The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-09-17
Abous the bloody shirs-rho Diufranehis..
msnt OF ths colorsd Man In the South.
The Polass in the Present Campaign
In ohIo-1rrsfutabls Arruuasnts.


Eby the civil war, and, especially any
i reference to our friends over the lines as
rebels is getting TO be offensive t0a good
4 Democrat, especially If he Is 8 new rpn-
vert While nave life trust viii hAge
courage to den0unce the rebellion and e3-
toi the Union cause, and, therefore, 70
this charge of waving the bloody shirt /
make no defence, but will continue TO
4 wave it as long as it is bloody, but with
charity enough to forgive all the rebels
did in the war, excepting only those who
cunspired in secret to bring on the war.
As to the other charges, replied at
Labanon that Governor Hosdly had evaded
the issue, that 1 was not complaining Of
the results OF the war, but insisting upon
their observance, that the Constitutional
amendments, the chief results Of the war,
granted To the freedmen certain rights,
Chief of which was the right to vote, that
the parole Of the Confederate soldiers
given to General Grant required of them,
as an obligation OF duty and honor, to obey
these conditions of peace; and that the
Democratic party OF the esouth by crimes
unnumbered, had deprived these freed
men of the right to vote and OF all political
mower; that the event9 Of which | cuE
planned occurred since the war and were
part and parcel of the organized party
| policy OF the Democratic party and never
had been and never would be condoned
until redressed. said would keep this
issue before Governor Hjadly as caudi-
date for Governor of Ohio until he either
disputed or defended this enormity, and
especially 50 rs he had been with me- IN
political faith and action in the COnstitu-
tional guarantees Of liberty and equality to
the freedmen.
And, now, have before me an answer
such as it's.
THR DIsPRAXcHIsED coLoRED PEOPLE.
He says that I 'tseek to revive and en-
list feeling which the war enserdered, the
spirit of animosity to the South, to re-
new the battle fever and to remind the
parents and reiatives of the men who died
on the tield or in hospitals or in South
ern prisons of their suferings in order
thlt they may reap the reward in emolu-
msnt and salary"
I deny it. He is the irst who in this
debate has rcferrad to the cruel incidents
of the war. What I claim IL that many
of these men who were rebels, with their
| party associates, deprive millions Of citi-
ssns Of the United States more Justly en-
titled to the consideration OF 9 free people
Ithan they ara, OF the dearest rights -ofi
human nature,
Does Governor Hoadly deny this? De
does not, but states a fact that adds enor-
nousIy to the offense. He says that
though the Republican party has been in
power for many years, It was unable un-
der the limitations Of the Constitution,
tn prsvent the atrocities | have charged.
General Grant attempted this, and exer-
eised To the utmost the powers he pos
seased over the army and navy TO protect
the freedom of the South, but it was mant-
fest that the force Of the army at his COM
mand was insufficient, and public seuti-
ment would not allow the employment Of
military force in such numbers rs was
necessary to protect the freedmen of the
South. Does it lessen the crime that It re-
mains unpunishedI
THE MISSISSIPPI PLAN.
In the Presidential election Of 1875 the
Mississippi plan was adopted in all the
cotton States, and the evidence taken be-
fore the returning officers OF those States
after that election was over, shows that
the same plan of intimidation was pac-
ticsd with even more bloody results than
in Mississippi, with view to prevent the
colored people from voting, but fortunately
the lava Of thoss States provided for can
wasting the vote and rejecting the vote OF
counties or parishes where the election
flhad been controlled by fraud and violence.
In the States Of Louisiana, South Carolina
and Florida the returns Of these officers,
accompanied by the testimony taken in
open session, showed CsnClnsively that
but for the frauds and crimes committed,
these States would have been largely Re-
publican, and that by excluding the coun-,
ties and parishes whera fraud or violence
prevailed, President Hayes received their
electoral votes. There is not a ahAdow Of
DOUBT that il the election had been fair In
all the cotton StnteB they would, with the
possible exception Of Georgia, have voted
the Republican ticket
Il Governor Hoadly, with q strange per-
versity for one who has been RRpub-
iGIn, sees no harm or wrong in the open
Itdeprivation OF The Golorad voters Of their
franchise and repeats again the Oft refuted
story that President Hayes was declared
elected BY meanh Of fraud when the
only fraud or wrong committed in these
States was by the Democratic party upon
weak and unotfending freedmen, whom
they deprived Of their votes. From the
day Of that election there has been in all
the South a practical deprivation Of the
Golored people OF their right to vote, but
instead Of violence the fraud Of tissue bal
lots and false count and return is the
common and easier mode.
Il Governor Hoadly inEistg that because
the Republican parry could tindnoremedy
for the wrongs committed upon the freed.
men, no wrong was committsd. This does
not follow. l. may be that the Repuh-
liGau party failed 70 grapple with the sec.
Ond rebellion of the South with the
energy demanded by the gravity Of the
otfenee, hut at that time the resort to ex-
rems measured was not in harmony with
public sentiment or the strong desire Of
the Republican party to avoid actual con-
A Aict. But If it erred in this respect, does
Il follow that this example Of the over
throw Of the rights Of whole race should
be forgotten and condOned?
yaAuD AND VIOLENCE IN rHR SOUTH.
Shall the Solid South, maintained by
fraud and violence, be continued con-
trolling element in our poliics3 Are we
prepared to have ak millions of people de-
priyed of their constitutional rights as 4
fostering sore in the politics of the iutnre2
Shall we have a population larger than
thAt Of Ireland complaining ofan injustice
far greater than ever was indicted upon
the Irish people2 Shall the promoters Of
this wrong, as 4 reward Of their Crime, en-.
Joy increased political power over unequal
number Of pe0pla in the E0rthG shah
10000 rsbelB and Democratic v1tem IN
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