Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1876-01-20

scornsd by al Intelligent niI,ds and ~ there
fore call npon ths people q 1iasippi y vin-
dicsss alike the sapssicstay Z tAsk ssas esss
constitutional kbag@." 4
The whiss-nns policy here aAosesd was Ne u
gitimats dsscsodaut q the black cods d 1851,
aud the revolution Of 1875 was bat cualtnuA-
ton Of tho Aght against The principles Of recon-
struction and The constitutional anendmaats-
hero quote peasa4e no. The nsstdian Aercsy
Democratic prese In Aissiseippi and othss South
ern 6tatss, - shall show BY numerous extracts
hereafter:
"But TIE white man won't oons down 10 the
level II the negrot conception Of politics In this
or any other sozs Of eovssnmnQA and the negro
can't come up 70 the white man's, and there's an
end Of 1t. There V no uss In ali this sort Of
palaver which fools nobody that has senss
enough 70 DO fooled TAs rsconstrucu0u which
put the negro ON tbs came political evol wltA The
white man put him In . competitive auAsonism
which ness end VIII No. unsil ~ negro stsps
down and out, OF until bis Northern friends step
In and rsscus him froAA his psrlous position
and restore him 70 his normal relation Of de-
pendenos and subservienoy when In close o0n-
tact with that superior rce which peves yet ~
knowledged an equal but Of the same blood.
Unite politically" the two races never can.
equality Of intelligence and tho governing virtues
OF the whole People. In the end D political
unity will DO frat sneorced, and then the politi-
cal rights, which had to BE- controlled because
dangerous, will be destroyed"
whatevsr dtssuisss may b temporarily adopt
cd, Whatever protests may be made In Washing
ton, the ipfexible purpose a ths " WHEELING
democracy Of the South u tho destruction OF thu
political rights Of the negro.
vyoLMcs BRYox8 nxPuBIIoAN HuLI
But It 10 sasd that the violence and intimida
ton pracuced In Miss,sspp, and other Statss
have bsen the natural result Of republican mis-
government and the corruption Of public officsrz
in s1ose States. That there have been misgov
eminent and corruption 10 not 70 be denied. ant
that IL hes been grossly exaggerated for pafh
san purposes " equally undeniable but tha
. this corruption and misgovernnasnt have beer
and sooiil intimidation u utterly untrue. Thil
violenos and intimidation began with the end
OF the war, and, ~ l have shown, existed BE-
fore the war it preceded any attsmpt upon th,
part Of Congress TO reconstruct the eoutherI
.. States took place before republican 11ai9 GOV
, ernments had been formed, or whild, Ispubli
can government was yet an experiment. Tn
infamous ku-Klux organization began ~ earl
- 1855. and practicsd IL most fsarfnl atroeate
in south Carolina, North Carolina, Mississippi
Alabama, and Louisiana during the years 1857
1868, 1859, 1870 and 1871. 49,. 'BIl a..
The horrible slaughter q the Mechanics Ir
; stitute In New Orleans In 1888, whore two hur
/ dfod anu sixty men were Killed Tor NO othe
!, crime than attending convention, was Will
that State was still under government that ha
beon organized BY Preaidsnt johnson. A. N
, port Of Congressional committee shows, With
SIXTY days before the November election Of l8f
:, more than two thousand man were killed au
wounded In Louisiana for political causes, brint
ing shout change between the State electo
In May Of that year and the Presidential electo
10 November Of more than 10000 votes
General Sheridan, Who had been CAREFUL
: gathering up tho statistics Of the number q
, persons Killed and wounded In Louisiana SIM
. 1866 and up to February 8, 1875, on account
1 eating committee appointed by ths House Ia
Q winter the number, 30 far ascertained, - fo