River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-02-26

South regard himself as commissioner
of peace, maintaining the kindliest rela-
lions towards the black man, remember.
ing that the responsibility for the ex.
IRENE poverty to which they have been
reduced, and the corrupt government to
which HIS vote has subjected us, operates
not 80 much on him as on the bad men
who, with the assurance Of federal sup.
port, have, By appeals to his worst pas.
sions, sought to make him out an enemy,
while we labor by all honest means to
convince him of the truth that our inter-
ests and his are identical, and that both
must be preserved by good government,
and that those who stir up strife between
us are enemies of both races, let us at the
same time see that he il fully
protected in his guaranteed rights
to vote as he pleases in
all elections. Let us continue to deal
with him honestly and fairly. and let us
continue cordially to invite TO our midst
those Of any political party who either
seek to know the truth or to find homes
upon our soil. We do not exaggerate
when We admonish you of the disheart-
ening fact that every street disturbance,
every homicide Of whatever character, by
whornsoever committed, by black or
white, Republican or Democrat, such as
are incident to every community upon the
earth, is perverted into evidence of a
spirit Of lawlessness and violence, and a
purpose to accomplish political ends.
We we'll know the gross
injustice Of such charges, which have
weight only where ignorance
of every true condition prevails.
Strenuous efforts are now being made by
nose who misrepresent you to induce the
passage by Congress of the most danger
Gus measures, in order to irritate our
people, to drive them to despair, to pro-
woke them to violent outbreaks, in order
to furnish an excuse for applying for mill
itary interference. We express the hope
that majority of the present Congress
will not be found ready to sanction such
legislation. If it be accomplished it
would be against the protest, not only of
the Democrats, but of the worth and
craftsmanship here of the party in power,
and of such Republicans as Bryant. Ev-
arts, Chas. +. Adams, and others, whose
patriotism and sense Of justice are known
to the entire country. We may. how.
| ever, mistake. The most extreme, OPP
pressive and unconstitutional measures
may be imposed upon you. In
such an event we should appeal to the
wisdom and patriotism of the long sui.
fering people, by every hope of the fu-
ture, for continuance of the forbear.
ancc and hopeful reliance upon the vir.
tue and sense Of justice of the American
| people for the ultimate vindication of our
| rights, the protection of our liberties, and
the safety of our Republican form Of gov.
eminent.
Signed by Senator's Goldthwaite,
Stevenson, Norwood, Cooper, Gordon
Ransom, of North Carolina, McCrary
Bog,y johnson and Merriman, and by the
following members of the House of Rep.
resentatives: Cook, Caldwell, Ball, Brom.
berg, Atkins, Waddell, Giddings, Hern.
don, Miles, Willie, Hancock, Crittenden
John Young Brown, Harris. Young, Of
Georgia, Whitehouse, Bright, Grassland,
Bowen, Beck, Bland, Adams, Clark, Cum.
mings, Arthur, Durham, Hunter, Hatch
err, Gunter, Glover, Mclean, Leach, Rob.
bins, Vance, Blount, Harris, Whitehead
StandefOrd, Stone, Sloss. Young, of Ken
lucky, Wells, Wells, of Missouri, Mil
liken, Read, Lamar.