New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-19

enne t1Ss prove true the Senator from Vermont may
hold he balance of power As matter OF 'pe hsIisTe
expedeucy at this jnncture, however, DoHene
thai the nominee at Chicago should be &c,
seeS STATE aee9rSps Which Is nnGSesOnaOy the
battlefield this struggle The necessary OF seectk
ga as eaopag y fact that viii not be Disputed
"What is the relative strength OF Grant and Blame I'D
know but believe that their supporters are
quite evenly divided The Green Mountain Ra"Ee, you
ment predomnates and to the west Grant mas 'nc
"WDaf eff set would the withdrawal of Grant at the
last moment owing the tact tnat ne sees ne cannon
get nomination. by acclamation' have upon 'he cno'oo
That would depend upon the ability Of the manages
OF the wing to hold their voters toeetneI. vi
course if they could be held together they would carry
the day for the candidate thew supported"
A SOUTHERN VIEW OF SOUTHERN TROUBLE.
TALK WITH A CLERGYMAN FROM MACON. Ca
nv CLAIMS THAT REPUBLICANS ARE TO BLAME
FOR ALL THE DIFFICULTIES
The Rev. Dr. J. D. A. Clark, ID. D., LIZ d.
OF Macon Ga recently in New-YOrk, gave some oil his
views in conversation with TRIBUNE reporter re-
specng the political situation in Georgia and Olher
Southern States According 10 his account the state
nents regarding the outrages committed by the whites
ON the blacks been grossly exaggerated, and, ID
Georgia nKuKuxing' has not been all on one slde
In reply to several leading questions he said;
The people In the South have been greatly mlsrepre
sented in many by the newspapers In the North
which much has been said has arisen from the Tact
that the colored people been allowed freedom
TO vOeunless they voted the Republican ticket lhere
have been reconstruction times. KuKlux organlza-
tions-though myself have seen Ku-Klux III my
life TO know hm-but they first formed as ! be-
leye to punish that could not then be punished
by the courts. 1t all wrong, but 1t was
the same principle as that which the justice
of Judge Lynch is administered Owing 10 the
preponderauee Of the negroes in many COUNTESS tney'
with their white associates scalawags made IL
impossible to get redress for committed Ihen'
many OF the outrages attributed to the KuKux were re-
ally committed by others Here is an instance.
Anegro, who devotedy attached to his master "mie
he was a slave. continued to live with him as farm
hand after he became freedman. When his employs
ran as the Democratic candidate for OF the County
offices he, felt 1t his duty to cast his vote
for him against the repeated protests OF
his fellownegroes in the county. The inter
ference OF with the rights OF that negro ala
not stop there. After the election party OF negroes
and several white all disguised as Ku-Klux seized
the offender, tied plOughstock about his neck ana
threw him from bridge into a creek and ran away
Fortunately the poughstock caught on projecting tim
her and enabled the victim get safely to the shore
Several of the one or two OF the
white afterward convicted ana Pnnlsnesu;
ghs story was told several years later by the Vct
himself, who even then was IN constant terror Vi us
This is one instance others might be mentiosed TO
crown ALL these outrages cred ed to the Democfac
fSe White .scalawags from the North who have come
TO the South for political ends-have doae many LILIES
10 nrovoke the resentment OF the whites Iheli pu-
pose doing SIMPLY that sometime IN the way
of retaliation might be committed 10y the wnte ou OF
which they could make political capital TO prevent
them from accom- pishing this end many wrOnRs nave
been submitted 20 in silence As yet the negro votes
much as he Influenced by others II the Democrats
were accorded the same privilege Of M S te
polls 1 speak of legitimate means: I'll. ,,,o.ou
The negro question Is perpieXing proDlen ne con
tinued and WILL in Of time, become the aao-
sorbmg problem OF the country As ong rs nc "a
more return him that condition than the NOrth-tne
two races could exist side by side easily enong r
But now that he free before the law, when ne Is sum
GENTLY elevated by education what Is 70 De Done VIII
him The question H. would no o 5S pe e
existing by side Is repeated GOOD people rear tn
people of the south In that their former owners
viii be their natural and stouest defenders FOR theS
wish them to remain a: tl.ers Of the the
sS and sS1Ta What 54S is sas:d is an u%
hence from without prOolaimiDg that thisis white mans
country and that The negro disturbing element IA
the government and must be eliminated we rear thst
the Communism thewOrkng classee OF the North may
be arayed against in tes hsgO The southern people
mean to stand by the Constitution ss IL pow Is Icy
aUf church politics as a separate factor thai all good
men North and South may we with one another 10 e
ea9 n% S has the Administration Of President Hayes
las not been whatit promised the beginning
II Mr. Hayes had continued as he began ms ADMINS
It wOudhave been popular az tue so.t ,o,,r
'ATe Georgia Democrats much Opposed " inc eieo'on
OF Grtntp r. o,.
look uoon his election as cen ralization. They
have given up forever what they surrendered Bat
they fear that the rights reserved to the States Dy me
nresent status OF the Constitution and the laws VIII be
swept away by the imperialism which they believe mas
fts embodment In the person of Grant. Any Repubn-
can like Mr. HAYES who will without further revoiuuon
ary change administer the Constitution as IL ROW s
with all OF recent amendments would % ihnh'eS
preferred to General Grant" . - ,,, q,
Is his denomination favored by the Republicans
As Jar have hadIneans OF ascertaiDng tne ieei
ing shcrmans prospects In Georgia are much brighter
Of a ".
more followers than General Grant" 40
what is their choice for their own oandidhte =
mat Is "a hard question. as Ct TO answer. Bayaro'
until he made his speech the financial question:
was a strong in the South since MAKING tha'
sneecn he has lost a great deal OF ground"
:" What about Mr.. Tlden !" ,,,,-
Well we hardly know what TO think OF Mr.. illoeh
oerDed 1t viii be sOid for the Democratic candidate
no ratrpr who f. The South, furthermore Will not M
dcate preference 1t would be signal for hue ana
CRY al me North about the bloody shirt Whatever
the Democrats in the North do they Will abide BY