The Morning herald., 1876-02-04
THE HERALD.
WILMINGTON, FEBRUARY 4, 1876
VINO PULLS THE WIRES.

That element of the Republican part
in the South, known as the negro elemen'
ia lust 1t this time, the subject. Of homag
from those who are pulling the wires fs
= Office. They are placed in precisely tn
same position that they have always bee1
by the Republican party, in the space o
preparation for elections-that of beinl
recognized as of some service to thei
country, by right Of casting vote
Just now they are particularly in demand
Grant has set the wires in motion through
his minions and they are applying tht
electric shock to the negro. Morton il
talking Of the poor down trodden race in
the Senate, which is an indirect appeal to
their sympathies, and not without its
object to rake out of the embers of their
hate for the supposed tyrants, some few
Goals, that will kindle light for his own
glory.
Blaine bullied Congress until even those
who were upon his own side Of the House
dozed with inertia under the monotonous
teachings Of party blatant, who preached
his own virtues, defiled Christianity with
the blasphemy Of contention against peace,
and trsasoned against the laws Of his own
country by endeavoring to put the torch
of dissension to the funeral pile of all diff
ferences.
He was an open bidder for tie negro
vote, and has pulled the wires in that di-
rection more tanght than any Of the
others. To the negro of the South, Jeff
Davis is the impersonation Of the Devil,
and Mr.. Blaine's pictures were we'll toned
to furnish this belief and gain the support
of this stulti6ed class.
The negro is his own master, God has
endowed him with reasoning faculties, and
he has the right to choose for himself, and
could do so wisely, but for the teachings Of
those who handle him to suit their own
fancies. Those who work the wires
of the Republican party in the South, are
the ones, who, by this means place such
men into Office as Moses and Whippcr, Of
South Carolina, who have recently been
elected District Judges.
Now it is said that there are two more
wire-pullers in the field. They are Secre-
tary Bristew and P Postmaster General Jewell
A gentleman, and Republican, at that,
who has recently returned from Georgia,
gives to the New York Herald the follow
ing information regarding the intrigue Of
these two to get the support of the negro
vote. He says:
"But the most notable phenomenon in
our politics-net onl y in Georgia, but all
through the Southern States at presents
the effort in progress to secure delegates to
the Republican National Convention for
the joint ticket Of Bristow and Jewell.
Whether these gentlemen are themselves
cognizant of all that is going on. certain it
is that the subordinates in the Treasury
and Post Office departments are working
for this particular end.
Judging by the general experience about
here, no revenue officer visits Washington
in these days from the Southern States
without being interviewed. Instructions
have been given to all the Internal Reve-
nue. officers of this State. Isham 8. Fan
ming, Collector of the Augusta district
boasts quite openly, I am told, that they
i.e., revenue officers) have set this State
for Bristow and Jewell, and that nothing
can undo the work. JEWELS interests for
the Vice Presidency are being carefully
guarded by Chamberlain, the Revenue
Supervisor of this district comprising sew.
eral States. 1t is said that Jewell insisted
on having some one in the Revenue De-
partment on whom he could personally de-
pend, and so, by some shihings of super
visors last year, Chamberlain, formerly a
special agent Of the Post Office Depart
ment was appointed Supervisor, and gos-
sip hereabout says, for the special benefit
Of the Postmaster General first and for the
interests Of the revenue second.
us 'hS WHoAe CoIpS VI L IOSC OluCe
special agents in the South are busy in
their manipulation, and, with that happy
accord which should always characterize
the different departments Of great gov-
ernment, they are in absolute harmony
with the Treasury agents. In all my po-
litical life, new long one, l have never
known any such attempt as is now being
made to place officials over the
heads OF the people and to dictate del.
egates to nominating convention through
the influence Of Executive patronage.
"One little incident which was related
to me recently, however, has bad signif-
canoe. A gentleman from the South
happened in one Of the Washington hotels
to express preference ior Mr.. Bristow,
and he was at once cordially seized by one
Of his hearers and taken to Mr.. Burnham
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