The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-08
thin NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER g. 1878


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proached by prominent Republicans, among
them hro1her-in- law Of Cabinet offeer, with
| Such propositions were, Of course, Indignantly
rejected by Gov. Hampton. If Gov, Hampt IN
consistently can, do snr. he ought to give the
names of these Republicans TO the public.
The least that Coy. Hampton could do
would be to give the names Of these eminent
Republicans from whom these propositions
came. In connection with the utterances Of
Blaine and John Sherman previous to the
election, and the Indignation of Evarts SINCE
| the disclosure might be of unusual signifi-
| Cance.
| It will indeed be an extraordinary spectacle
to see the Southern Democracy fighting
against tho Republican party in defense Of
negro suffrage, yet 1t Is by no means improb-
able that this will be the dominant question
in American politics in the Immediate future
The negro Of tho South has had plenty Of
time to discover oil the merits Of Republican
ascendency and to test all Of the methods Of
that party. They have found themselves in
no wise benefited by them. Their only result
has been to bring the negro in conflict with
| the Anglo Saxon, the one race on earth that
| has never gone under in g. race conflict.
| Thus far has Republican policy carried
them and no farther, and when the end was
reached the negro but found himself pitted.
evenly, against the white man. He can never
maintain himself in such o. conflict, and no
one knows this fact better or appreciates it
moro fully than the negro himself II the NO.
gro maintains his ascendency. it will be only
by extraneous aid alien to the communities
| :
raises two questions, viz:
| /. VIII the masses of the North sympathze
with their white brethren and sustain the con-
stitutional principle OF local self-government,
according the negro merely the rights and
| recognizing him only In the character Of a
citizen; OF will they force upon the South ne
gro supremacy with all Its horrible results
| 2. Will the negro accept OF this extraneous
aid, or will he Wisely select to be merely a
citizen and act with the communities OF which
he is member? We believe that the negro
will stick TO his section and to the peo-
| pie with whom he lives. He has learned
by sad experience that Republican rule
| brings him nothing but distress, enmity and
| bitterness, bad government. enormous taxa
| tiOn. poor wages and universal suffering. He
cannot fight the odds, and knowing that he
| cannot rule as negro and on q simple ques-
| tion Of race he will content himself with
being merely citizen of the South, whose
representation in Congress, by reason of the
suffrage accorded him, has been increased to
the extent OF IS votes.
| The other day in Beaufort, South Carolina,
Gov. Hampton said, in q speech TO o largo
gathering OF negroes;
I have navnr Hnttarod r bnva ve
come to you speaking words of soberness and
truth. [ baye tried to. tell you your duti"s as
| tried to show you that the white man cannot GO
down without carrying with him the coored
e o 'e rnces 10 e eDW y' be o
himself, md no man can put them asunder 1
have said that do not regard you as respons-
| bic for all tho evils which have been brought
| upon the State 1t was not natural that many
Of you should be prepared to m ct the respon-
abilities 50 suddanly thrust upon you with
your freedom. 1t WIS natural that you
| should bYIieve that there was an nntag-
onism between the white and the colored man
sons whom you believed to be your friends
| Thousands Of you know that You were told that
if TIE Democratic party came into power You
would BE- remnnded into slavery and all your
| rights taken from you. Two years nge pledged
myself that, If tho Democratic phr'y came into
power that your rights rs freemen should be
pro eoed ns long as tho sun shone In the
heavens. What havo you hnh taken from you?
Your ,nxes have been reduced you have had
| more pfnoe than over before and you have
| every facility Offered you to better your condi-
| tinn. We have not done ne much as would
| have desired for the schools, because whom
| the Republicans wont out nf power they
| left S85 900 to be- paid to teachers. We intend
| to do moro for the schools. until you will
| find RchoOl-houseB in every nook And corner of
| tho State. and no man will be without the Op-
| portnnty Of educating his children. # you
want to meet the ret possibilities which have
| boon thrust upon yOu endaHvor to get eluCn-
ton for yourself and children: purchase for
yourselves homes, however humble they may
he. because when D man becomes n inndhOlder
he becomes of necessity H. conservative. / will
not dereivs you. Two years ago told you that
the Democratic party would como into power.
| and tell you now my frenda, that it is going
10 remain in power. As the Democratic party
was elevated to power in 1876 by the vote Of tho
colored man, SO will it be sustained in power by
that same vote.
These are the words of eoherness and
truth There is no necessary antagonism
between citizens of one country because they
lSppenTo be Of different races. There is 20
antagonsm between the whites and blacks Of
the South, and never has been, except when
Radical emissaries stirred it up for partisan
purposes. The race question at the South is
settled definitely and for all time. Tho only
people it will ever trouble henceforwnrd will
be the Republican politicians at the North.
who are just beginning to realize the real
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