Daily Republican., 1879-08-12

set the most for yonr money ant
t.s ..xepuhlican'' IL that Daper.
The Amended Mississippi Plan.
The longer the Southern leaders are
engaged in subjugating the opponents
of what Is there called Democracy, the
more expert they become in the ways
and means made use of to accomplish
their object. They have now found
that it il troublesome to bull-doze
every individual Republican out Of his
vote and so they have adopted the prin
ciple of getting clear Of the candidates
and leaving them Nobody to vote for
unless they vote for the solid Democrat
ic ticket. This is the latest Mississippi
plan and it seems to work to perfection.
TO be sure it might result in several
first class assassinations, but what does
that matter so long as it serves to keep
the south solid. To intimidate large
body of Republican and independent
voters ana keep them away from the
polls is a very difficult task. 1t would
take four or five Democrats to pay a
midnight visit to each colored voter
and to whip him in a thorough busi-
ness like manner, AMI If it was judged
best to shoot him and his family and 1t
took money to buy thu powder and shot.
faea there was danger that the negro
m ight be arme and one of their own
p rsy might be made to bite the dust.
Mo ever it gave Northern Republicans
an opportunity Of making unpleasan'
remarks which might stir up sectional
feeling, and then such papers as the
Gazette" Z" "Every Evening" and
"Hsrald" would have to stultify them
selves by trying to make the people be-
lieve that the "nisg-,s" we're to blame
for it all. All these things have an
unpleasant and disagrseabls aspect
S,me other plan had to be devised
which would avoid these unpleasant
conseque ices. When therefore Presi-
dent Hayes handel louisiana and
South Carolina over to Southern con-
trel, they were ready to abandon the
habit OF intimidating Republican voters
just as soon as they could devise some
thing better to take its place. 1t did
not take th-ss Southern leaders long to
find out that Republican OF indepen-
dent voter was Of no account SO long as
he had nobody to vote for. So long as
the Republicans of Louisiana, Missis-
sippi and South Carolina had candi-
dates Of their own, they were an ele
ment in P 'litics that demanded the at
tention Of the Democrats with whips
and shot guns. They are therefore
crate III for the new invention, which
puts an end to all opposition. So far
the new system has worked beautifully
and now when the Republicans or the
Independent Democrats put up an OPP
positio can lid 4te, instead of riding all
over the cou try wearing themselves
out WITH whipping negroes and wasting
. umunition in s1o' ting the most prom
insnt Of them, th-y simply wait three
or four hundred strong, upon the can
didate and inform hun that he must
either withdraw or die. The candidate
under these circumstances is compelled
to admit that the odds against him are
rather too large, and if he has wife
and a numner of ch ldr-n as Dixon of
Yazoo had, and is not particularly anx-
ious 10 die he gr .cefully withdraws and
the Democrat; Ii ket is elected with
out opposition. This is simple but
very effective plan, and It th-
northern barbari ms would only keep
tlrir mouths suut 4b it, lik. the
Wilmington paper xcept the REPUBLI
clN, th-le wouids, n pc feet h,r-
m ny all over h, s tn. Thi, plan
also makes 1t ia, 10 ior b D ciencts OF
those paI Iers tEat APP ov. Of such
mea i'll rying Q @ ions. T y re
not called upon en- h Il umber of
colo ed Re- u ijars are viii ,prd and
shot tos " that il was 1t .e II t of the
ni5g-rs.' They can Ios like the
"Gaz.'te' Of tEis cty, call t, only
Demou, attic row. We cannot .nu ner-
at all the good and umane qualities
OF this new plan, a. d al he bad and
vicious pa 81 us VIII ch use be ex
cit9i by an 20 ion wou d vanish;
there would te but one ticket and one
SET of candidat-, n the field, and wick
edly disposed Republicans an, Inde-
pendents wonld eltuer b w to vote
that ticket "r not vot At all
AT THE TINE au IL I vas made in
January last t. get the Legislature to
fund tl- fl ating deb il was decided by
tha Ci Snlicitor tuat nnlx thp Il AT IL.