Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-09-15
Conservative Nomination for Congress
HON. JOHN T. HARRIS.
WEARING OF THE CAMPAIGN.

HON. JOHN T. HARRIS.
WEARING OF THE CAMPAIGN.
The Presidential campaign is rapidly
wearing away. But fifty days remain for
further effort by either party. Up to this
point the Democrats have the brightest
prospects Of success, and it is not likely
that by their own act they will lose any
ground before November. The madness
of the Republican party has played in to
their hands, and to that as much as to
their own admirable management is due
much of the smooth road over which they
have passed. The defiance thrown into
the face Of public opinion by Attorney
General Taft, with his ridiculous order,
giving U. s. Marshalls almost absolute
control, if the people were stupid enough
to lei them have it, over elections at the
South, was almost all that was needed to
turn the cooler mind of the Northern
people from the Republican party. What
ever we Of the South may think of our
Northern brethren on the point of sub
mission to tyranny from the Federal gov
eminent, they have given unmistakable
evidence that they are as sensitive about
the encroachments of that power as we
are. 1t was the marching of soldiers into
the Louisiana Legislature, by order Of the
government, that so stirred up the North
ern mind, as to result in turning the Repub-
ican majority out of the House, and placing
that branch Of the National Legislature
in the hands of the Democ rats. The cor
ruption and general stealage of thegovern-
ment had been overlooked, partly on the
denial, and partly on the repeated pro-
misses of the Republican party. that it in
tended itself to reform the government.
But when this outrageous exercise Of
poever came, the North promptly put the
mark of it's disapprobation upon it, and
turned it's advisors, endorsers and abettors
out Of power.
Nor does the calm and thinking portion
Of the North intend that the black man at
the South shall have control, even though
that control is exercised under the guise OF
a so-calIed Republican" party. 1t has
been deceived into the belief that there is
white Republican party at the South, or
that there would be il it had chance for
existence, but every day, especially in the
last three years, its eyes have been opened
to the fact that the Republican party of
the South is not the same thing as with
them-that it is a compact band OF negroes,
who when in the majority carry the rule
with a high hand over the whites; and
when in the minority are used by their
leaders as martyrs, to be served up as ap-
petizing dishes for Northern polite
ians. They have found that the men
slain at what is called "the Hamburg
Massacre in South Carolina, are not
peaceful, suffering lambs, slaughtered by
white wolves, but are wolves themselves
when they have the opportunity. They
have received the news ofsucllriots as that
at Charleston, il the same State, last week,
and inauguarated by the same lambs. they
have heard that where meeting Of color
ed Democrats was held, and the whites at
tempted to protect them from the colored
Republicans" the whites were shot and
beaten, and such scenes as this took place:
ssWhite men on the street were scarce, and
Gas soon as one turned a corner OF came
Ialong on his way home the crowd IN his
lin, mediate vicinity would give yell and
ego for him with brickbats, stones, and
espistol shots. The crowds at the corners
ssaboye and below them, hearing the pistol
sshots, would close up, and in few mo-
stments the unfortunate was surrounded by
ga pack of over two hundred negroes, who
ssdid everything but kill him. They would
ssknock him down with brickbats, and as
sssoon as he would get up to run they would
3sfire pistol shots at him and over his head,
sswhiIe the crowd ahead would re-arrest
chin and give him another beating. White
esman after white man came along, totally
ssunconscious OF the impend danger, and
sswas waylaid and only saved from death
shy the interposition of the police. !"
Such affairs as these give the northern
people an idea OF who it is Attorney Gen.
eral Taft's general order is issued to ''pro-
tect.'' The bloody shirt Haunted by Nor
ton does not hide such scenes as those in
the streets of Charleston; the people see
behind it.
The old cry Of another rebellion, if the
Democrats get into power, has waned. A
party that has distinguished itself in one
branch of Congress by national and con-
stitu tional legislation; that has done more
to save the nations money and purify the
~, L,,.ox, h. hot
hesitated at no expenditure to increase tie
nations strength and has frowned down all
expenditures to be used in the extrava-
gance of official plunderers; that has hunted
out by investigating committees the fat
worms that have been eating to dust the
oak in the national ship, can no longer be
held UP before the North as a party likely
to encourage rebellion any where. A arty
that dominates such Union war men as
Charles Francis Adams in Massachusetts,
Blue Jeans Williams in Indiana, and
Uncle Samuel Tilden in the United States,
can NO longer be held up as the party of
the rebels, and the North sees it,
AS for the South. that is safe enough.
Mr.. Taft's order will amount to nothing.
The negroes in a mass are going to vote
for Hayes, and will need no help from dep
uty marshals if they can be gotten to the
polls, but if they are as apathetic every
where as they are in Virginia and n nth
Carolina, it will take a deputy marshal
with horse and wagon and bottle of
whiskey to get them there. Somehow,
they seem to be without any living Liter
est in the campaign and better plan han
Taft's order would be TO furnish the dep
slty marshals with bottles Of LIVER Inyig
orator to work up some interest among the
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