, 1876-11-15

waiting to-day, In hopo which homes against
hone, for ncwsfsom the upper counties OF Rcd
or theso "uppcs countIesn Colfax II ono,
we'll remembered for thht brutal masaacrc In
which nearly hundred families lost their faith
er8-Nt tho llands OF tho Conservative DenlDc-
racy OF Louisiana In that horror, thirty or
more unarHcd men weTe killed. In co!d hlout--.
md twice as many more manned for ltfc--by
way Of teaching the blncsk voter Ills rights nul
his dltlps.
To-day is waiting for the harvesting from, that
seed. To-day tho leaders III such atrocities. In
COTTON by the kindly race which suffered. AIr.
fIcwitt and his frien,is arc spcedtng to New
Orleans that they ntay know. There ia mingled
With their hopes, let us trust, the wisl! ihal
that the feld-pleca had not been fired quito 80
often In teaching tho blacks tho lesson OF the
duties Of citizens.
:, Ii tho upper Red River counties have not rem
es ssa SfTy yo sStS ses Se S Il
their voto for Hayes proves large,it Is not a
hard vote to account tor.
Asa whole country waits 70 know The decis.
Ion which Colfax County And Its neighnors pro-
nouncG on tho Democratic. rule Of Lonis!anna,
tho p!tlcsa CERTAINTY with which the SLOW wheels
Of tho gods keep grinding Is illustrated rs terri.
bly, as In any old Greek tragedy. ,-.
THE hEHho VOTE IN SOUTH cARoL1NA.
Our corrcsrondcnt rctarncd f s fro@ South caro-
lima this n,orutng, and furnishes tho following
as bis opinion OF the result of tho election In
ttlat State:
Noy. 12.-1 no longer have any, doubts that South
urcs from ttnte dtAtrlcts where wns best posted.
i Ia evident thnt after all TIM Terrorism q which
employment, and withdrawai t Of leases and ereati,
the cofosed votere stuck to thelr rnB4 nobly, un.
hs ese s % ss n' Ia
Tho problem Is 4 very simple one. Hare arc
tho figures: The btacka have a clear majority Of
G,0oo tnalcs Of voting agc, their number etanl-
Ing to those Of the wlttca In the rato OF ten to
crots nsust get the votcs of 19,G00-and-osstl
b'acks,-nt,out t5 per cent Of tho whole. They
llavn't got them, nor half Of them. so far Us
Official returna hive como In. -.
It Is wonderful with what tcnaciey the black
clinga to Its political convictions. On election
day fl Charleston heard ono Dcmpcrat,. who
llati just returned from an unsuccessful mission
to the Islands, cxclat,n IN tho bitterness Of
wrath: found the id ntggers without y
money. wouldn't ltre 'em to vote with US.
They'd ecll their wives, but blast inc IL they'll
Intelligent seotclsnar, who haA resided there
Telena island were 80 por i TINT tic pemoerats
voters, ii q lampl "lluy it!h hc replied,
Haven't they tried often enough. II s2j 00o
would buy tl1at Island 1t could bc raised any
day; hut 1t ran't be done. Every ont Of ticn,
will vote Kadleal; even tho few TINT have Joined
the Democratic clubs haye only dono It an
spies"
So ran the report: :; The niggcr is tied to the
muto. Il does seem little atrangc that the
hiuel should b. SO obstinasely act agn!nst voting
the Democratic ticket. Ono class wins cautuscd,
viz. the barhcrst hotcl-waitcrs. some employees
on tho railroads. and otlsurs who depended d.
rcctly on whites for patronage. Buttnc bulk oi
tho colored men stuck to their principles with Il
vgor, showlngsthat want Of fidelity is not ont
VI their faults. All reports 60 far slow that ttlt
Democrats have captured less than 5 per cent oi
tho black vote, and prevented few others from
voting: Therefore, rs Aforesaid, tic State 4
certainly Republican. HANSON.