The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-12-06

appealed to the blacks and as well as
to maintain the control of the
party which they asserted had reduced
improved the schools and bet
the condition of both blacks and
AS the campaign drew 10 a close the
ceiling engendered by strong partisan
appeals by speakers on both sides ana
by the documents and posters of h
opposing parties became extremely bit
ter. Tile bitterness was so intense as
to make itself felt in social intercourse,
the members of the Funder or white
mans party, as it sometimes called it
self, stunning the white men and the
families of the white men who were
known to be in sympathy with the Re-
adjusters.
In other words, the Malone fac
ton, with the aid of Republican pat
ronage and support, had reproduced
at Danville, on a small scale, the sit
uation which prevailed throughout
the South when Reconstruction" was
in course of development. That Isl
in the language of q Funder circu-
lar, while the colored population ex-
ceeded that of the whites, the latter
paid nearly forty times morethan the
former in the way of general taxes.
"More than the entire amount of tax
es paid by the negroes was expend-
ed upon them for educational pur-
poses" The circular goes on to say:
1t is seen, therefore, that our town is
practically in the hands OF and actually
CONTROLLED BY THE OFFICERS AND
SLAVES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
noe one OF whom has a dollars worth
OF property within its limits, II this,
too, by the most shameless u~surpation ;
for the Constitution and law of the
State and Presidential order by which
the Norfolk Postmaster was removed,
all declare that such officials shall hold
no office under the government of this
commonwealth. The federal govern
ment through its Internal Revenue
Collector and the negro Councilmen
hired by him to scrub the floor OF the
Custom House and make incendiary
speeches against the white people OF the
town, make our town laws, lay and
!. collect our taxes, distribute our money
and elect negro policemen to watch our
town while it's inhabitants are asleep.
This Revenue Collector declared, when
he was elected President of the Town
Council, that it was his intention to
use the patronage of the Council to
Euiid up the radical negro party.
Now, the most rabid Republican
bowler must confess that this was an
insufferable condition of things for
the responsible citizens of Danville,
In short, while there was rioting and
bloodshed at Danville, the declara'
ton of the Republican press that il
was a gratuitous, premeditatea mas.
sacre of the blacks by the whites is
n lie. The New York correspondent
of the Chicago Tribune, in a synop
i, sis of the Times review, telegraphed
f to his paper, says:
) The testimony obtained By the TINES
r correspondent does not seem to confirm
, the statement of General Malone "tha
for days the poor victims. e., thu
murdered biack--were found dead il
2 alleys, in warehouses and under houses
like poisoned rats had that crawlet
2 away to die" Nor is there, as detailed
, in the letter, any evidence to warrau
the impression which General Ma
: homes account of the affair is apparent
ly intended to create, that it was a dc
liberate and prearranged massacre
y + x The ARRAY does unquestiona
. bly, indicate a very dangerous cnadi
ton of affairs in the city of Danville.-
= If the circular issued by certain citi
t zens describing the state into which
che government of the city has bee
e brought by the rule of the coalition 0
Readjl sters and negroes is true, tn
social and political situation is IL tina
must be well nigh intolerable to tn
whites.
! Most assuredly it does. But tina
is the Republican method of ''break
ing up the Democratic party in TIL
e South" Its only allies there are ie
norance and mercenariness.