The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-07-22
THE SOUTHERN VOTE.
How it May be Made TO Count III
the Presidential Election.
From the st. Louis Republican,

From the ST. Louis Republican,
The South he's been at peace for six
months. because IL has been let alone.
Louisiana Il quiet, Arkansas Is quiet,
Alabama is quiet, Mississippi Is quiet,
and even South Carolina IS quiet, We
no longer hear Of KuIfluX In Tenncs-
see; Of plantation battles between
whites and Blacks in Mississippi; Of
negro mOb5 marching TO sack towns ia
Arkansas and South Carolina; Of
wholesale butchcrics Of harmless ne
grocs by masked ruliians in Louisiana.
These things are over, for the present,
al least, and We may hope that they
are Gnled forever. That active agent
Of disturbance, the carpet bagscr, is re.
firing from the South and the native
whites and blacks, left to themselves,
exhibit a surprising capacity for get
ting along pcaccabIy together without
outside help. All the accounts we re-
ccivc from tile States on the Lower
Mississippi represent that the largest
cotton crop. and the largest corn crol
also, ever raised there will be produced
this y%ear--tllc result no. so much Of 0
favorable season as OF the more c0rdla
understanding between the two races
ane improved habits Of industry. The
fact is, the whites and blacks are be-
ginning to address themselves to the
solution Of the difficult problem ofthcII
future relation, with a patient and for
bearing spirit, the blacks are turning
TO the native whites for counsel ant
assistance, aud the whites are rocog'
nizing their obligation TO the weaker
and conliding race. Both find tic ne"
friendship . new fountain Of prospect
ty: on immense cotton crop blcsscs
their reconciliation, and their land l.
becoming once more the bright home
of a prosperous and happy people.
u All this means that the entire South
is lost to the Republican patty. That
party never controlled n vote Of 4
Southern State except through VIC
lcncc and intimidation; as the south
crn States were allowed TO become
peaceful, they slipped, N by one,
through its fingers. 1t seems strange
to be told that Texas, now Democratic
by 1900 majority; Georgia, now
Democratic by $4,000 majority; Vir'
ginia, now Democratic by 10000 ma.
jority and Tennessee, now Demo
cratic by $4,000 majority, were, u few
years ago, all controlled by Republican
Governors and Legislatures, and rep
resented ia Congress by Republican
Senators ind members. Yet il is true,
and in the loss of these States the Re-
publican leaders may foresce the loss
of the last three Southern States that
they still control--Louisiana, Missis-
sippi aud South Carolina. In cstima-
ting the probable result of the next
election, therefore, the Republicans
are forced to consider that they will
lose the 60 electoral votes Of the nine
Southern States which Grant carried
in 1872, and that the 100 votes of the
twelve reconstructed States will, prob
ably, be cast against them, together
with the 80 votes Of the other four ex
slave States Of Delaware, Kentucky
MARYLAND and misunderstanding l3S
votes against the Republican ticket tc
begin with, and leaving only i6 votes
to be lost at the North to insure Il Re
nuhliran lnfrat This l. certainly a