Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-08

Wednesday Essniee @4~
THE SOLID SOUTH.
The solid south. Well what of it? Has
the south. mot . right to be solid under our
form 81 a4~dyerG1aent, or in other words, to
be of any political complexion the people
zee ct 10 give It? Has the northern sec
tions Of this country any right 70 SAY to the
southern alsecAionl,, ssssyoIs shall mt vote the
democratic ticket" OF vice rersa. Is it any
more repugpant 10 our system Of govern
ment for the northern states 70 be solialy
republican, than it IL for the southern states
to be solidly democratic ~ This cry Of
alarm about the "solid south" was not
heard a few years ago when that section
Was equally q solid south. Then it was
solidly republican, now il is solidly demo-
cratlc.-Ddkota Republicans.
1t is the democratic party and press that
stand BY and apologize for . solid south,
and the people Of Dakota; viii recognize it
as the right aud fitting thing forthe Re
publican to do to take its position with, and
speak for its friends. Under it's present
management its nsme isfa rAisnomer, and
in the light Of it's past record its present
attitude will surprise no one.
II is,not simply the political solidity Of
the south, of which the honest citizen COM
plains or that alarms the country, but the
means by which the south was made and is
kept solid. The Republican labors, either
ignorantly or dishonesty, to leave the i'm
preston that the political condition Of
affairs in the south VAS brought about and
10 maintained bygthe same ordinary neans
and instr1mentalities that makes the north
practically solidly republican, or at n time
secured to that party the control Of most Of
the southern assskss, ignoring what, has be-
come . historical fac. one whichne intelli-
gent honest man will dare disputa. that in
FIVE, itsnot seyen 81 the sssoulhsrni ssates,
dsAssfatic supremacy wasTobtaidsdssnd is
retained, by the preparation Of crimes
against humanity, human rights and the
elective franchise, darker and more damna-
BILE than ever before dsgraced the annals Of
an. snlishs.ned governtP'.tt. :
That solidity has sssnbrousht about BY
b~ulldozing, intimidation, tissue ballots, and
ballot box stufing; BY the red.shirted
knights of confederate chivalry by the
kuklux, by the whiteliners, bv shot guns,
by organized assassination and murder,
until there is no such thing as political
liberty, political protection or purity Of the
ballot. OF freedom Of speech in at least five
southern states, which would to-day be as
republican Is lows, were q fair election and
an honest count possible.
"Well, what of p" asks the Republican,
'has not the south the right to be solid2"
implying of course, til" it has that right,
and further that it has the right to<bGing
about that solidity by whatever msens5it
may choose, and neither the north nor the
nation has any right to question. The
spirit in which this article was written -
very transparent yhea We galencs
at the following sentence: sThis
cry Of alarm about the solid south
was not heard a few years ago when that
section was equally a solid south. Then it
was solidly republican, now it is solidly
democratic.p Why was it solidly re-
publican? Because the legal voters of those
states at that time in the exercise of a free
andihonest ballot made it 50. And that in
stance is yet to be found and cited, where
any man entitled to vote, in any Of the
southern states during republican control
there, was prevented by any Of the methods.
subsequently resorted, to by the democrats
to wipe out the republican party. Of the
south. Whatever else may be. said truth.
fully or untruthfally, it never yet bassbssn'
charged that republican rule in the south
was the result offs, anything but a free and
honest ballot. Hence there could hsvs
been no cause for alarm and no CRY was
raised even by the bourbous except the erv
Of disappointment and most bitter hate; aud
when BY fair and honest means they found
that power could not BE- rrenched fpomth
republican party, they deliberately 1esortsd1
10 tuo u1Sdub duU metuOOb 1CAeGISu W 0OOves
Yet this, their northern sympathizer, ie-
noring. and lahoring TO suppress the truth.
lat all times distasteful to him) wants to
know "what of it" In the light of all the
political outrages that have been committed
inEs6e &tb6S De ~ Nat xa6slA Of
itssolil y, 4b1Re Of Re kpSPfe ID
-. H ,tE4 M If
when he said "well what are you going to
do about it?' The peopl. Of New York
City answered the corrupt villain, and that
brs..h.d hi. ,ikatsh'lI.ps Nv Thi.
a~pologist in the columns ofthe Republican
for crimes q hundred fold more .hienons than
Tweed ever committed, had better PROFOUND
his inquiry to the widoMlSanaslliapphaaallfSgt
the south made such Observation-Disclosures