The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-09-03
WHAT A ~CHANGE- MEANS

II Is well known thai all hopes Nf Dem
Oeralie success in the present canvass are
based On the vote Of the solid south, and
that Democracy Is and always has been
completely controlled by its southern
members- OF the I49 Democratic men,
hers nj the present house Of representa-
tivcs. nineIy-nine are from the solid
south, OF GO par cent Of the party major
ity In the Senate, there are Il Demo
Gratis, ami thirty OF them represent the
southern states, 50 that the solid south
furnishes Il per cent Of the party major
ity in the senate Everybody who knows
anything about Democratic methods OF
legislation knows that caucus is king.
and that the policy OF the party II die
taicd by the votes OF n majority OF the
members of both houses in secret assem-
bly,. In the joint Democratic caucus OF
she present congress the south has ia
members. while the north has but sixty
two a blind man can see that when il
comes To a question of voting the south
eTn dog is always certain TO Wag the
northern tail
Now. let Us sec what are the political
social and commercial tendencies of thi:
section. which proposes To control the
policy Of the government, and we shall
realize more fully what would be invOl
we'd in the change" which is Sd loud
ly demanded by the Hancock boomers
The Republican Congressional com
miIIce has issued a document that show:
u few Of the insults of home rule IN thS
south that Wade Hampton thanked God
at Cincinnati WAS solid State debts an
taken up first, and il is shown by dis
honest swindliBg nf creditors. whole
sale rcpudiaiioh of sacred obligations
incurred by the free will of the people
the world has been defra1slej by thesC
southern states. since the csslse of thS
war, out of some $Ia6. 100000. Not only
WAS the state money sauandeEed in rail
road schemes, Lut trust funds held for
school and other inviOlable purposes
have thus been wasted.
II is shown how railroads have been
built at the expense OF cOnaiding sub
scribers to bonds. and then when finish
ell the bonds have been repGdiated and
turned over to the Democrats by the
s-ats rs gift pure and simple. As a
prOtt OF this undisgniSed theft and
gigantic confidence game manipulated
by Democratic governors, courts and OF
ncials geaerally, In the face OF this
wholesale plnndering. the Democratic
party now asks the people 10 surrender
to its management the finances Of the
nation in order that il may extend lis
brigandish operations without the limits
of the southern states, where its opera
lions have of necessity been cOnfinei
heretofore.
The registration and electiOR law:
enacted by Democratic legislatures in
the south since they stole the manage
ment of state governments are then
considered. Il is shown that in South
Carolina and Georgia. in Republican
sections of the states, the Democrats n:
soOa rs they came into power reduces
the number OF polling places from six Il
ten in n county To one or two. 50 tina
voters were obliged to go 80 miles Il
vote, and then. of course, could not &c
near TO exercise the right Of ballot
owing to the inadeQuacy Of a single day
for that purpose. In Mississippi il Il
shown that the system in vogue is d
compel negrOcs 10 undergo examination
under oath as to residence. not only a
TO present town and county, but also a
to section, range, quarter section. an,
other intricacies as to the survey il
describing their residence, which. il
most cases, il was impossible to answer
Failure on any point disqualiEies voters
The whites are not subjected tn an,
such examination.
In the matterof eSlucati1a il is shoWl
thai over "A per cent, Of the people q
the south cannot read or write. againS
Eve per cent in the north. OF Sdul
males qualified to vote in the south owe
81 per cent. can neither read or write
To show the interest in educational mai
ters the names Of 80 white nen are give
who confessed before the investigation
that they had been engaged in burning
school houses. whipping teachers ana
shooting cOlored men.
These are a few Of the results OF pc
liucal regime that aims to extend its do
minion, through the help OF northern
Democrats. into the states Of the fire.
north. and control the Legislation OF q gov
eminent which it has sought 10 destroy
The voters Of the country need give Ties
questions only the consideration Of IN
telligenl business men. who have at hear
their Individual interests and the genera
prosperity "a the country. 20 insure In
defeat Of the party which has anlago
nized every effort 10 maintain the inleg
nty Of the government f1E the pas