National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-06-27


ment TO the constitution reads as follows
No person shall DO a senator or representa-.
tNein Congress, or oloctoro Of PrcsldentandV Vice |
Pfcsident or hold any Office, civil or military,
who, having previously taken an oath, as d
member OF Congress- or rs an officer of the
nitcd states, or MS member OF any state leg.
Stature, or as an executive or judicial officer
Of any state, to support the constitution of the
United States, shall have Engaged In In
surrecuon or rebellion against the same, or
gwen MD or comfort 10 the enemies thereof
lut Congress may, By vote OF two-thirds of
each house, remove such a disability.
The confederate states proper had in 1858,
when the reconstruction measures went
into effect, a white voting population Of
not less thnn 1,0G0,OOO, and the three
border states, which partially participated
IN the rebellion, Kentucky, TENNESSEE, and
Missouri, had 10000 white voters. OF this
l,1JO,OOO, voters possibly per cent. or
10000 were not permitted TO hold office,
but they were not debarred from ''active
participation IN politics. They were the
delegates TO and leaders In every Demo-
cratic convention In the south and settled
the policy which was to he pursued, be-
cause OF their former prominence. But
that they constituted "the bulk OF the intel
iigenee and property OF the SOUTH is In
fumonsly false.
In Missouri, the state from which Gen.
SChurz hailed before going TO New York.
state laws dlsfranchsed an immense num-
her OF citizens, and through that dlsfran-
chisement Gen. Schurz was enabled, until
"lhe people came to their own again, 20
occupy seat IN the United States Senate,
from which he was spewod out rs IN unsavory
morsel, but In none of the other states,
either by the reconstruction measures or by
local laws, was there a 1.-THE of the intelll-
gent and property-holding class ''dlsfran-
chised or dobaued" from active political
work.
The most remarkable part of Gen.
schurz's book Is that found on pages o and
III. He says:
Unfortunately, the carpet-Dag governments
W y, Ta IN me9snre, sustained by party spirit
action against them In tho south took law.
less Character. The EukluN organization was
my hlafied Tor the suppression Of disorder,
ana then became itself an element of lawlcss-
ness. Efforts wcro made TO overcome the ne
gro maJorities by terrorism. Negroes who
were POLITICALLY active suffered cruel maltrcat.
ment a good many murders occurred. No
doubt, OF tho southern outrage" stories, some
were manufactured for political effect in the
north, but Others were unquostionably founded
on Nuth. when the national government
ceased 10 uphold the carpct.bag governments
BY force OF arms, tho southern oulragos' OF
tEo bloody kind gradually ceased. But the
efforts TO Keep the negroes from exercising 20.
lhieal control continued, although by different
mcens Force was Implanted by rusc. In
some places negro maioTities wero overcome.
by tissue ballots; In Others registration was
made dfilcult; In others the voting places were
70 arranged as to put the negroes at q disad.
vantage in Others, where many offices were
voted for ut the same time, 1t was provided by
law that there should be separate ballot.box
for each Office, and that ballots put by voters
INTO the wrong boxes should not be counted,
tho effect of which was that persons unable to
read, and thus TO identify the boxes, would DO
ant to lose their yotes-an arrangement work
ing somewhat like a disqualification of illit-
crates. In still other places efforts were made
TO influence the negro vote as It Is influenced
mere and there In the north. Thus while at
the beginning of the reconstruction period, the
l'grocs were enfranchiSed and lnrge mum.
bur Of the whites disfrnnchised by law, which
brought forth Republican maiorlties and the
carpetbag governments, subsequently the ne
gro vote was In large measure neutralzod,
first by force and then by trickery, thus by
mems wrong in themselves and eventually
demoralizing In effect, making Democratic
najorities TO put an end to the carpet.bag
governments, prevent the return of negro
domination, and secure honesty In the ad.
ministration ofpublic affairs
There has been, concerning these facts,
much elimination and reoriininntion between
the northand the south, partly just and partly
unjust. by your reconstruction acts" said
the south, you subjected us 10 the rule of ig.
norant and brutal negroes led by rapacious nd.
vonturers, who mercilcssly .plundered us ut
poyerlshed, was most in need of Intelligent
and honest government" 'Wo could not
help that, answered the north "for we were
in Justice bound not to leave the emanclpated
negro helpless at the mercy of his former
master; we had TO arm him with rights, and
| iyou had been In our places You, MS an hon
Orable people would have been bound to do,
| andwould have done, tho same thing "You
have tcrrorized voters" said the north land
controlled the ballot;box by force aud fraud,
long to I've could not M help tSa ny a SS
| swered the south, "for the government of COM
Stripped Us naEed and tRreea atsEd rs wtS
complete ruin. No people could have endured
this. We had to get rid Of negro. domination
at any cost, and II you had been In our places
you would have done the same thing"
MURDER, INTIMIDATION, AND BALLoT-Dox
sTUFFING APoLoGIzED ron.
Here is direct admission by this mug.
wumpian philosopherof murderfor political
purposes, Of intimidation, ballot-boX stuff
ing, and every kind of rascality which could
beCrwas necessary for the purpose Of giving
minorities the rule over maionties, and
then an elaborate apology for and indorse-
ment OF those crimes against free govern
ment.
To "securc honesty In the administration
Of public affairs,h Gen. SchIuZ condones
every political crime committed IN the
! south by Democrats.
The Republican party ought to feel under
great obligations to Gen. Schurz for admit
ting that the present administration has for
the cornerstone Of its ediilce, murder, ballot
| hoX stufiing, intimidation, tissue ballots
and fraud. We have charged these crimes
TO the Democrats, and now their Mugwump
ally comes into court, pleads guilty, and at
| tempts to justify. Gen. Schurz has per-
mitted his zeal for his new found friends
to outrun his discretion. They deny. He
| admits and justiiles.
Gen. Schurz says, on page Z, that the Re-
| publicans In Congress 'went faster and
| further in their measures to protect the
| rights of the freedmen because they dis
trusted President johnson, and then on
| pages 0 and 10 virtually admits they did
not go fast and far enough by showing that
the freedmen have no political rights.
Gen. Schurz has never claimed con-
sistency, but he ought to have memory.
Page eleven Of the "New SOUTH is de-
voted to showing that the southern men
| had accepted the new order of things and
gone to work. Pages nine and ten told by
what devices the negro had been deprived
Of all political power, and the very next
| page tells how the whites had accepted the
! reconstruction and were rebuilding their
fortunes under II. . .........|
SAN EDUCATED 'NIeGER' Amt WORTH A
DAMN
Gen. Schurz next diseourses Of the work.
ing and other habits OF the negro. lie made
the remarkable discovery that some of them
work well and others do not. am OF the
opinion this discovery is not patentable,
even under the loose rules of the United
States patent Office, the same fact having
been discovered centuries ago as to white
US well as colored men.
"The most unsatisfactory featuren to Gen.
Schurz Of the condition of the colored race
was ga disinclination TO work shown by many
Of the young people, who have grown up
since the abolition OF slavery.n And Gen.
SEIZURE actually insinuates that this "disin-
cllnationto laborhis the effect OF education
ON these ''young people," The subject is In