The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-01-20

OIL Tue HutlOui uuu hldll SNOW neEeulteT
that all tho real grounds Of complaint
which they had against the Republican
State government Of Mississippi were
trivial, almost contemplate, when COM
pared with the wickedness and enormi-
lies which distinguished the government
Of that State while in the hands OF the
Democrats before the war.
Mr.. Morton referred to the atrocities
committed by tho Ku.Klux, and said
that the passage Of the Enforcepen,
Act and the prosecutions under II
had tho effect 10 break up the Ku-Klnx
organization throughout the South and
gave. comparative peace and security in
several OF heSoutbern StataS for two or
thtee years.. The suspension Of tho writ
Of habeas corpus by the President in GER
tain counties in South Carolina had
magnetic influence and many Of tho most
desperate men in that and other States i'm
mediately ran away, some Of whom have
but recently rcturnGd.- The white liners
Of that State, yielding the only principles
they recognize, force and fear, suspended
their operations and have only recovered
their courage since the election in Mis-
sissippi, which they are now declaring
their purpose to repeat and make basis
Of theifSanvass in 1876! 1tseemS never
10 have occurred to those who attempted
to Justify these wrongs upon o. score OF
Republican .misgovernpent in the
South that the prescription and
violence that have been praeticed
there arc in themselves calculated to
begct corruption and disordeFsi in the gov
tr2ment. Where men arc perSecuied NOT
for their crimes, but for their opinions,
and arc made outcasts from society and
the common cnjoymcnts Of life they have
but little indictment TO be honest, and
temptation to fraud and corruption are
Increased ten-iold. II is lesson OF his.
tory in every age that where men are
treated as williams and vagubonds and sub
jectcd to wicked oppression from society
because Of their race, religious or politt-
cal opinions, they arc sometimes thereby
made williams and vagabOnds. The ques-
ton Of amnesty which has recently excit-
ell so much attention is interesting ns a
matter of Justice, OF feelingand ofexamp-
le, The national question OF paramount
interest Is the political, social and indus
trial condition OF the South, the violation
ototAe political, civil and social rights OF
the millions OF people aud su6version
Of tho will OF the, majority by vic.
lence and intimidation. We stand
in tho presence OF the great danger over
hanging the Southern States, in which
those OF the North are powerfully and,
| may say, equally interested. In many
Of the Southern States the policy is OPEN
ly avowGd OF seizing all power into the
hands OF the white race and depriying
the colored people Of political and civil
rights. This policy, commonly known as
the white line, it Is believed has the SYM
pathy Of the Democracy in every South
ern State, and l fear to considerable
extent in the Northern States. State after
State has been conquered from the major
ity by violence, and we are no longer left
in doubt as 10 the purpose. This is TO
establish solid South in the interest OF
the Democratic party, and when they shall
have obtained control OF the national
government 10 reconstruct the Southern
States upon the white mans basis, and to
destroy the Republican party by making
it impossible for men OF Republican
principles to enjoy and express their
opinions in peace and safety. Then, aH
before the rebellion, Republicans will be
banished from the South, and II will'be
to them as q foreign county. When we
consider how feartully rapid the progress
has been in that direction even under the
Republican government, we can under
stand how it might be accelerated and
with Democratic Prcsi-
dent, elected chiefly by the Southern
Democracy and those sympathizing with
their aspirations. Let ii be said l don't
excuse the NortherH Democracy. Ibeg
leave to remind the Senate that before the
war the Northern Democrats not only
conniycd at the expressions upon the
Republican party and It's exclusion from
tho Southern States, but made merry
over and defended the outrages committed
in the South on abolitionists, and that
now and ever since the war the Demo-
cratic party either deny, justify or excuse
the dreadful atrocities committed on the
white and black Republicans in the
Southern States. a necessary concCmi-
tant Of the System Of murder, violence and
persecution in the South are falsehood
and perjury. Men who commit crimes
will, as a matter OF course, commit per-
Jury to conceal or justify them. In the
Ku.Klux inquiries and trials the most
wonderful and disgusting exhibitions OF
perjury were witnessed. Men who were
had before the Ku.Klnx Committee or
on examination in court as witnesses, tes-
tiled to all want Of knowledge OF the
organization or its crimes, were at-
forwards conclusiyely proven members
Of 1t and guilty. Victims OF their
Infamous crimes were covered with the
ioulest calumnics, and scarcely an out
rage wasinyestigated that was not denied
under oath or justified or excused by tho
most Infamous falsehoods. Against the
sufferers a monsLrous system OF false
hood has been constantly practiced, not
only in Mississippi but in every South.
ern, State, by which the government OF
the United States is constantly charged
with tho grossest and most wicked op'
preston OF the South. The Republican
GLuto uud lOAutl bSNSiAWS"ho NaS
sailed with charges OF oppression and
corruption, which in most cases are ut
terly false or grossly exaggerated. Many
very ignorant persons Of the South have
thus been made 10 believe that they are
sorely oppressed by the government Of
the United States, and 1t is charged by
distinguished Mississippi gentleman now
member OF Congress that II is the most
tyranical government on the face Of the
earth; and yet, il they were called upon
to specify in what they havo suffered,
they could not do it, even II their lives
depended on it. The charges Of corrup-
ton against Governor Ames and every
Republican State and county officer in
Mississippi have been spoken Of SO volu-
bly, and persistently that very many Of
the ignorant have been made to believe
them, and have thus 10 some extent been
bounded on to madness and crime.
Mr.. Morton concluded as follows:
Many we'll meaning people deplorc any
reference to the outrages committed in the
South US inimical to reconstruction and
harmony between the sections. They are
exceedingly anxious that in this centen-
niaI wear all INST differences shall be for