National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-03-24


Hundreds Of influential Republicans have |
already taken pains TO inform the NATIONAL .
REPUBLICAN Of their hearty approval Of the
plan this journal has suggested for thwart-
ing the revolutionary purpose forwhich the
colored vote of southern states is systemati-
cally suppressed
1t is the deliberate Judgment of thought
ful and patriotic statesmen that wholesale
emigration Of the oppressed from the To-
Calities where they are maltrcated, perse-
cuted, and robbed of their rights is the only
practical remedy for condition Of things
which, II not speedily rcmedied, must in
cyitably result in-we write the word reluc-
tantly, but It must he written-wu.
We hold this truth to be selfevident that
peace cannot he permanently maintained
in this republic unless the government Is
restored to its only lawful basis-free,
honest suffrage.
We should insult the manhood OF the
great, free, generous, magnanimous north
and west were veto suppose possible for
q minority to continue to rule this country
through force and fraud without cyoklng,
as last, sad resort, that protest which
takes the shape of lead, iron, and steel.
The people Of the north will bear much
they are now bearing much--for the sake
of peace. The Republican party, north and
south, is now submitting to government
based on fraud-to the rule Of party made
successful by Wholesale murderand system
attic fraud, for the sake Of peace.
Let no man delude himself with the vain
thought that this can go ON. The Republi-
can party would deserve TO be individually
branded, sold, whipped, and worked as
slaves If 1t were capable Of accepting such
Il situation as anything but temporary
choice of evils.
by suppressing the colored vote aud
stealing the representation based on that
vote in the electoral college and IN Con-
! grCss the Democratic party has gained
whatever Of national power 1t now holds
1t proposes to go into the next presidential
campaign, as It went into the last, with the
bloody violence ana fclonious fraud. We
do not believe the majority would submit
to another mock election.
To avert the ruin that threatens our gov
eminent we propose to transfer the sup
pressed vote to states where II will be
counted. To promote peace on earth and
good will. to men we propose grand
scheme Of emigration, sagaciously devised
and wisely managed, by which the colored
inhabitants Of such an Infamous state as
Mississippi shall be transferred to places OF
safety-to states where they can enjoy all
the rights Of men.
The recent horrible massacre at Carroll.
ton, Mississippi, has sharply called the at.
tention OF the country to the necessity fol
prompt and effective action for the protec.
tion Of the lives Of black men in that state
The authorities Of that commonwealth ap.
prove Of this massacre, rs they have ap.
proved of similar atrocities in the past. II
the Democrats Of the south generally are
not in sympathy with their brethren in
Mississippi, they are certainly taking good
care to prevent such lack OF sympathy
from being suspected.
Even the Democratic press and politi-
clans of the north and west are too cow
Ndly TO speak out the horror that they
must feel. Or are the northern Democrats
too consistent, too shrewdly sagaclous to
condemn the means by which they carried
the election of 1884 and hope to carry that
of 1855?
II is known in Washington, from numer
Gus letters received from Carroll county
since the slaughter, that the tragedy was
planned and executed by influential Demo
Gratis because 'the nlggers needed les
SON." An important election occurs thi,
year. "The Niger was getting insolent.n
He didn't pull off his hat aud slink off the
sidewalk soon enough when he saw a white
man coming, A brigade Of respectable
white Democratic assasslns organized tc
"give the niger lesson'-the first Demo
cratic gun for 'ss
1t matters not how much such a state a
Mississippi may suffer from the exodus o
its labor. That state has sown the wine
and 1t will reap the whirlwind. The worl
of justice is going to be begun now.