The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-02

through four wellmarked stages. First,
the negro vaulted into the seat of his late
master and commenced playing the beggaI
on horseback. The black governments
set up on runs of the old south were the
most wretchcd burlesques on civil rule
ever set over a free people-powerless
to keep order, powerful to tax
and vast money This lasted till the
south raised a new set of young men, not
broken in spirit by the war Then the
property owners gave the word. and the
black governments were overthrown with
shot gun and derringer. 1t was revolu-
tion-no canuid and well informed south
erner denies it. And after many tours in
the south, and much study of this revolu-
ton, | estimate that it cost ten thousand
lives. Some things must not be denied
by either party in the north, though not
at all fiattering to either. Republicans
must not deny that their black govern
ments down here were wretched masses
of corruption and inefflciency; democrats
must not deny that these governments
we're overthrown with great violence and
bloodshed. And finally every indepen-
dent thinker must admit that this revolu-
ton was inevitable, for no matter what
their majority may be
NEGROES CAN NOT GOVERN WHITES.
The child is not born who will live to see
white American society submit to negro
rule. The fiercest republican community
in Illinois, if transplanted here and put
in a county with twice the number of
negroes, would rule that county or fight.
Every honest one of them will admit it if
pressed And if one of them urges more
repression, he knows, at the bottom of his
self deceiving heart, that he ia trying to
force on the southron humiliation he
would not himself submit to for month
When the black governments were once
overthrown it became the great interest of
the whites 20 have peace; and the south
in a surprisingly short space OF time be
came even more orderly than the north.
Fraud took the place of violen e, but only
for a short time. Tue negro soon discover
ed that mis- liberty was in no danger, and by
a happy accident the demOcrets regained
power just when times get better and
wages began to rise. The negro who got
Is cents day under a republican gets a
dollar or more under democrat. So
he lost intersest in politics, and his
vote was for sale As long as there was
an organized republican party, with fair
hopes of success, the negro was solid; but
as between democrats, Independents,
greenbackers. etc, his vote is a commsd
ity. A little of this demoralized him, and
he will never be solid" again The
northern idea that some southern states
might be gained for the republican candi
dates next year is great deusion. Make
it as free and fair as you please. and
enough negroes can be bought to insure
solid south The time is near at hand
when ten states of this nation viii have
600, 600 salable votes. From them the
disease already spreads rapidly to other
states And an even worse taing now
affects the south. The presence OF SO
many ignorant voters is Constant temp
tati0n to tricksters. In one precinct
visited are five hundred voters who do net
know B from bulls foot Of course they
have leaders to furnish them with tickets
The manager buys these leaders, the voter
gets the wrong ticket. and thus the cleo
ton becomes an affair of money. Here,
then, is