The Morning herald., 1876-11-02
THE SOLID SOUTH.

THE SOLID SOUTH.
Ex-Governor Walker, of Virginia, and
now a Representative in Congress from that
State, was at the reception of Gov. Tilden
by the Manhattan Club, OF New York, on
Monday evening, and delivered a brief
speech. His remarks were applied mainly
to what the canvass was eliciting in Nir-
sinia; steadier column than ever before,
with the usual compliments for the Dem
ocracy Of twenty y-hye thousand majority. In
speaking Of 'the solid South" the speaker
said he thanked God for solid South.
They are solid against radicalism and solid
for reform, peace and the restoration Of the
Union and solid against whatever was op-
posed to these. Consequently they are
solid in opposition to radicalism and looked
forward with hope to day when there
would be solid North. When that time
arrived-as the speaker prayed it soon
might--the people would take the two
great solids and weld them into union
which would be indissoluble forever.
This learned gentleman could not have
expressed it more aptly than he has, anil
it could not have come from more honest
lips than his. He is a northern man that
went into the South, the same as Chamber
lain did after the war, only he went there
with the intentions OF honesty, and Cham
berlain did not. Walker was elected gov
ernor Of that State upon the Conservative
ticket to wrench the government from un-
scrupulous Republicanism the same were
the circumstances of Chambe aims election
in South Carolina. Walker, after his term
expired, gracefully gave way, and allowed
the people of Virginia to select ruler
from amoug themselves. Chamberlain in
stead of doing the same, issues his procla-
nation and has the State flooded with mil
itary to sustain him in power. And to as
sert their intention Of placing ruler of
their own flock in command of them, the
people of South Carolina are adjudged
rioteus against the peace and freedom Of
the ballot, by the infamous measures pre-
scribed by the desperation of the Repub'
lican party's situation.
Stockett Mathews, of Baltimore, a bitter
Republican orator, says the fight Of to-day
is the same fight as that of 1861 that th'
issues are the same. To dispute that it j
the same fight with the Republican part
would be to say that which is untrue
They are goading the people OF South Car
olina, treading upon the sanctity Of sacre
institutions in disorganizing relics of tn
soldiery of the revolution, and putting ii
foot upon the neck Of white citizenship
and insulting instead Of protecting the ne
gro, by surrounding the ballo. with til
agencies Of force. =. This is precedent I
the utmost danger to establish, it gives
the negro an erroneous impression of tt
ballot system, and teaches him the elemen
of dissention, when their absence wou
teach him by instinct, if he were not inte
Iigent enough to gain knowledge of
through constitutional law, that it was
sacred right granted him, and to be obser'
ed as fairly and honestly as the word
God, which he learns from the lips of /
pastor.
The southern outrage story is like ce
tain dish that many boarding houses ha
an everyday experience with. I
Aavoring is the same every day, the gar
is the same, the onions, the meat and
The outrage stories are all alike. One
two negroes are always killed, and son
times half dozen by way Of variety. r.
pie have read and read them until they
as impotent asthose who are paidito maj
facture them. Editors who write tn