The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-11-26
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So Henry @. @. Atwood, q Prominent South
ern ColOred Republican, Says of Blaine's
Charge of Race Intimidation.
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So Henry @. G. Atwood, a Prominent South.
ern ColOred Republican, Says of Blaine's
Charge of Race Naturalization,
Washington Special Courier-Journsl.l
Henry @. G. Atwood, United States Consul
to San Domingo, q colored Republican poll
tician OF Louisiana. one Of Keliogg's work
ers, is st the Ebbltt House. BE talks freely
of the condition of the eolored people in the
South. He SAYS he took the stump and
spent money for Blaine in his State, not be.
cause be liked Blaine, but as party man.
The coloJed men in the South, he saws, do
not like Blaine on account of his opposition
to the force bill, aud il vas impossible to get
up any enthusiasm for him.
1.-THE colored people in the South" he
said. "have been deserted by the party since
1876 and they are not depressed by Blaines
defeat. They think, on the contrary, that
the election Of Cleveland is going TO prove q
benefit TO them. You see, there are two
factions in the Democratic party in the
South-the ring Democrats, or Bourbons,
and the Silk Stockings, who are the bnsi-
mesa men and best citizens in the South.
These will be thrown further apart by
Cleyeand's election. They will form two
parties, and they will be the only parties
in the South. The colored people will
divide, some following the Bourbons and
some the silk-stocking. There won't be any
race lines. There will be two white parties,
each with colored following. which will
greatly improve the condition OF the coored
people. The ring men expect 10 ne recOg-
nized by Cleveland, bat, judging from Mr..
Cleveland's action as Governor of New York,
1 should say they will be disappointed.
The silk.stockings will come TO the front,
and the beet elements in the South will
reign"
"Have you read Mr.. Blaine's spesch2"
asked the reporter.
'Yes; that's all bosh. Why didn't he
think Of all that when he voted against the
force bill2 If he had, probably, he would
pot have been defeated. No; the statement
that the colored people in the South were
not allowed to vote is not true. There is
some intimidation in the country districts
in the South, but very little in the cities.
Certainly Mr.. Blaine has no cause to CON-
plain. In the third Louisian district he got
5000 majority, while kellogg was defeated.
The eoiOred people vote as they please. Look
at Bisbee's district in Florida, for instance.
Bisbee was defeated by Republican votes.
We form fusion5 in the South and make
trades. The c00red people are not gener-
ally coerced. In some OF the country dis
tricts, where the white people are as igno-
rant SIS the colored-You have no idea how
ignorant they are in some places there are
conflicts, but it grows out of the ignorance
on both sides. No, sir, the South was not
made solid by the Democrats this time.
Blaine lost every Southern State because the
colored people are stalwsrts aud supporters
Of Conkllng, Grant and Arthur. We are
nearly all Conkling men, aud the slaughter
OF Folger hurt Blaine as much in the South
az it did in New York. The col0red people
in the South are going TO try 70 have Arthur
and Lincoln nomina- ed in 1888. Then some
of the Southern States will go Republican.
II Cleveland as President acts as he did
while Governor, he will have the support in
1858 of most of the Northern States, bat the
Southern Democracy viii be against him"