Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-07-29
An Interesting Letter.

Hinton Rowan Helper, the author Of
the Impending Crisis" has written,
the following letter to the st. Louis
Republican, in which he declares his
intention of voting for Hancock and
English and explains why he will
do SO:
SIR: More than a dozen years ago the great
political party, which; to the imperishabie
Adams, Lincoln and Blair, had abolished
slavery and maintained the integrity of our
became Radical and wrong. Since That time he
the party having committed the monstrous
and objectionable blunder-such blunder as
nounced as worse than q crime-of recon-
structing the Southern States on a basis of the
received no vote from me, and will certainly
never receive another whilst, on many inn
portant issues, National and international, it
remains SO Numerically opposed to the laws
OF nature and to the plainesr dictates of COM
mon sense. - .t
1t was convenient for me to be in the City
of Washington at the very time that cuacuses
of Republican Senators and Representatives
were being held there with a view of giving
the suffrage to the negroes, as several of the
more irrational Republicans proposed to give
it, indiscriminately, and without requiring
ton or property. At the first general caucus
which met for the purpose of furthering that
exceedingly unrepublican and nefarious de-
sign-as happen to know from one of its
and Representatives; Of whom. after much
very last ballot Of the evening. only e Voted ted
for the measure. What a pity-and it is al
most Is great mystery Is Pitynth as the
ever have yielded, as in subsequent caucuses
they did yield. to the %. who were SO ioolishly
One of the most persistent and successful
advocates of the false and abominable system
suppose that my Endorsement and cooperation
would be especially helpful in inducing gen.
eral acquiescence in the conspiracy, speaking
for himself and certain of the other plotters,
offered me, if would but earnestly join and
assist them, the influence of the Administra-
of the districts of North Carolina. In HepIW f
frankly informed him that had no ambition
Whatever to ,b De ag @ on any such
customs, whcih was, he said, with salary and
perquisites, worth six thousand dollars year.
same as had made to his first proposition.
He then offered me still higher office, which,
which. emphaficaiIy. and with some degree Of
iTpatience, replied that there werc not then,
nor would there ever be Offices or money
enough in the United States to prevail on mo
to recommend negro suffrage or any other sort
OF dubious and repugnant suffrage, except
only on bases of both education and property.
There and then terminated forever my CON
nection with the so-called Republican party,
since which time | have either voted the Dem
Ocratic ticket or have not voted at all.
-Four years ago / had the pleasure of aiding
by my ballot in the election to the Presidency
able ana eyan
Iilden, and Hendricks, who, however.
through the Vaccinations and frauds Of
Radical demagogues, were denied the honor
of entering upon the discharge of their Consti-
tutional duties; and 1 anticipate the new
this year in the election to the same surperla-
tive offices of two equally capable and worthy
Observation-Disclosures and English-who. feel
confident will be decisvely and ,irreversiby
elected according to all the provisions of law
and with popular majority of at least eO),OJO;
already put til in nomnation foS the Ppesdeney
and Vice Presidency two Generals
Garfield and Arthur-there might be
at least shadow of force in the objection
prominent and powerful position in the army;
nntary eaempar and defeher of the pTin
ciples which recognize the duty of always hold
ing. the military power subordinate to the
wholly unobjectiOnable on that score, while in |
every other respect his nomination is en-
is my candid opinion that the coming Admins !
tratiOn of Hancock and English is fortunately |
destined to usher in at last the golden era of
American good feeling, wise and honest Gov |
eminent, and general prosperity and happi- !
ness; an era which. when it shall arrive, we
ought to PerPetuate fnvioiate and unimpaired
Only a few weeks ago, while on a visit to my |
st living @ an 9Ss in in
that State, and also of Kentucky, Tennessee,
Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. For |
the mOSu part tncy were us SOOer, duu
industrious as the people of New England, or !
any other portion of our republics; aye, and |
quite as ready to yield perfect obedience to all |
reasonable and just laws The attempt of the |
worthy people of the South forever debarred |
from the confidence Of the Nation is far worse |
than merely partisan and unpatriotic; it is |
narrOw-mindedness inexcusable, cOwardice |
conspicuous, and mennncss unutterable. A |
continuance of the practice of the cardinal
virtues by. the Southern people, as they are /
now practicing them, will, 1 doubt not, soon be |
well rewarded by the elevation to the Presi- !
dency and Vice Presidency of the two broad
headed and liberal-hearted nominees of the
Cincinnati Convention.
HINTON ROWAN HELPER.
ST. LOUIS, July l. 1880.