National Republican., 1883-11-14
The Fru,,s OF Intolerance.

The Petersburg (va.) Index aud Appcal pro-
fesses to think that there can bo no good
result from disputes as to which party
aroused race prejudicos in tho late cam
paign." The Indcr a,d AppeaI is not alone
i'll this expression of opinion, The demo-
cratic press of the north aud south is unani-
nous on that point. Tho bourbons, regard
less CT sectional lines, are anxious that
inquiry into the question of race relations
and civil liberty in the south, or tho stran-
Cling of civil liberty, should cease. Discus
sion of this question wearies them. Having
proclaimed from tho housetops that the Dan
vile and other Virginia wolves woro forced
| to get behind Notifications and shotguns to
protect themselves from the attacks of blood
thirsty sheep, they cannot understand why
the intelligent masses should desire further
enlightenment. They arc greatly distressed
lest the bloody shirt issue might be revived
and having repelled the ferocious lambs with
great slaughter (of lambs) they express a
generous willingness to once more bury the
dead past and let bygones bo bygoncs
They invariably have these spasms of gen.
erosity just after "nigger killings" 1t
doesn't occur to them to bo generous before
the homicidal mania strikes them, but after
the periodical recurrence of horrible election
eering massacrcs their hearts overflow with
the milk of human kindness, and they yearn
to take the colorod man, and pretty much
everybody else, to their bosoms. Their solicit
tude for tho colored man aud brother is
touching.
Tho people cannot longer be deceived by
any such hypooritical professions. Expe-
ricnco has taught them that the bourbons of
the south are as insincere and as irreconcila-
bic as they were when Sumter was fired on.
Tho people of the north have been more than
willing to put their trust in tho promises of
the SOUTH and they have met the
people of the south more than half way.
They have moved into the southern states
and sent their money there to help develop
the country, but they soon learn that to the
yankees" There is no such thing as neigh
borly or fraternal feeling on the part of the
bourbon natives, and the immigrants are
more alien than Chinese. So long as they
do not lay claim to their rights of
citizenship they are tolerated, but once
let them manifest disposition to think
and act for themselves, Independently
of, or in opposition to, the self-constituted
superior clement" they are treated as open
enemies. Their lives and property are no
longer safe. They are in jeopardy every
moment of their existence, never for an in
stant exempt from the visitation of bullets or
torches They live in an atmosphere OF
danger. Some prolong the struggle to the
death, while others giveup after a few years
and return north, like Tourgee's FOOLS dis
gusted and sore at heart.
Professions will go for naught SO Ions
as Danville massacres arc not only
permitted, but defended, as political
and social necessities Until the southern
bourbons can guarantee friendly immigrants
reasonable protection in their civil and prop.
erty rights, and prove by their action that they
are honest, they need not expect n general
movement of northern men or northern CAPT
tai in their direction. Men of intelligence
are not going to take unnecessary risks tc
help an ungrateful class. They are not goinl
to move into communities where they cannot
enjoy the rights of citizenship without being
at war with their neighbors.