The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-09-29
|E SOLID SOUTH.
POI COnkllng Gives Some Very Good
Esens Why the Democratic Party
|should Not Obtain Control Of
he National Government.

ting his great speech at the New
Academy OF Music, Senator Ros-
rnkling said:
5onsideration of disparity OF inter-
i stood alone, ought to turn the
N deciding whether to put the gov.
ul into the hands of the Democratic
ns now constituted and controlled"
language OF General Grant, But
,fity OF interest or antagonism Of in
Is, Unfortunately, not the only con-
lion. Banded sectional ntments
Grille hates dis6gure and pervert the
al policy of those who dom mate the
Ioreboding immeasureable peril and
lould they come to WELD the whole
Of the national government.
,lerance of free action, and of equal
in political or even business affairs,
patent and fagrant to be denied or
Cd. One glance at Southern elections
ostracism, tyranny and wrong in
rous proportion. In 1868, eight South
ates gave majorities for Grant. In 1872
States did the same thing. The Re-
can vote was very large. Only four
afterward 100000 of these votes dis.
red from the count. In the enine other
ern States, in the same four years,
% Republican votes disappeared from
turns also, making an absence of $780,
,tes. Most of these stihed votes were
Of men who had been slaves-freed-
,nly Just crowned with the crown Of
lean citizenship, and proud and eager
proud and eager than the most of
exercise the right to vote. Does any
aan doubt that they would have voted
could, or that those who dared and
did vote, and that their votes were
honestly counted? If any man
oubt it, let him look at the spectacle
ted in individual States.
voters of Georgia were registered
the election in 1866. The white vo-
lmbered 95, ,403, the colored 93,45S.
1876 the whole Republican vote
d was 50,456. Only two years later
hole Republican vote counted was
Pretenses have been made that the
sen Of Georgia do not care to vote,
,ften vote the Democratic ticket.
cad the savage laws of Georgia under
ton of vagrancy and prison manage
and then learn Of their sickening,
administration, and human nature
II you that the freedmen of Georgia
support the Democratic party, but
c,sst it out if they could.
87b the Repul lican vote OF Louisiana
,174. Two years afterward the Re
I'D vote disapl cared fIom The election
y. Yet in 1867, in This came State,
gistry of voters showed 45,199 white
and S4.431 ,olored voters; and in
be Registration showed Republican
ity Of 22,3l4. In North Carolina, in
The Republican vote cast WAS l08,4l7.
next Congressional election Repub-
votes scare ly appeared in the count.
abama, in 1872, the Republicans cast
votes. They elected five of the seven
sentatives to Congress and the Lpgis-
by large majority. In 1876, 68,230
blican votes were connted-twO years
when a governor and member of
ess we're elected, not one Republican
yas counted. In South Carolina the
ration showed that the colored voters
mbered the whites by 32 724. In 1872
received 72,87O-49,58 ,587 majority.
Congressional dislTjct elected Re-
an. The legislature was Republican by
-f1ve majority. Inl876 the Republican
asst was 81, $40. Only two years after
when Governor and Congressman
slected, all the Republican votes counted
State we're 2l3.
WAS cry carnival OF fraud, cruelty
ieviltry. Voting places in Republican
IS had been established twenty five miles
ard The Republicans OF South Caroliaa
ride By night or by day-they go on
They are poor and ignorant. but they
what emancipation meant, they know
the ballot box means, they know which
hay prayed and fought for in war, they
which side they would vote for in
CO and tissue ballots took Care OF the
On OF 1878 in South Carolina. 1t was
cd before o committee of the Senate
one man put about seven hundred
into the ballot-bax. This makes poll
one of the "exact Sciences" much
certain than the dice or lots
which offices and nominations
ra1ifed off here the other day. In
Bsipp imore than half the population is
sa Every year until 1874 the Repub-
had O majority in all elections. In
Id Republican vote returned was 81, sos
next year it was but l, ,l63, and the year
2, ,035. In all these States The Republican
ard even the Republican committees
eWepapers have been utterly suppressed
ba1na has just held an election The
lbaek candidate for President went there
salized the embarrassment of the bull
bnffed against locomotive. The whole
eding was shameful wrong, and Mr..
fer says that the enforcement OF the
pal election laws is the only thing which
aake tair election possible. Arkansas
uxt voted-Arkansas, where, until re-
j, Republicans always elected members
nRress and the legislature; where, at the
residential election 1860 Republican
were cast, and where now in no part o.
Nate does the Republican vote appear
dA.fion and Democracy prevail nightly
Hr6$it here. as / said in the Senate wher
l1xnent was taken by the throat anC
tened with strangulatfon unless tn,
eu laws were ticken down, that thu
5cfatic party would have to-day no ma
ia either house OF Congress except TO
ona Nominated and decided by violenc'
rau6.
1at use is made of all this il-gottei
W One OF its chief uses has been tn
|Iafion OF honest debts. Every Southern
lut Texas mas lately repudiated its obi
FTt,so tn nj Stat
municipal debts amounts to abou
Q1Q, ,000 In 1872 the debts OF Southern
we're $242, 100000 Now these State
djxe and pay interest on only $53, ,978, ,945
70 part even OF this is unpaid and funde
3at On 500, 100000 interest has bee
Down to two per cent. Whether tn
ife pf debts are also to be ioresworn
4n npen issue.
there excuse or palliation for this ! W
oId&o. What is it? 1t is that carpet-ba
f1Saents contracted these obligations
6{zF}eulty with this excuse, and not tn
6y<o is that it is not true. The anti-wa
1Srtracted before the ''carpet-bagger
fjxited the South, either with knapssc
5zhont it, was 800, 100000. No part ,
l4it has been paid; large part has bee
4i6ttd. The carpet-bag governments pal
Htotest on il regularly.
3 Increase OF debt since the war wa
~ tpr public improvements. But tn
d1Ynaging fact tor this excuse is that a
tI}xAed Illegal issue OF bonds charged upo
>&4pet-bag governments put together doe
equal the sum repuciated by Georg
Aat h1o we to think of men and commun