The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-10-23


FOR PRESIDENT WILL GET THE
SOUTHERN DELEGATESf
A fierce contest is going on already be-
tween the contending parties for the
Republican Presidential nomination, as
to which of them shall secure the South
ern delegates
Some Republican journals see danger
to the party in the movement S>uth to
organize Republican machine" in or
der to pack the delegations from those
States to their Presidential convention.
II the friends Of Grant get the ma
chine" Blaine or Sherman will kick, and
vice versa
Delegations from the South, "solid"
for Grant, may give him the nomination,
but have nothing else to give. They
cannot deliver a single electoral vote.
1t would be the same if Sherman secures
solid" South in the convention. Sher.
man may control them through the Gov
ernment officials but Grants partisans
are active, and Blaine's friends are not
idle.
The Philadelphia telegram, a Repub-
lican paper, tells it's party some peril,
nent truths on the questionsof the exist.
ence of Republican organization in the
Southern States. 1t says:
The truth is that RepubliCanism never
had any real existence in the South, ex
Cept among the Colored people, whom it
lifted out of the condition of chattel sla.
very into that of manhood and citizen.
ship. With them it was simply feel.
ing-that of gratitude as to it's princi
pies, what did or could they know of it
who we're ignorant of everythine2 They
knew in fact, jnst enough for cunning
adventures, with Carpet.bags in hand, to
hold, move and use them as they pleased,
and it pleased these carpet baggers to
call them the Republican party of the
South, to trade on their votes, to steal
the governments of the Southern States,
partly by means of their votes and partly
by means of Federal troops. From first
to last the pretense Of the actual exist.
enCe of any real Republican party SJuth
was false, and it was supported by PERU.
fy and bayonets, which fact has again
and again been proved by another
fact, that the moment the bayonets were
withdrawn, the Republican party of the
South dropped out of existence.
The Telegraph recognizes a fact, and
there is no probability of a change; es.
pecially when we remember that mis-
representation of the South ern people
the people of intelligence and property,
is the constant practice and principal
campaign stock of the Republican lead.
ers.
The Southern States have now the
same rights in the Union as any North
ern State. The reconstruction game is
played through, and there is no posi-
bility of renewing the process. Grant,
Zach Chandler, Sherman & Co., cannot
succeed in it, attempt it as they may.
lucy may AdloO q buIluOll ny WdlNluR
the "bloody shirt" and abusing the
South, but all they can do is to humbug
the people of the North, by arousing ia.
natiCism and ignorance. In times past
these spasmodic efforts have been but
too successful, but they are more and
more doubtful and difficult. The Re.
publican gospel of hate has been prodnc.
tive of evil fruit, and has brought Re.
publican victories. In fact this gospel
has been about their principal, reliable
stock in trade. But what an abomina.
ton is this gospel of malignant hate
How utterly unworthy an intelligent
people are such mean appeals to passion
and hate In this way have Republican
leaders covered up and concealed their
hideous schemes Of public punder.