The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-10-19
Warning Words from
Carl SchurZ.
The Imminent Peril into which
Democratic Success would
Bring the Country.
The Election Of Hayes the Only Guar
antee of Peace and Safety.

South having been one of the first in advocat
ing a general amnesty and complete removal
political disabilities from those who had taken
part in the rebellion, and in every way policy
of reconciliation and goodwill. While sin
cerely and earnestly condemn the atrocities
which, After the close of the civil war, occurred
here and there in the Southern country,
have always deprecated every effort TO lnfiame
the popular mind by their exaggeratlon In
print and speech, as tending to create an I'M
healthy public sentiment. l have never with
held but have openly expressed, my sympathy
with the people of some of the Southern States
on account of the misgovernment they had TO
suffer at the hands of bad man. / have never
failed to give words to my disapprobation of
any measure of policy concerning the States
lately in rebellion. which seemed to me OPP
pressve in it's effects or to traDsgress the
limits of constitutional authority. And for
this have not seldom received expressions Of
gratitude from many Southern men. do not
recall these things for the purpose OF boastlng
them, but simply to remind Democrats as well
as those of our Southern fellow-citizens, to
whose knowledge these remarks may come,
that no narrow, sectional spirit, no Vindlctive-
ness no party prejudice, has any share In what
saw I nave often spoken as the friend of
the Southern people, and as their friend am
speaking now.
WHAT THE SOUTH NEEDS.
1t has always been my conviction and this
conviction ! have frequently expressed, that
what the Southern people need ed and now need
for the promotion of their own interests and
the development of their own prosperity, and
especially for their protection against the mis-
chief already suffered and still to be appre-
hended from the unruly elements of their own
party is a National Government unmlstakably
strongly identified with the constitutional re-
suits and settlements of the war, but at the
same time concilistory, just and generous in
spirit lapplausel; National Government the
E very existence Of which would make every man
of no 10 nd faal hat
a reaction against any of the settlements 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 at the same time
Government employing every legitimate inf1u-
ence to secure to all the people of the South,
without distinction, the blessings Of 8 safe,
honest Just and wise administration Of their
home affairs. [Applause In consonance with
this view [ could aid a liberal Republican
movement supported also by the Democratic
party, because the spirit controlling it would
have been such as | have just described;
but / have always believed tnat
victory of the Democratic party, pure
and simple, in it's own name and inter-
est would prove, not q benefit, but a curse to
the Southern people of both races. Applause.
+ There are certainly many good, wise and pa
triotic men IN the South but there Is also, as
there always has been, an element there OF an
uuruly character, reckless oflaw and OF the order
of society," The spirit of that element consti-
but to the whites Also There ls lurking In
their minds vague hope that the settlements
of the war, and the new order OF things In the
South in accordance with them, ma. still be
oveTthrown-if not wholly, at least to certain
extent and they indulge in the belief that
such possibilities may arise as soon as that po-
litcal party which in part was in sympathy
with them during the civil war shall again come
into power. That element is attempting to
terrorize not only the blacks but public opin-
III IL,
the better impulses OF the people. II that ele-
ment is infa med with new powder by victory
of the Democratic party, look for sporadic
excuses and transgressions In the South, hav-
ing the purpose practically to nullify the opera
ton Of the constitutional amendments. l be-
lieve that such attempts will ultimately fail of
their general object but they will infict dis
order aud disaster upon Southern society,
white and black, and keep the public sentiment
of the North in q state of absorbing agitation.
EFFECT OF DISORDERS IN THE SOUTH.
We see some of these effects now. have
frequently warned Southern men, in my
speeches IN the Senate as well as before the
people-and to that end / went a few years
ago into the South myself-that the continu-
arca of disorders In the South would always
provoke rebound of feeling in the North. i'm
peril the growth of those friendly sentiments
which ought to exist between the two sections,
and also provoke the employment Of strong
measures for their suppression. l have told
them frequently that in spite Of all of us who
are opposed to the bayonet at the ballot-box,
the presence and Use of the revolver would
inevitably bring on the bayOnet [Applause.]
have appealed to the better elements of
Southern society, and especially those Of the
Southern soldiery, who took their defeat in the
war as 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 misyule which. existed in
some of the Southern States could be remedied
in course of time by the orderly and peaceful
appliances OF self government The necessary
reform could be brought on in that way, and
even under extreme circumstances, as inSouth
Carolina, great opportunities were offered to
that end.
TIE TERRORISM IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
That there is a Republican administration in
South Carolina nobody doubts. At the head OF
the Republican administration stands now q
true Reform Governor, Mr.. Chamberlain who
has air eady accomplished much to relieve the
people of that State of the evils they justly
complained Of. II it was reform the white
people of that state wanted for it's own sake,
the best course of the better class naturally
suggested itself. It was to stand by Gov.
Chamberlain [applausel. and thus to effect the
desired reform without subverting or endan-
gering the rights of any one, by means of q
most peaceable character, without any resort
to force OF arms. [Applause.] Instead of that
they have opposed TO him an extreme partisan
nomination. We learn, not through the usual
channel of sensational reports, but from relia-
able authority-and I may say that have never
been the most credulous Of men when Southern
outrages are spoken of-that all sorts OF
threatening demonstrations are resorted to to
overawe and interrupt the discussion Of pub
lie affairs in Republican meetings, or to make il
wholly impossible and also to impress Repub-
ican voters with sense Of personal danger in
case they vote the Republican ticket. When
such things occur--Snd unfortunately we car
no longer doubt that they do occur-nobody
must be surprised if in the North the cry fol
free speech rises up again, which never fails
TO make an impression upon the popular
mind. EApplause.l