The daily gazette., 1879-10-01
zHe SossA ern Osserages " 1879

The Southern Osstra0es ~ 1879
An able philosopher calls our atssn-
ton 80 the curious fact In connection
With those dcplorxble blots ON civfMsa-
ton and the census known - "Southt
ern outrages," that "Southern out
RACES" are never committed until Just
after the Republican nomlnations In the
North have been made and ths campaign
orators begin 10 paw the dust and bsl-
low The fact Ii undubitable, Tho ex-
pianation Of it demands refiectaon. 1t
seems 10 show ahai0gios with the acsisn
of that law OF extraordinary Cotnci.
tence evolved BY Professor ApthOny
Weller from his study Of stage. ooa0h 30
Commons. But II has peoulax1tios Of its
own. No State or Congressional eloC.
tons that 70, no State elections Of conss
quence-take place in tho south thas
year, fer example, 70 that there oan be-
no special poliucal necessity felt ,hers
for bulidoEing and committinR outrnRes;
yet, II We are 70 believe our Republican
contemporaries, she Southern demons
are II u again with the recurring autum-
nal equinox. Il might reasonably have
been expected that out OF q natural In
terest IN the success OF their brethren ns
the North the Southern Democrats, Who
exhibited such patient magnanimity AnA
perfect self-conIrol throusnohs the sum-
mer OF 1875 and the spring Of 1877, would
be slow to furnish the kopubhcan cam-
paiRn orators with patent kin.ihng for
the iring OF the Northern heart, and not
overanxious TO tap negro gore where
with to reimbue the multitudinous and
weather-faded bloody shirt II might
have been supposed they would put OF
their murderOus recreations say Lh the
getting on so comfortably without them
well on into the early autumn. Alasi-
II We are to believe our kepu5hoan con-
tempOrares-the Southern democrats
are as r-ckiess Of their owD interests
as they are Of the lives Of mankind In
general.
In the days Of Grant and the carpet,
baggers the Southern Democrats used TO
live at peace with their negro neigh 70
from the beginning of November in ono
evsn-numbered year th tue middle Of
August In the next even numbered year
when just about the time at which Eng.
lish Aristocrats 60 cunning after birds
the ku-klux would sally forth and begin
shooting holes through the hats OF The
friends Of Senator Spencer and chewing
Afrcans with bloodhOunds with such
ferocity that paternAl Governments wns
throughout the country and 70 koop
them there until the Returning Boards
had completed their work. Why have
they abandoned this sweet periodiclty
since the carpetbaggers ceased out OF
their land? Another symptom Of popu.
lar dementia, If we are to believe on,
Republican contemporaries, has 70
Gently made It's appearance among thes<
destable Southern DemocraN. We are
assured that IN kind of frenzy they vi
INSIST on compass. uR new rebellion anC
on tipping the Union up on end rathel
than submit to the operation of certain
clauses Of the Federal Election Law
which were meant to worry the grea
cities OF the North and do not Affect fhei
section Of the country at all. How 4
this to be explained Another pscuha
rity of these strange creatures emi inentl,
deserves notice. Though born with
sho. gun in mis- hand. ~ one might say
and. accustomed from his cradle up :,
use IL freely upon all animated thinRs
} f.om the judge chewIng his Quid upol
the beuch to the negro on dead run 10
the swamps, the moment that the clos
} season for colored Republicans Is owe
and the Southern DemocrAt goes ou
; cunning for them in company with tn
stah corresp ondent of our esteemed Rt
a publican contemporaries, all his ski
desers him. World.