The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-12-04

standard Of wages in c0ntiguOu
and adjacent States, and the volun
tary will be compelled to yield t,
the involuntary. SO completely
have the colored men in the Soutt
been already deprived BY the Demo
cratic party Of their constitutions
and legal rights as citizens of the
United States, that they regard the
advent Of that party to national
power rs the signal of their re en-.
slavemcnt, and are affrighted be
cause they think all legal protection
for them is gone. Few persons in
the North realize how completely
THE CHIEFS OF THE REBELLION
WELD the political power which has
triumphed in the late election. 1t
is a portentous fact that the Demo-
cratic Senators who come from the
States of the late Confederacy all
and l mean all without a single ex-
ception-all personally participated
in the rebellion against the national
government. 1t is still more sig
nlficant fact that in those States no
man who was loyal to the Union, no
matter how strong a Democrat he
may be to-day, has the slightest
chance Of political promotion. The
one great avenue to honor in that
section is the record Of Jealous ser
vice in the war against the govern
ment. 1t is certainly an astounding
fact that the section in which friend
ship for the Union in the day of its
trial and agony is still a political
disqualification, should be called
now to rule over the United States.
All this takes place during the life,
time of the generation that fought
the war and elevates to practical
OF the American govern
ment the identical men who organ
lied for it's destruction and plunged
us into the bloodiest contest of mod
ern times.
! have spoken of the South as
placed by the late election in pos
session cf the government, and |
mean all that my words imply. The
South furnished nearly three -fourths
of the electoral votes that defeated
the Republican party and they will
step to the command of the Demo
cracy as unchallenged aud as un-
restrained as they held the same
position for thirty years before the
war. Gentlemen, there cannot be
political inequality among the
citizens of free republic; there can,
not be minority of white men in
the South ruling majority of white
men in the North. Patriotism, self
respect, pride, protection for person
and safety for the country all cry
out against it. The very thought
of it stirs the blood Of men who
inherit equality from the Pilgrims
who first stood on Plymouth Rock,
and from liberty-loving patriots
who came to the Delaware with
VIM. Penn. 1t becomes the primal
question of American manhood; it
demands a hearing and a settlement
and that settlement will vindicatc
the equality of American citizens
il all personal and civil rights. Il
will at least establish the equality
of white men under the national
government, and will give to the
Northern man who fought to pre-
serve the Union as large a voice in
its government as may be exercised
By the Southern man who fought
to destroy the Union.
THE CONTEST JUST CLOSED.
utterly dwarfs the fortunes of fate
of candidates; whether successful
or unsuccessful. Purposely-I may
say instinctively-I have discussed
the issues and consequences Of that
contest without reference to my
own defeat; without the remotest
reference to the gentleman elected to
the Presidency. Toward him per-
sonally | have no cause for the
slightest Ill will, and it is with
cordiality l express the wish that
his official career may prove crafty
ing to himself and beneficial to the
country, and that his administration
may overcome the e,nbarrassments
which the peculiar source of its
power imposes on it from the hour
of lis birth.
At the conclusion of Mr. Blaine's
speech he invited the large crowd
into his house, and for nearly an
hour an informal reception was held,
the hundreds of people passing
through the rooms. The greetings
were especially friendly and cordial