New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-26
WUIT III EILK SHOW2

A Democratic newspaper, mOre high
pered than candid asks :" Is there enc leading
"Republican who is really willing that the
"South should have fair show in cur National
Government ~ What is The natter with Pres
idcnt Hayes A few months ago, Democrats
were compelled to Omit that he was not only
willing but anxious that the South should have
a fair show II anybody has prevented il is not
the President, nor his adm inistTation. nor any
leaders of the Republican party, for all OF them
have for several months been III complete ac-
cord with the President. What is the trouble q?
The South is fighting for an unfair show.
That is precisely the difficulty. Southern Dem
ocrats are not cOntentcd 10 carry part OF the
Southern States nor to carry some by slender
maj0rities. They kill people who attempt to
prevent them from getting overwhelming
majorltIes in every State Witness the treat
ment of the Grernback speaker, Mr. Randall,
IN Alabama. Nor do they count votes cast
against them, even when they are certain that
such votes can be overcome by those of other
States Alabama had an infamous fraud. called
an election, the other day. The Democrat who
prctcnds that this so-cll,cd election was IA fair
expression of the will Of the people knows that
he is lying. The Northern people are not UNI
willing 10 have the South have a fair show
But they are unwilling that covardly, brutal
and lascally minority, who count the votes at
the South, should WELD all the political power
which that section may rightiUlly exert
"What are You going to do about it Z said
Tweed. The North is going to beat the organ
lied swindie which calls itself the south, FOR
one thing. Then it is going to make sucn laws
IL la, lxt-ill of hn u
of the South, as expressed by their legal votes,
can in some way be heard and felt, and cannot
be overcome by st OF scoundre4 at the vot-
ing place or county seat. To that emf, the
North will elect Il minority OF tie next Con-
grcss. Then we shalt see what constitutional
and proper means can be devised to prevent
bulldozinS clqucs from welding the power of
ten or twelve States. That is the first step.
Bus if these conspirators really represented
the South, what would he the answerY \ very
simple one. The North does not propose to
have tbe whole country run by a minority of its
voters. T n Scuh embraces about One-third
Of ihc rcCplc We do not intend that Onc-thiTd
shall make themselves masters over tWo-tbirds
The Onc-tlird were rebels it is true, and the
tWO-thirds Were loyal. But a fair show y does
not mean that rcbelliOus ard disOyal one
third shall do rs they please with loyal and
faithful two-thirds. We will submit that Gues-
ton to the ballot. There are creatures at tie
North who would r'adly sell out their neigh
bors, and their section, and their country, for
tne chance of Federal Office Possibly a man
can be found who would sell himself and his
State for a chance of tie Coloc,oIship at New
York. But the people of the NoIth have Il
decided opinion about the men who are trying
to get Federal Office by acting as toadIes for
Southern rebels We shall see how these Office
seekers viii fare when the election comes.
The North is willing to give the South a fair
share. But it is not willing to give entire con-
tr0l OF the Government 10 Southern ballO-boX
suffers. That is not a far share. The mde
pendent, law-abiding, and loyal people of the
North are not ready to be ruled III that way by
the men vino did not sin in the late war and
Mr.. Hampton and his Northern supporters may
as well take notice that they will not