The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-10-05
Brown on Ihe Humbagsery
about ''Ghe Intimidation
of CGIored Voters"
Washington Capital

Washington Capital
Among the inscriptions on the bloody
shirt Is Intimidation vi negro voters b.
-heir old masters and present employers"
We lay before our readers denial in tact
and reason IN logic that initiate against this
iayOrite and false text OF the stump sermons
VI the radical and huti-Hays wing OF the
Republican party.
10 those acquainted with the prominent
Sou hernrrs Of ante-beilHru times. 40 ic-
terence " the writer Of the letter i. ueCes-
.ary. To those who have not this kunwl-
q lge we would say that previous to the.war
Governor Blown enjoyed, ~ reason vi his
private ana public integrity, his personal
ability and experience, that respect which
always commanded the confidence OF and
carried conviction 10 his COuttm pOrarirs.
Since tie war he h not been petitioner
for place, but in "A quiet aud unObtfu-ive
way has devoted himself To a conservative
course, einneGty consistent with his pre-
Ylous public career.
For these reasons we regard hi, letter as
a valuable contribution toward, dissi pating
the erroneous Impression Possessing the
Northern mind In regard t. the relations
existing between white capital aud cOlOred
labor at the South
TERRY, HINDs Co., Mss,
September II, 1876.
3. g. LovEJoY, ESQ Ny Dear Sir: Your
frequent fav0rs, In the way OF newspapers.
are greatly appreciated. By the mail this
morning received, among other, The Ma
ton. II ! were subscriber, or IN any 9TH
er way could claim recognition, | would adj
dress that journal directly.
Tue Nation, as 1t seems 10 me, Is not only
what II claim, TO bean impartial and in
dependent paper-but it is edited with
marked ability But 1t sees Southern sOcie-
ty through Northern lens. Because GER
tain things are done at the North it assumes
that the same thiHgs are done at the South
For instance, IL assumes, or allows It's cor
respondents 10 assume, that Northern CAPT
talists put ballots In the hands of their en-
plOyees aud say, vote this, or | will dis
charge you Then it concludes that the
Southern landowner does the same thing
with the plantation laborers. II IS all right
50 far a. the Northern capitalist is con-
cerued, but when it comes to Southern land.
owners il become. intimidation" violates
the fifteenth amendment and is an attempt
to circumvent reconstruction ana outragrs
the civil rights OF the man and brother
That Northern capitalists in the manu'ac-
turing mining and other districts do eXer-
else this sort Of "miid intimidation" over
their employees every one knows to be true
Aud The Nation allows Il correspondent
In number 5S4, page 100, to justify il. That
corresponding makes fair argument in
defense of his idea, that no man il under
obligation to give employment to those who
vote against his interest. He writes from
Philadelphia, under date August 22d. Gni-
tialsJ. s. must do him the justice to say
he writes as If he thought ''what Is sauce
for the goose ought to be sauce tor the gan
DER
Another correspondent of The Nation,
writing from Beaufort, South Carolina, un-
der date 18th August and signing himself
Uniformed" In the same mum Der, states. as
a stubborn fact that the people of the South
say to the negro laborerS, ''vote the Demo
cratic ticket or we will discharge YOU"
"lniormed' must be very poorly informed
II he means to apply that remark to the
general relation existing between the en-
ploycr and the employee in the South. No
such thing is true.
That the Southern landowners would nc [
on that idea il they dared, and Justify them
selves as 81. s." juStiiies Northern capital
lists who do the same thing, will not take
1t on myself to deny; but that they do act
on the idea, as Uniformed alleges, is not
true, They do not, because they dare not.
A we'll known rule of demand and supply
here comes in. The demand for labor in
the South, and especially in Mississippi, Is
very far in excess of the supply. This is
manifested in our almost united efforts to
secure immigration. 1t we had super
abundance OF labor, so that we could dis
charge 1t for light and frivolous causes, we
should hardly be sending agents all over
the world to bring us a fresh supply.
No; on this point, II on no other, the ne
gro stands on the vantage ground. II his
employer chooses to discharge him because
he does not vote rs he Is told, all he has TO
do Is to walk over to the next plantation,
and the owner Oft will not only take him
in, but send his wagon and team to move
him and his family, The "colored brother"
understands this perfectly well, aud he
Snaps his fingers in the face of threats to
discharge him fine does not vote the Dem
ocrstc or any other ticket
have heard this sort of nonsense talk ed
of among our people. But never knew of
but one mau who tried to put it into prac-
tlcal operation. lie had eight voters of the
col0red persuasion on his place. Through
great trials and tribulations he succeed
ell In converting three of them to
the true Democratic faith. The other FIVE
remained stif-necked and rebellious. So
on the day of the election he concluded TO
play the "mild intimidation" dodge on them.
He called them all up, handed them Demo-
cratic tickets, and said, vote these tickets
or don't come back on my place any more"
They went to the polls and the whole eight
voted the Republican ticket, Five. because
they wanted to, and the other three ''be-
cause they had been told by Democrats that
every man should vote as he pleased, and
they didn't like that sort of talk. Then the
whole eight took the gentleman ut his
word, and not one of them went back. IL
was contemplating time, and in about
week "mild ntimidStor" may have been
seen rushing irantlcally around trying to
engage "hauds to pick out his cotton.
The "bloody shirt people must get ND
some better device for soaring negroes than
this. The deception is SO flmsy that the
most stupid African can see through it by
moonlight.
| am amazed that so able and thoughtful
q journal as The Nation should open its
to the discussion of point so
utterly destitute of even plausibiity.
Very truly, your irierd,
A.G, BRowE.
Gen. RObL ROwry.