New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-01-28
UELP FOR THE NOTIH.

The cutlery which came from Senator Nor
toms desk in the Senate few days ago has
suddenly ceased. The country refuses to be
shocked 10y his stories OF barbarism and per
secution in Mississippi. and the attempt to
create "A fresh sensation on the WORKOUT ,opc
of Ku-Kux raids and "wholcsale inimida-
| "tonr il an utter, hopeless, Notifying fail
uIe. Candid men. Whatever their politics, are
substantially agreed ~ To the cause OF the
troubles of Mississippi. That something like
ostIacsm" prevails in that IA well a. III
other Southern states cannot he doubtcd. 1t
is true also that in certain localities there are
political organizations of white men whose
main object is the exclusion of negroes from
office. lust IA in Ncw-YorlI and New Jersey
there are societies established for the purpose
of keeping tho emi>s3ircs of the Pope and
the .Je5uils ont of Office. We saw ut the
time of the Nicksburg troubles how these
antl-ncgro clubs took their rise. In Nicksburg
the whites paid 80 pcr cent of the taxes. and
the negroes assessed them and handled the
money. As u natural consequence, the debt of
the city. which in 1869 was $4,000, rose III
five years to the enormous sum of 81 100000,
while the population was only 1000, and
more than half the inhabitants were colored.
A ring, composed partly of earpct-bag add
yen,urcrs, but mainly of ignorant black men
of the most corrupt and rapaci0us character,
controlled the courts IA well a. the executive
Offices and grew rich 10y forgery aud pecula
ton. And it WAS thought essential to the wei
fare of the great Republican party that these
| riotous thieves should be sustained by the
whole power Of the Federal Administration.
GOV. Chamberlain has shown in his recent
letter how IA similar condition Of things exists
| or did exist in South Carolina. After that I'M
fortunate State had been nearly ruined by the
| black and white rascas who stole tho livery
of Republication the better to carry out their
plans of plumber, Gov. Chamberlain succeeded
after hard fight in beginning course of re-
form. To break up the Rings Of South Caro-
lima was like cleaning ont an Augcan stable,
and every decent man in the United States
ought to have helped in the work to the best
of his ability-giving encouragement, if he
could give no more. But no. The representa-
tives Of the Federal Administration, who nrc
all powerful with the cOOred voter, decide
that " the interests of the Republican party
require them to support rascality, and Gov.
Chamberlain il accused of leaning toward
Democratic hercses because he refuses com
missions to Whippcr and Moses, whose names
are synonyms of infamy from Maine to Florida.
Then look at tho case of Alabama, a. we
have il presented i'll the recent memorial from
the Legislature and the volume of accompany
ing testimony. Here we have n State election
made to turn entirely upon the personal for
tunes Of George f. Spencer In order that
this thoroughly worthless person. who accord
ing to all accounts was not the choice even of
his own party, might retain his seat in the
United States Senate, the whole Federal pat
ronage of the State and the use OF the United
States army were turned over to him. He and
| his agents wero allowed to buy legislators with
Federal oflicesj to send marshals and revenue
officers, armed with pretended warrants Of
arrest for imaginary crimes and accompanied
by regular troops, to run Off voters from the
counties where the opposition to Spencer was
strongestj to prostitute the courts by causing
the arrest Of Democratic members OF the Legis-
lature in order to prevent the assembling Of
quorum finally, with the aid of custom-house and
internal revenue officers to break up the General
Assembly and cause the setting up Of two
rival bodies and according to the report Of
the Committee which presents these facts to