Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-09-10

population white and black the excess of
one over the other and the vote in 1874.
1t is prepared from the census of 1870,
and the official vote OF the State as pub
! lshed in the Tribune Almanac for 1870.
From this table we select some Of the facts
which appear, as follows:
In the First Congressional District, the
Republican ticket received Sill votes, out
OF a black population OF 72,o27, while the
| Democratic ticket received II ,252 votes
out of a white population of 6i,isl. In
other words, in a district that had 7,546
more blacks than white, the Democrats
had majority of 1888 1t will be seen
that Burke, one of the so-caled insurrec-
tionary counties, is in this district. Good
grounds for trouble in the Burke county
NAV be seen in the vote cast in 1874 Out
of a black population OF Is, 1876, only 900
Republican votes were cast, while the
Democrats, with white population Of
only 4 ,243, cast .2G0 votes.
The Second district shows n like falling
off in the Republican vote. Out of a black
population OF e. $50, 9,7s9 votes are pollcd
while white population of SO, $50 gives
Democratic vote of 1908. This district
appears better inclined toward the blacks,
and no apprehensions have been felt of an
uprising in any of the counties composing
it. Still glance at some of the figures,
show that full Justice has not yet been ac-
corded
The third district shows clear injustice
in some of the counties. 1t will be seen
that Coffee county ONLY CAST TWO
VOTES out of black population of CTS.
Montgomery county did not cast single
Republican uote, yet she has "A black popu
laton of ,10S. Pulaski. out of 5,984, only
cast 30 votes for the Republican candidate.
while Selfar, out of l,145 blacks, cast
only votes. In the Third District, the
blacks outnumber the whites, 1928; yet
in 1874, the Democrats received major
ity of 4,47s.
The Fourth District presents the strange
showing of GA, 25G colored people WITH
OUT A VOTE. No Republican ticket
was run in this district the opposition be-
ing so bitter that it was deemed best to
keep out of the field altogether, rather
than risk trouble at the polls.
The Fifth District like the Second, APP
pears to have approached nearer to the
sense of justice than the Third or Fourth,
yet the per centage of Republicans is rath
small for the colored population ofthe dis
trict.
The Sixth District tells its own story.
Out Of black population of &C, 249, we
have 1856 Republican votes, while a.,
SIG whites. give for the Democratic ticket
10,0O1. Butts county, with Sab colored
population, gives NO REPUBLICAN
VOTES, Laurens, with 3.654 blacks HAS
NO REPUBLICAN VOTE, while Walton
county with 4,1G2 blacks. gives BUT TWO
Republican votes. There may not be a
reign of terror in the Sixth Dististrict, but it
looks very much like it. The Seventh
District has no Republican ticket an In
dependent ticket having been put in the
field to oppose Democracy. The com
plexon of the vote cast would indicate a
better condition of affairs in the Seventh
District, than in any previously given.
What can be said of the Eighth District
1t must tell its own story. This district
comprises the "black belt. having a black
population of 90 467, and a white popula-
ton OF &C, COL Yet IN a district where the
blacks outnunsber The VhiteS % SIG, he
| Democrats rtceire 6 1922 roteS, and the Re
puJlicans ONLY TWELVE rotes. The
so-called insurectionary counties, ,Jeff'er-
erson and Washington, are in this district.
Jefferson has Il black population of 1913,
yet she cast NO REPUBLICAN VOTES.
The same can be said of Washington,
which has black population OF S,3l2.
Here we have the key to the alleged in.
surrecliou. TWELVE VOTES cast for
the Republican ticket IN a district num-
Jeriaq orer 10000 blacks Are these
| tWClNc CitIZtuo sun dllN y IL Is question:
able. If they are still living, they no
doubt are languishing to-day in the filthy
jails of Burke or Jefferson, or hiding in
the woods or swamps from the Democrat
ic hounds who have been in pursuit of
them, under the specious plea Of suppress
ing an instruction
| The Ninth District may be called the
'white belt" of Georgia. Here the col
ored voter comes nearer to obtaining his
rights. yet even here we find some coun-
ties where he is disfranchised. Take
Clarke county. with its one Republican
vote, out of black population of G,453.
The history of that county. and the treat
ment OF its black citizens. could be writ
ten without travelling through it.
The only way to put a stop to the
bloody outrageous work in the South
against the blacks, is to keep up at full
strength the republican party. A vote