National Republican., 1880-09-23
THE SOLID AONrR.
How 1t Was Made solld-A Few Facts and
Figures.

How II Was Made soild-A Few Facts and
Figures.
What has the south done since the war and
what is II doing to-day o regain its control of
state and national government How have
the southern democratic leaders. who offer 10
deliver the solid vote of tho south to General
Hancock, obtained control Of theirscvcral state
governments Has il been by means Of free
speech, free press aud free suffrage? Has
that control beon derived from the consent
of the governed? Is there one single element
Of honest, free government In the control
they exercise? Has it not been accomplished
by n system of oppression, terrorism an
fraud, by assassination and murder by rifle,
clubs. night.rideIs, XII klux and Knights ofthe
White Camclia2 Have not their pretended
elections been miserable farccs2 Have not
force, tissue ballots and false counts decided
in their favor when the result could not be
otherwise obtained? Witness the graves of
hundreds Of martyred republicans in the south,
massacred for their political opinions alone,
aud then say, If you can, that the govern
ments Of the south are free and representative.
Much has already been said and written
upon this subject but tho onormity Of the out
RACES cannot he too often or too iOrCibly
brought to the notice OF tho liberty loving
men of the nation.
LOOK Al THE FIGURES!
What representation in congress and in the
several state legislatures has rcpubl blicanism in
the south, drawing comparisons upon the color
line alono2 In 1878, in the sixteen southern
states, tho number of voters white ana Colorcd,
based upon tho census of 1870, and estimated
by former rates OF increase, stood as follows:
White voters. ...................2,&s3lj
ColoIod voters. .''''..''l,OWoJS
TOtal........ .lo39j3
or about orc.tlird colored and two-thirds
white.
Has this one.third colorcd one-third re.
publican rcprescn, alton in congress aud in
the state legislatures? Ituot, why not?
In tho senate the total representation from
the south is 80, Of which 10 at least
should be republicans; hut kellogg and Bruce
arc tho only republicans in that body from
that section. aud they will be superseded in II
very short time by two democrats.
In the house the total representation from
the south is 1O6, of which 35 at least should
be republicans; but Martin of North Carolina
Jorgenscn Of Virginia and Houl Of Tennessee
three in numbor-are the only republican
representatives. in the house from the south;
= out Of % senators and 3 out OF lO6 MON.
bors Of the house from he south are all that
| remains of republican representation from Il
section where nj least OuG-third of the voters
| are republican.
In the state legislatures of tho sixteen
southern states for 1850 the total representa-
| ton is 2,lul of which onc-third republican
would be at least 200; but there are, in fact,
only 27O republicans in all the legislatures OF
| the southern states together, and there ure
! ,S3l democrats TO make the laws which gov
crn republicans in that section.
One million seventy thousand eight hundred
aud eight cOlored voters arc represented by
only 27O republicans while littlo more than
twice as many white voters rejoice in a repre-
seutatiun of l,53l democrats.
How is il that so large q proportion Of colorcd
voters have so small representation in con-
gress aud state legislatures?
How is it, us is shown in thRibliowing table,
| that in twenty-five congressional districts in
seven OF the southern states, whore in 1870
| the excess of colorcd over white voters ranged
from lll up to II 3Gl, where the aggregate
colorcd voters exceeded the whito voters by o.
6lI--how isit, / say, that the twenty-five dis.
trIcts which properly should be represented
| by republicans are, in fact misrcpTe5enIeI
| by twenty-five democrats?
THE FIGURES Do NOT LIE-GooK AT THEM