The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-07-27
DALLAS. TEXAS
TUESDAY MORNING llttiJuH N
THE g0I.0R LINE,

ing o Just appreciation OF tho owls
of universal suffrage, IN applied 10
tho ignorant negroes OF tho houthi
but tho writer IN not sufficiently
oandld W confess, what no knows In
hIa hearl 10 DO true, that tho whole
nalc Inyeallturo Of tho nogrooa OF tho
South with tho franchise, by tho lIo'
publican party, Ia tho root of most
Of tho OWLS that have afflicted tho
South since tho war, TO avoid this
no boats tho bush, and admits that
grave evils have grown out OF tho
blind following by tho negroes OF
thor Radical carpot'bog lenders,
and thon proceeds m follows, "ll
thorc Ia anything mourniul In tho
spectacle Of the whole colorod race
at tho South supporting, through
good or owl report, tho fortunes of
tho Republican party, 1t Ia equally
mournml to observe the nnwayer'
Ing unanimiiy with which their
ialow.oilizens ON tho other side OF
tho color limo vote tho Democratic
ticket without regard TO fitness or
reason, And II the unity Of tho no
grocs Ia mn indication Of u low de-
groo Of political intelligence, and It
thoir timidity and their vanity and
their prejudice and other unworthy
feelings arc played on by doxtrons
manipulatiors, have wo not every
roason TO note and doploro tho exist.
once Of n perfectly parallel range Of
occurrences on tho olhcr sido OF tho
color linoY"
Lot us ask the writer; What al.
formative was loft tho whites Of tho
South 7 Here, In our.midst was u
not of rapacious carpet.boggors,
whose sole mission was TO grow rich
by robbery, and horc was exhibited
tho spectacle which tho writer 10
much doplores, of the whole negro
population, blindly assisting them
in oil their noiarious plans. What
other means were there loft to tho
whites TO save tho remnant of thor
property from tho spoilers, than to
band themselves together against
these vobborsY 1t was certainly use
lcss TO appeal to n Republican Con-
gross which had forced nogros suffrage
upon thcm, for tho very purposes
which were being effected, namely,
tho spoliation of tho "rebcls"
and tho pcrpotuation of Repub
lican rule. 1t was equally fruit
loss to appeal to tho Federal power
exercised by President who had
Ovorthrown tho government of Lou.
isiana, and for years held her PEG
pie down with tho bayonot, that
they might be plundored by Kol.
logg, Casey and other friends of the
administration and who only six
months ago attempted tho over.
throw of the legitimate government
OF Arkansas, in order that another
ret of his scoundrel friends might
plumber another State. In seeing
that all these wrongs and outrages
eminated from the Radical Ro
publican party, and that they owe
whatever escape they have made
from ruin TO tho persistant opposi-
ton of tho Democratic party,
is there any wonder that the
whites of the South should range
themselves upon I" tho color limo"
and vote tho Democratic ticket F.?
To have done otherwise would have
bccn as if n ships crow should join
the pirates who had robbed and
captured them, against friends who
were fighting for their rescue.
Every thinking white man of the
South heartily joins with tho Globe.
Democrat in deprecating the color
line division Of parties, but until
tho negroes abandon tho leadership
Of the scoundrels, who mostl, repro
sent tho Republican party at the
South, In many parts of the late
Confederate States the only security
against public and private bank.
ruptcy and social anarchy is for
every white man to stand by tho
party which is6ghting his battles.
With tho disruption Of the Re.
publcansparty, which must inevita.
bly, follow it's defeat in 1876, and tho
passing of the Federal Government
into the hands of a Democratic
president, will pass away the ALI.
ance between the negroes as q race,
and the Republicans. Negroes
worship power, and when they
discover how grossly they have