Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-12-11

man republicans, and not republicans
| in the hope of Office rs 4 reward for party
fcalty. Among the more ignorant of
the people, Immediately after the re-
sult of the election had been made
known, talk about return to slavery
was heard. This talk was reported rs
coming from the rural districts. In
order to ascertain how the democratic
success was regarded, number of
pastors of coiored congregations have
been talked with, and they responded
with great frankncss. They have lit
tic or no complaint to make about be-
ing deprived of opportunities to vote,
or any charges to make that the votes
of negroes were not counted.
The Rev. T, +. Mcdonald, pastor Of
the Wesley Methodist church, has had
frequent conversations with his pc0.
pie, but has not seen any indications
Of fear that they will he put back in
to slavery. He has advised his people
that all such talk is nonsense. II
have he said, "disGovrrcd in some
few persons an apprehension of this
| kind that they would not be treated
under democratic national admins.
tratiOn rs they have heretofore been
treated, and that the laws would be
so changed that they could not live
here. have tried to teach them just
what try to believe myself and have
concluded TO believe. can not allow
myself to think that we will be mate.
rally injured by this democratic vie.
tory, if injured at all. The present
state ofailairs, | think, may eventually
work good, and tell my people so
and try to teach them that the best
way to live here is to have the best
opinion OF those with whom we liyc.9
Rev. I. &. Harper, rector of st.
Luke's Episcopal church, says there
is no alarm among his congregation.
lie says "Thc intelligent position
for any man would seem to be to wait
and sec. There is no symptom OF
alarm among the colored people that
. can observe. They are here in the
south and are going to stay here. As
| look on it, the only thing that |
would like to see is that the social
condition of the colOrcd race be raised
to Il higher station. But that will be
the work Of the church, not OF politics.
As to politics, ! always cndcayor to
induce them to leave events to them
selves.
Rev. NJ. g. johnson, of the Presby-
terian church, says that he does not
believe member of his congregation
dreams Of going back into slavery.
The only apprehension they feel is
that, under a democratic administra-
ton, there will be oppression of such
Il nature that it will be aS bad as
slavery. "As look at it, the election
of Cleveland may bring about better
condition of things. | believe that
the more refined and intelligent white
men will bring about feeling of con-
ciliatiOE between the races. In the
country think see among the more
ignorant democrats different Spnit,
and the more ignorant OF the cOlorcd
people show alarm. To those who
have spoken to me about it, ! have
said : Wait, wait, and sec the result.
| don't know any in Columbia who
propose to leave the state, but, to my
knowledge, four or five families in the
country have sold out before cmigrat-
ing to the southwest As have said,
personally don't apprchend any on
preston. The democratic party will
have IN opportunity Of showing that
its policy is not oppression believe
that if it will treat the colored people
kindly and fairly the whole sentiment
Of that people will be changed. tell
you, sir, that they will be as faithful
to the democratic party as they have
been to the republican party
Rev. j. c. Waters, pastor of the
Bethel Methodist Epicopal church and
president of Allen university, c0lorcd
institution, finds some apprehension
among his people, but chiefly among
old men and women. "Thc idea is"
he says, "that the southern states,
taking advantage of the election OF
Mr.. Cleveland, will either give the col
orcd people certain time to choose
their masters, or that they will enact
apprentice laws by which the colorcd
people will be reduced to species of
slavery as near akin to that they have
passed through as possible. They
have ali sorts of notions. One old
lady told me that she was puzzled
what to do now as her old master and
mistress were dead. and no one re.
NAMED of the family bat the grand
children, who were too young to own
her." Mr.. Waters regards this igno.
rance as pitiablc, and has explained to
his congregation the limitations of the
powers of the president and the rights
assured TO them by the constitution.
There is an impulse to go away from
South Carolina, which he accounts for
by the supposition among the negroes
that republican administration has
been restraint upon the democrats.
"For myself" he says, 81 am hopeful
of the result of the election. The out.
look is hopeful. think the supreme
opportunity of the democratic party
has come. 1t has never had such Il
chance before for the unitcation of the
people of the whole country without
regard to race. am hoping that the
men of judgment, of thought, and of
craftsmanship in the democratic party
will control; that the progressive Gle
ment now governing the state will
maintain its ascendancy. But if the
rabble control, if the extreme Bourbon
element of the party assumes control,
there will be trouble. must say ]
have not much fear of this l am sat
isfed that the result of the election
will be beneficial to the south. Every
where in the south the speech of Mr..
Blaine at Augusta is topic of conver.
sation. 1t has directed more attention
to him than anything he l. said du'
ring the entire campaign. So far as
have been able to discover, his re.
marks are condemned as hurtful to
the negroes, because they violently
misreprescnt the actual facts, and also
because he makes prctcncc OF inter-
est in the black voters OF the south
which they have never been convinced
that he really felt for them w.
A Phlethora of Capital.
Capitalists are evidently waiting for
something to turn up, Never before
has there been such an excess of re.
serve. On Saturday the New York