National Republican., 1877-11-27
Disfranchisins the CoIorcd Vote.

Mississippi has its own way of disfran-
chising the colorcd citizen in that State.
The Democrats during the late election so
far intimidated or influenced the colored
voter that he remained at home and culti-
waited his crops rather than brave the terrors
of prescription at tho ballot-box. Since the
election this has become matter of wide
spread congratulation among the Demo-
cratic party. Take Kinds County, for in
stance. Its total registered vote is 6,375,
while the highest vote given was for STONE
as Governor who received 3377, against 8
| scattering. What became of the 1890 votes
unaccounted for? The Meridian Miss. }
Weekly Mercury gives answer as follows:
The most Of these gentlemen we presume,
will now be satisfied with their own defeat,
uhich so coRc'usirely demonstrates that the nsgro
has 80 completely subsided in politics that office
ss1ers hare nothing 10 hope nor 10 fear from their
ylsUy 81 opposition, bFcaH'e The fact encourages 10
| t.SSNSn Of action and thought on the part of
tAS intelligent white people in the manage
ment of local affairs of State and county. The
Independent candidates garc them the opportunity
| Of eecfing persons ThO Tcre mol he choice Of The
rhitc pcople aud to crafty the instinct of oppo.
sition so far N ;hat feeling could carry thom,
and they have Goslinod to avail themselves of
| the opportunity.
As another evidence that the negroes are
done with voting, we mention that Washing
| ton County only voted tho white strength,
about 500, leaving over $500 negroes to stay
at home and pick out the cotton. And there
was no candidate up seeking the negro vote,
no bull-dOZing, drumming, nor tgything and
II was very much like old timss Dlme again
the happy good old tmcs--NtAn Che white
folks went to the election ana ne negroes
staid at home and worked all tea week and
took their fun in Saturday night frslto oil
the same no matter who was elected.
The Okolona Miss Southern States says,
cxultingly:
We have but to observe the effects of the
present election to see and know that the
white man holds the balance of power, and
that the suppression of franchise Is already un
Fdt dccompii--or, in plain English, fixed fact
The victory of last Tuesday means that this
is white mans State, and that white men
propose to control it. Now let the Radicals of
the North rise up and help themselves if they
can. Mississippi has spoken.
II seems that the election has taught the
Kinds County Gazette thing or two. 1t
says:
Wearc also, now, perfectly satisfied that when
the whites Iail to stand as solid q stone wall,
the colOred voters will vote for other than the
Democratic candidates. And it is also true
that u Democratic ticket is not strengthened
by the appearance of colored name upon it.
These specimens of Mississippi sentiment
on the subject of Colored voting in that
State go to show conclusively that the
right of suffrage on the part of any colored
citizen who does not choose to vote the
Democratic ticket is not wortha rush. "The
good old times have come again." when the
colOred man has no rights under the Consti-
tuition that are respected by the Democrat,
and when he is rs much slave to prejudice
as he was to power when in slavery. With
him citizenship has become mere mockery.