The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-01-14
(Nsw York Irish World, Jan. 6.)
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(Nsw York Irish World, Jan. 6)
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Intimidation of the Negro Voter in the Southern
States.
CONCLUSIONS DRAWN FROM THE PERSONAL OBJ
SERyATIoNS OF AN RISHAMERICAN WHO IS
NOT A POLITICIAN, EUT sYMPATHIzEs WITH
THE WEAK AND oPPREssED-THE "F F's" AND
THE "PooR wHITFs.'
Mrssrss1pP1, Dec. 81, 1876.
Editor Irish World:
Believing that the columns Of the he Irish Wor'a "a
your readers q true statement touching tie
political condition of the negro in the South.
l give you my name in q private note its pub
lie ion would endanger m life. For the sar Q
reason I leave blank the names of persons and
places in this letter, but you will find them iu-
dexed in the private noe, which will also
satisfy you that have had ample facilities for
seeing and hearing both sides and forming an
impartial judgment 1t. 10 ysur issue of the 9th
inst, in a >adcr headed, Party or County
Whichf" You say: 4-
that story 60 by. We don't credit it,"
Had you travelled recently in the South as
have done, seen what 1 have seen, and heard
what have heard, You would not write thug.
The negro he-e. as a rule, knows nothing in
regard to politics but intimidation" and
" Violence" He had no rights that the white
man cons ders himself bound to respect, or
that he would respect it not for the
public opr ion OF tie Moth Tle planter
will tell the negro that he cannot stay on
his land, cannot have his mules to work, can
the Republican tick J. The whites are all
sniz in climbs, and have the names of all
the prominent liepubl can regroes IN the dis
,ricG. III y notify these to leave the country
in 80 mary days, aud the colored men, afraid
of be g waited upon some night about one or
tN O'clock by con ..Iittee with rope and
81 shooter, abai don't home of their parents,
W ley have bee raised and their sires
be u ON. l know n case now of an indus
tro~ negro who as renting fifty aces of
J. on plantation belonging to Mr.. - Q).
He had 10 leave on account OF the owner mott
flying him tn II he would not rent him any more
I'D aud he weIj 30 live the plantation Of
a prominent Repu1 c9n politician. Mr.. -
On the night of November 1, 1875. election day
being on the 2nd), my self and fslIo w-trsveler
p At up a. house of en- tertain ment in a village
in t is State, -, (3) about rs miles from
foIo. After eupper we were in the sitting
ION with mine host and RS father, Mr.. -
(4) when our ate ltion was directed to some
body calling at the gate in front of the house.
N ,e HI ose from his chair and went out,
P ID remained CO lversing with the party for
at out fl cen minutes. Presently the door
opered. re wal ed in and told us that some
black men on side wanted to sea us. We kept
our seats, { I'd told him to open the door and
| let them in. he did SO, aud the two men
who were standing aside the door came in
front and oked In a. ms, he st the came
msntlepiece in order to show them light
They said we were not the men they wanted
and immediate y turned away from the light t
| thy treTe rhite men, dressed like negroes, WIFE
| their faces painted, and lips so red that they
tod tie whole story. / asked our host whc
told him that believed they were white men
E. ly on the morning of January 1, 1876,
met a party of movers on horseback, about
i've milo from here, that attracted my atten
ton. First came a boy with quilts and blank
cts on his saddle in front of him; next 6
young negro woman sitting on her bed ticks
aud last, q young man, her husband, holding
his trunk on the pummel of his saddle-al
making towards the railroad station. passed
on ard came to a plantation on the roadside
where met an elderly negro woman whC
road. l said yes, and asked why they were
moving in that way. She replied:
That is my son and his wife, who were
De nocrats and has to leave the country"
"'Spotted for what 7" l asked.
She answered: "For belonging to Republi
can club"
Iusts atty my thoughts were carried back t,
the scenes of my childhood, and 1 could no
but think that the negroes were the Irish o
3 America and the victims of the same policy.
"Trans-Atlantics" article on Ireland as
, u.s." published in the Irish World about min
8 or ten months aGo)is really true of the black
in " the South 1t is " to day.
wish that were possessed of his talent
T how would try to portray the grief of an old
= gray headed man, about sixty-fve or sevent
j. years of age 1 saw a few days ago Sitting in hi
u cabin lamenting over the loss of his croT
which he claimed to be swindled out of. Fl
was sitting on stool, eating piece of dr.
corn.dodger. His daughter was after comm
g from the white folks house." where he ser
a her for some milk. As abe entered he aske
her, Did you get any" She answered
y No, it's not turned yet"-snd, with o lonG
o drawn sigh, added: "Nol nor it never will
Never will turn for mel" Nor is this all.
3, have come across where there are as high {
@ four and FIVE families living together, not or
:; of the men of whom even registered or vote
II through the dread of being notified to leaN
eled as have and heard the opinions of q
whites in discussing the political situatio