The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-02-22
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nal not often found sustaining tho Re
publican party, has a very significant
remark in view OF the elections of 1876
and the remark is the more significant,
as confession is made that il was
called forth by the conduct OF the zone
hundred copperheads and seventy reb-
OILS" in the House OF Representatives
who laughed and cheered at the top oi
their voices while Mr.. 8. s. Cox was
sneering jocosely at the colored troops,
and 1attering the "Confederates, with
the spirit OF serf. The Republican
says:
"The success OF the Democratic par
ty next fall is impossible, for the sim
pie reason that no gentleman, no Chrs.
tian, no philanthropist can vote for it.
The leaders all sneer nt tho darkey.
The Southern men, for the most part,
despiso him, and are not willing 10 give
him his rights. The seventy
ex-rebels in the House, one and all, de.
spise the black man as citizen. They
accept his citizenship simply because
the can't help il. Now, no man at the
North who ever was q Republican, Oh
who has q spark OF manhood, can ever
join such party. What becomes OF
the black man under its rule ?"
The great trouble in the South, es.
pecially in those States where ex-Con-
federate Democrats are in the ascend.
ancy, is that there was no honorable
acceptance OF the situation, aud no real
intention to fulfill the duties OF citizen.
ship which the amnesty laws Of the Re
publican party had so widely confer
red. The rebellion did not rupture the
Union as was anticipated. Instead, il
introduced into the States concerned a
new social element, against which the
White League has risen in violent aud
repulsiye opposition. II ever tho south
is TO occupy position such as should
be demanded OF all parts OF the Amer
lean Union, the new social element now
existing there must not only be recog-
nized, but recognized in such manner
as to do away with all political infcri-
ority. Amnestied citizens seem to for
get that the Constitution and the law
which protects them protects also the
colored man on whom citizenship has
been conferred. Now, the colored cit
izens in the South are regarded every
whore in the North as permanent resi-
ns permanent a. we're
the slaves before the war. Why, then,
the dislike Of the White Leagues and
their friends 10 the colored man being
in his civil duties, and to his
exercise OF the elective franchise p
There must be some reason for il; and
the reason is not difficult to ascertain.
II ia this: The old spirit OF slavery
has survived the institution. South-
erners see the colored men in their
midst, aud the remembrance OF what
they once were rouses the old preju-
dice and the old disposition to oppress
and keep them down. Both the old
slavery ex-Confederate Democrats and
the colored men are citizens, and on
an equality before the law; but the
whites find tbs colored men
have memories, and will not vote for
their old masters. Thsir old masters,
drive them from the polls by
murder, aud cast their ballots for them
to send the masters to Congress, rs IL
the freedmen loved them for the ten
der mercy they had shown il days gone
by.
Mr.. Robert Toonbs, Of Georgia. Is in
some respects remarkable man; and
in others without any distinction. he
did not fulfll his own prophecies made
during the rebellion, which much dis.
appointed him. because as prophet he
has lost renown. But as brutal op.
pressor OF the blacks who have the bal
lot be 10 n very common sort Of fellow
convicted, too, on his own admissions.
We find that Mr.. Toombs recently de.
livered a speech ct Atlanta, in which
no said:
I'VE got them (r,ferriDg TO Demo.
Gratis in tho Honse) there by carrying
the black vote by intimidation and
bribery tLaughterl And / helped
to do it. Applause. would have
soorned the people if they had not done
it And / will buy them ms long az
they put beasts 10 go to the ballot box
[Chsers No man should be given the
elective franchise who has not the in.
telligence to use ii properly. The
rogue should not have il, for govern.
ment is made to punish him; the fool
should not have it. for the government
10 made to take care OF him Now,
these miserable wretchos-the Yankees
have injected five millions Of savsges
into the stomach OF our body polite
and the man who says he accepts ne
gro suffrage, say, sccursed be he =
fCheers. will accept everything; ]
will accept Grant and Empire before
will accept such n Democrat - Ap'
plause.
This accounts for the presencs OF th,
ex-Confsderate Democrats in ths
House. And Mr.. Toombs 10 an OK
Confederate Democrat out OF the House
with aspirations, however, that one day
he May get there. Bat he 10 repre-
sentative Southerner as disloyal as tn,
Democratic copperhead in tho North
aud put these together you have the
leadership Of the Democratic party.
Who, then, can vote for the Demo.
cratic paryS Certainly no gentleman
no christian, no philanthropist. Ant
why? Simply because a party will
such record, and with such princi
eiples, would ruin the country il il ev
or came into power; and every right
minded, patriotic man would not onl,
refuse to give il his support, but en-
gage every possible way to dsfeat il
aud that in doing so he did God ser
vice. and helped to free the nstior
from . curse too greyious 10 be Lorps
-IEepublie.