Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-13

A certain Democrat with very tumul-
tuous natural aversion % wearing
any kind Of Q shirt and who compro-
mises With his own dislikes by habitual!y
wearing very shabby and very dirty
one, was heard to arraign in tones Of
mingled pathos and remonstrance, Re-
publican for the propensity of his party s
| orators to raise and faunt "tbs bloody
shirt" But how can this be helped?
How is it possible to deal truthfully with
the facts Of Southern political life and
not recits the acts Of violence and blood
shed constantly occurring there2 Does
any sane man doubt that it il the wish
and plan and purpose Of the Southern
Democracy to either disfrsnchiss the
blacks or mako them vote the Demo-
cratic ticket3 Was any bully ever known
to refrain from intimidating those
whom he knew be could scare? The
blacks Of the South are timid people.
They are the product Of years and gen,
erations of slavery. They have been
beaten and frightened into the habit Of
obeyiDg. One white overseer with his
cruel heart and lash might drive hun
bred black men and women into ALSO
Int servitude and trembling acqui-
escence. Does any intelligent person
suppose that this knowledge Of the ne
gro's habit of obedience. this rnques
tioning submission to white authority is
either forgotten by the late slave masters
or outgrown by the late slaves? But.
alas, the proofs Of Southern tyrann!
and violence are but too abundant. We
herewith reproduce some of them. The
Columbus. (iississippD Index says:
So the grand result Of the color-line
has been accomplished in organizing
the white people of the State and plac-
ing them i'll q position to control the
coming election. No ether policy could
have effected the result.
The Shabnla Times says:
Call it what yon please. Some call i,
the color line. While it looks to us like
the white line. 1t shall be seen who in
this emergency can choose to stand with
the negroes AS against the whites. Mark
them.
Tho Meridian Mercury says:
Rally on the color line. boys, beyond |
the platform, every man to his color and |
colors. and make these negro pretenders !
to govern this great country to come |
down. else put 'em down. What do the |
young men say TO the old mems battle
cry in this political campaign. "Siep |
across the platform. boys. and 60 for
emf
The jackson Clarion says:
Appeal after appeal has been made in
vain to the colOred people. Nor more
appeals will be made to them.
The Alabama Examiner says:
The present contest is rather q revolu-
lion than political campaign. 1t is
he rebellion over again, if you see fit to
apply that term.
The Forres. Register iMississippi)
says:
In this connection We will state that
he white men who ely themselves with
in this conflict need not expect
my better fate thar they; fact is. they
Will be the first t. suffer. if the Cauca
ian can find them at all when trouble
zones.
Finally, the Okolona (Mississippi)
states says
The Radical party contend thst intim
daiion won the wbite-line victory (at
he last Mississippi State election). 1t
8 not the first time, neither will it be the
asst time in which intimidation has been
used. We are so situated
hat we are obliged to fight the devil
With fire. Let the white men be not
fraid to intinidate evil.doers. Intim-
1ation is legitimate. perfectly legi,-
mate.
I; is in view Of this state Of things that
be Attorney General Of the United
Il IS has issued his recent circular hav-
ng reference to q legal and just pro-
ection OF voters at the coming election. |
o grave o condition is not to be dis t
osed Of by the mocking cry o: The
loc ~ Shirt" The issue to be deter +
lined at many Southern polling-place i
J. Shall the black man be guaranteed 8
is freedom or remanded to slavery?