Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-09
SHERMAN'S NIGHTMARE!
HE DREAMS THAT THE WAR IS
STILL IN PROGRESS.

Thousands of DIsTranchised Negr0ea
Passing in Review Before His Disor4
dered Imsglnation-A Bold DeolAra~
tion that seotiOnRlism Nust be Kept
Alive-Blaine's Defeat Figured Out.
LEBANON, o., Sept. s.--Senator John
sherman delivered a speech here tonight
devoted mainly 10 replying to the address
Of Gov. Hoadly. Senator Sherman
claimed that the Governor had not fairly
stated the speakers position, and that be
had evaded and avoided important issues
growing out Of the condition Of affairs in
the South. The Senator reiterated that
the war was over, and he only demanded
now what was fairly won by the soldiers
in the war. Six millions Of people were
emancipated and enfranchised by the war
and constitutional amendments made
with the personal approval OF Gov. HOad9
ly, as a result Of which they were entitled
10 vote and were granted representation
in Congress and in the electoral college.
DENIED THE INCIDENTS OF LIBERTY I
They had practically denied many Of
the necessary Incidents of liberty, among
the most precious of which is the right I'd
free discussion, 'and they were now dis
franchised. and thus openly and boldly
deprived of all the safeguards by which
alone their liberties could be preserved
The speaker claimed that scarcely dis
trict of the south was there any pFetensa
at fair election, aud negroes We're Open4
ly defrauded by every. device the ingenuity
OF crime could invent. The speaker de-
clared that Gov. Hoadly could not
deny this In the face OF the accumulated
testimony. This was not only unjast t0
the colored men, but was unjust so the
white men Of the North.
THE OLD, OLD STORY.
''The effect OF the crimes have mems
tioned,n said the speaker, sis TO confer
upon the white people Of the South
not only a number Of votes to which
they are entitled for the white population,i
but, also, 3S votes based upon tine cOloredl
population, and, In this way, IN some Of
the Southern States, every white voter
possesses the political power Of two white
voters In the Northern States. The colored
people have practically no voice in Con3
gress and no voice in the ELECTORAL
College. Mr.. Cleveland is now President
or the United States In place Of James O.!
Blaine by reason of these crimes. ! claim
that this should be corrected.
OF COURSE IT WOULDN'T.
"An injustice 80 gross and palpabla
viii not be submitted TO by the colored
people of the South, nor by fair-minded
and injustice, nor by the great body ot
Northern people by whose sacrifices ia
| the Union cause the war was brought To
a successful termination.
81 confess that there are difficulties in
the way Of a proper remedy. This may
be broughtss bout first by an appeal TO the
South to c6Tfect an injustice and wrong
which will as long as it lasts tend 10
make our politics sectional.
''In South Carolina, Virginia and North
Carolina, ,oMlssissIppf and Louisiana, a
fair election would at once correct tnis
evil, butt viii be resisted, as matter od
course, by the dominant element that
now controls the South.
RIDICULOUS THREAT.
"If the policy Of the past is TO be pur-
sued and there Is no redress for the COLI
Ored people OF the South f0r
these ofFenses committed under
color of state law, then under tba
fourteenth amendment 10 the COnstitu-
tion we may fairly appeal 10 all Northern
States TO stand together to reduce the
representation based upon the colored
vote, and on this question Gov. H0adly
ought to be where he was during the wars
The speaker said that a contest was
now going on In Virginia led by prOmi-
nent leaders in the Confederate army To
secure equal political rights Of all eitizenss
Senator Sherman finally said that Cow
HOadiy did not seem to understand thel
distinction between a man who fayOra
Mississippi policy and such men as KeV
| and Akerman, who aid all they could TOD
put down the kuklux khan.