The Morning herald., 1876-02-19
p;nchbaok in Afnasss
New York Tribune.

,.;.J, hover arouhd the thiro 'e' iii
foul ''.,'s' D'i's eager to pluck IT even before
ca ca'S',|' =, ante extinct. Mr.. Pinchback
life is Ir qui'r rovenous political buzzard,
and 1lnlrhody IL 'ho he intends to Aave his
by any " y' If Nothing less than 9 seat
share .. senate AZ, will satisfy Mr.. Pinch
in l'e and if he cannot get 1t from
eDa'cc,'njcans eac,' M he proposes to smash the
E'paIiIii / EE'p",'Iicau party and make such terms
R'p"' can with the Conservatives 81
As nj ,;,ao an Thus Acteon was torn by
|! L.'',1 Io"s The miserable conspiracy
Dis lto'rcrs "r7s bag plundcrers; which has
oI ,Ia1 I"1i i,self the Republican party In
caah ..aiu southern States, has existed ny
es,'"r sa.an Of It's power over Ignorant col
lsa,Vv ,.sl voters. In the earlier years OF
",so .aeo ".a,esooOstr,ction, any creature who held
1SGupl ! tea~ral Office or wore the uniform OF
a seIIicr ,enI was regarded by the simple
Il s'orad aS%", voters as eu,bodyipg in his
s",.'r s"rso, all the might and majesty OF
,h. e, United States, all the claims OF the
u, Tnion to the gratitude and af1ecti,n
oD'H .fthe co]ored race, oil its power to
VI sar" ,"' them from vague and terrible
n.n a.o0ss 70 in the future, and all the con
saoace s1"0t, to which the United States
IIavn. Eminent was entitled at their
sanIs v The meanest deputy OF the
n mr,ncst official, by virtue OF his com
mission of authority, was looked upon
q, m The personal representative OF the
+ tinted States of America, and, just as
snv mob of unreconstructed cut
,broots 1 would instantly dispersc at
,,, ,ight Of one unnamed man in blue uni.
to,r, firm the colored people yielded ul-
% "upstiosing obedience to the mere
beck beck or nod of Federal officer. Thus
the South was organized by carpet
baagers for their own uses, and it need
not be said that the least scrupulous of
lhpm were often the most successful
in securing the control of such IN Or
ganization. :,
Once in the hands of these men, the
orrapization was used by them for
selfish purposes. They cared not al
snap of the finger for the rights OF
colorcd people or white people, rob
bed both with absolute impartiality,
excepting as the whites paid larger
taxes because they owned more pro-
ocr,y, and selected colored men for
office only when it suited their private
aims. The colored people becameres.
tive. But they were scared withcun-
nlugly contrived tales of imminent
peril and whesdled with extrayagant
promises. Ignorant men dreamed OF
''forty acres and a mule, "others more
intelligent dreamed of q seat in the
House or the Senate. If at any time
The scare abated, the fiendish ingenul-
tyof the adventurers was generally
equal to the task of creating a dlstur-
bance, in which, as Governor Ames is
said TO have remarked, the murder OF
a few negroes was very useful to the
party. Promises were still trusted be-
cause they were made in the name OF
President Grant or the Republican
party, and so. month after month and
year after year, this rascally organiza-
ton of spoilsmen has continued to
plunder the South, rule the Republi-'
can party there, and hold great power
over it in Congress and throughout the
country by means of of its control
over the colored vote.
In the nature of things, snch con.
spiracy must break down soon or later.
Ia many of the Southern States it has
collapsed already, and the Democrats
have gained the votes of enough OF
the disgusted colored men to secure
control. In Mississippi the revolt OF
Senator Bruce, and in Louisiana the re-
volt of the would-be Senator Pinch
back, warn the Republican party that
,he colored voters can be cheated no
longer, and that the day has come for
The party to be held to strict accoun-
ability for the lavish pledges made In
It's name. Senator Bruce does not
speak without a force behind him. The
temper of the colored people, after
years OF broken promises, is perfectly
ripe for revolt, and 1t needs only a
single bold leader of their own race to
precipitae "a political insurrcclion
powerful enough to sweep the last car
pet-bagger out of place. Mr.. Bruce
can make Republican success impos-
slS!e in Mississippi, and Mr.. Pinchback
N IA Louisiana, if they choose. Whether
lley will gain anything by trusting
lhe Democrats is a matter of little con-
sequence. They obviously can never
gam less than they have at the hands
ot Ames and Packard. In such cir
it would be madness for
.ne Republican party to indulge IN
a.,ny hopes based upon the assurance OF
y. nose who have been managing 1t al
sne South. There is not a single
southern State in which the party has
even a decent chance of success, II II
remains in the hands of Grant, Morton
or those who have defended it's SOUTH
ern conduct. At the South the party
mas been 80 damaged that it cannot
" Well recover strength in a single year;
~ I, has the choice between Scylls and
Unarybdis. Ifit yields to the negro
al II rrnoc = ou,u nvI II ~ oh.