National Republican., 1885-10-21

"A senator's MtSttkCSs
The Hon James 4. George, Of Jackson, .
Miss, Is one Of number Of gcutcmrn .
holding seats In the United States Senate .
10y reason Of the suppression Of the Repu6- /
licun vote OF the south. MIR. George is an /
intelligent man, and is therefore well ac-
QuaintCd with the notorious facts connected |
with the bloody putting down of the
majority in his state. No man knows bet
ter than he what "thc Vi s,issippi plan"
was and is.
1t is not our purpose TO 60 over In detail
the long and horrible story Of crimes in
Vulnerable by which the Democratic mi
norty was put on top OF the Republican
majority in Mississippi AMI several other
southern states. Senator George knows
and the civilized world knows, that
but for those crimes the federal govern
ment, in all its branches, would now be in
the hands OF the party which saved it.
Knowing all these things, as he surely
must know them, II seems strange that
Senator George should have spoken such
words as these TO his fellow citizens at
recent political meeting at Bay st. Louis
DO you comprehend the issues upon which
the Republicans have made their fight In OHIO
and have carried that state? Do you imagine
they have forgotten the preiudiHes Cngendercl
by the war and are willing to recognize Us as
brothers and equals2 II so you have forgotten
that their candidate for governor aud Mr. John
Sherman, one of their most eminent statesmen
made the canvass on an issue which contem-
plates the denying to you Of your equal rights
to representation in Congress. My friends, If
any man thinks that We are treated and con.
sidercd by the Republican party of the nor.h
as children of Il common mother, rs equals In
common government and lnion he Is sadly
mistaken.
No, Mr.. George, "thc prcjudices en-
gendered by the war; did not enterinto the
Ohio campaign, and you know 1t.
The Republicans Of Ohio are not unwlll-
ing to recognize you and your people "as
brothers and equals and you know it.
Judge Foraker aud Senator Sherman did
not make the campaign on an issue which
coutcmplatcs the denying to you of your
equal rights TO representation in Congress"
and you know 1t.
And when you say to the people Of Mis-
sissippi that they are not "treated and
considered by the Republican party Of the
north us children of. a common country, as
equals IN n common Union,n you say that
which has no warrant in any facts in your
possession. Nay more, you say what all
the facts in the premises disprove, and for
the uttcrance Of which there Is no excuse.
You arc one Of the last Of all men, Sem
ator George, who should talk about denial
Of equal rights. 1t is within your knowledge
that Mississippi sent seven Democrats to the
last Congress on a vote Of 1888, an average
of l1,o3T, and that New Jersey sent seven
congressman, three Of whom were Demo-
Gratis, to the same Congress on vote of
1861, an average of 2i,Sl0. Do YOU want
one man in your state to have the same
power as two or three northern men in the
federal Congress and the electoral college ?
Is It denial Of equal rights to point to this
Tremendous disparity?
Tho senator knows that only about 32 per
cent. Of the voters Of his state go to the polls,
and he knows Why the rest do not co. There
are widows and orphans in this city who
could refresh his memory If there were any
occasion for such stirring up.
Before Senator George makes another
speech like the one from which we have
quoted, we ask him to look at these fact:
which We have heretofore given in these
columns:
Mississippi In 1850 had oss, 532 men of voting
age, Of whom lSO27s were colored, and by tho
census was given seven representatives in Con
Hrcss' IN lsS2 IN lhe vote Tor eongressner
there was pOllcd 1888 votes-that is, abou
sv" WV, -, Luz ~ - -,
IG6Igs.-o total NJ oso 9go 0rc os thoso s,nto
got four mud the other two members of Con
cr,ss. At the congressional election in lss
there was oiled in Connecticut 1900, Nbo
, S2rcr cent" and New Hampshire polled 7G,9oC
or 20 lVr cent for the SIX congressman iron
me- ,,S ,"o "o''I''n s,u'es 'here ~ was pol.e
,' -' 80 "i o I.'o,' w w
+ nolIrd -oss yn,cs nm oycrogr or II on
} will be noticed in this connection that wit
i3SO7 less men of voting agc the souther
state has one more congressman than the tw
: northern states
= All that the northern Republicans ask
= equality, all that they hope for is an equ,
, participation in government under the col
c stitution, That they expect to secure, an
, the foolish ilapdoodlc of Senator Georg
n will not deter them from going right alOn
/ with the agitation Of the great, the par,
mount question.
There is nota business firm, corporation
Z / or q voluntary ASSOCIATION OF any KIND 1
Il existence In the United States which woul
l.