The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-10-28

Force aid tisrtio bhlltt- tpoh CHtcoi 'ho'"'-
ton Of 1873 in South Carolina. II Was testi-
Aed b. fore committee Of the Senate that one
man but about seven hundred votes INTO tho
ballot box. This makes politics ono or tho
"exact sciences" much more certain than the
dice or lots with which 'ilices AID nominations
were ~ filed IN here the oherday Appau a.
In MlsSlrsipp, more than half tho population
In colored Every year until 1874 the Repni i O.
ans had u majority in all elections In 1876
the Republican vote returned was 81 Cos. The
next wear IL was but I, los, and the year after
2,Os5 In all these States the liepubican vote,
and even the Republican committeeman cws-
papers, had been utterly suppressed.
Alabama has Just held IN election Tho
Greenback candidate for President went there
and realized the embarrassment Of the bull
who buttcd against a locomotive. The whole
proceeding was shameful wrong. ana Mr.
Weaver saws TINT the enforcement or tho ma
tional q, ction Ia vs. In the only thl'S which viii
make fair election possible. Arkansas has
lust yotcd-Ark ansas, Where until recently
Republicans always elected members Of Con
press and the J. gisldturr. where NJ the last
Presidential election 3, GO Republican vnlo'
were cast, and where nov IN no part OF The
State does the Republican vote appeal. lie,
pudiation aud Democracy prevail nightly. |
repcat here as saId in the Senate whca the
Government was taken by the throat and
Threatened With s'rauEuaton unless the cleo
ton laws were stricb IA down, that the D,mo-
cratic ;arty would have to-day no majority IN
either House of Congress except for exc
tons dominated and decided 10y violence and
fraud
REPUTATION OF SOUTHERN DIETS.
What upe il made Of this ilgotten power
One Of its chief uses has been tho reputation
OF honest debts. Every Southern STATE but
Texas has lately Icpudiated its obligations.
This aggregate reputation Of State and NUM-
cipal debts amounts Ia about three hundred
million dollars. lnlS12 the debts OF SOU hern
States were S2i2, 100000. Now these States
recogn ze and pay interest on only 81, 91s, $40.
A large part oven Of this IL unpaid and funded
interest. On twenty millions, interest has
been scaled down To two per cent. Whether
the residue OF debts are also 10 be forsworn is
now an oren ISSUE.
II there excuse or pall!ati)n for this? We
are told so. What is it2 Ii IL that - carpet
bag governments contracted their obliga-
tons One difficulty with this EXCUSE, and not
the only one, il that II Ia not true. The ante
war debt, contracted before the "carpGt-bag-
ger" ever visited tho South either with
Gnapsack or without it, was ninety million dol
lars. No part Of this debt has been paid; "a
large pant has been repu1iatei. The carpet
bag" governments paid the interest on 1t
regularly. The increase Of debt since the war
was largely for public improvements. Bat the
most damaging fact for this excuse IN that the
ALLEGED illegal ISSUE of bonds charged upon tine
carpet-hag governments put together does not
equal the sum repudated by Georgia alone.
What are We TO thiuk Of men ana commuEi-
ties who 20 into Wholesale POPULATIONS H.
gally rs tho trOubad1ur touched his guitar
fApplaureI When Mr. Weaver brought for
ward in the House Of Representatives, bill Ia
issue "iat money" and make 1t illegal tender
for all debts public and private, man after man
from the South openly declared that II the
word private" were ttricken out he would
vote for the bill. They had no objection t.
paying on public debts with char, but private
debts they thought should be paid in money.
State debtb are sacred above National obi
cations in Southern othics--a sovereign state
is OF higher osseGce than the Nation, and thin
was the standing defence in rebellion for
.going with their States" Moreover, State
and municipal Obligations are for home pur'
pores II their own State, faith and ere dit IL
not inyiolate with Southern leaders, wha' IL
their hands would be the fate Of obligations
which were the means, the cause, the memori
ais Of their defeat? Applause
THE PERILs OF DEMOCRATIC AscENpEScY.
But We are told General Hancock would
watch them, An angel might watch Il tiger
child might attempt 10 divide beefsteal
with blO0dhouu /; Il lamb might lie down witt
lion, but the lamb would lie inside. The
peril OF Democratic ascendency in all In,
braI ches OF the Government is deeper rooted
than any mea sure within the scope Of existing
''the balance Of power" and Of changing the
map OF Europe" These sayings mean moi
much more than might easily occur here,
The resolution admitting Texas TO the Unior
in 1915 provided for erecting out Of Texas foul
additional States. The area and population
are both sufficient. The area Is pa 600 quar-
miles, the population a million and u half
Such proceeding would add eight to the
number OF Southern Senators, and add Il
Southern power in the electoral college. From
New Mexico and other territories, whose tra
ditions and prejudices have descended from
slave holding influence :, several new state
NAV also be made. Schemes exist, not in en-
bryo but far advanced, 10 obtain ''slice OF
Mexico" Cattle stealing on the Rio GTand'
border has been and II II fruitful occasion foi
inc irsionE into Mexico. Special cavalry reg
men,s Of unusual size have been raised AZ 4
stationed on the Texsh frontier. It's an opei
secret that not lOrg ago much exertlOn allt
alertness were II, eded 10 keep us out Of an
othfr Mexican war.
Without violating tho Constitution or trans
cendiug the usagcs Of the Rcpublc, at least
seven new States could be brought III, and II
tho case of some 81 them n very plauslble cast
could DO made. The project would become q
high pa ~ measure. lts success would assure
complete Democratic ascculcncy in the Nation
for generation at least. II would put Tho
Government not merely III the hands Of tho
Democratic party, but OF the Southern Demo
cratic party.
Why should not this be done? Who and
what IL 10 prevent it il the Democratic party il
elected? The Northern wing could never Ia
siet the Southern wing in Coz gresS were these
new States brought forward for admission
The Northern wing never cpuld, never VIII
and never can withstand the pressure Of the
far stronger South wing. GraVita'ion and
arithmetic make such resistance impossible
just a. pound can not outweigh ton, just al
one man can not outnumber II regiment. The
past IL pItiru in its warnings IN this behalf
Despite pledges and Northern in iiguatiOn
Northern Democrats ia Congress united IL
voting down the WilmOt proylrn III order Il
make California a slave State; united in YOtint
for the fugitive slave law; united IN IT,,
mig ~ pert1y which Ovorthrew the Missouri
compromise in order to fastcu slavery Oh X III
sas md other States, and unitcd IN defeating
the hnmortead laval at the behod OF H.,
Southern ma jOrity.
Mr.. Van Barren al last, like Macheth, Womb
ego no further in this bloody business AM
pol teal destruction was his reward. Mr.
Douglas al last made h brave stand q gins
sectional aFgrersion, and lac was hunted 10 hi
grave. Caucus il king. and the ayengiI
angel 4 hard more ircX0rablc in decree, o.
more un'rrlr & in re'ribution. lApplausc
THE DEMOCRATIC ASSAULT on THE JUDICIARY
One OF the main bulwaTks 81 the republic il
the judiciary Tho courts OF Justice are uui
pire. consergatOr, citadel. The Supreme cCur
IL the final aIbter Of many mOmoEtGus Con-
troyersics THIS great tribunal il very 90
n0xious 10 southern leaders III c)ngress ant
out. II il in their way. IL does not Il way
decide as they think. The halls OF congress
raiE last year with assertions, uttered viii
parrionate web. meLco, that the laws for pro
tectiug cctiOn5 are unconstitutional SJOi