The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-10-13
the SOLID SOUTH.


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Carisehurz In his speech At MhaGillon,
Ohio, on ThurIdsy, after diScuHing the
dnaSeilI question and the question Of
publisseouomy and Of administrative re-
form, said:
With the subject Of reform StGnds In
natural connection what b called ibs
Southern question. I may say that a.
ways epdsaVored 70 be Just and fair 70
our ielloR citizens oi the South, having
been one Of the FIRST In advocating gen.
eral amnesty and complete removal Ol
political disabilities from those who had
tHken part 10 the Rebellion, and in every
way policy Of reconciliation and good.
viii. While I sincerely and earnestly
condemned the atrocities which, alter the
close Of the civil war, occurred here and
there Ia the southern country, have
always deprecated every effort to in
fame the popular mind by their eXlggerA.
tiOn in print and speech, a. tending to
create an unhealthy public sentiment. !
have never withheld, but have openly
eIpreDed my sympHthy with the people
OF some Of the Southern States on &C.
count Of the misgoVernment they had to
suffer at the hands Of bad men. | have
never failed 10 give words TO my disRp.
probation Of any measure Of policy con-
cerning the States lately in rebellion
which Esemed To me oppressive in its
effects or 70 transgresa: the limits Of con.
stitutionAl authority. Apd for this l
have not seldom received expressions OF
gratitude from many Southern men. l
do not recall these things for the purpose
OF bolsLing OF them, but amply to re-
mind Democrats "a well "A those Of our
Southern fellOW.citiLens to whose knoWl.
edge these remarks may come, that no
narrow, sectional spirit, no Yindictiye-
ness, no party prejudice, has any share
in what I Eay. have often spoken aa
the friend OF the Southern people, and As
their friend | am speaking now.
WHAT TIE SOUTH NEEDS.
1t has ALWAYS been my conviction, and
this conviction | have frequently ex.
pressed, that what the Southern people
needed aid now need for the promotion Of
their own interests and the development
Of their own prosperity, and especially
for their protection against the miSchief
already suffered and still to be Appre-
hcnded from the unrnly elements OF their
own party, Is a national government un-
miatakAbly strongly identified with the
constitutional results and settlements OF
the war, but at the same time conciliALo-
ry, Just and generous in spirit applause ];
a national government, the very exist.
ence Of which would make every mlH in
the length and breadth OF the land feel
that a reaction against any Of the settle.
meuts Of the war must fail OF success, and
that any attempt in that direction would
result only in disaster to those engaged in
it; but ut the same time government
employing every Legitimate influence to
secure to all the people Of the South,
without distinction, the blessings oi II
safe, honest, just and wise administration
Of their home affairs, [APplause.l
.ssIn couSonancc with this view | could
aid Liberal Republican movement sup.
ported also by the Democratic party be.
cause the spirit controlling 1t would have
been such AZ have just described; but
have always believed that the
victory Of the Democratic party,
pure and simple, in its own
name and interest, would prove not
n benefit, but a curse TO the southern peo.
pie Of both races. [ApplauSe.l There
are cerrainly many good, wise and
patriotic men in th6 South, but there is
also, as there always has been, an ele-
ment there Of an unruly character, reck-
les4 OF law and OF tho order ot society.
The spirit Of that element constitutes a
danger not only to the colored people but
to the whites also. There is lurking in
their minds a vague hope that the settle.
mentA Of the war and the new order Of
things in the South in accordance with
them may still bO overthrown-It not
wholly, at least to certain extent; and
they indulge in the belief that such posi-
bilitics may arise IA soon a. that polItl.
cal party which in part was in sympathy
with them during the civil war shall
again come into power. That element is
attempting to terroriLe not only the
blacks, but public opinion in the South
generally, aud thus to subdue the better
impulscS Of the people. II that element
is inilamed with new power by a victory
of tho Democratic party, | look for
sporRdic excCsses and tranSgresSions In
tho South, having the purpose practically
to nullify the operation Of the conStitul'
tional amendments. believe that such
attempts will ultimately fail Of their
general object, but they will intict' dis
order and disaster upon Southern society,
white and black, and keep the public
sentiment Of tho North in state OF Ab'
sorbing agitation.
EFFECT OF DISORDERS IN THE SOUTH.
We sec some Of these effects now. 1
have frequently warned Southern men,
| in my speeches in the Senate as we'll aa
before the peoplc-and TO that end went,
n few years ago, into the South myselt-
that the continuance OF disorders IN the
South would always provoke rebound
OF feeling in the North, imperil the
growth Of those friendly sentiments
which ought to exist between the two
sections, and also provoke the employ
ment Of strong measures for their sup
preston. ! have told them frequently
that in spite Of all Of US who are
opposed to tho bayonet at the bal
lot.box, the presence and use Of the
revolver would inevitably bring on
the bayonet. Applause. l have ap-
pealed TO the better elements OF Southern
society, and especially those OF the South.
crn soldiery, who took their defeat in war
a final Close Of the strife, to use their
whole influence for the maintenance OF
order, security and impartial justice.
Undoubtedly many Of them have done so,
but on the whole the hopes OF the men OF
my way Of thinking have been in . great
measure disappointed in that respect
The mnrulc which existed in some OF the
Southern States could be remediedI in the
course Of time by the orderly and peace
full appliances Of Eelt.government. The
necessary reform could be brought on in
that way, and even under extreme cir
cumstance, as in South Carolina, great
opportunities were offered to that end,
THE TERRORISM IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
That there is Republican administra.
tion in South Carolina nobody doubts.