The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-01-23
[From Chicago Evening Journal
SOUTHERN SENTIMENT AND
PURPOSE.

A Chicago journalist of pronounced
Democratic proclivlties and plomin-
ence in local politics, is now investi-
gatiglg the Louisiana bull-dozing OF
1873 in a professional way. The same
gentleman was sent there two years
ago in the interest Of the paper he DOW
the Times. He is not quite
SO partisan now as then, albeit he does
not conceal his prejudice against ''the
migger." He virtually comedies the
truth of the charge preferred by Mr..
Blaine, and others, against the solid
South, SO far, certainly, as concerns
the Red river region. Writing from
Shreveport, La, aulder date of Decem-
Der 81, he says:
The North mary heap all the favors
in her possession on the Southern head
and still while t'the niger" has Il vote
the South viii not be happy. Year at
ter year he May expect repetitions of
the Caledonia and other butcheries.
There can beno equality between the
conflicting races--either the white OF
the black must rule, be 1t 10y fan
means or foul; they cannot govern te-
gether. For.them there is ne divisiM,
Of empire Stewards 'irrepressible CON.
fiict' is sti)lSas ''irrepressible" as when
he uttered the words "heaEd .arOuno
the world. Louisiana, deep down in
| her inrost heart, does net love 1.-THE
Government that makes 1.-The niggel''
equal to the Caucasian i'm the sight OF
the law. There is no Thought OF rebel
lion--llo desire to provoke a hopeless
conflict with the mighty aajm of atht
| North-but the South, or at least TINS
portion ofsit, will never love the .Nertl
as sister should love sister, while thu
negro remains a voter and q politician
Louisiana with the voting negro wil
remain fnetful and diseonbanted SHE
wishes, to use her old expression. tie b,
''let aloaFe," and wallop her niggers
whenever she feels like it. Left t
| herself, nobody can doubt that sh'
would soon put the negro back tintt
his old lalt and keep hi,n there, or else
resort to his .forcible expulsion, and re
| lieve herself Dy a ''black E0lnit.'
We be1ieve this to be a very candle
statement OF Southern sentiment ant
purpose 1t is not butcheay from wan
ton and @imless diabolisn2 which dsencl
es Southern soil with the blood of col
ored citizens during every campaign
but a firm and desperate resolve toren
der the negro a political cipher Mher
this can be done by massimg all tn
white votes on the Democratic side tn,
Shotgun lis not used; but otherwise i
is brought into requisitian withou
hesitation or conjunction.
They greatly mistake Northern sen
timent and purpose who suppose tina
this policy can be maintained Their,
will be 40 rest from the struggle so
justice, however loud may be the cut
cry against 'sectionalism," until til,
Southern whites accept negro suffrag,
in good faith. Many thought the
would not acquiesce in the black naamsa
emancipation, but they have. Tha
''irrepressable conflict is no longa
waged. The South has SURRENDERED
! unconditiealally that point. The tim,
is sure tosoome when the negro's riglr
to go to tive polls and vote as he pleas
es will he recognized also. 1t will
probably take another such rigorous
prosecution as that which lodged man,
a ku-Klux IA prison during the frs
term of Genera! Grant to bring abou
this state OF things; bnt come it mus
and will. When the American people
vested in the negro the right to vote
they conferred no empty mockery, MOI
! did they open Pandora's box of per
lpetual strife. Patience-llas about hat
its perfect work, and, if all other mean!
fail, the strong hand of the nationa
Government will be laid upon the sol
id South by a solid North in such !
way as to command general and per
manent respect for rights guaranteed
J by constitutional law. -
l ft89 ts'------ss.~us>%
Secretary Schurz acknowledged the
receipt of Lieutenant General Sheri.
dams report in tWO-column rnnly.