National Republican., 1878-11-29


late war, whether followed by great loss Of
ifc or property, the only expressions heard
from tho masses Of the Southern people were
those OF qualification and delight. This was
notably true in tho case Of the Chicago and
Boston fires. We speak from personal obscr-
walton, and, In proof Of this assertion, refer
the reader TO the files Of tho country news.
papers published In tho South at that datc.
Two hundred thousand men, women and chill
dren were rendered homeless and destitute by
the Chicago fire alone; but no sympathetic
response went up from the great heart Of the
South. Two millions OF money and supplies
have been the answer Of our people In the cal.
amity which has just passed. or this vast
sum fair proportion was sent from the city
OF Washington, under the auspices of the
National Relief Association. Among the
contributors to this fund none
were moro liberal thon the Gov.
ernmont employees, widows and orphans
Of deceased Union soldiers, or the equally de-
pendent relatives Of men who have been more
recently murdered In tho South for opinions
sake. Children of misfortune themselves
bereaved and destitute, and all alike victims OF
the unholy passions which plunged the country
into war in lS6l-they are In y condition to
feel kecnly the bittercst disappontmerts of
life, and they were among the first to render
material aid to those who robbed them Of hus-
bands, brothers, and fathers. But not salts.
to 20 as nurses. One Of the number that went
from this city, II Is said-Mrs. Cromwell was
stricken with the disease when In the dis.
charge Of her self.imposed duty, aud died In q
hoyel alone and unattended. Others who &C.
companied her were SO contemptuously
spoken OF by Southern newspapers that we are
now at loss to know whether they were
treated as the messengers Of mercy wo be.
lieved them to be, or whether they were re-
ceived as the vilest Of all creatures.
| A report says one lady who had acted as
a nurse In yellow fever cpidemcs begged, on
her bendcd knees, to be allowed to go. and
there were other instances Of heroic DEVOTION
On Sunday, tho 10Th of April, 1877, at DeKalb,
Miss, Cornelia Chisnlm, lovely girl, supreme
in excellence, on her bended knees, with her
bruised and bleeding face upturned to Heaven,
begged for mercy. Three hundred Of Missis.
sippi's best citizen" had surrounded family
for the purpose of taking their lives. They
were all murdered-iathcr, sister, aud brother.
Neither the tears nor the warm lifo.blood of
youth and beauty appealed to their savage
hearts.
Before death came to their relief Mrs. CHS.
olm, the wife aud mother, begged for protec'
tiOn from further violence, and for aid to re-
move her lovcl ones TO some place Of safety;
but no aid came. The country was at peace
and no great national scOurgc like the yellow
fever was dreamed of.
most violently the people have been in years
past the most cruel aud iuhumau. At Vicks.
burg, In 1874, there was n Wholesale massacre
of negroes by the whites From thirty 10 fifty
were slain in II siuglesiay, and this example
was followed all over tho State during tho re.
mander Of that year. In the campaign Uf
1875, at Clinton In Kinds County, there were
thirty five more killed In u day aud night by
A Nicksburg riilc.cub. We are only recalling
a few of the most noted cases. During tho
canvass Of 1915 there prevailed system Of IN.
timidatiOn and murder throughout the State
Mrs. Price, at the time postmstress at Gre.
NADIA, u lady past the meridian of life, for
undertaking to shield her husband from the
assaults Of u blood-t thirsty mob, headed by the
sheriff OF the county, was by that Officer
checked TO tho ground and dragged
through the streets by the hair, re-
ccivng injuries which have brought her to tn,
verge of the grave. Driven from home Of at
auencc. she Is now IN destitute circumstances
living in this city. All over the South dur
: ing those years tho air was scented with the
blood OF innocent victims Negroes were
hunted down aud shot like wild beasts In III,
woods, or called from their cabins at the dead
hour of night and murdered In the presence
of their wives and children, and their white
sympathiZerS not unfrcqucntly shared til,
same fate From this scourgc there was M
appeal Tho State and local authorities con
niyed ut aud iont material aid in forwarding
the bloody work. There WINS no great ant
powerful Government 10 fit out vessels and
send to the relief Of the sufferers. The plrtia
guarantee which tho United States troops CAV,
to citizenship was withdrawn. Even our sym
pathiziug friends at the North failed in mos
instances to contribute by word or deed to al
lCviate the horrors Of a reign of terror cqua
to that Of the bloody RobCspicrrc. The vic
tins were all loyal citizens, they loved thC
, country and its flag and there was no need q
munihcCnt gifts to cOnciliate. They sub
mittcd to the yoke of the tyrant aud are pa
. tiently biding their time.
But all this, we are told, Is the natural an
inevitable result Of the Infamous rule Of til
0 Carpet-baggcr, who by the aid OF the dCspisc
= negro and his Northern allies. set up govern
n ncnt over tho reconstructed States hateful to
Chyarous people, and that the end TO b
. cached Justified any means no matter ho'
| dark. Very well for the sake Of argument
Q admit that this Is so. Certain 1t is the end hl
;. been reached. Murder, intimidation, bribery
n false swearing, and every other species OF Grim
: known to tho catalogue of infImy hayo aC
y compished their work. For more than tw
c years "home rule aud local self.gTernment
d have sat cnLhrOned. No vile carpct.baggC
pollutcs the soil sacred to a superior race. Th
d poor negro, virtually abandoned by that ~
e thority, which, by its voluntary act for a brio
+. period made liberty sweet to him, has been n
manded back to his normal condition.
/ Tao restraining hand of the Government
t Withdrawn; the rule OF the carpet.baggor au
. alien overthrow; the places made waste b.
II fire aud flood supplied by munGcent han'
/ and the "peItilence that walketh iu darkness
I. sOftcned and subdued by charity whic
4 vauntcth not Itself; all these vouchsafed u
!. the causes for tho great evils Of which wecOn
o plain have been removed. What next? VIVA
y follows these glorious gifts, these concession
!. and immunitics so humbly and graciously o.
Il feredP The causes no longer exist. Have Il!
@ evils ceased? Let us see. On the first recul
II ring election In the South Of any national i'm
= portance great care is taken by the Republ
y can party that none but natives are put In til
y field and those least Objectionable to the estal
70 lished autocracy; but few colOred men al
% nominated, aud those mostly for unimportar
1t Positions even In the districts where I'll
@ cOlOred race exceed the population Of the whit
&c by majOrities of two aud three to one. I'll
/. officers appointed by the President 10 OK,
4. cute the laws In the Southern States
z most cases were recommepded by the lcadin
IS Democrats Of that section. The Chief Exec,
u tive repeatedly declared his policy of non II
g. reference, aud this policy has been rigidl
x adhered to. In return pledges Of good iait
Of fair dealing, and equal and exact Justice to a
Is were received. A political campaign Is inal
gurated on precisely the same footing that
h is done at the North. Does any one preten
ID to say that these pledges have been carrie