The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-17
To The Neeroes-"stand From
Under.o

As time progresses, and as circum-
stance and altcrclap of the Hamburg
slaughter become more clearly defined,
we get at that undercurrcnt of meaning
which gives the occasion its terrifying
significance. Gov. Chamberlain points
this out in his carefully prepared state
mcnt to the President, as follows:
In respect 10 the Hamburg massacre, ms j
have said, the fhct is unqncstiunable that II has
cOlOred people aud. all Republicans in.thnt Sec
tion Of the state. Judging from past experience
purpose To subject the majority OF the voters OF
that vicinity To such a degree OF fear rs To- keep
them from H.. polls on election day, and thus
reverse or stile the true political voice OF the
people. hut the Hamburg massacre has pro-
iuct,l another effect. II Inns, rs u matter Of fuct
caused q Urn 6,lisf on IT, par, OF most R"lnb:
the brginning Of n series OF similar race ami
party collisions In our STATE, the deliberate ann
Of which Is believed by tl,,n to be the lOlit cal
sulJug Ition aud control of this state. They see
therefore, IN this event, what luTcshaloWs u
campaign of blood and riUlcmcc-such cam
paien rs Is popularity known rs u campaign con-
Quoted on the Mississippi plan: I"
Step by step we have Witnessed for
years this advancing march of subiuga-
ton. One after another, States over
whclmingly Republican have fallen un-
der the influence of organized intimida-
ton, every movement Of the progress
being attended by sanguinary disorders,
riots artfully prccipitated, murders and
assassinations for political reasons, and
dla6Olic warnings that the work of
death and terrorism would go on to the
bitter end. There has been no step
backward. Scarcely have the startling
groans Of the dying ceased to echo
throughout the country. before the air
would be burdened with the stcrco-
typed announcement that 'the negroes
have been taught u lesson" That les
son is that the colorcd people must be
content to remain in ignorance, in pow
erty, in helpless dependence upon the
whites. in n condition of quasi scryi-
tude, and in passive obedience to the be-
hests of the superior race.
Repression of every ambitious i'm
pulse, of every manly instinct, Of cv-
cry aspiration for Il higher plane of life,
OF every attempt to employ the elective
franchise rs Il means of enlargement
ton. has been nodded by the Southern
whites into II system of lawless meth
DDS, inexorable rs the demon of cruelty,
and rcmorselcss asa discharge of mus
kerry.
This spirit of diabolism Is now pre-
pairing to make further c%onquests. The
overwhelming majority for tile Rcpub-
lican party in Mississippi %succumbed
before the truculcncy of White League
intimidation, and the mississippi plan"
is now to be tried upon South Carolina,
in order to reduce its colored vote to q
like submissivcness. Innocence sku,ks
and hides from threatened vengeance,
MS If il were outlawed guilt; while men
who should be on trial for murder, and
in danger OF the death penalty, walk
abroad %uniearing, with an erect front
and boastful OF their crimes. And
what is the present object of all this
hideous lawlcssness, appalling and sick
ening to every right-minded person? 1t
Is to c, mpel the South to be a unit for
Tilden and Hendricks in the November
election. The South represents 1873 cleo
toral votes. including South Carolina,
SO Il is designed to force that State to
wheel into line for the Democratic tick
ct, that not one electoral vote may be
lost to the party of rcfOrm-God save
the MARYLAND only 81 votes be left to
be supplied from all the States of the
North. Such is the diabolic pro.
grammc.
lnc DuItcll VI tlc o.. iSpuiS liiliOl III
is the word ''reform." 1t is TO that dec
l~aration Of principles what n refrain is
TO n song. But it represents nothing but
an empty sound. All the reality is and
was intended to be absent. How can
the substance OF reform ever be expect
ed from Il party that does not hesitate to
employ kwlcssncss and intimidation rs
electioncering agencies, and attempts
literally to murder and assassinate its
way into control of the General Gov
ernment?: 1t is mockcry of reason to
suppose that publication of the civil SER
vice, or any Improvement in the adj
ministration of public affairs, can pos
sibly proceed from n source 50 unScru-
pulous, corrupt. and d%cpravcd. With
the South rs master OF the political sit
uatiOn every step would be rctrograde ;
nothing could advance but the insidi-
Gus schemes of Il disloyal section.-ln-
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