The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-16
ANOTHER REBEL YELL,

may be dismissed. A yell comes from the
old solid South, and somebody evidently is
hard hit. The Charleston News and Courier,
for one, is especially rabid, and talks of Gan
other revolution" in favor of the black man,
though it doesn't vouchsafe to explain what it
believes to have been the first revolution in
this direction. The only revolution" that
the South has participated in since the close
of the struggle begun 100 years ago, was the
Rebellion. 1t, we believe, was failure, and
If we are to credit the South, the South is
now glad that it was failure. Our contem-
porary says, in reply to Senator Sherman's
speech:
at was predicted by the News and Courier
during the reconstruction period that the time
would come within the lifetime of this gen.
Grafton, when radical Republican leaders at
the North would be eager to take away the
right of suffrage from the negroes, and the
Southern people would be found strenuously
opposed to disfranchsenent That time
seems to have arrived already"
The News and Courier, as usual, is about
eight years behind the times. The negro has
been disfranchised in the South for about
that length of time The bull-whip and the
shotgun in the hands of the bloody night
riders have accomplished their purpose and
free suffrage in the South has long been un-
known. In Coushatta a lesson was given the
blacks that they must not vote except at the
pleasure of the bulldozers. At Ellenton
number were killed as reminder that negroes
should not fool around the polls on election
day. And even as late as the incident at
Danville score were murdered as reminder
that "a white mans government must be
ruled by white men," It is not so long ago
but some recall the massacre of the Chisolm
family, because the father dared be Republic
an and encourage colored Republicans to
exercise the right of suffrage There isn't an
intelligent school-boy in the land who hasn't
heard of the killing of Prent Matthews at the
polls, after being warned thathe as a Republic
an, would not be allowed to vote, and there
are few if any but know that his assassin
was promptly elected to responsible Office in
return for his deed. 1t is fact that the
murderous South made no concealment of it's
intention to murder it's way into power and
to bring the South again under the control of
the old spirit. To this end no crime has been
the accomplishment of their purpose. In
Virginia, State next those in which cleo
tons are perfectly free and fair, less than two
years ago negroes were slaughtered in the
streets Of Danville in order to intimidate
colored men throughout the Commonwealth.
That it was preconcerted massacre was made
plain by the fact that infammatory handbills,
recounting the eight" had been printed in
advance and held at distant points ready for
instant distribution, as but few days inter
vened between that day and the election
The moment the news was sent out to the
several men intrusted with the business of
spreading it, these bills were put into circu-
lation. Exactly the same thing has been
threatened this year in case there is any doubt
of the Democrats carrying the State. There
hasn't been a free election in Virginia for ten
years, and none in South Carolina, Mississippi
and Louisiana for twelve years. Murder and
| To claim that the negroes are free to vote as
| they please is but to confess hopeless men,
dacity.
With am using ishcnesty-amusing be-
cause so palpably absurd as to deceive nobody
| the News and Courier exclaims: ''The
| negro who desires to vote the Democratic
| ticket in the South can now do so without
putting life and limb in jeopardy at the hands
| of radical ralliers." We would be glad to
know when he was not safe in life and limb,
so far as Republicans Tor radicals are con
cerned. Will the News and Courier please
| calm its rage long enough to point out few
| instances where negroes were harmed by Re-
| publicans because they wished to vote the
Democratic ticket Can anybody point to a
| county, township or ward carried by BULLDOG
| ing Republicans and through acts of violence
committed by Republicans
Threats of revolutions" and of revolu-
tons to undo revolutions, are just SO much
breath wasted The Republican party en-
| franchised the negro This is one of the few
things that Democracy has not yet attempted
to appropriate, though it will in time, doubt
less. This SO terribly enraged the royal Ben
gal white man" of the old South that, with
blood in his eye and murder in his heart, he
set about accomplishing by violence what he
could not hope to achieve by fair and peacea-
BILE means, and the Democrat most
active in the preparation of outrages upon the