The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-09-04
Horns or a Democratic Dilemma.

The Yazoo affair has become part of
the history of the times. The assassi-
nation of Dixon was political murder
committed by the Democratic party,
not of Yazoo County alone, but of the
State of Mississippi. This is not and
cannot be successfully disputed. Now
we propose to show that the Northern
wing OF the Democratic party is parti-
Gins criminis-that it shares in the
guilt of the bloody deed. Such an out
rage would be impossible at the North;
Northern public sentiment, whether of
Republican or Democratic origin, would
revolt at the spectacle of apartisanship
so violent as to cause bloodshed here.
A political organization at the North
which should be suppressed by murder
would instantly reassert itself with four
fold strength. Why, then, is the DEM
ocratic party North almost silent on the
subject of the Yaxoos atrocityfj Sup
pose the success or failure of the Dem
ocratic party of Mississippi could have
no possible effect upon the fortunes of
the Democratic party of the whole
countryP Is any man so stupid as TO
doubt that Democratic speakers. and
Democratic journals, and Democratic
Conventions at the North weuld Join
heartily with Republicans in denounc-
ing assassinations like that at YazooP
Thew would find their account in doing
SO even if no higher motive should gov
ern them. Every Democratic assassi-
nation in Mississippi or Louisiana
weakens the Democratic party North.
The Baltimore Gazette, Demo
cratic paper, admits that the ruffian-
ism of the Democratic party in Missis-
sippi twill reflect with great severity
on the Democrats of Mississippi and the
,chole country." Why, then, do the
Democrats North refrain from exerting
their entire moral force in an effort to
suppress such outragesP Why do DEM
ocrats North deal gingerly with Demo
cratic assassinations South when they
realize that every political murder
South alienates voters from the standard
Of the Democratic party Northp They
are disguised with assassination (1) be-
cause .it is an awful crime, and (2) be-
cause it costs them votes. Why don't
they /" CRY aloud and spare mott in do
uunciation of Southern outrages which
shock their moral sense and react SO
disastrously upon their local party in
terestsp The answer is plain. The
South is solidly Democratic only by rea-
son of the shot gun policy. Stop assas-
sination, terrorism. intimidation and
fraud, and five Southern States-Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana, Alabama, South
Carolina and Florida-will be immedi-
ately transferred into the Republican
column! These States cast thirty-seven
Electoral votes-sufficient to overcome
Ohio and Indiana, and two more than
enough to overcome New York. in the
Electoral College! Mississippi is Re
publican. on a fair vote. by 25, 900 ma
iority. Says the Okolona States:
"True, the blacf race has majority IN
many towns, counties and States of the South
True, as q rule, the hrst, the last, and the
whole Of them are Radicals at heart, Ind vii
vote the Radical ticket whenever they have
half chance. We all know this and admit It
But these facts make no dinerence-No DIFF
FERENCE WHATEVER. ..-5......-..
Hence the shotgun policy becomes
| significant. II Is far:reaohing. A Ger