The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-03-05
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Those narrow gauge Radical schemers
who fomented the exodus fever in North
Carolina for the purpose Of getting
voters ont Of the South before the cen
sus, and into Indiana in time to take
part in the election Of 1880, are gang
of brass.mounted hypocrites, compared
with whom Hecp, Hayes and Pecksnif
would pass for honest men.
After thorough exposure Of their
plans, after the most respectable and
intelligent colored Republicans have
testified to all that any Democrat has
ever charged against the meters and
managers Of the exodus, after II has
been shown that the colored PEOPLE
were contented and prosperous until
the emissaries Of Radicalism went
among them and filed their credulous
minds with false promises, after it has
been demonstrated that blacks are treat
Cd with more kindness and liberality in
North Carolina than in any Northern
State, after all the general features and
many details Of the plot to redeem In
diana" aro put before the country in
the statements Of colored Republicans
who have testified before Mr. Voorhees,
committee, after the Radical plotters
have been shown up as the most stu
pendous liars Of the day, after all their
ilimsy masks Of falsehood and Islander
have been torn 10 shreds and they are
left naked as targets for the contempt
Of honorable men, after they are de-
featcd, routed, demoralized and driven
in confusion from their last entrench.
ment Of falsehood and rascality-after
all this has passed from the region Of
speculation to the domain Of fact, this
sniveling, whining, cahtisg crew Of
double-turreted hypocritcsare still heard
drawling out their sclfeyident, prepos-
ferrous and monstrous lies about the
charitable methods by which philan-
tbropists have sought to relieve the
miseries Of their fellow. men,"
II was pure philanthropy that urged
the Emigration Aid Society to bend its
efforts to getting tho colorcd people out
Of the South before the census of 1880.
It was unseliish generosity that induced
Radical committees and emiSsaries 70
expatiatc on the importance Of depriv-
ing the South Of political strength. II
was nothing but tho Christian states
mans way Of relieving the miseries ol
his fello w-mcn" when the colored voterl
Of North Carolina were shipped like
hogs or cattle to reinforce the suffering
Radical minority in Indiana.
One might possibly believe in th'
honesty Of tic man who murdered in
nocent children in order that they might
be sure Of heaven. One might stretcE
charitable crcdnlity 10 Ear as TO take
stock in the sincerity Of the party whC
stole his neighbor's money FOR fear that
the neishbor would make bad use oI
it and imperil his salvation. ons
might he induced to subscribe 10 the
true goodness Of the Western judge
who sentenced murderer to he hung
on the day after his trial, because the
weather was cold and there was nc
chance FOR Ere to keep him comfOrta
bic in Jail Que might lie 80 carried
away with enthusiasm as to take few
shares of stock in a telephone connec
ton Of tho planets Of our system or 1
bridge to the moon.
But when this crew prate their pusil
luminous plltitudes about philanthropy
and talk of relieving tho miseries o.
their fellow-men," they defy the maxi
mum stretch Of human credulity, and
make honest cowhide itch for chancs
to pay its respects TO their persons
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