Daily Republican., 1883-11-06
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 8, 1888.
oar Iwiq uitous Assessment Laws

TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 8. 1883.
oar IniquitOns Assessment Laws.
The Smyrna Record wishes to inform
MS that it is very much in earnest in all
that 1t says about our assessment laws.
We can assure our contemporary and
say that it Is in no more earnest In what
1T says about them than the REPUB.
LICAN il in what it says about them, so
.here we are Of the same mind for once.
But" We believe them to BIZ Just law"
says the Record. There 1t b comes .
question of belief and we are compelled,
knowing what We do know, to differ in
our creed of faith We happen to have
an abiding reason within MS for our
faith, one that cannot lead us easily
astray. We believe the assessment
laws were Ile for the purpose OF dis.
franchising Republicans - especially
colored Republicans, because not only
are the circumstantial evidences strong,
but because We have it personally from
the lips of the gentleman who drafted
she late law that the inten ion of 1t was
to make it difficult for a large class Of
Republicans TO get assessed and to pay
sheir rIxes after they we're assessed.
The assessment laws were amen ded at a
time when there was very grea5 dan
ger to the Democrats Of the State going
Republ,can-soon after some six thou.
sand new voters with black skins were
given the right of suffrage. These dark
skinned voters, out of the gratitud. OF
their heart,, felt impelled To vote with
the party that had struck the shackies
Of slavery from their limbs. More than
any other class of voters in the country
they hal good reason for voting with
the Republican party. 1t might puzzle
white men sometimes to tell why they
were Republicans, hu. colored men
were naver at "a .oss tor reason to tell
why thsy voted Republican ball, t.
These six thousand new voters pr1m
ised to change the political complexion
of the State government If they W re
permitted TO vote without any trouble
Someth ag had to be done and done
quickly At this important juucture
and baf0re the assessment laws could
be changed 10 meet the case a happy
thought struck the Utmost soul of the
estiniable gentleman who is now Chan.
celor Of the State. He was then a
United States Senator and with Senator
Bayard on one end of the see-saw and
Willard Salisbury on the other, they
Kept the State from fitting too high on
one end or the other. The geni n
Senator from Sussex counted well. Lit.
Gle acts OF Intimidation, but nothlnG
like the atrocities Of the Southern ku'
klux and rifle clubs, would to certain
extent break and scatter this black cloud
of voters, hut something else had to b.
done. The Senator was equal to the
emergency. He knew the deep seated
preiuiiCeS that existed even in the
hearts Of professed Espubican, on the
color line He calculated wisely and
aid his schemes deep, andwhen all was
ready he touched the trigger and the
"white mans party" sprang into ex'
istence. Timid Republicans rushed by
hundreds like flies into a spider parlor,
TO the "white mans party
The stratageIn saved the State and
tho Democratic party with its cbane'
con name was saved. Mr.. Salisbury
roigned at Georgetown and Mr.. Bayari
swayed the Democratic scep.re a. vii
mington.
But something else had to be done
The novelty Of " white mans party
would SO0u wear off. The disguise was
40 thin that those who took shelter be.
hind il woull seen ashamed Of the
pancity of their covering. Ther- must
De legislation upon the question. Yes,
up 10 30 the work that the rev name o
white mans party will soon fail Il
DO. The D"u oCrat, have the L-gisla
rure by holding Kent ard Sussex cour
ties. Twenty Democratic memh"r',
representing: jO, 900 p~Opir, " is II biggr;
man" than ten Republican representa-
tives representing 10000 people The
twenty mrnutr> wul;Id chang" the aS.
sessuert law. Il vas no to that time
cratic IDEAS OF good popular govern.
nent. \ DpUOcratir politician drafre,!
new lAw 20 u'-.'t the e ", and his idea
WAS 10 dratt one, to use hIs own Ian.
elHgc ~ Vs. ptrsonalIy "that would
keep such 4 h'Tde ct ngg"rs from vu
ding.
New, rDI.,p - 80 H.' u.JrD dis.
iUrbtno" to Nr4luit, tins time "A
Ere]nrir,l, ,p4rg A certain Captain
NJ. B Rove va. the victim Of the ne
groeI 'rrg.br brutality. Rowe, II
company win another chiva'rin VDr
ginian with F. f. f. Blue Blood in hi
veins overheard negro name,
Streets SAY; Those DanvilIe Telegram
are d---d Funder lies Mr., Row
did not tHiuk u negro had any right t.
know auytning about telegraus an,
said 10 his fsIrud What does. II a
negro know ab"nt forged telegrams? :?
nf r,urun A. Stru.tu had un nrrasiO,i t1 ~,
offend, Il at Row c's remark, for was 10
Rowe Virginia Blue Blood and Street
nnI :, Q, a.. ,,,, S+r.a+u nf n,rru. a