Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
What the South Escaned.

The infamous diatribe of e~x-candjdate
Blaine, in which he attempted to resur-
rect the spirit of sectional hostility and
to reopen the question of negro suprema-
cy at the South, will serve a good pur-
pose. 1t will remind the people of the
South what they escaped by the overturn-
ing of negro and carpet-bag rule. 1t
hardly seems possible that the constant
trampling on the liberty, finer feelings
and sentiments of the people, and the
system of gigantic frauds by which the
Southern States were robbed and the bur
dens of taxation made intolerable could
ever be forgotten. Such things never
should be forgotten, for while they are re-
membered the regaining Of power by the
Republican party in any Southern State
is impossible.
Since these States have been redeemed
from Radical rule the progress of the peo-
pie has been remarkable in every respect.
The increase in material wealth has been
equalled only by the mental and moral
advancement Of the people-black as well
as white. While rejoicing over Southern
progress under Democratic rule, it is i'm
possible not to remember how fast this
section was sinking in the slough Of finan-
cial and social degradation and anarchy
while the power was in the hands of the
irresponsible and ignorant controlled by
those whose only object was to fill their
own pockets without regard to the means
employed, and without care as to the ef-
feet the state of affairs they inaugurated
and endeavOred to perpetuate might have
on the cOuntry's future.
The present condition of Hayti shows
what the effects of negro supremacy are,
especially when the influence of I'M
principled adventures is paramount, and
there is an absence of the restraining in
~fluences Of the superior race backed by
sufficient power to maintain law and
order, and to institute measures that go
to promote the education and general
prosperity of the people. A book recently
published shows how low the blacks there
have sunk in barbarism. 1t says they are
very savages, many of them INDUCING IN
the horrible rites of VOudOOism and can
nibalism. There is no such thing known
there as justice to the whites. The laws
are framed for the oppression of the
whites, and there are innumerable re-
strictiOns they have to contend with, even
in ordinary commercial transactions. The
book gives graphic descriptions of the
many dreadful massacres that have taken
place in the island, and the Outrages the
negroes a w perpetrated on each other.
The contrast between the condition of
the negroes of Hayti and those of the
other West India Islands ruled by Euro
pean powers is remarkable. In none Of
these islands, however, have the blacks
made such progress in intelligence ard
wealth as in the Southern States since
they have been under Democratic rule.
Now that the white people as well as the
black are enjoying the blessings of peace
AMI prosperity, no intelligent person who
has the good of the country and both races
at heart, and who is free of fanaticism
can desire the return of the Republican
party to power, and the re-establishment
of the condition of affairs that existed in
the South under Republican rule.