Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18
Housrox, January, 1876.

1. That We solemnly declare on pu9eose to
stand q and abide by our pledges made during
the canvass. and that We Wiil hold IN utter de-
testation any man claiming to be conserTa,
tive DemOcra. who By any equiVOcation shall
in the least violate the sacred promises made
By US previous to the election. either as club
2. That al no time and under no circ1m-
stances viii We emploE those who are sEeSardea
as leaders in the radical party.
8. That we will not employ any laOofer VINO
has been discharged BY any member Of our
club because of his past political course.
4. that the membe7s Of this club are requested
sens turned of by them under the above reso-
lutions and that the executive committee Of the
county is requested to publish their names.
5. That every other club IN the county Is re-
qdested to take like action.
G. That our papers are requested 70 publish
these resolutions and the names Of persons
sent 10 them by the executive committee
7. That eolored men are invited to ;oIn this
'l'' 5. that this club meet the first Saturday in
sAen "0n' J.B. GIADKEr. Secretary.
wnn the okoIona lAlisslssppD States,
November 18th. 1910.
The radical party Of Mississippi contend that
intimidation won the white-line victory. X Is
not the first time neither VIII It be the last time
in which Intimidation has been successfully
used. The white men have been lntimidated
in times past and we Eender which has the
DGNr u
We are OBLIGED to fight the devil with FIRE. Let
the white men not be afraid 70 lntim1date eyil
doers. intimidation is legitimate, pertectiy le-
gitimate-
Ex-Governor BENJAMIN G.. Hnmpries, Of
Mississippi, made & speech at reunion Of
the Thirteenth Mississippi Confederats In
fantrv, st Meridian, on the 22d Of NOvem-
Der, 1875, In which he said:
We have surreudsred none of our convictions
and still claim the right Of vindicetion. In
looking back at our past actions and mottFesI
and .be wrongs we have suffered and are stlll
suffering we confess that we have 10 regrets ior
the choice we made between The 'higher-iaW
license Of maiorities IN the Union ana tne sa-
cred security of felE-gOYernment IN the states,
between the Federal and Confederate govern
ments. We are not conscious Of solitary der
ELECTION of duty, either as citizens or soldiers,
and feel that truth, reason and reilglon excnl-
pate us from wrong doing. We know we were
right, and though crushed to earth we should
ever remember and teach cur children TO re-
member. our cause was justl Weare still proud
ofthe cause and glory in the tight we made
After the election, the Meridian Mercury
of November 20sh, 1875, says:
We have to contend with the blunder Of the
ffteenfh Amendment while il stands as best we
judgment of the negro have been tbs cause Or
inealculable injury in the imitation q his
vanity and making him believe ne was oi real
consequence as governing elenlent in the
body polite. Now that the negro in this state
Is down and his personal self-conceit we'll
knocked out Of him, 1t is probably 2 NJ time lor
the white people to impress upon him that the
white people will in future control the politics
of this State, and that he should keep himself
in his proper sphere and leave TO the intelll-
gent white man the exclusive use OF statecraft
for the 5est interest Of both races. Impress
him continually with the idea o. his unntness
for the ballot and his proper place on election
day away from the polls
Here the hammer fell
The Chairman. The time of the gentleman
mas expired.
Mr.. Savage. move that his time be e1-
tended.
Alr Hale. hope that another hour may
be given him.
The Chairman. That viii be the effect Of
an indefinite extension, TO which the Chair
hears no objection.
Mr.. Garfield. could ell many columns
ofour Record with evidences Like those
above quoted from the gentleman's own
State In the light Of this testimony, is il
possible for US to believe that the trans-
formation had occurred in the gentleman's
own State in the election Ofthat Legislature
that made him Senator?
If the testimony Of the Democratic press
of Mississippi is to be credited, the lare cleo
ton in the State of Mississippi was tainted
with frspd and managed By intimidation
unparalleled By alythlng in our recent po-
htcal history. Let the gentleman explain
this striking fact There are many thousand
more colOFed than white voters in Missis.
siPpi. In the election Of 1878 the Republic
can party had 2, ,976 majority; in the cleo
ton last autumn Ene Democratic party had
S0,922. How came this change of
more than s., 600, in the short space of two
years, IL there was free and uncoerced
vote Of the electors of that State?
D. II ~ 4
sent to the Senate letter addressed BY him
to Governor Chamberlain, under date Of
July 2eth, 1876, from which I read q few
words Of high official authority, bearing
upon the point sm nov discussing, He
says;
Tho scene at Hamburg. as cruei, bloodthirstz.
wRnton. unproFoked, and as uncalied for IS it
was, is only repetition Of the course that has
been pursued in other Southern States within
the last few years. notably in Mississippi and
louisiana Mississippi is governed to-day by
officials chosen through fraud and violence
such as would scarcely be accredited to saw
ages, much less 70 civilized and Christian
people. How long these things are to continue
or what IS to be the final remedy the Great
Ruler Of the universe only knows, but have
an abiding faith that the remedy vii come
and come speedily, and earnestly hope that il
will come peacefully. There has never been .
desire on the part OF the North 70 humiliate the
South, Nothing Is claimed for one state that
Is not freely accorded to all Others unless it
may be the right to kill negroes and Republi-
cans without fear Of punishment and without
loss Of caste or reputation. This has seemed 70
be privilege claimed BY a few States.
But tbs aside from my purpose to 20 in
to the question of the validity of the late
election in Mississippi That subject is be-
ing Investigated by a COMMITTEES Of the
Senate, and shall be surprised, If from
the evidence they have taken, the7 do not
concur in the opinion have expressed. l
desire gentlemen to remember that the
great question am discussing is. had the
great Transformation taken place among
the gentleman's constituents in the late
autumn of 1875?
The answer Of his own people is over
Whelmingly in the negative.
now ask, had the Transformation oc-
CURED In the winter and spring Of the
present year
hold in my hand the report of an ad-
dress of Rev. Taylor Martin, of Charlotte.
North Carolina, the town to which Con-
gress lately gave mint building, to be
used for school purposes. The address
was made on Decoration Day, May 5th,
1875. Iquote:
The south is to-day ruled over by the uiser-
able thral Of Yankeedom; but they cannot
muzzls our ehiyalIy and patriotic deyosion 70
sns lost cause; we have fought for cur
yanquished, but not coWed. Slavery was :
aivlne institution. and we must have that
institution or the South viii ever be bankrupt.
4neg SPEAK Of our cause as the lost cause. .
Ii 50, shall it be lost forever? MOI q new
gsnerati0n has sprung up, and at = not far
aistant day there will be stars and bars''
no@tang proudly ever our sunny SOuah. In tks
nexf political campaign We must. even Il in the
minority. support q SouCkern man who vii