, 1876-11-22
THE BLACK VOTE.

TaE BLACK VOTE.
Tho most frequent uttcrnnce upon tho lips
Of Democratic part;sans IL tho malicious and
venomoua expression that tho Democratic
party will mover submit TINT HAYES s1nll bs
elected President by the negro vote, mud yet
they aro willing that TllDEs shall DO elected
by tho negro vote, and aro not only willing
but are aetually stealing TINT vote in order
ulat ho may bo President, An examination
Of tho Electoral vota Of tho South will show
TINT, If Mr. Tt1pEN ia elected Mt all, he must
ds elected By ntgrots. IIo cannot havo ma
jority Of the Electora1votes in any other mnn-
ner. Ono or the other Of tho candidates
must 10 elected by the negroes simply be-
cnuso T11DEs aud HAYES hnvo exhausted the
white Electoral vote md Mother Of thom
has majority on that bnsis. hIr. HAYES
Inns 1CG votes upon tho white basis, obtained
in Northern States where there is no negro
representation, and where, in faot, the
TiIpEN, upon tho white basis, North
md South, llnH but 100 Electoral
votes, lowing II Electoral votes upon tho
black basis to be apportioned, Of which
T11pEs has already gobb1od II, making q
total Of 1871. There remain 10 of tho 84
votes In Louisiana Florida, and South Caro-.
lima, but Hayes hos secured in tho latter
State, leaving IL yet to DO Divided from
Louisiana aud Florida. Having already
stolen IL, ho is now mixing his arrange
mants, through his Northern fuglemen aud
tho Southern Confeieratcs, to appropriate
these remaining IL, which are colorcd
Electoral votea, not white. If Tn.pzH gets
one moro Electoral vote ho will be elected by
virtue Of having stolen the requisite number
OF black votes out Of the Electoral College.
Mr.. HAYES will be elected If he gets 10 votes,
tho IL Of F1orida and Louisiana, in addi-
ton to tho I Of South Caroina, which ho A.
ready las, If tho sentiment of tho blacks
and tho majority of the population are 10 bo
taken into account, Mr.. HAYES is clearly en-
titled 10 tho whole 94 black votes in tho
Electoral College. T1cro is not tho slight
eat doubt that the . votes OF Mississippi,
the Of Florida, tho of South Carolina,
and the Of Louisiana, belong 10 him. Ala
bama is close State as between tho white
vote md hlack vote, but in case Of fair
election, like thoso held in Northern States,
ne havo little question TINT hc would securo
its Electoral vote. Omitting Alabama, there
still honestly belong to him ~ black Electoral
votes, which, added to his 1C0 white votes,
gives tho total OF 1913 votes, which he would
have had had there been fair election md
fair count.
Mr. REpr1E1p, the intelligent and Impair
tial correspondent of the Cincinnati Con3mer-
ctal, writing from New Orleans, comments
upon tho palpab1o attempt to steal the black
vote in the following manner:
Here Ia State given u larger representation in
tho Elcctoral+:ocge on account Of negro suffrage.
Louisiana has double the voice In thu cholco Of a
President thnn sho would haso but for blnck suf.
fragc. Now, Is 1t right 10 allow tho whites to
stnmp out freedom OF ballot, and Gust t.is enlarged
Electoral vote agllnst the Wishes and interests Of
the very ones who conferred this right and tho
wishes and ntcrcats Of tllusa un whom 1t was con-
ie,rcd. But for negro snfrngo tho Southern statcs
would hive only about nfattv Electoral votes In
atcud Of oas hundred and tAIrtv-eight. Hers is
grcnt additional power gtyen to this section on ac-
count of tho Incorporation OF The black population
tht1 poll Ties. Now, nnt It to my candid mnn In
It tar to give tho blacks representation, md thon
not let then, bo rcprcsentcdf To allow the w.ttas
to suh4uc the blacks In this matter virtually gives
every whlto Mau hers tw0 votes, and lout!e repre-
stntattoH.
It is not 80 much, however, the injustice
of this outrage tlat wo would press at the
present dne. Tint Is matter so apparent
TINT VIC TO not need to emphasize it. The
lesson Of these figures is crushing answer
to the snocring Democratic partisaus who
are informing VI that tho Democratic party
will noyer submit TO tho election Of HAYES
by negroes. # T1LpEy IL to DO elected at
all. Ie must 10 elected by negroes. Tho
blacks hold tie balance OF power. More
than this, il Ae Is elected, 1t will 10 not only
by negro votes, but by stolen negro votes.
Upon this showing, it does not lie in the
mouth Of any Democrat to snecr at the negro
| vote.