Daily Republican., 1878-11-05

DO Yer In tn. South by violence and
trickery, and who II they are not allow
o to hav. their own way wouldplunge
( .- nation into another bloody civ II
vr. Oh, no say thu friends Of the COL
ciliative policy which has produced this
result, thrr. will be no more war in
is country, the South has had en-
oush of it as well as the North, aud
m any other similar expressions which
show that they do not fully understand
the situation, or they are wilfnlly blind
TO those very things which must even
tually le I'd to another civil war II not
.oon checked. II the strong ARA OF
slavery could not keep IN subjer'ion,
with the law and the constitution on
its side, four millions of human chat
ties, and thereby save the nation from
\ long and loody war from which It
has not yet fully recovered, is it to b- sup
posed that the same people who have had
taste Of freedom and citizenship will
long submit 70 having their rights
trampl.d in the dust, and they denied
the blessings and privileges OF citizen
ship, Those who thus reckon have
studied history little purpose. 1t
WAS William H. Seward who maintained
hat there was a "higher law" OF hu
manity which was paramount to til"
laims Of human slavery, and though
mis- saying was secuted and himself
renounc-d as a dangerous foe to society
aud civil government, he lived to see
he princi plies h. advocated triumph
war th- great Lincoln who said that
ia nation could not exist one-half free
md the other half slave. and for this
D." was looked upon as a dangerous
AN to society; but that great man lived
rp sign the proclamation which broke
"A two the last link which held human
.lavery together. In the light Of such
history how can il he expected that the
itrages in tn. South upon these same
{ rmer slaves but now ir-emen ,outrag-s
b, ors. than We're tolerated in the days
Of slavery, can be loug endured. Owing
+, these unparalleled outrages there
vii III all probability not be mor- than
we or six Republicans elected from the
south to-day where if justice was done
there would b. over sixty. To say
nothing about DISTRICTS that would be
closely contested and those which have
Easily 1000 or 1900 majority, there are
Is districts which give,from 2, 600 to Is, p
900 Republican majority, but in spite OF
these majoritips it is not likely that til,
Republicans Of the South will be allowed
to elect more than five and more likely
none at the election to-day. In this
wholesale dsfranchisng the Sixth dis.
trict Of Mississippi, bears off the palm.
When the shot gun policy succeeded III
that State, "a district was made to include
all the strong Republican counties, the
majority for that party being $4,000
and from the manner in which it as
laid out and wound around through
the State, it was called the "Shoestring
district" This district was hopelessly
conceded to the Republicans, but for
the fun of the thing the white
Leaguers" got James X. Chalmers Of
Fort Pillow massacre fame to canvass
the district and after an exciting contest
in which dOzsn or two cOored men were
killed and soms 80 or more whipped and
driven from home, the gallant Chalmers
succeeded by majority Of 5000. This
year he is again candidate, and will
be elected almost without opposition.
In the Selma district of Alabama, which
has Republi an majority Of 1900,
the Democrats have said to the Repub-
licans that they may do the voting and
We (the Democrats) will do the count
ing. The second district Of South Car
olina also has an undisputed Republi.
can majority of l2,L00, which the Dem
ocrats, by the aid Of ritle.clubs and
road liners, have tried to overcome. -
The second district of North Carolina
also has an acknowledged Republican
majority Of IA, 600, but with the well
known tactics used by the Southern
Democrats the district is regarded as
ioubtiul. We only mention these few
Ilstriats as samples of the plans made
use of to secure solid Democratic
South. 1t is for the people of this ma
ion to answer how long such state Of
affairs will continue. 1t can only be a
question Of time when a change must
come, or the bonds which bind Our
government together must become as a
rope of sand.
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