The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-11-30
The Black Vote.

Inc most frequent NlIefancS upon
the lips of Democratic partisans Is the
malicious aud venomous expression
that the Democratic party will never
submit that Hayes shall be elected
President by the negro vote, end yet
they are willing that Tilden shall he
elected by the negro vote, and not
only willing but are actually stealing
that vote in order that he may be
President. An examination of the
the Electoral vote of the South will
show that, If Mr.. Tilden is elected at
all, he must DC elected by negroes. He
cannot have majority Of the Elec-
toral votes in any other manner. One
or the other of the candidates must be
elected by the negroes; simply be-
cause Tilden and Hayes have exhaus-
ted the white Electoral vote and
neither Of them has majority on
that basis. Mr.. Hayes has l66 votes
upon the white basis. obtained in
Northern States where there Is no ne
gro representation, and where, in fact,
the negroes are mere handful, while
Mr.. Tllden upon the white basis,
North and South, has but l69 Elector-
al votes leaving 81 Electoral votes
upon the black basis to be appor-
toned, of which Tilden has al
ready gobbled l5 making total of
IN, Of
in Louisiana, Florida and South Car
olina, but Hayes has secured i'm the
latter State, leaving l. yet TO be divi-
ded from Louisiana, and Florida
Having already stolen Is, he is now
making arrangements through his
Northern fuglemen and the Southern
Confederates, TO appropriate these re-
naming II, which are colored Elec-
toral votes, not white. Ii Tilden gets
one more Electoral vote he will he
elected by virtue of having stolen the
requisite number of black votes out of
the Electoral College. Mr.. Hayes
will be elected ii he gets
10 notes.-the II Of Florida and Louis
lana, in addition TO the of South
Carolina, which he already has. If
the sentiment OF the blacks and the
majority of the population arc to be
taken into account, Mr. Hayes is clear
ly entitled to the whole 81 black votes
in the Electoral College. There Is not
the slightest doubt that the s votes of
Mississippi, the of Florida, the of
South Carolina, and the 8 of Louisi-
ana, belong tn him. Alabama Is a
close State as between the white vote
election, like those held in Northern
States, we have little question that he
would secure its Electoral vote. Omit
ting Alabama, there still honestly be-
long to him 81 black Electoral votes,
which, added to his l66 white votes,
gives the total of 1913 votes which he
would have had had there been fair
election and fair count.
Mr.. Redield, the intelligent and
impartial correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Commercial, writing from
New Orleans, comments upon the
palpable attempt to steal the black
vote in the following manner:
Here i. a State giving a larger rep
resentation in the Electoral College
on account Of negro suffrage. Louisi-
ana has double the voice in the choice
of President than she would have
but for black suffrage. Now, is ii
right to allow the whites, TO stamp
out freedom of ballot, and east this
enlarged Electoral vote against the
wishes and interests of the very ones
who conferred this right, and the
wishes and interests Of those on whom
it was conferred. But for negro suf-
fragc the Southern States would have
only about aiaety Electoral votes in
stead of one huad,ed and Hilty-eighh
Here is great additional power given
to this section on account of the in
corporation of the black population
into politics. Now, | pat il to any
candid man, Is it fair to give the
blacks representation, and then not
let them be represented? TO allow
the whites to subdue the blacks in
this matter virtually gives every
white man here ttcp votes, and doubtc
representation"
1t is not SO much, however, the in
justice of this outrage that we would
press at the present time. That j. a
matter 50 apparent that we do not
need to emphasize it. The lesson of
these figures is a crushing answer to
the sneering Democratic partisans
who are informing us that the Demo-
cratic party will never submit to the
election of Hayes by negroes. IF Til
den is to be elected at all, he must be
elected by negroes. The blacks hold
the balance of power. More than this
he is elected, it will be not only by
negro votes, but by stolen negro votes.
Upon this showing, ii does not lie in
the mouth of any Democrat to sneer
at the negro vote.
In letter to the New York Times,
Mr. James Redpath makes II clear and
interaatipv praSaptment pf the situa-