Daily Republican., 1885-10-08

Hx-Ssnator Thurman has beep max
ing . political speech ont In Ohio and
has tried 10 answsr John SAsrmsn's
falling speech showing the Bourbon
mode Of expressing Republican SUIT
frAge 1t the South, Mr.. Thurman, an
honest and straightforward man ~
most times, can play the politician most
effsctually when he takss poion 10 do
SO, and this he has done most effectnAl-
" In his attempt 70 answer Senator
Sherman. He eAlls attention to the
prosperous condition Of the colored
people OF the South, In South Carolina
and Miasisslppi especially, compared TO
their condition before the war and for
some years after reconstruction, snd be
argues from this that they have had no
particular hafdships. He thinks or
rather he would have the people think
that . people Who have made such ad-
vAnces In prosperity - they have could
not have been the bull-doxed people that
Senator Sherman alludes to.
And then he argues that prosperity
being the result and there now being
peace and quiet In the South, he
Who would disturb these relations is 3
dangerous man TO socisty. By infei-
sncs he wants this state Of affairs to
continue. No doubt Mr.. Thurman and
I'll Other Democratic politi sians ere ex-
cssdingly willing 10 permit things TO 60
on in tho South - they have been do
Ing, 90 that mode has made the South
solid for his party not BY the choice OF
the people but by violence and fraud.
How cunningly the Senator appeals
to the Ignorance and prejudice OF the
people In his aiiusions to the colorei
vote, that 1t has become divided, and
that now large portion OF this GLASS Of
voters either vote straight out for the
Democratic party or refrain from vo-
ting ut oil. The venerable 81 atcs must
have laughed In his sleeves when ht
made this Argument. He u too intelli
gent man not TO know that he WA
playing . politicians part and was moi
telling the exact trpth. He took good
care not 10 produce statistics Of votes In
the bull-doxed States. He did moi
show, ~ he could have shown, that
while in many Congressional district4
In South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama
Mississippi and Louisiana only from
5000 to IL, 900 votes were polled for
| Congressman-in some instances belo "
5000 votes; while In Iowa, Illinois, In
diana, Pennsylvania, New York snd
the Eastern States from %, 900 TO 80, 0Ot
votes were pollsd. The difference II
the vote In these Southern States NAMED
and these Northern States named. in
cludes the suppressed Republican vot'
LOT the South, and no man knows thi
better than Mr.. Thurman, but he ha
not the honest courage 10 state that fact
Mr.. Thurman knows very well that l
those We Southern States named woult
hold honest elections, would let every
body vote who has right to vote, 10
them vote for whom they please with
out intimidstlpg, and then honestl!
, count the votes cast, they would be y
solidly Republican as they are nov
, Democratic.
Il His Argument that Mr.. Sherman
. waus to organize raid OF the Boys !
Blue to the South is all lollypop, mad
only 70 ridicule stubborn facts and
pander TO the lowest political prejudic'
and instincts Of the people. There
i, nothing ennobling nor reformatory
!, his whole speech, and 50 much Il
Y more the pity, o. he is On old man 81
: should be above prevarication by n
telling the whole truth.