Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-01

of the South as the best ISSUE upoi
which to fight the great political bat
tie of next year; and already frothy
speakers are ranting and dcclaiming
about his social condition, and the
social rights that are being denied him
in the South. A regular gospel has
been prepared by Parson Ingersoll and
others that 1t may be preached unto the
ends of the earth. A tract society has
been organized, and "scribes and
pharisees" are to be sent to
Virginia and other Southern states, to
write up the gospel OF southern out
rages," and TO tell how Southern
| Democrats have crucifed the immac-
uate son of Ham. This literature Is
| to be scattered broadcast over the land,
irst to "fire the Northern heart" and
next TO array the races in the South
against each other. Then, early in
the action, missionaries are to be sent
to the South to expound the faith
once delivered to the saints" The re-
suit will be sectonalism and race an
tagonism-an effort to array the North
against the South--the negroes
against the whites. These are the
issues upon which the
"grand old party" proposes to win the
battle. The questions that they now
submit for the decision of the people
of the United States are these: First,
are the Southern people worthy and
entitled 20 participate in the admins
tration ofthe government? Second. is
not the negro the social equal of the
Southern whites, and shall the former
enjoy social equality enforced by law?
This is the platform. These are the
great "moral ideasn--the Republican
slogan of 1854.
We confess that the Republican
leaders are displaying great deal of
political sagacity in thus shaping the
policy of their party. The idea is to
evade and cover up the real issues that
should be submitted and decided in
the contest. Manilestly, their policy is
to what the lawyers call a
" departure in the pleadings.' The
Democratic party has demanded tariff |
revision and internal revenue reform,
and on these matters the issues were
made up and sent TO the country but
now the trial coming on the Republic
can party comes and says" You out
rage the negro, and will not eat aud
sleep with him, and you are set of
id rebels and confederate brigadiers
anyhow, and you have no rights in
this government.
Let the great crimes of the Repub-
lican party be told afresh to the peo-
ple-their squandering of the public
domain, which should have been ga
,redly guarded as homes for the home
less, houseess millions; the credit mo-
bilier, the whisky frauds, the De Col
yer pavement frauds, the visiting
statesmen" manufacturing affidavits
in Louisiana, the theft of the presi-
iency, tbe star-route thieves, the op.
pressive tariff system, the corrupt
civil service, and federal interference
N elections. And let the patriotic cit
Gens of the North remember that this
same Republican party once over
brew all constitutional government
n the South, and established on the
'uins military despotism. And let
he colored race learn by the history of
he past that the shedding of their
Hood is n sweet morseln to the party
Who processes TO be their friends, and
hat amicable relations with the peo-
Ne among whom they live is their
highest good.