Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-11-26
THE DISFRANCHISED STATES.

Tn the address of Mr.. Blaine 10 his
neighhurs and friends In Agusta. last
night he struck the KEY ncte of a ro'it:c
a policy which The patriotic people of
the United States must adopt and pur
sue with unfiaggine vigor, or witness an
overthrow of republican government as
complete as that which would have fol-
lowed triumph of the rebel Confedrracv
in the war between the North and South.
Facts from the recent elections sustain
the position which Mr. Elaine has assum-
ed. The Democratic majority in South
Carolina is said 20 be $4,000. IF parties
had divided on the color line in that
State. and if the voters of both parties
had been present at the polls in pronor.
tion to their numerical strength the Re
publican majority would have been
about $4,000 There are probably as
many white Republicans as there are
colored Democrats in South Carolina. and
it iI not unfair to saw that the lawful
vote of the State would appear a. between
the two parties in about the ratio nf the
voting POPULATION cf the two races,
which stands at sc, 900 whites and 49,
8S7 blacks The proposition ia a self evil.
dent one AMI could not he strengthened
by argument. demonstrates itself.
The actual vote Of Souih Carolina is
less than 80 per cent Of its voting pnp-
n!ation The Republican vote is less
than 30 per cent Of the white and COL
Ored Republican voters. Not one in five
Of the colored voters of the State was
permitted to place vote in the ballot
hox. This result in South Carolina,
whatever may have occurred in other
States. was not produced by terrorism
and violence. They have n more Gun
ming process than force or intimidation
for excluding ignorant and credulous hut
patriotic black Republicans from the
pnl's Every voter in South Carolina ia
required not onlv tn he registered. but 10
have his certificate .nf registry with him
a. the polls when he offers his vote. Tf
he can not show his registration certifi
cate his vote is rejected At the same
time, h" ROLLS arc so scattered in their
10 stinn. md generally 81 distant from
what W. uld naturally he the voting cen
ters of the rolored population. that, If a
colorel voter should appear at the rolls,
having nnelerted to bring with him the
evi lence emitting him In vote. he would
have no time during the day to return
and procure it By this trickerv and
devi"e the colored vote of South Carolina
is.'sunnras~ed and every e'ec,inn ia simply
leg: lied fraud and crime under the
forms Of law against the elective fran
| rhi>e,
We have also before us the official
datlaratiop of the vote in Alabama, from
which it appears that Cleveland received
92.973. and Blaine received 59,444 The
voting population of Alabama is 141 ,46l
white and 11S,423 colored. The fact
| that the Democratic vote is much mailer
than the number OF white voters shows
that there must he large bodv Of white
Repu licsns in the State. Deduct the
probable white Republicans from the
Bl"ine'vote, and the remainder shows
how many colored Republicans were
permitted to vof. This simple calcula
tion illustrates how entire States and
vast no les Of lawful voters are dislrsn.
chised. and how the will of the majority
is prevented by fraud and violence
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