Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-01-19

Senate. Mr.. Lamar is no doubt very
talented and fair-minded Senator 80 ia
as tslent and fairness 60 in the South
but it looks to US somehow that if Mr.
Lamar is the angel he is claimed to b,
he would hardly accept seat in tn,
Senate at all under his present election
for it Is notorious fact that nut for tn,
shOt gun outrages of the Bourbon Dem
Ocracy of Mississippi. Mr.. Lama
would never have attained to seat il
the Senate, Even the fair-mindec
Democratic papers of Mississippi dc
not pretend that there was u fair elec
ton held in that State, even last No
yember when there Were less shot gul
Outrages and less blood shed than a
any previous elet ton held in that Stat,
for many years before. Some time arc
the New York Tribune, anxious tt
know something about the true condi
ton of affairs in Mississippi, asked thi
question "Dih the Bourbons carr,
Mississippi at the last election by fai.
means or foul ?" The question wa
asked because the anti-BourbOn,
claimed to have carried the State b,
10000 majority. One of the leading an,
most honest Democratic papers of Mis-
sissippi answers the question and say,
it considers the claim of the anti-Bour
bOns, that they carried the State by
10000 majority, extravaganza, and adds
"The result declared by the Demo
cratic Returning Board is, in our de-
liberate opinion, also exaggerated 1t
places the Democratic majority AT
2s,OOO With return as fair as that OF
elections in "a majority of the States, we
Judge that Lowry's majority would
have been somewhere between 5000 and
10000; not above the latter figure. In
large maj Ority Of the counties in the
State, the election, while characteriZ- ID
by unnecessary heat and Intolerance
was fairly conducted. In some coun
ties we do not think it was far, and in
Some there was great Indifference. But
1t was great improvement. Compared
to the one by which Chalmers now
holds Lynch's seat in Congress, it was
. beauty. If public sentiment con.
tlnues to improve, aud the fear OF q
rule OF ignorance and corruption is re
moved by the National Republican
party acting 50 as to convince the
Southern people it will never c0unte.
nance or aid anything of the kind again,
the next Presidential election IN Mlssis.
sippi will be fairly conducted"
1t will be seen that here is a cOnfessl d
theft of $4,000 or 10000 voses, and the
question arises, why was it necessary
to steal if there was an honest majority?
The only answer possible is that the
Democrats feared they would have nc
majority at all if they did not cheat
and thus show how vague the Herald
claim is Of 5000 or 5000 majority for
the Bourbon ticket. The party CON
fessed by its cheating that it feared de
feat on a fair vote. The Herald est
mates the votes stolen at 10, 900 or 20, 600
How can it tell that there were not
$4,000 Or 40, 900 votes stolen? Its con
fossion gives away the whole Demo.
cratic case, and justties tie claim of
the anti Bourbons that they carried the
state. Upon such a -ote as this Sena-
tor Lamar is reelected, upon such a
vote was he elected before and without
the most outrageous cheating he could
never have been United States Seua-
tor.
As we have already said he may be
talented and to a certain extent indie.
pendent, but clearly he holds the seat
that in justice belongs TO a Republican.
"a few statistics here in regard to NJ y
sissippi may be obstructive to many OF
our readers. When the census WAS
taken "A little over year ago, MlysiSsip.
pi had a population of 479,3lS white
and $50, z9l coIored. Allowing one vote
out OF every five o a population, there
would be 1880 white voter. and l3J.
OJ8 cOlOred voters. A. Colored men are
Republicans when left to tn .m,r.ve-.
t5hey would be fools if they were A11
there would be republican majority
OF colored people alone in allssisSippl il