Daily Republican., 1879-12-10
SantslO be Let Alone.

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Congressman Singleton is Missi
sippi man, and though sent to the bod
by fraud and bulldozing, has the mer
At least of being frank and outspokel
A Northern Democrat would not be ha
30 candid as he, but on the contrar
would feel like entering the lists againi
him, especially upon his assumptio
that the Democratic party has no othe
object in view than to put the Sout
in control of the Government and de
vote all the power of the nation
building up that section and maxim
good its direct and indirect losses b.
the war. Mr.. Singleton wants no hal
way measures about it, and is for tn
Democracy of the South using thu
power it has acquired for its own benef
and let the Northern Democrats shift
for themselves, and instead of being tn
head to the Democratic party let it b
the bob to the kite, as it really now is
lie says Northern Democrats would not
permit victory Of the party to bs used
for the benefit Of the South. Mr.. Sin.
gleton knows his party and he knows
that for the last twenty five years the
Democratic party Of the North has been
too weak to accomplish anything Of it.
self, but willing to do the work Of the
South for share Of the official plunder.
Mr.. Singleton in taking glance over
the future Presidential field is frank
when he says that there is not the
slightest chance for the Republicans to
carry single Southern State, because,
he says, "the property and intelligence
Of the South are bound to rule. There
will be no more bulldozing. The day
for that has passed. OF course there
are cases Of it now and then but they
are becoming less frequent and more ex-
eeptional." Mr.. Singleton means by
this that the Democracy Of the South
have the Republican vote now Just
where they want it, and that the col
ored people will have no trouble at all
to vote the Democratic ticket, and if
they don't then little more buldozing
will have to be resorted to and a few
more killed every now and then, but
this is not to be a ageneral thing. 1.-The
negroes" he says, "havs settled into
their place." and hereafter "the prop
erty and intelligence" are at the top as
before the war, and Just a. before the
war the property and intelligence"
will enumerate the regrOes for voting
purposes-with the advantage that
each negro now counts one instead of
three ffths of voter as before the war.
Here we have the full result of the Mis-
sissippi plan fully exemplifed a South
still solidly Democratic with the vote
given the negro for his protection prac.
fical'y annulled for all the good i. may
do him, and actually increasing the
strength of the man it was to protect
him against.
With the South thus solidifed, SO that
not Southern State can by any posi-
bility be carried by the Republicans, he
feels very hopeful Of Democratic success
in 1850. "Whosver is nominated" ;" he
says, "will carry the Southern States"
and Mr.. Singleton knows all about it for
he lives in Mississippi, q State that
without the bulldozing he refers to
would give 1000 Republican majority.
Mr.. Singleton is also an ardent free
trader and in this he but represents the
solid South again, because he knows
that free trade will break down the
Northern manufactures and strengthen
the South. "All we ask, ," says Mr.. S
"is that you let US alone and take your
hands off our pockets, and repeal the
odious tariff laws which grind us with
taxes of so per cent on every manufac.
.ured article" That is all he asks.
somehow we think we have heard that
sentence, "Let us Alone" used tre
luently before by another very promi-
nent citizen of Mississippi still living.
Let US alone" said jeff. Davis, that is
Ill. SIT is a great mistake" says Mr..
"to think that the South
wants to rule this country she simply
lesires peace and ali opportunity to .
prosper" No, he wants the "pros.
oerity and intelligence" of the South
% rule. They only want to be let
'ione while they put down all opposi-
ion with the shotgun and with the aid
# their Northern dough faced allies
hey actually do rule this country, and
hen they only want the government to
,uild them railroads, that will develop
heir resources and they want to have
he tariff altered so that they can get
heir manufactured goods cheap and
ell their cotton for good prices they
want to have the government land tax
ID, but they don't want to rule the
country. Oh, no, perish the thought
rheY In At want To he Let alma and !