, 1876-10-19


cnuso ho represents. II not, lot him tak9o
Ills deno,ninntional spcotaeles mud look about
him On THIS great, busy world through BROTH
or Moopr'a clear crystal glasscs, and he will
SOC that haggfinB about ,ailk.cans, streot-
cars, rofriga1ators, and Sunday newspapers,
Is not going to savo souls from perdition.
CONFEDERATE ACCEPTANCE OF TIE
AMENDMENTS.
Tho first resolution OF the Democratic md
Confederate platform declares the "accept-
Anco" by tl,at party Of tho constitutional
amendments, which it stoadfastly resisted
,,ntil resistance was bootless, 'sas 4 fna1 aet-
Element" Tint declaration, extorted by the
spirit OF tho times from the party Of tho Re-
hellion, is tho guarnuteo upon which that
party asks to bo intrnsted will, the Admins
tration. Tho most important of tho amond-
ments Is that which guarantees to the freed
men the right of suffrage. How is the Con-
fedorate-D Democracy accepting that2 Are
fha li1o Clubs Of Sonth CasotfnA organized
TO mnintain tho Fifteenth Amendment which
tho Confederate Democracy accopts, and 10
secure to the freedmen tho FREQ, peaceful,
unobstructed right TO tllo haiiat? Arc tho
dialrauebisement acts Of Georgia aud Ala
bana, disguised as tax-lawa, to b taken as
showing huw they accept tho Fifteenth
Amendmonta And does tho "preference
plsu of Starving tie negroes into voting the
Democratic ticket, by refusing them e,uploy
meut or credit unless they will DO 20, proceed
from, tho anxiety Of Tho Confederate. .pemo
Gratis to UNFOLD tue ancudnonts "aa tiual
settlomont"7
The feryor witt, which they accept It was
sfe,,iflcaut1y indicated In Georgia, where tl,oro
is no niger oarpet-baz rule of which to
comp1aiu. There, Oh a full. foir vote, with
noitiler ahot-Runs nor intimidation employed
against tho freedmen, nor socia1 md busiucss
| ostraeisp, os whito Republicans, tho State
| would 10 c1assod ~ close, and the majority
for either side would probably not oxceed
| 6,00O, But the infamous sys.e1n Of INK,
disfrancuisoment assures tho rulo to tho
| Confedorates. Not content with their ordj-
nary majority thus made certain, the Con-
[ federatcs at tho lato election rolled it IN to
10000, How th;s WINS dono il shown by the
roturns from Putnam County, Tho popula-
ton in 1870 wos ,01,; whites aud 7,445 COL
ored, In 1870, tho last election ot whic], tho
blacks wore suffered to vote without moro or
lass Intimidation. tho yoto Of the county wos ::
Republican. 1,u8o: Domooratio. 4G7. and
| stoca tia avoraco Ropublican majority in
thu county. desnito the Demooratio terror-
lam. has been about 700, At tho reeont
e1ootion tho total nepublican voto of
Putnam County was tire. THAT ia, on1y
three Republicans dared vote in tho county
in which they ],ayo a majority Of not less
than 100, aud in which tho negro population
IN mora linn t1oub1o flint Of tbe Whites. The
Rhot.eun policy. of which u Con- NJ. @. Dur-
t,xa. Of Hamburg notor1etv. ia the olief exno.
nent In Georcia. did il p: mud It was bv y,aor-
ous execution Of that policy throughout the
State Tint tho &c. 900 minority wos rolled up.
Wl,as emnhasizcs this Demoerntie.C .Confe1-
oro+a occentonco NJ thu r;fteanth Amend.
mani Ia that it Ia not now. nor at INV time
x,rco tho atlontion of the Fiftaenth hmona,
,rort 1,oa n Inn, noooeaa,v FIR tbo u,;tco IN
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