New-York tribune., 1884-11-26
THE SOLID SOUTH AND DEMOCRACY.
HOW THE REPUBLICANS ARE PRAcllCAiLi D''
FRANCNsED.
rpy TELEGRAPH 10 THE TRIBUNE.1

RNrJcu. Nov. 25.-Mr. Blaines Augusta
speech il not matter to the leadihg ieP'''."'
this state More than eighteen months ago coie'o
OF Republicans was held in this city ana Judg' n''"o
L. Russell OF Wilmington, urged that IL was "oSo'uo'
impossble for the Republicans to carry any so"'ne'"
state o Presidential election that wherever the Whites
wore I'm numerical majority 1t only necessary Ior 'o
Democrats to the color line in order 10 array o
white voters solidy against the negroes ana 'nuS
success and that in states where the negroes "'o !"
majority tissue ballots intimidation III all It's lor' w"
inst election laws and violence would cer'ain'' n'N
hose sto,cs Democratic. Therefore. the souh ha'ms
been made sodly Democratic by these Means ''" u"
| nority rule having been estaolsheu J"
| eral Southern States, was uie u"'
of the Republicans in each OF the r"u'"
States not to send single delegate to the Nauoh'' nv
publican Convention aud not have an cieo'or" UNIV. "
the field in any southern The Northern States pehg
entitled to two hundred and fory-eeht electoral vo'cS
and the South to hundred aud ifty-thfec' inc oi
hons and Brgadcrs of the South having laiseu tn' ~
tona issue by suppressing the colored vote III 'ho
IL was only necessary that the same situation w I
seuted to the Northern states that existed wheh WI
,pcolp was elected 10 insure the continued ascendahy
of the Republican party in the Nation.
These views impressed every one az being souh 'Nc'
the members of the Internal Revenue ring VINO Wero
rreseut These men took ISSUE and declared hat VII
pinia North Carolina and FLORIDA could ccitainy pe var
rcd br the Republicans, and the policy outlined Wy
Iudge Ru.scu was abandoned. The revenue ohcefS
oroscd Russelrs policy because they were eNpec'eu
nominate Arthur and because they were de'elihin'u "
keep Themselves in position to control the patronage VI
the Federal Government I'm the southern States.
Tho Bourbons here profess tO see IN Mt Blaine Spo'
movement on the part of the Republican party oi the
Nurth to disfranchise the ncgoes Tor he luilo, h :"
urj, Ing the southern States oi thulr ih,iciu 'r,
In the House nf Representatives and IN the Electoral
college and thus enable the states when ,olou lor wv.
,lrnr, in tsSs Aud while Mt Blaues apeoch haA mau'
tho a,rrasc nnuthon leader fnuslN 'nad ,he w., a"
oicnsod vote nrro,lioncd to thc southern se'HH ON o."
oouu Of the NJ toca Ia a,eliiins ~ @ @nsn n,cn,
np nn Nj ilanrz speech, that tho South ~ we nun NUN
and nsh,ins under tho old has haa hccn enabled 9n' M
Inn Whirh shr cont not do out of tho Union and ny
nrco Of arms, io vii ohlhih o"htt" ni W. NWn N,n
Uo,orn,ncnt aud To- think that lhc old Ahnon,so, a"n
anttala,ey astatora must nov seotho Neiional nN'n
meut pass into The o"nf" OF ,hn i'Sn"l"S ~ ,nt "f
representation given The southern nlhlon on n%. VIM ,n
mo negro makes tie IN sy s,n the south
ia ,mwerless furnish any Republican eleetVi" Nos
and will becone more 50 ndcl % N,,a ~ M 'ney have
The power, and they must become as sOliIl hePupni ni
as the south has become sodly Democratic W n"'o No
power effective.
now THE NEGROES REGARD THE SITUATION.
re ia real alarm among the negroes of this state he
conse Of Ceyeands election. There many negroes
alive who have always been free These men are sehor
ally intelligent and leaders OF their race Ihey rec
oect fifty years that the free negroes were
TO vote in this State and that In 1888 they voted ior
men as delegates TO the Constitutional convention o
that year. who pledged TO maintain in that cohVeh
ton the rights OF the negroes and that the constitution
framed by body deprived the free negroes OF 'he
riqht 10 vote Pie negroes now AFRAID tat some at
,e,,,. either bv property or educational quanca
tion or Inv recurring the exhibition OF receipt for poll
tax a. "A prerequisite for Votlng, VIII DO hiio u! lho
Ronr6on Democracy and being allowed one magis-
trate out of six thousand appointed for the state win
the judges and all the prosecthg omeeIs & eAep vnu
Democratic they fearful OF persecution ana intee
I'm the various of the state The negroes rcIm
her that before the Constitution was aeaou ~ ~ .;
that disfranchised because OF eone,iom oi
crime that every man convicted OF any infamous
crime is disfranchised. and that several THOUSAND nave
been thus deprived OF lhelr rsh' 10 NoDo ~ wv PS hv
seven years These dsfranchsed men are counted py
the census takers but not a. voters Many cooren men
are so iucensed at the suppression OF the coorcd Vo
in South Carolina, Georgia Alaoama MissIsapr, @ am
themselves being willing to give mp their right OF sur
frage than be the innocent anu hepess cause Vi
| fuTnup the Nation over to the Democratic party
! Tho North Carolina Constitution of 1776 provided
that all freemen OF the OF tweny-One years, VINO
have been inhabitants of any one county within the
STATE twelve months Immediately preceding the day OF
any election and possessed of freehold within the
same county OF fifty acres OF land for six months next
before and at the day OF election, sha be entitled 10
vote for member OF the Senate; also that all free
men, OF the age OF twenyOnc years, VINO nave peeh III
bohitauts OF any one county within the State twelve
months Immediately preceding the day OF any elecoh'
and shall have paid public taxes shall be entitled TO vote
for members Of the House Of Commons for the county
| in which he resides" when the Constitution was
amended in s35 these provisions were moeu 80 as W
T,,d as follows: All free of the age of twcnl-one
ears fxcept as is hereinafter declared who have been
Inhabitants of any district within the state twelve
months Immediately preceding the day OF election ana
uosscs OF "A freehold within the same district o u
acres of land months next before ana az the Gay
OF election, shall be entitled to vote Tor menner ol
| Tho senate No free negro, free mulattO. or free
nerson OF mixed blood descended from negro ancestors
10 fourth generation inclusive uhohgh one Ancestor
of each generation may have been white person., eh'
yote for members Of the Senate or House OF Commons
| The first sentence of the preceding quotation was
amended in 1854 TO read as follows: Every free
white man a the age OF twenty years being native
or naturazcd of the United states and who has
been An inhabant Of the State for twelve months I'M
medalcy preceding the day OF any election, and shall
hnve maid uihlic taxes. shall he entitled to vote for
member of the Senate for the district III which he re
| sides"