The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-05
THE EFFECT ON THE NEGRO.

Evil men i'm the south are spreading
mischief among the more ignorant ne
groes by leading them to believe that
proved elected, will return them to a
condition of slavery. A real panic eX-
lists in many parts of the south among
the negroes on this account, and in the
disordered state of their minds they
have committed many lawless acts,
the chief being the nearly successful
total destruction of Palatka, Florida,
and heavy fires at Eufaula, Alabama.
Some villainous clique has much to
answer for.-Detroit Commercial i'd
| Uertiser.
The above extract was sent us
through the mails without any name
attached by which we could recognize
the sender. 1t is the universal rule
of all newspapers to pay no heed to
any anonymous communication, but
in order to deprive the sender of the
above of the satisfaction of declaring
that 1.-THE REGISTER never publish
es anything that reflects on its party
or conflicts with its own views" we
disregard for once the usual custom.
We fully agree with the advertiser
in its condemnation of parties who
may be circulating seditious reports
among the negroes. Such action is no
less wicked than foolish. 1t can be
readily conceived, however, that the
negroes of the south need no suggest
ion from "evil white men," to cause
them to regard the national ascenden-
cy of the democratic party with appre-
hension. They need only recall their
experience of the past 10 years. They
know that even with the republican
party between them and their former
masters, the assertion of their political
liberty has been attended always with
danger and often with death. And it
would certainly require very slight
stretch of imagination for them to con-
ceive that, with the federal govern
ment in the hands of their enemies,
their liberties might be restricted in
other than political ways. The de-
mocracy of the south has certainly
given the negroes lsttle cause to antic-
ipate with complacency, a democratic
administration. Nor do the southern
organs, even at this time, when they
would naturally be gushing over with
kindness in the flush of their victory,
give them many comforting assuran-
ces. The Atlanta Constitu-
ton the most conservative of
the Bourbon organs, boldly
announces that the negroes must here
after vote with the democrats or be
DISTINGUISHED. So far from dissolving
the Solid South, Cleveland's election,
it AYERS will keep it even more" solid"
than it has been "Those ofour people
who talk of hearing no more of the
Solid South" it continues ''do not
speak advisedly. There is no hope
for the prosperity of this section, no
peace for either race, save in the sos-
mistakable domination of the aOhite |
race. There is no wisdom save in the |
white people of the south standing
and solidly together on plat
form Of conservative government and
equal rights to all men," Surely
northern men and republican news
papers canrot be held entirely respon-
sible for the apprehension existing
among the negroes of the south, after
such utterances as that. No man of
sense believes that the negroes will be
literally, or to any oppressive degree
1t is equally certain,
however, judging from manifestoes
such as we haveiust quoted, that their
olitical condition will be many de-
yrees worse than it now is.