The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-01-22
The Woes of Dixle-Whe il to
Blame.
LFrom The Chicago Timcs.l

lust and truthful comments on Southern
matters, from the Chicago Times, Ca
Democratic paper,) 10 the unbiased pc
Tu>al of All our readers, but more pat-
ticularly to that class of Republicans
who seem disposed to lend Il too-wiiiing
ear to the tulsome complaints OF The
Democracy against the Administration
\ disposition is manifested in certain
quarters to hold t.c Administrations or
Congress, or the parry in power res
pnnSible for things that Occur OF exist
qui:c Independently Ct parties, Con-
crosses, and Presidents For inStance,
if 1 gang OF dcspcradocS III Louisiana
Mississippi, or Tennessee, arm them-
selves with rifles, >ilot-giIns and pistols,
and "a cunning for nig~crS, these bias
81 partisan critics instantly charge ri:
the blame upon the wicked 'radicalSN
who cnfrJnchiscd the ''niggcr," and the
,lctcStable carpct>ba@coT who Induces
the nirrcr to vote for him. If chival-
3ic SuuthrrncrS organize armies. drill
in secret, provide themselves with AZ
the engines OF war, aHd, when all Is
ready. deliver battle and force county,
municipal and State officers to abdictte.
and if the President, in response to 4
rcIuisition duly made, sends troops to
di~pcrSc the insurgents, these Irrational
critics hasten 20 denouHce the President
is a despot. and The troops as a blood
thirsty gang, delightirg i'll nothing so
mech aS ''intimidating' Southern white
men. OfcOGrSe these white men are in
no wise responsible for their acts, and
would not, If they were to massacre
every ncmrc ard every white nan who
declines 10 vote the White-league ticket.
They are l~ong-sutlering innccents, dirty
en- to desperation by a series OF intOlrra-
bic wrongs. AID entitled to the >ympa-
Thy of every body who doesn't happen
10 he exactly OF the Southern perSua-
sion.
Now, unqueStionahly, there aIe some
very raScalIy caTpct-baggcr> in the
South. PROFESSIONALLY the fruits of
unlimited suffrage are not altogether
sweet. But everybody who knows any
thing about the Southern character
and everybody ought 10 know some
thing about il by this time-knoWS that
the blame does not attach to the negro,
the carpet-bagger. the Republican par
", and the President. more than OthO>C
worthless who fought for four years,
with a courage hc@uttPn of gunpowder
and whisky. to establish Il slave empire
ON this continent. The gentlemen who.
before the war had Il summary way Of
ti~poSing of Northern men who went
among them and were si>pectcdo 81 diff
fcrin@ from them in political sentiment.
were not transformed INTO lambs by the
emancipation and acknowledgements OF
the negro. They are substantially the
same rs they We're Il dozen years AGO
ana mere, which is equivalent to saving
that they have vet to learn the meaning
of freedom and justice and tolerance.
Such : the testimony borne by Mr.. W.
Stanley in the Times Of yesterday morn
inm, and such, doubtless. would be the
testimony of nine ont Of every ten
Northern mcu. who, Ike MI. Stanley,
llavc attempted since the war 10 earn Il
living in the Southern States. and who,
like him. have not been willing to sur
render their freedom of thought and ac-
ton for the privilege of occupying the
same meek of woods with the chiyal-
TI
twas not to he expected that every
thing would nov on smoothly and mar
mnniou,ly in the Southern States after
the war. and especially after emancipa-
ton. On the one hand it WAS not to be
expected that the blackS-saVagcS civil
lied only by the lash, and kept in Il state
OF helpless ignorance during their long
bondagc-wouid be transformed instant
j. into good citizens OF a free State by 4
simple decree of emancipation. 1t was
natural that they should regard their
former masters as their enemies, c~Dcc-
iaIly in view OF the ''labOr laws enact
ed by Southern white mems legislatures
under the regime of Andrew Johnson
1t WAS equally natural that they should
regard their emancipatorS as thcii
friends, and vote in droves for the rep,
rc>cntativeS of the party to which they
were mainly indebted for their freedom
and cnlranchisemcnt, without stopping
t. weigh very nicely the virtues OF par
ticrilar candidates. 1t is not surprising
therefore, that III some localities the mis-
rule of tyrantS has been replaced by tl'
mi>rulc of adventures and r~ascalS.
On the other hand, it was not to be
expected that the whites, SmartinT TN
der defeat, chcrishing no very friendly
sentiments toward the Union, enra@et
II emancipation, by which they though
themselves robbed of at least 81 600 O0o
600 worth of property, hating the Negro
as 4 freeman. and still more rs II polit
ical equal, and trained in the school o
slavery to indulge rather than govern
their passions-it was not to be expect
ed that such m,n woald instantly con
form to the new order of things. Or
the contrary. it was to be expected tina
they would cherish resentment, and as