Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-07-01
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: anu .SlXty-uFc. NOW, AZ luAtenQ o
listening to the false statements o
J disappointed and defeated offco-s0ek
ers, he had looked Go the census Of thi
} State he would have found that thii
was but fair vote Of the State np0i
last census; and if he had considered
} the increase of onr population since
1870, which the Radical papers had
boasted was forty to fifty per cent, and
added to them the natural increaiie, he
would have found that what he called
an evidently fraudulent increase was
but small vote for Mississippi. Ac-
cording to the census of 1870, the pop
ulatlon of Mississippi was as follows
.sQG
Diack'-'.-.. -.a4a, ,1ol
Iotal o8f
increase Of ie8o' say. '....,..-. 20 0O0
Grand ,og7
Now, ii is usual to estimate one vote
10 every five Of the negro population,
and this will be found to be a small
proportion in Mississippi When you
consider the number of young men
who have been attracted here as cot
ton-pickers during the last two years
of failure ia the cotton crops in other
States. BY this ratio Mississippi had.
according TO the census of 1870, with
out allowing anything for natural in.
crease or immigration, one hundred
and nineteen voters, aud III we give her
credit for an increase of fifty thousand
she had one hundred and seventy-fi Ave
thousand voters at the date Of her last
election, while she polled only one
hundred and sixty-three thousand five
hundred sixty-fve. There was. then,
nothing so startling in this vote, and
there was no necessity for stuffed ball
lot-boxes TO have accomplished such a
result. This increased vote in Mif-
sissippi was not greater than that <
Ohio, where Allen, although defeated.
received a much larger vote than hi
did two years before, when elected.
And the recent election in Mississippi
was in no respect more remarkable
than the election in 1874 in Massaohu-
setts, as will be seen from the follow
ing comparison Of its votes;
hepuDhcan lad SY,'of
Democratie'--..'.''-.'..... se.iFg
l2,S2 5,V2
From this it will be seen that the
Massachusetts, Democracy polled thir-
ty-seven thousand and seventeen more
votes in 1874 than in 1873, ia State
in which the population has received
no accessions byimmigration, aud from
which emigration is constantly going
on, and while the Radical vote was al
the same time increased. The Democ- 4
racyin Mississippi increased their vote
by fifty-two thousand votes, but fifteen
thousand more than Massachusetts,,
and yet this is regarded as fraudulent
in the face of large immigration, aud
Of the well known fact that a large
number Of negroes voted with US, and
the Radical vote was decreased And
when we add to this consideration .he
further fact of the indifference Of our
voters at former elections, and the
complete uprising Of the whole popu-
Iatlon at this, ii is manifest the com
parisou of votes, instead Of giving
strength to the Radical charge ofirand,
gives two-fold force to the be-
ief that this charge was oOrFuptly
for partisan purposes.
IL is we'll known TO all familiar with
)ur political history, that Dent, in 1869,
Ind Greeley, in 1872, were disnsteful
to the Democracy, and that
Alcorn was still more SO IN 1879. is
from the fact that he received
ess votes than Greeley, who received
zone but Democratic votes, while IL Is
'lalmed by his friends that Alcorn car-
led ten thousand Republican votes.
When we look at this indifference ON
,he part Of the Democracy In 1873.
ind compare il with the enthusiasm
his alone would account for an
immense difference in the vote. AT
he recent election il ii well known
hat the whole people were aroused.
1en OF all professions abandoned
heir business months before the eleo-
ion, aud devoted themselves entirely
o the canvass. Men came 20 the polls
Vho had never registered or voted be-
ore since registration was required Of
hem, and many were brought 70 the
'olls who were unable 70 walk. The
Whole population, including women
nd children, became, enthnsed, and
he victory ours. But why select Mis-
isslppi for Investigation, when IL was
lell known that Missouri changed
rom forty thousand Radicals to forty
Democrats in one year, and
7hen the national congress was revO-
ia sentiment in a single
We have heard of no charge
1 fraud in Ohio aud Massachusetts
ecause the voters in these States were
rincipally white men, and, il Is ad-
litted, that they were influenced by
eason and byargument. But because
egroes composed the mass Of Radical
oters in Mississippi. il is assumed by
Horton and Ames that they could not
hanged without intimidation and
raud. This implies that the negro is
he political slave Of the Radical par
Y, aud that he has not the reason nor
he capacity to understand an argu-
lent, or if he has, that. he is so cor
upt himself that no amount Of vil-
liny aud corruption Of the Radical
arty that may be exposed before him
ould effect his vote. We hold thistO
g a SANDER on many of the negro
ace. That there are many TO whom il
lay justly yapply we admit, but as TO
luCkt, We Aiatukhtu UNI ~ ~ u hluuutI
pom their capacity aud their honesty.
{ is well known that in manycounties
he negroes had their Democratic
lubs; they had their Democratic ora
ors, who denounced the corruptions
{ the Radicals as bitter as the whites;
hey marched in Democratic process
ions and carried their Democratic
anners and Democratic Transparent
les, and many openlyvoted the Demo-
ratio ticket If in all this they were
llse and dishonest, and only acting
nder fear and intimidation, we would
6 forced to conclude that they were
OF only the most miserable towards
! the world, but the most treacherOus
nd deceitful people on the face Of the
lrth. We do not believe this 10 be
'ue, and as the Democracy defended
egroes ia the last election against the
srsonal violence Of their former Rad
al leaders, they are now ready to de-
md them against such slander aud in-
nuations as these. Aud il the ne
roes can be believed, and we be-
eve they can, they were more free
ON intimidation in the last election
lan3 they ever have been since
ley were first sworn into the Loyal
eague and threatened with death
they dared to vote against the
rders of their leaders. Many now
ate they have for years desired 10
1te the Democratic ticket. but have