The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-11-03


purpose, In ls54 an Alabama negro
speaker addressed crowds u negroes and
advised them 20 hang any negro Hho should
offer % vote the Democratic ticket. he
advised the women % have nothing - d.
with such a man; his wife ought % leave
him, he laid; his sweetheart ought 10 so0ru
him: the church should spew him out; no.
body should employ him or speak 10 him.
The same thing l. now going on IN south
Carolina In the Chamberlain interest.
Charleston correspondent o. . Republican
organ here makes the following confession
- The fact is, the negroes do intlmidaie
man Of their color who desires for any rea-
son 20 turn Democrat. They viii turn him
out Of their churches: none % the women
will marry him or talk with him; the men
also ostracise him, and IL be j. caught
where there are no white men he i cure 70
be MOBBED, STONED AID BEATEN.' A
correspondent Of cur own, writing from
Aiken, sends u two ztltagits q Democrat
&c negroes showing actual threats Of Assassi-
nation. and the problem = well stated by
one black man. who asked - who would
protect aim II, having voted for Hampton
the state should happen % 90 Republican,
The Southern plantation negro has no pO-
litical convictions such a. General Grant
speaks Of. He has mainly feArs. groundless
fears, imposed on him by INSCRIPTIONS Re
publican leaders. He l. taught that his
that General Grant j. his only protector.
and that the Republican state candidates. a.
In this case Chamberlain. l. General Grants
representative. for whom be l. bound 10
vote, because those are the orders % Gen
eral Grant. That i his whole political
catechism. When be begins % doubt, a.
multiiudes are doubling In south Carolina
this year, he leans toward the Democratic
party. AT this Chamberlain calls for
troops. Why; To protect the blAekss Not
AZ all. His adherents do not need proiec-
ton. II l. 10 intimidate those who are
about 10 oppose him; be calls on General
Grant .Or troop; they come, and. behold'
every negro i Al once persuaded That Z naul-
berlain i really
GENERAL GRANTS MAN.
and that the blacks must support him. That
is the meaning % this trick OF ''eAlling for
troops It, object j. simply and only 10
intimidaie the black voter; and when We
see report that Najor Merrill J. 20 be sent
into South Carolina man hated and de-
spised there and everywhere In the south
for his conduct AZ other times. and an adept
AZ Just this misuse 81 troOps-it seems but
too plain that the men who are mis.dvising
the President in this matter are engaged IN
a disgTaceful and dangerous plot 20 eArry
the stats for Chamberlain by wholesale and
AdrOit intimidatiOn % the black a. well a.
" mite voters.
But this question relates not 10 South
Carolina alone. This unconstitutional and
dangerous practice 90 Federal interference
IN elections goes on now. In the midst % the
canvass. with the consent % the Republican
party managers, and with the silent assent
81 the Republican candidate for the Presi-
dency. II j. q part Of the policy % the
party, indeed, IL chief and only policy. for
IL speakers profess no desire for reform
They say nothing 81 hard money, % civil
~ ma""
only OF 80 united south and boasf q
their dispatch 81 troops 10 different state.
Are we. then. % have another four YEAR %
this periiou- interference by the Federal
power IN elecfionss 50 far A. any citizen
can tell by reading the Republican party or
gans or listening 20 Republican speakers,
such J. the determination % the party lead
ers. They are determined q reiusfafe
themselves In power by these means. Who
shall assure "a that ti.-: four years hence
they will not use the same means. the same
force. once more % re-elecf themselves and
their corrupt Southern alliess The question
j. very grave; il has many serious sides 10
Il. II fOrebodes dangers 80 much greater
than even the most - inspired - Republican
orators tell u would follow q Democratic
victory. that, taking their words for L..
prudent voter. having a stake In the coun-
try. would risk the Democrats rather than
such a Republican policy.
GOV. Hayes and the party managers ought
% know that the Use % troops and AT this
Federal interference IN the south j. causing
a vague feeling Of alarm among thoughtful
voter. They ak themselves. where and
when j. this 10 ends The war closed eleven
years ago. and here j. Gen. Grant openly
threatening 10 send the whole army into
south Carolina. for no other object than 20
re-elect a partisan q his, contrary 90 the
will % the majority - the people % the
ha Rsarr H.Ht saerf
using the most
DANGEROUS AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL
MEASURES.
not only 70 perpetuste their own power. hut
70 support and re-elect in the Southern
States a set % men who have for YEAR, kept
those communities In turmoil. have robbed
them. and have misleC and misused the
poor negro 20 bis own destruction and their
selfish advantage. Nothing i more certain
than that IL the Republican party j. % con
tinue it, league with the Packards. hel-
logs. Spenoers and ChSmberlains. II ought
70 be beaten. No party deserves suocess or
can safely hold power over the country
which deliberately continues IL zlliAnce
with and support 81 such men. II
Governor Hayes can not nov control
his followers. his fell0w-les6ers. how
can he. with the best intentions. control
them after the elcctions II by silence be
now consents 10 such dangerous and violent
interference. j. he not fatally committed o
III And j. Il safe % elect a President who
= silent a. such time. and thus c-Hsenfs
beforehand 10 the most extreme policy q
the most extreme wing % his pArtys l. u
not. on the contrary. IN the highest degree
dangerous 20 the country; The iniguifous
hsbeas corpus and Force bin wAs defeated
with great difficulty two winters ago. Bui
the very men who then favored and urged
that monstrous act. and who have ever
since regretted that IL was not passed. ne
nov the leaders, the controlling managers.
Of the Republican party. II they are sue
. cessful Ia November will thev not regard
their policy a. approved, and 70 on Tor an