The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-21

by an earnest sppeal 70 the Aense Of iustice
and the interests and the manhood Of the
Southern States. The negroes are free,
are citizens, and are yoters. That, a. least,
is declared b. the Constitution, and can
no. be changed. II Is the interest Of the
white people Of the South 10 respect the
rights Of the negroes, for II they do not,
and carry their oppression 70 extremity
ior a period Of yeaU, they will In time con.
tend with g m6ioity Of intelligent, prop.
%erty.hOlding, laW.abiding iresmen, both
black and white, who Wilt meet them With
their own weapons. Such 4 contest now
would be utterly hopeless The black man
must submit and suffer. His only remedy
for extreme suffering u bis right to leave
the land Ui his oppression the ZANE right
exercised by the lHaelites Of old, By our
loreiathers, and by every citizen OF foreign
birth who sought in our own land To e..
cape oppression or t%oImprove his condi'
ton.
1.-THE white men Of the South can win
by kindness the votes oil their former
slaves, no one would object, but il they
continue what Is called the Mississippi
plan oitsrror and violence, they will not
only diigrace our civilization, but will
utterly ruin Themselves. The labor o.
these black men IL the foundation Of all
their property and all their hopes. The
blacks are no longerslayes, and every year
will add 70 their sense Of this fact, and will
teach them the rights Of free men and the
nodes Of maintaining those rights. In
some OF the States they are IN the ms.
ioyjiy, and they will exercise their political
power o. snch either In harmony with the
whites or In opposition 10 them. While
this %rHce.contlict Is kept up by oppression
aud wrong, the Southern States cannot
improve, and must continue 10 be in a de-
cuyina condition, aud their relative power
will he greatly diminished in the next
census. Their credit il impaired, and seY.
errl OF them are debating schemes Of re-
pudiaiiou. They have turned back the
tide Of industrious immigration that How.
ed upon them after the war closed, and
now there IL no disposition in the North
10 either migrate to or invest In prop
srty in the sorlh. and will not be until
the right Of selfgovernment IL restored to
the msjority oi the people.
had hoped that the evil effects OF the
mississippi plan would have caused the
formation IL Il conservative party In these
Southern States which would have pro.
tectcd the freedmen in their Constitutional
rights. aud restored again to credit and
confidence these several States. l believe
there Is ample material for the formation
Of such a party, but Il seems now utterly
helpless and po%er!ess in the grasp OF law.
less elements, who form themselves into
rife clubs and klans, and ride r~oughshod
over the rights Of the freedmen, as well as
the interests OF the planters aud business
men.
The policy Of fraud and violence in the
South Should have been met by the firm
and determined opposition Of the Demo.
cratic party Of the North. This party could
have checked such scenes, as II could have
checked the commencement Of the war;
but by denial Of the truth, and from inter
ested participation in the results Of vic.
lence, the Democratic leaders have sane
toned and encouraged that violence and
fraud, and vote in daily cooperation with
thVse who have participated In 1t,
What, then, Ia tho remedy II this policy
IL continued? There is none other except
al appeal 10 the loyal people Of the North.
srn StH'eg, to all who we're on the Union
aide in the war, in action or in sympathy,
and " the independent manhood Of the
Democratic party, to stand by our politi.
cal organization until the rights Of all men
are secured, enforced, and respected in
every State and Territory in the Union:
and dis appeal should 10 made now and
mex year, aud az sIte a. God rules in the
Heavens !, will not he made In vain.
The Republican party asks nothing oil
the South but the Observance Of the Con
sIituiion and the lava, and, especially, the
amendments which they agreed to after
the war. 1t does not seek u Cypress. II
encourages none Of the bitterness Of war,
1t fairly appreciates the diEiulties OF their
position, and would g'I ly join with them
in developing their resources, diversiiying
their industries and adding 10 their wealth,
but It Is bound in honor to see that the
benefits Of the amendments adopted by it'd
policy shall be extended 10 the freedom oil
The South who have been loyal and true to
their principles, but faithful and iorbesr.
ing 10 tue white men Of the South.
MULTIPLICATION OF ELECTIONS LAWS.
There Is another question intimately con.
nectcd with this Southern question, and
that's the freedom ard purity Of elections.
am glad to be able to agree with General
Ewing when he says: ''The question Of
free elections has assumed q prominence
never before gwen il, although the statutes
out Of which II ariscs haze been long in
force, and the Democracy have heretofore
repeatedly attempted 10 repeal Them
The Republican party is determined TO
have NOT only free but fair elections, cost
what II viii. As he says, the United
Statca statutes providing for such elections
have been long In force. They are made
in pursuance Of plain provision oftheCon.
stitution, which declares that Congress
may at my time, By law, make or alter the
regulations Of the legislature Of each State
rs 10 the time, place., and manner Of hold.
ing elections for Senator and Representa-.
tiYes."
This provision as 10 Senators has been
long exercised, and every member OF the
Senate hOldH his Office under q law passed
by Congress. The same power was exer.
ciSed eight years ago as to Representa-
tives in Congress, in cities containing
twenty thousand inhabitants, where, IN.
on the application Of u certain rumber Of
people Of both parties, supervisors may be
appointed, with deputy marshals, to keen
the peace nj the polls. This law was
caused by the reckless, criminal course Of
the Democratic party at the Presidential
election oil lSG9, when over thirty thousand
Illegal voted were stuffed into the ballot
box. i was n fearful crime which struck
at the foundation Of civil institutions, and
might have caustd IL civil wal II the result
had depended upon the vote OF the State
Of New York. The law has also been an.
pealcd to in the Southern States as a
remedy for fraud and violence at the Con.
g%resSi0nal elections there. II has been
appealed to by both parties. It's con.
~slituItonality has not been disputed
in any court, though several times
enforced in many States. The law, Gen,
Ewing says, the Democratic party attemp.
ted TO repeal and failed. Ii remains The
law Of the land, but the House Of Repre-.
scnta'iycS Of the last Congress then 70.
fused TO pass bills for the support Of the
army unless the Senate would consent 10
repeal this law. They adjourned Congress