The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-08-06
SOUTHERN DEMOCRACY"

| To the Editor OF the Post and Tribune.
Every patriot knows that the most inveterate
foe to our country has been the Democratic
party. Every child orphaned, every wife wild
owed, every soldier manned by the late REBEL
ion, can assign his grief and woe entirely to
that party. 1t was this party that furnished
every traitor; every man who exulted over our
noble Lincoln's assassination was Democrat
1t has passed into history that the Democratic
party has been the advocate OF slavery its plat
form of 1864 shows Its sympathy for rebels it
opposed every reconstruction measure and ev-
cry amendment to secure the rights OF citizen
ship to 100000 enfranchsed slaves. For the
last 20 years the Democratic party has opposed
every advancemen made in this country. Our
loyal voters have said each and every time since
1860 that this party is the friend of traitors, the
tool OF rebels, and is unfit to govern patriotic
people. Has the party changed? Let every
voter in Michigan read the following article
from the Memphis (Tenn.) Avalanche OF July
II, 1880, and lhen ask himself il be is prepared
to lntrust the Democratic party with power:
"EDIIoE AVALANCHE can congratulate you
upon your return TO your old correct position in
politics again-the only position in which an
independent paper is to DO tolerated in the
South-that OF battling for the supremacy OF
the Democratic party. That party recognized
our rights OF property in our slaves, sympa-
tbized with US IN the late war, and has steadily
fought with us against any reconstruction in
which the negro was recognized; and we OF the
South were base ingrates indeed if we were not
devoted to Its triumph.
The fact is, before we can expect the prosper
ity OF the good old days before the war, in the
South, we must have the same homogenity OF
public sentiment. AS regards questions relating
to the negro, we must have but one party, and
that The Democratic party. White men who
dare to avow themselves here as Republicans
should be promptly branded as the bitter and
malignant enemies OF the South. The name OF
every Northern man who, like Eaton and Blge-
low, presume in this community to aspire to
Office through Repub lean votes, should be sat
urated with stencil. We can spare all such, and
would caution such as these who think OF COM
ing South, to be careful to keep away,
You, Mr. Editor, must hang out again your
smallpox flag, and rid our community OF such
vermin
You may think me little bold in using such
language upon the anniversary Of our flight
from tie yellow fever in 1879 The North, to
be sure, sent us some money, but we scorn the
imputation Of beggary. They but returned q
little OF the money they stole from Us during
the war.
No, sir We must put an end forever to this
shameless effrontery OF Northern men or Re
publicans aspiring to Office in the South. They
must keep back seats, and very quiet ones, or
get out.
l was glad to sec you let your correspondents
loose upon that blatant radical VIM. X. Moore
The whole lot must be rendered Infamous and
odious.
AS for the negroes, let them amuse them
selves, if they will, by voting the radical ticket
WE HAVE THE COUNT.
don't ALLOW myself to be annoyed by worry
ing over the possibility OF that pestiferous Ed
Shaw's beng elected. We have a thousand
good and true men whose brave ballots will be
found equal to those Of five thousand vile rad
cals. SOUTHERN DEMOCRAT"
Though the writer of the above article ex
presses his own views, Southern Democrat is
general term applicable to the controlling ell
ement of the party. Democracy is still the en-
envy to the colored mans rights. Give that
party power and they will set us back 40 years
on the scale OF progress.
In the face of such concessions as to the true
Inwardness of the party, the nomination OF
Hancock Is cowardy mask. The party looks
to the South for its chief support in the pres
ent campaign. 1--WE OF the South were base in
CRATES indeed if we were not devoted to its tri-
umph." The caucus system gives the Southern
element absolute control OF the party. To elect
Hancock Is to place the South in power 1t is
useless to say that Northern Democrats will
bolt their party's caucus. THAT parry recog-
nized our rights Of property in our slaves, sym
pathised with us in the late war and has stead-
ly fought with us against any reconstruction in
which the negro was recognized" We have no
reasons to believe that Democracy OF to day is,
at heart, different from the Democracy Of the
past.
The Democratic party accuse us OF exciting
sectional animosities they call it "aaunting the
bloody shirt" Still the controlling element OF
their party say, White men who dare to avow
themselves here as Republicans, should be
promptly branded as the bitter and malignant
enemies of the South. We
can spare all such, and would caution such as
these who think Of coming South to be careful
and keep away While such sentiments are
uttered there Is just cause for "faunting the
bloody shirt" and if the Democratic party de-
cry this, let them see to it that lber;yof speech
and OF opinion is preserved in every sectCn OF !