The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-09-03

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fart shnf II there bad he~s ~ free and full
lsspsesios u the uill oi the voters u the
aossA As II the Ncrth The result might
hare been dinsrss; Later 90 senator
Iiosr of Massachusetts, 10 pablic speech
decisrsi shai there il %, free ballot q
tho South, Later ssiil Seuasor sherman
opened the present camps'gn 20 Ohio
With . vigorous speech in which he de-
noupcsd the Democratic party. among
ether iLings. for rcspIng the advantage Of
limited ballot Al the South and also for
tavoripg ibe old secession element 10 tbe
matter o. appointments nnder the new
ADMINISTRATION.
or course ihc Democrats and some OF
the Mngwumps raise the cry thai the
Republicans are attempting To wave the
bloody shirt and revive sectional feeling,
and disturb the public harmony merely
10 make party capital.
| This is question that will bear looking
into. II II IL fact thst the colored vote
at the South is practically suppressed or
neutrsliaed by tissue ballots then it fol-
lows that the white people in The South
which are slightly in the majority, taking
al the Southern States together. WELD >
power ID the National Congress and in the
electoral college out Of al proportion 10
their numbers. In other words u takes
but little more than half the number Of
voters 10 elect congressman or . presi-
Dental elector at the South that II does
at the North. The vote cart for Congress-
men OF the last two elections when CON-
pared together shows that such is the act
ual fact The average vote rs cast for
congressman in the South is but little
more than half the average vote cast for
congressman at the North.
Was this light vote at the South the
result OF accident or Of deep seated
plan on the part OF the white people to
render migratory in one way and smother
the colored vote7 The more honest OF
the Southern leaders do not deny that
they have taken effective measures for
practically suppressng the colored vote
and defend their action On the ground
that their safety depends upon its sup
preston.
Henry W. Grady, editor Of nm Atlanta
paper and ore Of the best posted men 10
the South in long and pointed article in
the April Century takes this ground and
says the wLite people 10 the South are
nearly unit on the question. He says,
point blank. that the white race must
rule, no matter whether they may be in
the majority or not. This Of course can
only be done, where the blacks are in the
majority or where the black vote when
united with q small fraction OF the white
vote will make majority, by deliberately
suppressing the vote or multiplying 1t by
tissue ballots or by some other equally
Objectionable methods. However it may
be done the fact remains that the ruling |
class in the South by violence or fraud |
virtually casts the vote for the whole pop
ulation and thus one man has the same
power 10 electing members OF congress or
voting for President that two votes have
at the North
The excuse OF the Southerners is that
the blacks are ignorant aud vicious
and it would not be safe TO allow them
equal rights at the ballot box. While
there is considerable force to their objec~
ton, on the other hand under the law
and constitution the blacks have just as
much right to vote as the whites There
are great many ignorant and vicious
voters at the North but their votes are
never suppressed There are many
cities today suffering because this class OF
voters outnumbers the better class. The
Republican party maintains that the right
OF free and fair ballot m ust be maintained
not only at the North but At the South.
This principle reaches to the very founda.
tons Of the government, and we believe
that . Republic cannot long be maintain
ed where the right Of ballot is not fully
and fairly recognized.
II is perhaps true that the blacks At the
South, Is Q class. are not ~ intelligent
and moral as the whites but We have no
doubt that great many Of the blacks
are more intelligent and moral than great
many Of the whites are, yet the white man
votes and the black does not. or bis vote
il rendered OF no effect.
One thing Il very evident that il the
whites at the South deliberately suppress
the black vote then their representation
10 Congress and in the electoral college
should be reduced. They used 70 vote
for fixed proportion Of their slaves and
the North submitted TO It for many years,
but the time came when this and other
things brought on the war. Though the
war went against them yet they seek TO
retain their old time supremacy ia Nation.
al affairs by voting not for portion but
for the whole Of the blacks. They say
the Republican party gave the ballot to
The blacks and now il must take the
Very we'll, the Republi-
san party is ready to take the consequences.
md having given the ballot to The black
man il is ready 10 zee that be is allowed to
vots and TO have his vote counted. II
In regard TO the other charge made BY
Senator Sherman, all that Republicans
Of is that the administration has
IN the matter Of appointments, given the
preference to the late enemies Of the gov
srnment. In great many instances
uhere good Democrats who were loyal 70
be Union have applied for important
positions the places have been given 10
ate copperheads and confederates. We
,taisa that uhara stt.x thtr cs sra onual I