The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-01-11

been charged upon the League; and
has SO happened that IL any perpetrater
were brought to trial Leaguers were nu
merous enough to get on the jury; intim
idate witnesses, and by other mean
also, secure acquittal. We had under
stood that the more intelligent portion
of the people repudiated all such lawles
conduct, and insisted upon psompt pun
ishment. Senator Gordon, of Georgia. Ii
his late speech, was indignant at tn
charge of lawlessness upon the who'll
South because of the conduo. of few
villains. ,....
Governor Kellogg testitied before tn
committee that the League was organ
lied last May ~ an obscure part of tn,
State, with tae purpose of securing th
political supremacy of the whites. Tha
such Vas the object there is no doubt
anr 1t is not Objectionable, provided onl!
lair means are used. He also swore tha
at about that time great noise wal
made about the existence of.a Blacl
League, but no such league existed. II
contradiction to this, Mr.. Speer, colored
testified at Vicksburg that he belonged
to such society six years ago, and tina
the members were sworn to stand b,
each other.
Tie truth is that such organization
are very natural and to be expected. In
deed, it would argue badly for the spiri,
of the two races if they did not organize
to carry out their objects. We know
that if we lived in the South we should
belong to some white mars society ii
politics should take the "color line" We
know also that II our hair were klnky, our
face black, and our heels of the African
anatomy, we should belong to some black
mans society. We should be very natu.
rally suspicious Of the politics of our
white neighbors in reference to our civil
and political rights. With our present
frame of mind we should do all we could
to keep out the "color line" but finding
that impossible, as we inevitably would,
we should be compelled to hew to the
white line, though we should aim to do q
strictly fair job.
1t Is only necessary to consult the
well-understood principles Of human ma
ture to get at the truth OF all this bust
ness. No examining committees can
get at the exact truth Of things down
Lhcre, except to find what the laws are
and whether they have been violated in
Ihe late disorders. AS to what the in
of the two races are they can
get no exact in ormation except by re-
erring to philosophy. The testimony of
Witnesses is contradictory and unrelia-
lie. The whites generally swear that
'olor has nothing to do with their poll
les. Any one of common sense knows
hat such is rot the fact. Were they all
iarrisOns or Gerrit Smiths such state
rents might be believed.
The blacks, the carpet.baggers and |
ther white demagogues who act with |
he negroes, swear that they use no vio-
ence in restraining colored voters, and
II the intimidation comes from the 9TH
r party. Philosophy declares both
hese statements to be false, and clearly
caches the truth that should be evident
0 all, that both parties Go all they can
0 make those they can influence vote
heir respective tickets-and that this
would include, in times of ex-
,itement, any and all possible means.
senator Gordon spoke of black Outrages,
nd said nothing Of white outragcs.
The truth is that the. blacks are not
iven to deeds of violence. Their con-
uct during the war and while in slavery
hows this fact. Whites in their places
would have kept the South full of butch
ry, and their masters would soon have
een glad to let them go free. The Vicks-
urg correspondent Of the Commercial
n speaking of the massacre and the
overwhelming preponderance of Negro
umbers In the adjoining counties, says:
"During the fight here it was tele-
raphed over the United States that the |
egroes were burning gin houses and |
arms in retaliation. They did no such !
hing. can not learn that the negroes |
ave destroyed dollars worth of prop !
rty. Ii they wanted to, they could take |
evenge in this way for all wrongs, real
nd imaginary. But they do not and |
will not. Whatever their faults may be, |
hey are not rcvcngeful and blood thirsty. |
n all the troubles here they have not in |
single instance harmed the hair of a |
hite persons head in the unprotected |
ural districts. When you hear that
hey are attempting to take revenge on
he whites in any such a way put it down
8 a lie. There is no race On earth ma
uraily so peaceably inclined and inOf.
ensive as the negroes"
That is the truth about the negro char
cter. They are altogether too docile to
i've with a minority Of whites.
The truth simply is that the two races
re altogether politically incompatible
kept when one r.ce is so few in num-
ers as to be almost powerless, and So
tally they are incompatible in any shape.
'he truth further is that there can be no
'eace in the South except under military
error so long as the two races hold their
resent relations there. The truth fur
her is that there is no other solution of
he problem than the separate settle
nent of the negroes.