The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-06-19
Anl,mol1d 1ispatfl1.
x JUNE 10. 1915.
,,;,e irritable About the Negro.

Quite irritable About the Negro
Tho Hon. Ben. Hill, OF Georgia. IL
a,ronc man. and will figure conspicuous'y !"
~. now Congress. The Chicago 2r'oune,
s.,;n,,,;ne him at his proper weight, caused
-, "a he interviewed, and thus gatfereo
fr,m him some shrewd opinions ABOUT .ne
na,ra which bsye created very considerable
;,r;,.,on anon gst the Radicals. The WASH
;ncton Chronicle is especially Indignant, and
.,aroex fcrociously upon Mr.. Hill and the
uhole white people Of the South. alleging
that they arc plotting to dsfranchise the ne
ORC In truth, the worst that Mr. HILL mas
dome Il 70 point out the tendency ofthe negro
N obey bis own sympaihies and follow the
bent Of his ow inclinations by voting with bis
white neishbors and employers OF the. South.
Rut then. how can we blame the Radicals for
looking upon that as DISTINGUISHING the ne
crop Was he not clothed with the ballot TO
give Radical votes. Had It been known
that he would not vote With the Radical par
tv. would the vote have been given him!
Never. Then, should not his gross misuse
of the vote by voting With Democrats dis
franchise him? There is logic in the Radi.
cal view Of the case.
Well. Mr.. HILL, being questioned about
the negro, shrewdly sid: .......
.tThe negro will drop out Of politics, or,
rather he will drop himself out, ana GtHa,n
. fue years ,ciH cote jnst as has employer asks
HIM"
The Chronicle considers this as showing
the purpose to make the brain as we'll as the
muscle OF the negro subseryient to the
Democrats, which Is very horrible to Radi.
Gals quite the reverse of the negroes oeing
subservient, body and soul, to the Radical
party.
TIE Radicals see the negroes going their
own way under the Influences that surround
them. They have reaped none Of the Radi-
cal promises for which they have been faith
fully marching and serving In the Radical
marty ranks with submissiyeness unsurpass-
ed by their conduct as slaves. They have re-
ceived nothiug-no mule, no forty ares, aud
no relief from labor. They are really worse
of than before they had the name OF freed
men. They are tired OF the awful con-
trast between the immense promises and
the contemptibly small performances of the
Radical party.
Mr.. HILL only tells the faithless Radicals
what they know must ere long happen. The
negro will "drop out OF politics as Radi-
cal party "chattel" voter, and will follow
the advice of those who are interested In
promoting that prosperity which gives en-
poyment and support to him. He will think
8 little too much Of himself TO be longer
mustered about to vote for persons who
have only helped to do him injury, while
those be has been required to vote against
have given him occupation and subsistence.
The negro cannot be held banded With the
Radical party. The machinery by which 1t
has been done thus far is falling to pieces.
Travelling and thieying Radicals are ex-
PEELED from public places. and the great bulk
have disappeared. The hypocritical white
preachers in wolves clothing who have been
inflaning the negro mind by inspiring
sense of wrongs that never were committed
have reached the end of their career and
gone away, while negro preachers have sue
cCeueQ auu arc eUSuSeu III u u'uSAcu' soit W
labor, leaving party politics take their way.
Negroes are clearly growing more indie
pendent or more Indifferent. They are think
ing for themselves, and seem to be inclined
TO take the stand of independence of the Rad
ical party. THIS disposition is greatly helped
by the inetficency OF the Radical party ma
chipery, which, from its Inherent defects, is
becoming powerless. The country loathes
it. 1t was not fit Tor war, lie; alone peace.
The people will not stand the continuance Of
official interference with local affiirs. They
will not couptenance any further show OF
terrorism in the States. The agencies of the
Federal Government that formerly kept up
the pressure and led the negro to the service
of RadlcaliSm are in effect abandoned. The
negro is in great part turned loose, and will
get to his plAce in obedience to the condi-
tions in which he fiuds himself.
Indeed, the negro "drops out" OF sys-
tematized Radical politics, with It's odious
appliances Of coercion, oppression, and ter