New-York tribune., 1880-09-28
THE PROHIBITION TICKET.
A TEMPERANCE MAN FOR GARFIELD.

| yIsEs NEAL DOW's SUPPORTERS TO VOTE FOR
| GARFTEID-HIs EXPERIENCE IN THE SOUTH
PROHIBITION VOTES WILL nor ELECT DOW. AND
| MAY ELECT HANCOCK.
| TO the Editor Of the Tribune.
| SIR: viii you permit a lifelong worker IN the
cause of temperance, and a ProhibitiOnlst of the
radical school, to give his reasons for not sup
porting Neal Dow for the Presidency in 1SS0f
If the temperance vote anything Ike evenly
divided between the great parties. the Proh bItion
vote would be OF small Importance this year. but,
unfortunately. this is not the More than 30
per cent Of it wall come from one party. and by just
so much aid the other Small rs this vote may be, in
some Of the close States, like New York Ncw-Jersey
Connecticut and Indiana. it may turn the scale
favor Of a party that few temperance men would like
to see in control of the Government.
The Democratic party OF Thomas Jefferson and
Andrew jackson was a patriotic. National party,
but the party Of Jefferson DAVIS, Robert Lee Robert
Toombs Wade Hampton and General Hancock is n
sectional party, pledged to the adyancemrn. of
ti0Dal interests and the overthrow OF al that was
accomplished by the terrible Rebellion legal slavery
alone excepted. They DO seek the establish
ment of slavery because free labor is fOu1d to ne
more prof liable than slave labor. This party holis
that the Reconstruction Acts Of the National Less-
lature, including the Thirteenth Fourteenth and
Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution, are
unconstitutional, revolutionary and void" This,
says Wade Hampton. is my plank in
the Democratic platform. And null and
void ttey have made them III every
state over which, by fraud violence, they have
secured control. Thousands ot coiorcd men have
been murdered in cold blood BECAUSE they vcnturcd
10 exercise the rights guaranteed to them by the
Constitution and the Reconstruction acts OF Con
gres', and practically they have no redress. The
United States Courts not punish domestic MUIR
der and the State Courts Will not do it. Even white
natives Of many of the Southern States with
safe y oIly vote on one side The free voluntary
exercise of the rights of freemen exposes them to
the greatest dangers. b. f. Perry. late Provisional
Governor Of South Carolina, in n recent address.
said: The return of the Republican party to power
in SOuth Carolina must be prevented. let the cOnse
Queaccs be wha they may" This Is a call to the Rife
Clubs aud Ku-Klux to repeat their iendsh cruelties
OF s71 and 1876.
now SOUTH CAROLINA WAS MADE DEMOCRATIC
The shotgun policy of Wade Hampton resulted IN
the murder Of more thar hundred voters in
Aiken County south Carolina. in 1876. 1t pierced
the heart OF that noble youth the Rev BE Randolph,
with seven bullets at midday IN public gathering
in Edgefeld County. 1t brought death to the Hon.
Joseph Crews in Laurens CO Inty, and to the Hon.
Alexander Brce in Oconee County. 1t took from
their beds and murdered Andrew johnson, esq
the Rev. Wallace Fowler, and the Rev. Lewis
Thompson, all quiet. law-abiding citizens Of
SpartanbUrg County, at the time my home. No
punished for any Of these or for the
hundreds If other murders in South Carolina per-
petrated thwart the purposes of the United States
Government in giving the franchise to the freed
man.
Governor Perry also says: The poor, miserable
white who tries 10 restore the Radical party to
d
cised and not spoken 10 the Streets he should be
treated enemy of his race hostis mraigeaeris
The coored man should be told tha; if he will vote
TO place rogues and scoundrels lllI Repubcansl in
power no honorable Democrat Will employ him
in any way. Social ostracsm for the white man
ana 10 employment for the colored should be re-
we'd upon and adhered to thrOugn the State
such Is the Intoeraut spirit Of the Southern party
now seeking, through General Hancock, the control
of the General Government. With a majority OF
is dae not % put 1op stsra e feEet in tbs a N0u''S
Governor Perry, Wade Hampton aud other leaders
intend tO force all 10 support their party leave
the state Death IS the penalty for dlsobedIence.
Many have lefJ the south, Who on account OF
climate went mere as uId Iuns DeIote tAe war
Others, on " a iOofs Grand" after the war, think
ing that peace meant the night To live III any State
without disabilities Finding their lives III hourly
danger, some have left for safer Chimes
CAUSE HIGHER THAN Prohibition.
VIII temperance men, even indirectly, ad such
other namable crime 10 gain ascendency IN the
Nation7 Did Northern understand the true
condition Of things South, and tle purpose Of the
leaders, not would be found tied TO party that
be would risk the Government in such hands. But
it Is very difficult for tar. honest men, III
politics rs well as IN trade, 10 realize that
such condition OF things exists rs | and
thousands OF residents there know to be
true. The author Of A Fools Errand" has not
oyerdrIwn the picture. Had l written of the In
visible Empire l should have felt compelled to
shade more heavily The difference is. Judge
lourgee lived III North Carolina and | IN south
Carolina. If the ku-klux fends in North
Carolina they were arch-fends III South Carolina.
Many circumstances lead me to believe that the
Ku-klux were, without exception, Democrats, and
embraced the whole Southern Democratic party.
Robert Stands. leading Democratic lawyer at
Union, South Carolina, under oath SAID, III answer
tics Of the Ku-KuxT answered - think they
must be Demoerats.@ Q1estionI%r r. Haye you any
who belongs to the Klans Mr.. Shands answered,
Every unmarried young man OF respec liability
THE LIMITED SENSE IN WHICH sOUTHKRNERs ARE
HONEST.
have often been asked there honest, good
men in the South answer, yes, in religion bus-
ness or social life but in politics know Of q" re-
spectacle" man, to Dir. Shands's
language. that l would dare to trust. With
them the end iu,tfes the means. and in
whipping branding cropping and killing Repub- |
cans they as verify believe they do Gods IA
did saul of larsus IN prosecuting Chrsts followers
They intend to hold the power of Government IN
their hands. " let the consequences be what they
mayo as SAID Governor Perry The hershaC Gasette |
says in address TO the colored peope Have yod !
duly considered the tact that the White people have
the state and intend to hold itf" Yes, with an !
honest majority against them of 10000. they hold
and will hold the state.
They mean also TO hold the Nation. VIII temper !
ance men help them ! cannot, throw |
away my vote by casting 1t for the great, good |
Neal Dow. A. w. CUMMINGS.
WslIsrjk ". T., Sept. 20, 1850.