The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-12-20
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not to benefit him, but to secure parti-
san advantage for themselves. Their
acts have shown the correctness of the
opinion. They intended that the blacks
shouid De free voters in name, but thralls
and drudges to come and 60 at their
bidding. The first step was to inspire
the blacks with hate and suspicion of the
resident whites of the South, and to
Undue their minds with the belief that
the latter would never recognize
their right to the enjoyment of the
privileges which appertain to free
dom. The freedmens' bureau was |
operated for the two-fold purpose Of rob-
bing both races and of planting and cul
tivating discord between them. It's inn
portations and employees were plumber
ers and strife makers. The chief of the |
establishment, Gen. Howard, the Chris |
tian soldier as he was styled, has been |
brought to grief. His crimes have over |
taken him, and he has been arraIgned |
for embezzling public funds. The bu-
reau business soon ran its iglOm inlous |
career and was wound up, but the seeds
of discord which it implanted struck deep !
into the minds of the credulous and ig- !
norant blacks and have yielded boun-
tiful crop Of ills. Its baleful influences
were felt after the concern itself had ex-
ploded and the adventures who were
| connected with it, remained to keep con-
troll of the negro aud to use him for the |
accomplishment of their base and selfish
| designs.
Structures built upon the sandy foun-
dations of fraud and falsehood cannot
stand, and 50 the carpet bag administra-
tons soon tumbled to the ground. They
have been discarded by majority of the
voters in every Southern State and are
held up in three of th EN- entirely by fed
eral bavonets. None of the rest, even
the strong arm of the federal Admins
tration has been able to maintain
against the mountain torrent Of public
Indignation. They are execrated by the
whites, and the blacks have realized that
they are the worst enemies of their race.
The constitutional amendment which
enfranchises the blacks and increases the
representation of the Southern States in
the Electoral College and in Congress
proportionately with the voting popula
ton, has added immensely to the politi-
cal power of these States: And in that
same proportion it has increased the
strength of the Democratic party. The
! Southern States are Democratic because
they desire peace and abhor The spirit of
prescription and sectionalism which is the
animating principle of the Republican
party. Out of $40 votes in the EIecto-
raj College, the Southern States have
1873, which lacks but AZ of making a
majority In the late election a major
ity of the votes of them all were cast for
| the Democratic nominees. Three are
claimed for the Republican candidates
not because they voted that way, but
because INSCRIPTIONS returning boards
| nave LIiOWu OuG OClIIOOlolLlC hOGOo "
cancel the majorities obtained for Elden
and Hendricks.
But these corrupt agencies will not
long stand the pressure of a wholesome
public opinion and the voice of the peo-
Pile The South will soon be a unit,
in Congress and in the Electoral College
D,1;o,1,r,,, Tia RoDnhl;aa,,
scheme Of negro suffrage to strengthen
the Radical party and perpetuate Radi-
cal rule has failed.
Hence the Radical leaders have com
menced to plot for the overthrow of
negro suffrage, and to destroy the politi-
cal power which it has given to the
Southern States. Gen. Grant, in his
last two regular messages, recommended
educational qualification as a condition
of suffrage. Recently, Gen. Sickles, a
Republican leader of note, advo
Gated, in the New York Tribune, a
movement to deprive the South of the
additional representation, which she has
derived from the 14th amendment, and
| his statement that such movement
would be initiated at the present session
! Of Congress has been verified by the
resolutions of Senator Edmunds, of
Vermont. The plot is CARRIED under the
| false pretense that Southern Democrats
have not permitted the colored voter to
| axarcisa his elective franchise rs he
pleased The real motive is that the
negro is finding out that Republican rule,
especially as it has been illustrated in the
carpet-bagged States, means destruction
of the welfare of both races. The
Tribune, in its editorial quasi endorse
/ ment of the reputation by the Republi-
can leaders of the measure, upon which
they have especially plumed themselves,
admits the fact, 1t says:
Courses come home to roost," and so
do political sins The Republican party
need fear no foe to-day, If 1t had dealt
/ honestly or deceatly IN the Southern States |
Because its leaders in some States have
been vile, and its rule Infamous because
its methods have been offensive, COM
mingling arts of the despicable Himble- |
rigger and the bold brigande; because it
has forfeited public respect and confidence |
by keeping knapes IN poaeer, and by de-
Tending impudent crimes, it finds in this |
| hour of trial only hesitating and partial |
support from the intellect and conscience
/ of those States which created it and gave |
/ it mower