The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-12-07

1 The testimony, printed in yester-
days Tribune, of the victims of bull
DOING in Louisiana; convicts the Til
IDENTITIES in that State Of savagery
and fiendish cruelty which would not
do discredit to the Thugs of India or
the Bashi-Bazouks of the Turkish
Provinces. A United States Marshal
shot while carrying the ballot-box to a
poll, and left for dead with two bullet
wounds in his head, two in his broken
right arm, and one in the hip; negro
cut to pieces i'm his own house, his
body dragged out and riddled with
bullets in presence of his wife, his
baby snatched from the mothers arms
by fiend, who cuts its throat; the
mother herself left for dead with a
cash from knife in her neck, bull
let wound in one leg, cut with
knife from the hip to the knee, her
head covered with wounds, and the
cords of one Of her feet severed; an
other negro with bullet in his breast
and his hand shot to pieces,-such is
the sad and sickening story of only
one day,-five Of the victims taken
from the long and bloody catalogue of
men and women MANNED, mangled,
and murdered, to help to elect Samuel
J. Tilden President of the United
States and seize the State Government
of Louisiana.
This iiendish, brutal, and bloody
business is nothing new The statis-
tics gathered by Gen. Sheridan show
that there We're 2,l4l persons killed
and ,, lis wounded on account of their
political opinion in Louisiana from
1866 to February, 1875. The records of
the dark ages present no cruclties moro
terrible than those the Republicans of
Louisiana, both black and white, have
suffered for the sake of their opinions,
and, as rule these crimes have gone
unpunished, and the 4,256 victims Of
Democratic cruelty remain unavenged.
The bloody work still goes on and is
still unpublished, and 1t will continue
| to go on until the Democrats have ac-
cosnpiisiiei their purpose os seiAing
every State Government in the South
| by murder, assassination, torture, ter
rorism, and the ghastly processes of
the Whitc-Liner and bulldozer 1t
goes on in the face Of Republican pro-
tests, in the face Of the Government
troops, in the face Of every influence
| which the Administration has the
right to bring to bear under the Con-
stitution Ofthe sixteen original Con-
federate States, but three remain in
the possession of the Republican party,
and its tenure upon these even is un-
| certain.
There are two prominent reasons
why bulldozing-this term includes
the whole category of villainies-con-
tinues. The first Of these is the inn
munity of the bulldozers from punish
ment by the lava point to which we
have already alluded: and the second
is the impunity with which they can
commit their outrages upon n race
which will not offer resistance. Had
they been perpetrated upon Indians
or Germans, French, English, Irish,
or Scotch, upon any other nationality
in Louisiana, the result would have
been different, because they would
have struck back. II ii had been In
dians, there would have been Demo-
cratic scalps taken. Fit had been the
other races mentioned, there would
have been Democrats hanged, burned,
whipped, and shot. The killing would
not have been all on one side, and the
world would have justified the retalia-
ton. The Democratic butchers of
Louisiana, however, know that the
timid, spirit-broken African ex-slavcs
have not the nerve to take an eye for
an eye or a tooth for tooth, and give
blow for blow. They know well
enough that the negro race is natural
ly timid. 1t has been tanned and
broken by two centuries of servitude
under the lash and pistol of the pitiless
| IL uo uloIt
ment against the old masters than the
sheep has against the wolf. 1t is only
the young negroes, just growing up TO
manhood, whose backs have not been
Scared by the scourge and scared by
the brand who know their strength
and possess any spirit. The time may
come when they will both assert and
defend their rights, but the race now
/. not far enough along yet to strike
for its rights.
What is to be done? Mr.. Redfeld,
in his admirable and impartial letters
from the South, makes the statement,
which Is corroborated by outside testi-
mony, that thousands of negroes are
squeezed into the Democratic clubs by
the pressure of hunger, by the need of
work, by business necessities, by the
fear that their wages may be reduced,
by every possible form of preference
and ostracism, and have thus been in
against their sentiments and their
conscience. How is this to be prevent
ed so long as the race-confiict between
the African and Caucasian continues?
The presence of soldiers cannot stop
the exercise of such influences, and
neither the Republican party nor the
Administration can control it. There
is but one avenue Of escape from this
complication, and it lies in the direc-
ton Of white protection. The rights
Of the blacks who are unable to take
care Of them must be upheld by whites.
The Republicans must look to it.
Whether in power or out Of power, If
they want a party in the South they
must abolish race-conflicts by the Or
ganization of a white party in the
South. SO long as the Republican
party In the South is made up of
blacks, it will be disfranchised and
overwhelmed by fraud and force, be-
cause they cannot maintain their
rights. Until there is full genera
ton born into freedom, with no recol-
lection or taint Of servitude, and with
no knowledge Of master, will they
have the courage to strike for their
rights. Organize white party, how
ever, and their rights will be protect