The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-10-09

torial. tells Senator Chandler and all Re
publican politicians of his stripe, some
home truths. Our readers will have
noted that Chandler has taken no part in
the debates in the Senate on the tariff
question, on the fishery treaty, or on the
Presidents retaliation message. Such
debates require ability and information.
Chambers political stock in trade has
been sectional controversy. In that alone
does he feel at home Therefore some
time AGO he introduced a resolution in
the Senate for an investigation of the
election of Senators in Louisiana, which
would involve an investigation of the
election of the present Louisiana Legisla-
ture. Chandler has brought this resolu-
ton up from time to time SO as to provoke
sectional controversy, for this is the very
breath of his nostrils. But we do not
think he will feel particularly gratfied
when he reads the following from the New
York Times:
Chandler that very large number of American.
citizens lie awake o nights in dread OF the con-
sequences that will fall upon this devoted land
from the domination of the Democratic party in
the South Chandler himself is not in the least
alarmed on this subject. With him it is purely
matter of business. The more anxiety the
more Republican votes Ii he could manage to
get up a nice little massacre of negroes every
week between now and election he would go
into the affair with all the GOODNESS OF his calcu.
lating and practical mind He knows very well
that whatever may be the extent to which the
negro vote is suppressed, perverted, or corrupt
ed in the South to-day the negro race is more
prosperous, more cOntented, and in more nearly
complete enjoyment of its rights in that section
than it has ever before been. He knows-no
one better-that the outrages that occurred I'M
der Republican rule were often permitted, If not
encouraged, by the party leaders, with the hope
of firing the Northern heart.
home truths, however unpleasant they
may be to Mr.. Chandler, who doubtless
now is contrasting the present time with
the good old days of 1876, when he stole
the vote of Florida. Then he was not SO
we'll known by the Northern paper Of in
dependent proclivities as he is now. 1t
did not believe all that the Democrats
said about him. Now pretty much all is
believed.
The Times goes on to say that Mr..
Chandler clings in his "blind, stubborn
and stupid way" to the hope that he can
at this late day arouse the waning ener-
gies Of his party by appeals to sectional
predjudces and the revival of sectional
controversies. 1t continues:
He is terribly mistaken. The country will not
trust the Republicans again in this matter.
There are serious evils in the treatment Of The
suffrage in the Sonth. They have steadily
decreased since 1881, when President Ar
thur for the first time in the history Of
his party, conspicuously put them aside
as subject of Federal legislation. They have
decreased still more under the administration OF
Mr.. Cleveland, whose firm and impartial coursc
has led directly to the division of the negro vote
the only final solution OF the race problem in
politics. But il this were not So if the condi-
ton OF thing, were rs bad as ever in the South,
the country would not put the Republicans in
office TO mend it, because the party has proven
itself at once incompetent and disloyal There
is no chapter In lis history more dsgracelul than
It's s0rid, unscrGpulOus and base betrayal of The
freedmen of the South. The negroes who were
sold on the auction block in the time OF slavery
were not treated with less respect for their man
hood and their rights than the black voters
OF the South under The cOwardly and selfish pol
icy OF the Republicans. Helpless they were
innocent and trusting, they were used IN the
basest manner, msled deceived, debauched,
robbed, and deliberately exposed To The
the most cruel pr' udce simply to strengthen
the hold OF The Republican politicians up
on power, patronage, and plumber. The It.
memblance or these iacs will not check the
Of in,
bolster the failing fortunes OF his party, but il is
still clear IN The minds of many voters who once
acted with the Republican party ami who were
driven IN Indignation from lis support in great
part by The cynical bad faith OF the party leaders
on this question, and the more HE subject is 40
itated the less Will be the chances OF Republican
success.
1t is refreshing to read sentiments and
statements like the above from a paper
that has not always been just to the
South. But it is SO now, and has been
for some time back. What it says OF the
conduct Of the Republicans towards the
negroes is truth that no Republican clam
or can affect, whether it is made by men
like Chandler at the North or like the
great and only Threet at the South.
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