The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-10-25
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south Carolina.

The CRY ~ ~ efFli VI 20 "a ~ -
lin,, -; the threats as TO Whist the Admins
tfst.on wiii do la that State and elsew mere
where there are many negroes and tue
claiming Of eyers State as Repubi ieaa which
contains majority OF coloref peeps aii
yo Il, show that some OF our northern
ssbreshrens have not yes freed themselves
from the notion that they are the proper
persons to rule the southern States. Re
construction appliances, military repres.
sion, Judicial buildozing, elections held
under Fedora. supervisors, and whatever
else would aid in maintaining The rule Of
the ignorant and the deprayed, would still
be resorted to IL the persons Of whom we
are speaking could have their way.
It Is fortunate for the whole country thai
the President Of the United States IS MOI
Inclined to listen to the solicitations OF those
b;gotcd partisans who would have him as
sumo that. 8 State having a majority OF ne
groes is Of course a Republican State. IL
this assumption Is to he granted, then 1t is
not necessary to hold elections in those
States at all. The census-taker may be
substituted for. the ballot-box. All that il
is requisite TO do is to ascertain whether the
whites or the negroes are in the majority.
II the whites, the Democratic ticket IS
elected. II the negroes, the Republican
ticket is elected.
But what docs the cry OF terrorism indi-
cate when it comes from State in which
those who raise that cry are said to bemore
numerous by far than their oppressors? III
the minority OF able-bodied men were rails
ing this cry, and the majority were Cypress
Ing them by the aid Of the law and IT'S OH
GERS, we might attach some weight to the
complaint. But when the cry comes from
men who claim to constitute majority or
the community in which they reside, Old
fashioned folks will be very apt to conclude
that that sert OF a majority ought TO
be ruled, and that sort OF minority
ought to rule. The women OF any
State might raise the same cry
il they would. AS far as appears to the
world, the men OF every State by mere
force OF superior strength, or superior cotl-
rage, or superior something, exclude all
the women from The ballo.-boN. Is that the
result OF terrorism? Or is it Il result OF the
fact thot men ought to vote, and women
ought not to vote? The negro's right to
vote is guaranteed to him by the Federal
Constitution. Tie States never gave it to
him. Ii he exercises that right without
beng qualified to do so, it is the most natu-
raj thing in the world that he should seek
the advice OF the superior race, or that the
superior race should tell him how be ought
TO vote.
In Massachusetts and every other north
ern State. many employers require their
employees to vote US they vote. These are
white inen, too, who ere thus expected to
conform their Gets 10 the will OF their en-
plovers. Yet the same sympathiziDg Re
publicans who have never word to say
in denunciation Of these outra2eS upon
white men are wonderfully exercised be-
cause white men in South Carolina insist
upon "dividing time" with the negroes
and telling them how they ought to vote.
The northern employers do not pretend to
treat their employees with equal conSidera-
ton. They do not 60 to their meetings and
persuade them to vote the Republican
ticket. They expect them to do it as a
matter OF course. We published yesterday
the remark OF Massachusetts manufactures
that he felt as il lie ought to ''sack'' any oil
his employees Who might vote for BEAST
BsTLER. What Republican sees any harm
in such a threat! And we fear that good
many Democrats are so thoroughly con-
WINGED Of BuTLER's infamy and Vilainy that
they will rather applaud than condemn the
threat. Surely, however, that threat made
to respectable white men merits rs much
condemnation az the speeches and process
siops OF the ".Red-Shirts i'll South Caro-
lima, who try to persuade their colored bre-
thren how it would be best for them to vote.
On the whole, we conclude that it would
be about as we'll for the northerners to mind
their own business, and let the southerners
alone, especially il the latter will agree to
follow the good example. No State is full
OF inhabitants SO exemplary in their con-
duct that it can set up its laws and customs
as the guide for ell the rest OF the Union.
Let South CarolinianS rule South Carolina
and Massachuscttsers rule Massachusetts,
and let ali unite together to "run % the
National Government. So shall we have
peace.
A Matter of Interest to Tobacco