s as 9nea
himself into political position be IS exposed, on ac-
count OF his ignorance all the more, 10 soc'ai
sights and insults, either in the North or south.
The hollow dogma OF civil rights or social equality
will practically arouse the resentment OF the ne
gro by us very holOwness and aisity II IL is ever
enforced In the SOUTH as it must work lncalcuia
bic injury TO his race. The passage OF tue Dill would
by natural instinct or sympathy inevitably draw
the negroes together into communities wherein
they largely predomnate ana control all The social
i've in any degree OF peace or enloyment south
carolina Arkansas aud Mississippi might tnen
become the ST. DOminpos OF tle SCUM, DuC IN no
other States could the negro Gouflsh WITH clyl
rights. --s----- =
THE THIRD TERM
gains advocates anu supporters, though there are
some who lavor q third term but are opposed
TO General Grant or the presidential succession In
1875 A prominent politician with whom con-
versed on the subiect, from West virginia, saw 10
objection to a third term provided the man
elected was competent, and certainly" lie sad,
''there Is no constitutional objection TO IT, That
OF a traditiOnary custom was no objection at all.
Not over one-hrd OF the previous Presidents
we're elected second time, and some did not I'LL
even an entire term. IL has been customary TO
return congressman as often as they were CON-
petent and discharged their duties to their con-
sfIiuents faithfully. AS for the Presidential third
term, If the republican party considers General
Grant has administered the affairs OF the govern
ment honestly and with ability, they can lave no
objection TO his renominatlon ana eiectlon.
hope he may be renominated, lor thlnk
he is the weakest OF all the republicans that cou.d
he placed In the field against good democratic
candidate II two terms are TO he the limit In the
Presidential ofIce there should be c0nstltutonal
regurement TO that effect passed by Congress and
submitted to the states for ratification"
Per contra, quote from leading virginia 20
litca Journal the Petersburg Ne,cs. an article re-
nnEing the democratic press OF the state for Their
unmeanlng warfare on General Grant, anu wDlch
strongly iavors him for a third term. III Is
headed
GENERAL GRANT AND OUR BEST POLICY
The constant and violent warfare which portion Of
the outhern Pre- fond of making upon Presden III
Grant is not well calculated, in opinion 10 promote
the Interests OF people section suppose II pc uue
that the President Is to blame for many OF The evils hat
afiict portions the South--in LOUISIANA Tor
instance-ls Ii also that III
debted him for q deal Of the good we
have the evils have avertedf In
the surrender Of General Lee and the reatment Of Gene
raj Lee, his conduct in the highest degree
praise worthy In the reconstruction OF Virginia could
we ever nave been admitted into the Union upon the
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