The Portland daily press., 1880-09-03
THE CHARGES PROVED BY A COMPETENT WIT


lFrom the Atlanta (Ga) Methodist Advocated.
In the light of palpable facts it is idle to deny
that the la boring classes, white and colore3,
have been oppressed. Wages have been kept
down by concerted action to point which
robs families of laDorers of the comforts of
life, and thousands have been cheated out of
much of their just earnings. Colored people
have been whipped and murdered without re-
gard to age, sex, condition or character, till
many have fled as from the jaws Of beasts of
prey. Persecution for opinion has prevailed
to such an extent that multi tudes of white
people have sought homes in other portions of
our country. This is seen in the fact that
while the Methodist Episcopal Church has
been bringing tens of thousands of dollars into
Georgia through all of these years, which sums
have been expended for educational and re-
llgiouS purposes, instead of receiving the en-
couragement and support from other churches
and from thoughtful and well meaning men,
which was our due, we have been opposed,
slandered and vilified; our church houses for
both white and colored have been burned and
our schools broken up. Not ten days ago the
President OF Clark University Christian gen.
tieman, and one OF the most learned men and
able educators of the State, was openly cursed
in public by white man of high standing in
his community and informed that he ought to
be fifteen miles in hell, rather than here found
ing university.
[From Wade Hamptons Speech as reported in the
[Staunton Vindicator, Dem.l
We OF the South feel that she is leader.
She has taught US that the path of duty is the
path of glory (applause), and 1 have come here
now to adjure you by the glories of the past, by
the hopes of the future, to lead us again as you
have led us in the past, not always to victory,
but always to honor. (Applaue.)
Many of the dearest ties bind me to Virginia;
one, that which binds comrades in arms.
(Cheers.) You know, fellow soldiers, how
strong that is! (Applause.) You feel that
every soldier who stood by you is your friend
and you, Virginians, should know that every
soldier, no matter where from, who stood by
you, is Jealous of the fame and honor of Vir-
glnla and feels personal interest in the
memories of Lee and jackson.
Pause before you cast your vote. Think
how Lee would have voted. Think what
jackson would have done before he would
have cast a vote calculated to divide his be-
loved Virginia l ask you to remember those
who have died on your SOIL and to remember
that the principles they died for are again on
trial to-day.
LEE AND JACKSON THE TRUE PATRIOTS.
From the New Orleans Democrat. Dem.)]
The banner of the Confederacy went down
forever in gloom and disaster, but it was con-
secrated by the blood of heroes as dauntless
and patriots as pure as any that ever fought
for liberty.
1t lived with Lee and decked his brow
From fates empyIeal palm:
1t sleeps the sleep of Jackson now,
As spotless and as calm.
The men who are the most active partici-
pants in political affairs, and who absolutely
control the destiny of the South, have grown
up and come into power since the war, and all
their efforts and enegies are directed toward
healing the wound caused by the dreadful
strife which made the South a ruin, but which
has at least left her legacy of glorious memo
ries.
For our young men, therefore, citizens of
Louisiana and of the Republic, we propose to
hold up for their emulation and admiration
the heroic deeds of their fathers.
WHAT THE SOUTH EXPECTS OF HANCOCK.
Robert Toombs to friend in Washingtonl
II am as positive that Hancock will be
elected as am that there is God in the heav.
ems. You say that he is Yankee. Well, ]
know that; and 1 know, too, that his sword
has pierced the breast of many gallant man
in gray But what are we to do? We cannot
| put up one of our men this time, and have to
| take 'Yank.' That being the case, let us
take one who is less 'blue-bellied' than the
most of them You may depend upon it, sir
that 'Yank or no 'Yank,' if elected, the old
boys OF the South will see that Hancock does
the 1alr thing by them In other words, he
will run the machine to suit them or they will
run the thing themselves. They are not go.
ing to be played with any longer If you hear
any man say that Hancock cannot carry all
the South you may put him down as id
| fool"
FREE SPEECH IN MISSISSIPPI.
Ia Greenback Orators reception at Shubuda, Mis-
sissippi.]
Dear Sir: We will give you and your pard
thirty-fve minutes to pick up your duds and
| git out of this town. Yours to death. The
Boys of Shubuda We know you, and you
can't stay; you must 60 to the next station
Your time is passing; you better get right
along or you'll catch h-ll. You better get out
of here while you have chance. You're a
| white man with a black heart come down
| to divide the Democratic party, and we don't
want and won't have no such d-n men in this
country. Your train is coming, and you get
| out OF here. If you ever come here again well
fix you. Bring gang of your friends and
| We'll give them and you too h-n."
A SPECIMEN OF GREE SPEECH
[From the Greenville, S. G. News. Dem.y1
Mr.. Speir, who acted as chairman of the first
| radical meeting of the approaching campaign
| and his political associates-Wilson Cook anG
others-would do we'll to take advice. The
| white men of the State desire peaceful sum
mer and autumn. They are wearied of heated
political strife. If they are forced to vigorous
action, it will be exceedingly vigorous-per
haps unpleasantly so. Those who cause the
trouble will suffer most from it. Bear that in
mind, persons colored and..white-skinned. We
reiterate our advice to the veracious and re-
Elective Cook, and the argumentative and the
| profound Speir to be careful how they co. anG
not stir up the animals too freely. They have
| teeth and claws.
WHAT SOUTHERN SUPREMACY MEANS.
Congressman Blackburn, of Kentucky, in the House
of Representatives, April 5, 1871
| For the first time in eighteen years the De
mocracy is back in power in both branches ol
Congress. We propose to celebrate her return
to power by wiping from the statute book
those degrading restrictions on freemen (the
| election laws) and by striking away the
| shackles which partisan legislation has i'm.
! posed. We do not propose to stop until we
| have stricken the last vestige of your wal
| measures from the statute book-until we
have an untrammelled election and an unsu-
| pervsed ballot.
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