Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-01-25

have not been sdle to explain what has become
OF the Republican maj orities in Morehouse and
in bloody Baton Rouge; !" they have not been
able to bring to life, or to explain away the
murders Of Pinkston, Dink srave, Meyers
Moore, Logwood, and the hundred other un-
fortunate men who fell victims to their thirst
for the success OF .'Tilden and Reform" Hav-
ing failed in Louisiana, perhaps they will next
turn their attention to Mississippi II they
DO, their first duty should be to tell the pub
ia ked-of Sixth Congressional District in that
State.
Although there has been a great deal writ
ten abodt this district, all the startling facts
regarding it are not generally known. II was
established after the Democrats came into
power. with the understanding that it was TO
contain all the heavy black counties. and that
so relieved OF the Republican vote. all the
other districts IN the State could be carried by
the Democrats. In accordance with this plan,
the Sixth District was made of the counties OF
Coahoms, Adams BeIivar, Wilkinson. Tunica.
Washington, Isssquena, Warren, Claiborne
and Jefferson, eve-y one Of which contains an
overwhelming black Republican majority.
For instance. in Warren cs'untv the negroes
Outnumbar the whites seven 10 one. Again
in Isssqnena county there are only TAI whites
men. women acd children The black popu-
lstion is 6 40, or nearly ten TO one Tn the en-
tire dttrict there are 100 500 blacks and 80 $50
whites and about 100 Repubicars to thirty
Democrats; but at the election held On the 7tn
of November last the Democrats carried the
district by msjonty Of 4,000i II there was
no intimidation, no violence, no riot no tu-
multi. no fraud-.vh hat became OF the Repub
lican votes Turning to Georgia. very much
the same question can be asked. In that
State, according to census made under the
supervision and by the direction of the Demo
Gratis themselves, there are 10000 color,d
voters. Yet. at the last election, only A, 900
Of them cast their votes. What became Of
the remaining 5000? II tn re was no in |
timidation, no violence, no fraud, how were
the Sc votes suppressed II IL were not for |
these negro votes Georgia would have only |
five, instead OF nine Congressmen, as at Ires-
ent The extra four are arportioned TO the I
State in o-der that these 10000 black men |
may be properly represented i'm the National |
Legislature. Yet they have absolutely no |
representation either in the Senate or the |
House OF Representatives, for every man in |
the Georgia delegation is . Democrat, and |
with one exception they were ''all rebels to /
the corel' The same condition of things ex- /
lists in Mississippi In that State the white 4
population is not 40 great IS the entire popu-
lation Of the city of Brooklyn, and still the
white people of Mississippi are to be repre-
sented in the next Congress by six Democratic
members Of the lower house and two United
States Senators. These are plain facts, whish
cannot be denied or disputed, and sooner or
later the American people will be called upon
10 decide whether or not such state of things
should be allowed to exist In what has been
called the freest country in the world. Before
making decision, they should remember that
100 years ago their forefathers went to war be-
cause they were tar ID without representation.