The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-12-05
THE PRESIDENT AND THE
BULLUOZERS,

Il is quite impossible to comprehend
the agencies employed by Radical
party-leaders in fastening the convic-
tioD on the Presidents mind that
every where in the South negroes have
been denied the privilege of voting as
they pleased. Like the canaile of
New York the colored people of the
7South are first at the polling places.
For some inconceivable reason, know
ing little OF the results of elections and
having no conception of their effects
upon legislation or public policy, ex-
pecting NO personal advantages end
assured of the perpetuity of their own
freedom, it is difficult to account for
the earnest eagerness with which the
ignorant mass crowds the voting
places. 1t Is, however, the ex-
ercise Of the highest privilege
of freemen and Africa is free
while Africa votes. But there Is
no accounting for the course these
voters pursue. Why it has happened
that the negroes voted solidly against
an unwayeriDg Unionist and for an
earnest rebel for Congress in this dis
trick defeating John Hancock end CO.
operating IN this with the red Republi-
can, original secessionists of this dis
trict = why these incidents distin-
gulshed recent elections Mr.. Hayes
may be puzzled to determine. In
other States, as in South Carolina, the
negroes have quarreled with the carpet
baggers and:voted for Hampton or as
q Hampton advised, and for this the
whites are condemned and all sorts Of
prosecutions are pending, as happens
In Texas, before extraordinary Fed
eral tribunals for the purpose of
making it appear that violence
aud outrage hAYe been employed by
whites in order to brighten negroes
from polling places. Thus far it has
not been made to appear in Texas that
any combinations have been made to
defeat the bereficent purposes of Con-
gross or restrict the negro's freedom.
distances of individual quarrels and
fights are sdduced, but these distin-
guish quite as often the relations of
ignorant whites as of whites to blacks,
and there is gross wrong in gathering
in accounts Of all these trifiing per-
sonal conflicts, unless it be shown at
the same time how numberless were
the towns and villages aud country
ssores where elections were held and
negroes voted often as repeaters, and
yet no violence was done or resistance
offered. There were fewer fights and
quarrels on election day In all the
South, where four million white and
one million negro votes were 2olled,
than in the lighting wards of New
York city, represented by the bellicose
Sunset Cox. Bat delicious partisanship
collates with painstaking care each
incident of each white and black
shindy aud the catslogus of enormities
assumes frightful aspect.
Evidently, Bob Ingersou, Blaine and
conklng, with the President follow
ing along modestly aud gingerly
enough in their wake, are going of on
another crusade beneath the banner Of
the bloody shirt. The triumph Of
RadicAlism and its prosracied mainte-
nance Of power depend upon the sec
tionalism OF the conflict. United
States commissioners supply the mate
risls, and those idiotic white men, who
furnish this capital for Radical trades
men IN cfiee and power BY lighting
negroes and dcersaing themselves and
the people OF the South. are the ehoie-
est tools aud SCENTS Of Blaine. Conk-
ling ana Iagsrsoll and the worst ens-
- These luekless States. HBall-