, 1875-06-26

explored Tho te31 OF from threo-to-hse-year-ol1 |
Ku-Klux ons'ages. !'nt esrret-bsE'nn, l., tho |
i1l'es vllla,nousy> is thing Of tho past: Even
Ia B9nth Carolina 1t hks tcreivej ita guittns At
the hands Of Gov. Chamberlain. Tho movement
whirl havo described In tho Cotton States and
reaction hgaintt carpet-bag,bm. 1t is the old
spirit of csste brol u slavery. asserting, 10 tho
ouy form 10 which. nnder tho troaent order. can
he asserted. tho old doctrine Of tho superiority
into'crant Of tho political equality Of thu blacks.
accorded tilem bv the F,tseenth Amendment. AZ
i would have been sxanty years ago.
They. accept tho amendment becanbo I.
bsen se % %aas|.Dteaorsed sea5o is' nea ea
Them aflnr an exhaustive mar and 4 l,o2olesa de-
feat, Rnd bscked BY tho whole armtes Of tho
country and tho Enforcement act-they must
1t ~ thor havo dons. with au1lcn resentment,
aftor wh,cl, they would hayo net aLont practi-
cally nullifStuE it, as thoy arc now Attempting
TO do.
Only pittfui intolerance could bring ono to
s.;nppo'. she doctrine Of The ea.ps..haEeers: tha:
this result Of education habit. rfotrhcted
bloody struegle aud btttor defeat, should bn
"ground uudor the iron heei ill 1t 10 ground
out OF them." Armies arc powc'lcsa I"
HECoxsTRCt.Y NATIONAL. sfNrtsEHT,
and. though thu Cotton Statos arc not nation.
tho prevailing feeling Tiers snuat DO styled nk-
tionat sentiment. Not Loss risifu' sooma to mo.
a.ter baving explored the 6.uation, tbs
clasping Of hands across tho bloody clsas.n, tho
perfect reconciliation that has come At last. and
the 1ike In dealing With Tho attnat,on. unloas
one intends Al ofator1caE diHplaY Of tho ancient
fourtll-of-July- -bnucombe sort. ono niist deal
with the fsc.a; sud tho fact Ii that to-day. wcro
tbs question oubtn,t.ed to tho while population
ii tic Cotton statcs, without consttafnt, the
Fifteenth Amendment would be abrogated by
Of these States can be foond q hAlf-t1oxen men
of ths white population resident here before
the War who fully and fairly assent to tho prom.
osltion that tho negro should DO sosted with
affair." which ia guaranteed him by the Fifteenth
Amendment.
Yet this sentiment Is slowly chnneibg. It Ia
changing, Is has all tha. has changed here, not
III spito Of their resistance, the people facing
tho past arc themselves carried forward.
No adxaoce In these StsteB has been
! madc IN other fashion since sIlo Var.
sentiueSt. not evon this Cotton-state nauonat
sentiment. does away NTH that fact. HIS vote
eeu...s precisely a. docs any whito m.n's .ote !;
| and "a. even Ia the Cotton States, It's value IL
tic white Conservatives aro preparing 10 honest
II appeal to the negro voter as they would to nn
intelligent uhite voter, 10 foin with thom in corr
t1nung the honest reform iuaugllated by Gov
Chamberlain. In Louisiana they speak respect
ready to take them aud tleir following iu.o
rrctiy full membership, 30 Tar ii lcagt as the
moro moderate ard more Influential wing Of tho
Conservative party Is concerned. In Georga,
candidates defeated in the Democratic Conveu-
| tious bid actively for the negro voso a. tAe
| whito polticaus Of that Marty iu tho other
States arc generally beginning TO do.
| Yet, withaI, tho old spirit OF caste sur
viyen, and wheneror appeal is made 10 it tho
| o'iao wi +fr+i
THE aou1HEnH AR1srocNAc1.
Hero, too IL nu ssistocsacy, Jealous Of ita po-
'iticas and social supremacy. winch it IL intent
e,ts y sc The G99n Ss9 hss
longer ,,ch, aud arc growing pooror. But, ~
tlio landed arlstocraoy, thor aspire to regain and
pespesuatc tho state that was theirs in the aute.
bellum times. Then their estates were worked
will not work Under an oyorsecr, they have
grown too independent for that. But these plan.
.ation-owners dwoll III the towns, keep,ug d yoAs
IL debt, running their piantations on tho ruin.
tho crops 10 DO made '.on shares" b.
tho freedmen, So lilo plautat,oae aree
worked by tho freedmen with The poorest uten-
| si1s, hatf.ntatvcd mules oxen, and calves witt
npon c ts % pl.ntssion saSe The thoso % worked to ths
plow At tho end Of tho season, the neg,o. aftel
| deduction is madc for tho rssions furnished him
has scagco enough left to furnish him With bacor
| anu corn mfA IuE4l fAG ne3k 4pllUE, LUZ
PLANTER has yoty Iittle lett after settlinf
with Ills factor for hia advances. 1Lt
no1t season these landed pronsietors begin Will
| advances from tho factor; and tbs year rouut
thoy talk politics. and swaGgor about tho town
deplorInC tho hard times, and waiting the
immigration to which theJ look Tor supply q
'labor that will work their plantations 10
them about as the negro does. they will NO
work: Tho seme Spirit Of casto that as per
coptible ia thes politics is no less percepsibia
The fact that they look upon labor as degrading
1.-The labor Of tho COUNTY," to borrow thel
phrasc. 10 the negro. aud they don't propos
coming down to the lcvel Of tho "ntsEer" b
themselves working. n!untiy put. that Ia pre-
c!se!y their feeling about it. Their Sons she
educate 70 the asme nottons and tho sons d
not, and will not. work. They. would 60 INT
business, wlese there Is no plaza for them
, aud into tue professions which arc a'read
over-croWded. Thoso Of them Who aEo reducc'
to that position where they must needs 800
Tork .e'! out when possible s!d tmgEsts e,u !
luccrs instead Of idle consumers. They do nc
cpcourago.the ncgroos 70 become Pfopristort