The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-09-26
SHERMAN IN THE Tolls.

Gen. tpaHiy Is In hOf i.urSult oil the
Ohio Senator, who is making a desper-
ate effort to secure his reelection.
At every turn Sherman is confronted
by al array of facts stated so forcibfy
that he cannot resist their overwh helm
ing effect.
At gainesville (Ohio) Gov. uoadly
reviewed the course and political his
tory of the Republican party in tho
South, and arraigned Mr.. Sherman for
his falschoods, his Inconsistencies, and
his shameful neglect of tho poor
"downtroddcn negroes" of the South.
He said:
"Mr. sherman, your party has hecn
in power for twenty-five years--a quar-
ter of a century. Why have you
yourselves not rishted the wrong of
which you complain long ago? More
than ten years have elapsed since the
majority of the Southern States threw
of the shackles which your party tried
to fix upon them and became Demo-
cratic. NinN years have elapsed since
your de facto President, II. b. Hayes,
contrived the scheme of sending n COM
mission to Louisiana to settle the dis
putcu question who was elected Cover
nor of that State, the result OF which
was submission to Governor Nichols,
who received fewer votes than Tilden
and Hendricks, while his antagonist,
Packard, received more votes than
Hayes.
Nine years have elapsed siuce the
last Southern State became free from
tho tyranny and misgovcrnmcnt of
Moses, of Warmpth, of Packard, of
Bullock, of Rrownlow, of pease, of
Texas Powell, Clayton, ct id oNsne
9.2liis. Daring these nino years your
party has had the power to right any
wrong. During the two years begin
ming March 1, 1881, you had tho rrcsi.
dcncy--tirst Garfield aud then Arthur
you had tho Senate and you were u
member of the Senate; you had tho
House, and If there were any injustice
to bc rcmcdicd why was II not done;
why did you not then and there pro-
ceeu with the remedy!
Confess, now confess, Mr.. sherman,
you know ms well as l do that There
was just IA much and just IA little
wrong then rs now; that the solid
South voted for ridden, voted for Han.
cock, just ms solidly ms for Cleveland.
Why did not you, between March 4,
1888, you and your allies in Congress
| kcifor, KohCSon and tho rcst-prcpnrc
some measure to right this supposed
wrong, Of which you now so loudly
complain" Why did you not enact. 1t
Into law? Mr., Sherman, the answer
is cnsy. There Is no such wrong.
There arc no such facts. Seven million,
, bales Of cotton produced by working
men in the south, both black md
!, white, is II fact which outwCighs your
prctcnsr, II Southern labor were dis.
n organized aud Southern iaborcrs under
, tyranny, this magnificent work would
, not have been achieved. Your whole
, argument is based upon tho claim t,r,
:, when the black men of tho South
, ceased to be chattci slaves, they II,
once became the slaves of the Repubii
can party and must thereafter vote n
its dicnton until tho day of judgmcn,
Yours isa simple syllogism."
: These are telling facts which neither
e. Sherman nor Foraker can gainsay
1 And what s still more important, III,
/ people believe every word of them be
, cause they know they have been do
cicvrd by the false representations o
, the Republican leaders in the past.