Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-09-17
MISSISSIPPI THE POLICY Or POLITICAL
MURDER

Every norti.etl man VIII has gone SnntA #
RepnDlican, has lceu denounced there as a
'carpct baggcr." and every Southern man %iio
joins the Republican party - branded s. q
"scalawag.' Ft2hagh Lee and his lredaileks-
burg committee talk very fairly in New York, to
invite immi grants to Virginia and possibly they
mean to treat Ieeenty any WHO may come, with
ont regard to their politics. but this plan, II
adopted, will be new. i settled aud determined
policy has been pursued IN mos. y! the south
of osiracising, prescribing and " bssaA'ns
down every white Republican,, no matter
whether it was John y. Longstreet, WHO fought
az hravcy in tle gray Uniform as any other man
brt when the war onloi surrendered honestly,
or whether il was citizen from tile North. re-
moving hiz place OF residence. Al alike haNe
beom harriel, abused, iusnltel, anl Yilliiied,
every opproLloua name being applied to them,
and every annoyance often every outrage Put
upon them, to drive the,a on. or COW taeta into
aIiect political su5n 'ssion.
All this was systematic Ii vas net merely
general bad blood breaking out in occasional
quarrel. Il was part OF n most fQRi anl well
matured purpose to ruin tho white Republicans
ard thus deprive the colored Yotora Of counsel
lors and leaders. u, numbering hall dozen q
The most prominent aud respected Republican.
Of each county the colored vote there would be
loft without heads to organize aid direct it, ant
tile rebels who call themselves Democrats could
ride unopposed into Office and power. To sucl
degree was this done in Georgia, previous Il
last years election, that il many counties
scareely dozen Republican votes were cast
Iiat
posed Of sixteen countes, in the north
eastern section Of the State and contain
ing a colored population OF nearly ON
hundred thousand. or say l6,003 voters, Their
wore bGt f,r,lee votes for tle Republican clndi
date for Congress- although in 1872 there wer
cast III the district G130 Republican votes Th
White League, tho In kltix. and the bands o
organized burncrs aud mnrderoiH generally, di
rected by political leaders, hal done their wol
most eIectually. Many other eountes in th
State showed sinilag fe-ults. Ihu-, Coffee Wit
G78 colorcd people, ct.t 9 Republican votes
Walton, with ilG2, cast Tulfair with III;
cast 7 Clarke, witt Gtli, cast / Madison Wit
1881, east 80 aud on through long li=t
There is but ono explanation for this, aud y
have given it above. Prescription anI outrage
systematically directed, Had destroyed The Re
publican leaders and driven tho colorcl voters j
to political -layery.
What uext: Why 3Iissi=siipi must 10 t.aus
the same process. II is u Republican State
There s large White Aeplbiican vote and a
overwhelming preponIorance of eolofeI yotei
besides The State ha. bscn administered wit
credit, Governor Aulca, abused aud vlllltied
those who mako it their hlbi5 ta assail ever
Northern liepubeln who goes south has bee
fair and conservative Governor. TIL
being testified to, as we !:now, b
persons Interested III the deyolopmer
the State, differing .rrom him III politics. Br
now, the plan OF Georgia IL pnt in operatio,
The massacre at Clinton was pant OF the syi
TEN, and the hell llAoulds Of VicAsbuyg, shoosin
iuoifensive coioral inen in their cabin DOOR
are but carrying out the general direction c
their leaders. General Gordon, Of Georgia, ha
been over to Mississippi to all tha Democrat
campaign, and he we'll knows the method whic
he and Ills friends pu!srioi 50 successfully i
the former State. M.ssissippi is to be revolt
tionzed. Il could not be done By ballots
will be done by revolyogs and lilies,