Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-09

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party felt responsible for him. The
democrats abused him in their plat
form, and the republicans feebly in
dorsed him, and from that time for
ward the Administration was toast |
drank in silence.
1.-THE republicans took credit for the |
resumption of specie payment, and |
called attention to the fact that the |
administration had been economical
and financially honest. Beyond this
nothing was said. The policy of
the president was ignored, except that
the opposite was advocated. Let it be
understood that when say admins
tration, mean the executive-the
president. His policy left the south>
ern republicans without friend, and
at the mercy of their enemies. They
were rendered odious They were
turned out of Office to make room for
their prosecutors. Yet in spite of the
apathy Of the north and the hostile
neglect of the president, they made In
many of the states gallant fight.
They won the respect and admiration
of the whole party. 1t requires no
courage to be a republican in the
north, but in the south it requires the
exercise OF every great and manly
quality. I believe that President
Hayes sees that he made mistake
that history will call crime. The
truth Is that the republican party won
Hayes policy, and by piedging itself to
repudiate it forever"
"What phases will the southern
} question assume ia the next four
? years?" sEal5.
1.-THE next congress should promptly
; unseat every member of congress in
whose district there was not fair and
honest election. That Is the frat hard
work to be done. Let notice, in this
way, be given to the whole country
that fraud can not succeed. No man
should be allowed to hold q seat by
force or fraud. Just as soon as it .is
: understood that fraud is useless it will
be abandoned. In that way the hon.
est voters of the whole country can be
protected.
"An honest vote settles the southern
question, and congress has the power
to compel al honest vote, or to leave
the dishonest districts without repre-
sentatioD. L want this policy adopted,
not only in the south, but in the
north. No man touched or stained
with fraud should be allowed to hold
his seat Send such men home, and
let them stay there until sent back by
honest votes. The southern question
is northern question, and the repub-
lican party must settle il fer all time.
We must have honest elections or the
republic must fall. Illegal voting
must be considered and punished as q
/ crime"
"Taking 40, 600 as the basis of rep
reservation, the south, through her
astounding increase of colored popu-
lation, gains three electoral votes,
while the north and east lose three.
Garfield was elected by the 80 600 coli
ored votes cast in New Yerk. Will the
negro continue to be the balance of
power, and if so, will it inure to his
benefit?n
"The more polit Cal power the col
Ored man has the better he will be
treated and if he ever holds the balance
of power, he will be treated as we'll as
the balance of our citizens. My idea
t is that the coiored man should stand
r on an equality with the white before
= the law; that he should honestly be
protected in all his rights; that he
| should be allowed to vote, and that
his vote should be counted. It Is g
t simple question of honesty. The col
ored people are doing well; they are
Industrious; they are trying to get an
education, and, on the whole, I
think they are behaving fully as we'll
as the whites. They are the most for
giving people in the world, and about
the only real Christians in our cOun-
/ try. They have suffered enough, and
= for one 1 am on their side. I think
; more of honest black people than Of
dishonest whites, to say the least oil
r it,"
] "Do you apprehend any tioub G
: from the southern leaders in this
/ closing session Of congress, in attempt.
t to force pernicious legislation ?"
/ 81 do not. The southern leaders
T know the doctrine of state sovereignty
: is dead. They know that they can mo-
8 depend upon the northern democrat
and they know that the best interests
D of the south can only be preserved by
a admitting that the war settled the
? questions and ideas fought for anC
r against. They know that this eoun
try is nation, and that no party Car
- possibly succeed that advocates any
thing contrary to that. They know
- that the democratic party can never
?. succeed; that it can not carry the
It record of the last twenty years and the
q Chinese letter besides. My own opin.
II ion is that most of the southern lead
: ers are heartily ashamed of the course
It pursued by their northern friends
d and will take the first opportunity tt
Il say SO. The forgery will be the destf
10 of the democratic party in the north
II and it's epitaph will be written il
o Chinese-MementoM orey.n