The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-10-15

\ - F-'t} Ahat ma never ceased 10 hold il
p.F,pir hp ~ rufiian- and mur.ierrr- and ~
IudAitfurss that has sslnDafhixrd onlv vii
tno~r VINO futsruled and heggared Ia ana m,
1880. .s~I Y" Tolerate that manly independents
r-.-t I. To- hithfiwht ~ American irrernrl
AMI Without hlch they would be- unworth
~ respect The cry Of a solid south l. buf x,
Atsuipt ~ renew unpatriotic anlmositie-
.na - unworthy resort u desperate part,
The south Is not solid for any thing IN,
, 1919 nf'~i apprehend, and its solidify has NJ
p.nty of the entire Union
- smMxAng that In a community 20 wids
a~Ahr Ahd Intelligent a. this, whose citizen,
sspeSd ~ business and pleasure ali over ths
I'D -artiuns are coextensiye with every cor,
ntf ~ the tnion, IL afnazes me, I say, To see
~, ,..rn ALL PARTIES venture 70 pssy upon p0pu.
~ cr-duiity and supposed Ignorance ia rsia
nun 70 tho condition OF business and soci.-tx
IN the southern states
nrn re-n the lurit pictures drawn BY
vcen-tvnal correspondents Of the Republic All
pres IA tne North. and Oft~nfines AIN -nrrx
70 -ny. BY cabinet Ministers. senators. ansi
1.n.t party leaders. describing the Southern
'tAirr A. apt ~-r- 30 crime and rufiiani-n.
-esris-- ~ daily and nightly murder ~ An III
nntent biaci population seeking shelter ia the
-~-inp- ~ Jay and creeping back 20 their.
so Nv. =, nlssnt N lear 81 their lives, marvel
hand '4 -
Many ~ the relatnrs Of these tales II blood
"F""- tAfA"t
especial regard FOR our national credit. bnf
the pictures they draw ii true would ~. ri
most lAt.l 20 ~ but that j. nothingif the trick
eAn induce ignorant and tiInid voters to re-
tain them longer In power
AGAINST All these ualev0lent and fsscnt
ehar-r- place the actual condition II the
S"Atli it-eli in evidence. There are many
forces AZ work In this broad iand-force. N
obstruction and forces ~ consery afion-aud
II hatred and injustice have their disciples and
ap.-i.es, - also, thank heaven. have truth
In paper ~ remarkable ability and inter
~ prepared for the F0rfnighfiy Reriesr and
Ih~ Railroads ~ rhr United states AM, ~ ~
Ehrtt~ on Farming and Production In that
Country aud Great Isritain," Mr. Edward
A'ks1ssvn ~ Massachusetts after a careful
ana extended personal inspection Of the con
iilion ~ the southern states, and a ma.terIv
arrangement ~ the statistics Of some of their
prs,uus.lNe industries, makes incidentally the
Tine total production Of gold and silver bv
tAf inlnr-r mountains and rivers Of the whole
Mptia according ~ ternnrchfs latest state
turnl4 inr twenty seven year, hA- been a 800
800, and the American cotton crop for the
lat ten years has amounted 10 from
20 3.eo0e,ea IN gold val
rts- since ISIS an fndu tina revoln-
tipn has occurred ia .n. ..r..- made
iHrr NJ the war. such a. never before occur.
lti. on tine surface there has appeared to be
~ II Il nn'1t inthu, pphtical disturbance.
wAnt ~ stability. sometimes violence: but
underlying tli- surface, apparently - deepIv
agifAred great industrial forces have b..sfa
4lltti\ and surely working - the end indi
nfe1 ~ the great crup- Of cotton, the ten ia-t
crops marketed exceeding the ten ante war
PROPS ~ nearly 650n.o0o bsleS While the error,
npw nrtn- marketed ~iLI he far the largest
And them he remarks. with a logic whose
force = irresistible % candid minds and which
/, ln ~ II slie~ = complete and crushing answer
I" VEN political ~iaudrrer- and as-ailanfs Of I
lur fellow citizens of the south
Nivieitcr and anarchy can not have been
r. rule n 4 -s,ction that ha- produced greater
mp ftr sale. and has at the same time been
more ~s.lf sustaining than ever before Ia it,
history
fHh PRESENT CONDITION. or THE NEGRO
Tie speaker also referred % the production
Z tobacco. rice and sugar IN the ~outh, and
= tAe great revenues derived from them A.
y the present industrial condition Of the
.futh ~ said BUT fortnight ago I patl "A
i-if - south Carcfn 90 express my deep In
tfrst IN the welfare ~ tile people Of that
tate. and wish every man IN the NORTH
nuid have witnessed the a--ernblageS that
III, and heard mot merely the addresses made
\ li4e People. but the manner ia which every
liu-lon - the Enion ~ the south and the
~ ~ AFhDidlng the honor and crcdif ut
- general Governments was responded "a.
here "A heartine-s and sincerity that
1uld ns.f misunderstood. Ia the prDce-Sion-
nj meetings were large numbers ~ mounted
itmDer~ ~ the "red shirt clubs~-they ~
nom sncn blood curiling accounts are
lfrn n Republican newspapers. They all
'sfkfd - Inc like plain. hearty. home spun
.rIner-, resembling Ia every respect tie Ieo-
lAnry ~ the state Of Delaware or Of New
lint had seen IL often stated that the chief
eupAtlDn ~ the red Shirted riders was fo
HOOK ana tnflrnidafe the coiorcd voters, and
; AIMED the ranks Of the long prt,ct-Siau
discovered scores up0n scores ~ the-l. ,
Isxy victims - immginery massacre riding
pon well Ted horses and mules, and cheering I
(. iiAI.cD Ann tne Whole Democratic ticket, i
ifh an ar.ior that was unmistakMbie. | had
rr and friendly talk with some OF these col +.
~ men. and A~ctrfained they were genera :
fnr ~ ner- ~ the animals they were riding. \
~ had come, some A. tar a. forty mile. 10 /,
gell h a~zemDlnge and hear the speeches :
ley listened attrntiseIy. and 20 the state. !.
ent- y sir. Hagood, tine candidate for Gov
NOR ~ the relative expenditures in thc gov
nment ~ the >fates they were especially az ,
nllye-
~ several Instances these coy0red mtn had s
~ arreS ~ land under cultivation: thirty !,
Fe~ an cs'tson- ten ia corn. the whole labor 4
= performed BY the family and one mule I.
r. prudnct Vas about twenty bales 90 cotton n
~ rrru rupu44h f0r tire rnuie aud the brrad "
the family. House rent "a nothing. incl Y
thing. "a ,thing. IA that climate. very little !.
u twenty bale ~ cotton ARE worth ,Innu y.
= crsila nos help thinkInE no. many me- \,
.hiFs ami lAtDFang men In the North would =
glad ~ exchange tins net proceeds ~ their =.
ar toll Nth some ~ these colorcd men ia ~
ruiinA W
elbow citizens. would like 20 saw much ~ "
V on thi- subject, and endcavur 10 let YOU N
Z. ~ ufu, hos unjust and untrue are the. Y,
4ree- wc hear made Of tine oppression Of tie II
ufed people ~ the >oslth ~ the whites. =,
= -nre am II my man. Who was not I'M n.
linz % -te the truth. lad been M ms side u.
rinx my visit - south Carolina he would =.
" come aw4y assured that industry wa =.
rule among the prp1e. and that ths: rela =
~ "a the races werp quietly and happily :,
r1ilntlnE Themselves and but for the devils Ky
~ ~ selfish 1ud un-rrupuluu- politicians ~
me Radical party. there never would he =.
serious difficulty among tile people w
re. M
rHE Fr~A~cIAL QUESTION. ~,
hc speaker reviewed at much length the al
Hrcini history ~ the country during Tire IN
4 eleven years. IN the course II which NJ -
ls
ha- been the labor and economy ~ our iii
lntry. iavD.rh M Providence with weather uf
! ptfmltt"n lhil crops az the time lie Wis pn
! the British Islands with dcIngr~ and ~. IA.
wei uulasuralie seasons upOn the agrfeul. Ell
\ ~ the continent. Redemption Of Treas -
nnfe~ ms Dten maSn possible rs what WI
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