The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1884-11-27

q The effect OF the democratic
victory. Those whose mind
are balanced say they see Moth
ing in it to cause the least alarm
and that as eight years of demo
cratic rule has been beneficial tt
North Carolina. and a most re
markabie improvement upon ths
republican administration. s,
they believe it Will be in nation
al ailaii $50 The attention of The
negroes will be, they say, diver
ted from Office seeking and Dol
itics, to honest, hard work, with
all its attending good results.
ONLY PASSING DELUsIoN.
Prominent negroes here say
that If this belief increases they
will make speeches to counterac,
it. These well informed colored
mci say the delusion will last
ONLY a few months at the far.
thest, and that the. .frst acts oI
the incoming administration will
entirely disabuse their minds Of
the idea hat: harm must needs
follow Cleve!and's Inauguration.
Negroes are working as usual
Good feeling exists =. letween
them and the whites in this ser
ton, while men are prompt and
ready TO assure them that slavery
is an impossible thing, and that
each and every right shall be
lealousiy guarded and main
| tanned. Ii is almost certain that
IN the future the negro vote will
be split, for colored man who
was a candidate for he LegisIa-
lure in this county declared that
in the future he would always
vote for the men, he liked
irrespective Of party, and said
further that thousands of his
race were Of a like mind.
A leading republican journal
of the eastern part of the State
in It's last issue has ,an editorial
addressed specially to colored
people Oh the subject of iheir
tear of reinstatement and 9th
er results Of the change of ad-
mlnistration. It says:-"Your
right TO vote will not be taken
away from you. All the better
classes of-democrats believe that
you ought to enjoy the elective
franchise. Their Interests and
their inclinalions combine to Sc
cure to you all the rights you
now enjoy Change of admins
tration will remove republican
oihce-holders and put democrats
in their places. Beyond this you
will see no change"
SOUTH CAROLINA.
CHARLESTON, Nov. %, IsS4.-
The negroes. are gradually re-
gaining confidence, although
there is still ssgreat uneasiness
among he more ignorant blacks
in the interior districts as to the
effect of Cleveland's election up
on their public rights and privi-
iiges. TherprevaiIing idea among
them has been that the Southern
States, taking advantage of
Cleveland's election. would eth
er give the negroes time to chose
their masters or that apprentice
laws would be enacted which
would virtually reduce them to
slavery. A better feeling has set
III, however, and the result being
no longer in doubt their most
prominent preachers. who are
also their strongest political
leaders, are doing what they can
to set their fears at rest. Eleven
of the most influential pastors of
ColoIed churches in Charleston
and Columbia have been inter
viewed concerning the probable
effect of Cleveland's election up
on the colored people. Without
exception they say emphaticalIy
that it is impossible to re cstab-
lish slavery. They suggest that
it would not be to the permanent
interest of the dem ocratie party
to treat colored people badly,and
that moreover the white people
Of The country would not permit
il. Two Of them take The high
ground that The election of Cleve-
land is the deliyerance of the
colored people from political
bondage.
TENNESSEE.
NASHVILLE, Nov. %, 1S0+.-The