The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-06-05
SOUTHERN REPUBEICAN1SM


The Springfield Republican of late
date has the following:
Since Hayes was inaugurated until
fortnight ago, the Republican managers
have been insisting that the Presidents
policy was destroying the Republican
party in the South. Now the same
managers declare that the party has a
good chance of carrying more districts
in the South this year than in 1876. At
ter while, perhaps, they will see the
wisdom of backing up political assas-
sin of this novel character.
Mr.. II. Victor Redfield thus writes in
his last letter to the Cincinnati C0n1nae1'-
ctdl
" AS have stated, some of the Re-
publican Committee here favor a cam
paign in all the districts of the Southern
States where there is apparently Re
publican majority. That is. a campaign
of speeches, canvassing and organiza-
ton. 1t is calculated that there are
thirty districts in the Southern States
which are fairly Republican, and should
not an effort be made to get them? In
this estimate is not included the First
and Second Tennessee Districts, where
majority or nearly so, of the white
voters are Republicans, and will take
care of themselves handsomely without
outside aid of any description. Others
of the committee, although claiming
that the Republicans have a right to
urge a campaign in any quarter they
please, yet shrink from attempting any
thing in the South except in the few
districts which already have Republican
Representatives. The negro is com
pletely under, so dependent upon the
the whites for even cabin to live in,
that it seems impossible to organize
them into campaign shape and get them
10 the polls. Surrounded by popula-
ton hostile to every effort that might be
made, the outlook is certainly discour-
aging"
Mr. Redfeld and the Republican can
settle the issue of fact between them.
But we further desire that Mr.. r. settle /.
question of another sort with himself.
We quote from the same letter as above:
"To the ordinary field hand on a
Mississippi plantation, for instance, it is
a matter Of no cencern whether Congress
is Republican or Democratic Iventure
that four out of five of them could not
tell to-day if asked When let alone
and not troubled with politics, they get
along very well with the whites, and all
moves along as smoothly as is possible
when two separate and distinct races in
habit the same territory as so-called
equals Bullet an aggressive campaign
be entered upon, let them be organized
into clubs, and gathered into "politi-
cal meetings" and trouble will begin. |
The present peace in the South is sim
ply because the colored people have in
measure retired from politics, or vote
the way that is pleasing to the whites.
l speak in general terms. Politics aside, |
the two races get along very well to- |
gether, for the blacks take a position
that might be termed :" inferior free
dom" and hence do not clash with the I
whites. Therefore, to attempt an ag
gressive campaign would be ster to-
ward organizing anarchy, and the blacks
would suffer out of all proportion to any
good that might be accomplished.
If FL. Victor keeps going round thus
rapidly he will surely meet his tail soon.
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