The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-09-24

the South during the years Gf the war,
that while the whites fought Ourarmies
the negroes supported their families,
thereby contributing aa much NJ their
masters 10 the duration OF the cOnilclY
The slaves loved freedom, aud gladly
welcomed II, but lhay loved their mas
lera aud dill not Tiae In insurrecti0n,
And now the races live together, not In
suppressed hostility, but In open amity,
THE TRUE REASON,
IL IL for this reason, Mr., Sherman,
that there are no Republicans In Ala
1ama, none In Georgia, and none In
South Carolina. You dare not tell me
that Wade Hampton is not q friend of
the colored people when the record OF
lhis honorable statesman has been no
largely made up OF devotion to the best
interests OF the black people of South
Carolina, Do you believe that the col
Ored people of South Carolina do not ap.
preclate the friendship of Hampton and
are not his willing supper ersY Three
years ago you tried 10 make an issue
with C0plah ana Dauyille, Now you
have not made the foolish claim of pre-
tended outrage In Chatham county, Ga
RcQnit you Of that, but yOlr candidate
for Governor In reduced TO the pllful
prelenae that there are not enough bal
l0t boxes open TO receive the votes Of all
the voters OF that county, AZ II the col
ored man did now know just as we'll as
the White man how t0 crowd up 10 the
polls and get his vote In early The
long roll OF pretended OutTages has
come to an end. None have been heard
OF for years, Hamburg aud Eliza Pink
stOn, Danyllle and Copiah have lzzled
aud peterod out, leaving only the want
OF enough ballot boxes In Savannah M
the sole remaining grlst Of the once
a0lay outrage mill.
But hr. Sherman claims there IN an.
other remedy for his pre- ended wrong
H. says "lf the policy Of the past In 10
90 pursued and there Ia no redress for
the cOl0red people OF the south for these
0uenses, committed under the color Of
State laws, then under the fourteenth
amendment To the Constitution, we may
lalfly appeal 70 all the Northern States
TO stand together to reduce the represen
tatlon based upOl the cOlOred vote, and
on this question Governor llOadly ought
10 DO wnere he WAS during the war"
NO DISCRIMINATION.
"Under the rni0r Of what State law"
Mr.. ShermanY You know there are none.
repeat deliberately, that from the capes
Of Delaware TO the Rio Grande, there
are no laws, not one, whereby the right
OF colored man to vote IN In the least
da0raa nhutFuotad and Inhu QhaHnan
YOU know II. Point out the law. SpeC.-
fy book aud page, or go to the foot OF
the clasa, Thia In not your real trouble,
The Fourteenth amendment provided
that II "the right TO vote" should be
abridged, except for disloyalty, repre-.
sentali0n In Congress should be proper.
tlonately diminished. But the Fifteenth
amendment prevented Its being abrldg.
cd, and the Fifteenth amendment thus
rendered the Fourteenth amendment
In part imperative, No. si,; No, air; the
Congressional power TO abridge may ex
tend to Republican Rhode Island, which
maintains u Know Nothing discrimina.
ton against the rights OF foreign born
citizens TO vote, but does not apply Ia
the South, where the c0l0red mems right
10 vote IN ~ free aa the air. -.
No, cir, Your trouble II that the col
ored men OF the country have come out
ft0m among the f0ul par y" and lead b
Peter ii. Clark and Ira Collins, and u
I, Downing and Q. 5 Smith, the coloret
men OF the North are fast finding Ouj
who are their friends, that as In 1913
when you werea young Whlg and | q
young Democrat, the Democracy Of OhlC
gave them the right TO testify In courts
OF justice, and repealed the black laws
and In 1884 gave them full civil rights
the Democracy Of Ohio IL the party "a
| tic TO.
REGISTRATION LAWS,
Mr., Sherman, the history OF what has
recently transpired In Tennessee gives
the lie TO your attempt TO excite sec
tlonal anim0sity against our brethren
In tho South, In Tennessee there Ia q
Republican party Of white men AZ well
~ black, but II IL u party whose life, aC
| Cordlng TO Its record, depends on fraud
ulent voting, The Cincinnati CONNER
cial Gazette, the organ Of your party
has fellcltated ita readers upon the on
actment OF d registration law last win
| tor for Cine nnatI and Cleveland, passed
by u Legislature more than three lltth'
OF whose members In the Senate werC
Democrats, and whose majority In thC
House was within three Of being three
lliths. In Tennessee the frauds OF your
party upon the ballot box waxed ~
great that the Democratic party deter
mined for the protection Of the purity
OF tho ballot, TO adopt registration
| law. There had been u municipal reg
lstratlon law In force but II was con
fined TO the city OF Chattanooga, III
1884, In u very heated municipal elec
tion, that city cast less than $500 votes
within few weeks thereafter, wheI
the State and National elections cam,
Off, TO which registration was not 70
| qulred, that city Dying contiguous I,
| Georgia and AlabamH) voting In q dis
trlct Of the same territorial limits an II
tho municipal election, cast 4, 100"
Governor Hoadly described the regis
tratlon law that the Democrats In tn
Tennessee Legislature prepared anI
tried 10 have passed. The Republican
lllbuatered against the bill aud defeated
| ~ Wy nlphhlHk w VuuluHu' uuNeTHO
Hoadly declared the proposed law one
tho most practical ana efficient safe
guards against fraudulent election
that had ever been proposed,
why IT WAS DEFEATED.
Mr., Sherman, II was not because tn
Republicans were hostile on principle Il
registration that they reyolutlonized tn
State Of Tennessee by this llllbustering
for during the Brownlow regime the RI
pnblcans enacted q strict registration
law, which remained on the statut
books and was enforced for length o
time, dlsfrhnchising three fourths OF TN
white voters Of the State, while oil th,
colored voters were allowed the ballot
They were then quite willing TO see 3,
large q proportion Of the people dsfran
chised by u severe system ofregistration
but will not now consent 10 Legislation
TO prevent man from voting more thar
once,
Uow darA you than. Mr.. Sherman. it