The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-11-25
The s0utaosa ousrasss Of 1878

| tcnliOn 10 tho on rioua fact in eonn or
| tion with ,bc.c ,,cnlo,abls hlo,s on
Iciyill,at,on mud Tho ccusus known 40
.sou,hcrn ontr,ges tb,t .sou,hern
outrsve,' ara ucyer comn,,,.d min
l,pst .f,cr tbo R.m,hlic,r nom,,a.
iions IN IN. North hsyo hccn made
and tho e,mna,yn o,atora bes,n n
nav the du.t and bcilov TIN fac,
lis indubit.bn m. s,,,...,,on =,
IL aems,ds r,section n l.o,ns N
show analogies vi;h the action Of
th,tl.w orex,raor,,tnarv coi,c;aaucas
evolved 5y Professor Anthony VOL.
Ter from hia studv 81 stage coacl, 90.
cidents and elections 10 Tho House oy
| Commons Bnt IL has ,ecnliarit,e.
of its own. No state or Congress
sionsl elections---thst is. no State
elections Of couseouence-take Mace
| in the South this ycer. for example
| SO that there can be no special politi-
cal necessity felt there for bull-dozing
aud committing outrsges vet. If we
a,o 10 .bat;a,a . pan,,i,;a.
$500" ~
'7e'V"'e'i"s' ue s7easheFH- demons
are at It again with the recurring au-
ltumnal eoninox. Ii might reasona-
ibly have hem o,,ac,aa ,bo, ar, ~ .
,n,..a,,.,,.o.,,. -,
49, . '"'s's'A ~ ''ie su.oess " ,''e'' '"'
nre'hreh 81 me NORTH the southern
Democrats who exhibited such mag
nanimi,v and perfect self contrib
thronoho,t I'm .no. os tc-e "a
r ,o-z ,'',,
'pe eprins u 1917, "ouio oe no" 70
furnish the Republican campaign or
ators with pateut kindling for the
sri., or no Nor,herr'be.,t s,d,ot
-
oVer Sn~io1s 70 -Ap negro gore
Ewherewith TO rciubue the multitude
nous bloody shirt. 1t might
eave heeu su,,,,osea thev vould mn,
On 'ue'i iiusoerous rec'ea''ons say
until November after getting on so
comfortably without them well on
iuto thearly autumn. Alas!--if We
were to believe our Republican con-
temporsries--,he Southern Demo-
Gratis are as reckless of their own in
terests as they are OF the lives of
mankind in general. Ia the dnys OF
Gr.at ana the carpet bsggors the
Southern Democrats used TO live Al
pe acc with their negro neigfbnrs
from the beginning OF November in
one eyeo.nnmbered year lin the mid.
die of Auynstin the next eren nu,n-
| bered wear when lust abont the time
English arjs,ocrats 90 cunning after
thirds the Kn-Klur wonid sally forth
aud bepiu shooting holes through the
hats of The frauds of Senator Spencer
and chasing Africans with blood.
hounds with such feroc;ty thsi 4 pa
ternal Government was literally COM
pelled 20 ouarter troops throughout
| ihe country and to keep them there
uutil The Returning Boards had com.
pIeied their work. WHY have they
abandoned this sweet neriodicity
lsince the carpet. bsggers ceased out
Of their landi Another symptom OF
popular demeniis, if We are TO be-
lieve our northern Republican CO.
temporaries, has recently made it's ap-
Dearance among these de,estable
Southern Democrats, We are as
sured that iu kind Of frenzy they
all Insist on composing new rebel
lion. aud on tipping the Union up on
end rather than snmHhtito operation
| Of certain clauses of Federal Election
Law which we're meant 10 worry the
great cities OF the North and do not
| affect their section Of the country at
all. How Is this TO be explained |
Another popularity of these strange
creatures emiuently deserves notice.
Though born with shotgun in his
hand, as one might say, and accus-
toned from bis cradle up 10 use Il
Freely upon sll animated things, from
the Judge chewing his quid.upon tho
bench 10 tho negro on dead run for
the swamrs. the moment that the
! close season fo' colored Republicans
4 is over and The Southern Democrat
goes out cunning for them IN COM
fpauy with the stan correspondent Of
our esteemed Republican contempor-
aries, all MS skill deserts him. Six
4 or seven years ago the BEST he could
4 90 was 70 shoot the hat Of Nr Hes
yer, Thls year at point blank range
bis wavcrlng bullet only perforates
| the clothing Of q postmaster. Every
thing favors himT7the darkness with
| out, in Which he crouches Tor his aim,
the dusky form OF his victim well
defined against the glare OF the Of
ueiai piue hnst oia1ils h'En Wi.nui'
4 ttc pun hio hunte NiS tNi-aut ",