West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1881-03-19

idleness. They will not endure the
isolation of farm life. They are not
pioneers The instinct TO migrate, TO
found colonies, 10 Guild up States in the
Western wilderness, To live alone an !
fight battles with nature, 10 wanting in all
woolly haired races aud education can
not create quality that is toreigu to the
race
That the negroes of the South are a
credulous race and deeply grateful To the
Republican party for their freedom is
tue. That they are incapable of under
standing that they owe their freedom 10
the determination of the mass of the
Northern Democrats TO put an end to the
rebellion is also true. That ninety. nine
out Of hundred negroes firmly believe
that the war was fought by the Republi-
can party for the express purpose of
freeing them is a fact. They firmly be b
lieve that every man clad in blue, who
lay dead on the battlenelds, cheerfully
died TO liberate them. The political
causes of the war they utterly fail to
comprehend. The principles we fought
for they know nothing about. They
meyer waver in the allegiance they think
is due to the party represented by Gen.
Grant. 1t is this blind childlke conf
dence IN the Republican party that
mensces the liberties of the republic.
Supersiitious, ignorant, vacilliatiug in
many things, they arc stSnch in their
affections, and they are grateful No
sacrifice will be too great for them to
make If they are cSlled upon in tho
name of Gen. Grant and the Republican
party to make it. They will blindly obey
the orders Of their political leaders if
they believe they can trust in their ability
aud courage to safely lead them.
Suppose the time comes when by car
rying few doubtful Northern States
the lmperlalists can compass their ends.
Suppose, for instance, that New York
and Indiana are needed Instantly tae
emissaries of the Imperlalists hasten TO
the South. They will be seen in the
Southern towns in earnest conversation
with their trusted agents SuddeRly the
whole South will be alive with men
walking along the highways, aud through
the cotton, hemp, tobacco, aud sugar
fields. Ga the dykes of the rice swamps
the same familiar figures will be seen. All
talk earnestly with the negroes All use
the same gestured denoting impending
woe. Intently, submissively, the negroes
will liafnn anH
acquiesce with the arguments, or agree
TO the demands made on them, and cav-
ing their work they will hasten h me.
What is the import of the message that
will cause this sudden Cessation of work
in the South, and cause her laborers to
leave the half-tilled fields n 1t is simple
message:
Men you are in danger cf being
enslsved by the Democratic party. Gen.
Grant and the Republican party, the par
ty that gave you ysur freedom, call on
you to come to the North where your
votes can be used in the doubtful States
TO overcome the Democrats, We want
75, 900 of your votes to go into New York
ohh 'OlNVV hiDiC W ~ IulO lu0lhu5. we
call on you to come at once and help US
put an end TO the scheme Of the old
slayeholdiug party. We will feed, clothe
aud board you"
Instantly all work Ia the South would
cease until the $50. 600 men were selected.
The negroes you'd form into companies
batiahOns, regim nts, brigides, and fall
'Dg into column they would march along
the dusty roads that trend 10 the North
This army would not be armed with
breech-loading guns. They would not
be headed by batteries of artillery. No
battle flags would be unfurled IN their
ranks. They would seek nU fields whore
their dead bodies weuld soon encumber
the earth. They would seek the ballot
boxes Of the Northern States, and through
them the life Of the republic
The time 10 consider this grave question
Is not in the buried honrs preceding an
election. The peril must be fully under
stood and deliberately met while there IL
time 10 avert it. FRANZ WMKEsoH.