Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-15
TIE SOUTHERN VOTE.
How &c May Be Made TO Count I'm the
Presidential Election.
ST TOuis Rpuublican

IreSiuenIlHA EAecllOns
st. Louis Republican
The South has been at peace for six
months, because 1t 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 Ku Klux IN Tennes-
see; of plantation battles between
whites and blacks in Mississippi; Of ne
gro mObs marching to sack towns IN
Arkansas and South Carolina; of
wholesale butcheries Of harmless ne
grOes by masked ruffians IN Louisiana.
These things are over, for the present,
at least, and we may hope that they are
ended forever. That active agent Of
disturbance, the carpet Dagger, Is re-
firing from the South; and the native
whites and blacks, left to themselves,
exhibit surprising capacity for getting
along peaC ably together without out
side help. All the accounts we receive
from the States on the Lower Missis-
sippi represent that the largest cotton
crop, and the largest corn crop also.
ever raised there viii be produced this
ygaT-the result not so much of IA
vOrable season as # the more cordial
understanding between the two races
and improved habits OF industry. The
fact is, the whites and blacks are be-
ginning to address themselves to the
solution Of the difficult problem of
their future relation, with a patient
and forbearing spirit; the blacks are
turning to the native whites for cUun-
sci and assistance, and the whites are
recognizing their obligation to the
weaker and cOntiding race. Both find
the new friendship a fountain Of pros
perity; an immense cotton crop blesses
their reconciliation, and their land is
becoming once more the bright home
Of a prosperous and happy people.
All this means that the entire South
is lost to the Republican party. That
party never control d. vote of South
ern State except Though violence and
intimidation; as the Southern States
were allowed to become peaceful, they
slipped, one by one, through its fingers.
IL seems strange to be told that Texas,
now Democratic by 1900 majority;
Georgia, now Democratic by 81, 600
majority; Virginia, now Democratic by
10000 majority, and Tennessee, now
Democratic by 1900 majority, were,
a few years ago all controlled by, Re
publican Governors and Legislatures,
and represented in Congress by Repub-
hcan senators and members. Yet, 1t
is true, and in the loss Of these States
the Republican leaders may foresee
the loss Of the last three Southern
States that they still control-Louisi-
ana, Mississippi and South Carolina
In estimating the probable re-
suit Of the next election,
therefore, the Republicans are
fol ced to consider that they Will lose
the 90 electoral votes Of the nine
Southern States which Grant carried |
IN 1872; and that the 100 votes of the |
twelve reconstructed States viii, prob |
ably, be cast against them, together |
with the b votes Of the other four ex-
slave States of Delaware, Kentucky, |
Maryland and MissOuri-making l3S |
Southern votes against the Republican |
ticket to begin with, and leaving only |
is votes to be lost at the North to IN |
sure a Republican defeat This is GER
tainly a dismal outlook for a Repubi. |
can who has taught himself to believe /
that the continued ascendency Of his |
party Is necessary to the safety of the |
Union; and it accounts for the tactics |
decided on by the Republican leaders |
of trusting not to their own strength, |
but to the possible folly Of their oppo.
nents. Their only hope is that the
Democracy Will commit some monstrous |
blunder which only the Democracy can |
commit, and thus forfeit the victory |
within their reach.
New York Herald, July p.
Our special correspondent in the
South, Mr.. Nordhoff, in a letter which
we print to- day, gives some suggestive
hints about the future and imminent
of political parties in the
Southern States. If one may trust his
observations it would appear that the
party has made a curious
blunder In keeping the Southern States
so long in a condition of political pupil
age. The intention has, no doubt,
been on the part Of the Southern Re-
pubhcans to keep themselves in power
IA CuSH states ny tut uelp u inc Z Gu
eral Government; but the evident re-
suit was to put off a final and natural
settlement of politics there, and
now, when this has been accomplished,
IN spite Of them, in Arkansas and
Alabama, and cannot be much longer
delayed in Louisiana CT even in Missis-
Jippi, the Presidential election is so
near at hand that 1t seems probable the
Democrats will be able to hold the