The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-01-26

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''Mls.issippi plan Is the practical sup
pressioa u the negro vote ~ iatinidAtion
IL that will ssan. BY ioroe o. ehesiing when
inSiil noi Tbis plss has been 10 practi-
cal opersiion in Mississippi spd several
osaeg states ioF dozen years o. more
This plau. though Il is totally at variance
With The ooBf,iiniion and laws Of the
Uaiied States. has received the active sp
prOvai Of resrly AL the rromiGeDi white
people Ia those states. Oar nesly APP
poiuied Judge Of The United States su-
prcme CoHri has openly sustained this
plsn by bis influence aud by defending
N nraofets who have been on trial for kill
ing people who attempted to exercise the
right Of yoiiog as they pleased. In some
Of bis speeches Al home. as reported "
local papers, be has openly advocated the
suppression Of the negro vote. snd so lar
as kuowu. be has never publicly or pri-
sstely protested agains, IL. BE held biz
seat to the Senate for many years. IN all
probability. on account Of this suppress
sion. The strongest protest agsins, bis
confirmation by the Senate came from
Mrs. Chisholm hose husband was crnslly
murdered for no other reason than that
be Was Republican and dared to assert
his right to vote rs be pleased. and she
charges that Lamar openly approved OF
the murder,
This man is now elevated 10 the highest
judicial Office 10 tie nation by the appoint
meut OF the President. confirmed by q
small meioriiy IN an almost evenly divided
Senate.
The Mississippi plan" is still in active
operation 10 several of the Southern states
At The recent election in Jackson, Miss,
the blacks RETAINED from yotiog by reason
Of q circular which was printed in red ink
aud freely circulated We give the fol
loving extract from the circular;
Driven by no sudden passion or blind
impulse, but actuaed by II firm and de-
libefate eeuse Of the duty we owe to our
selves aud to our race, we hereby warn the
negroes that il any one OF their race at
tempts to run for office in the approach
ing municipal election, be does so at his
supfemest peril, and we further warn any
aud all negroes OF the city against at
tempting, at their utmost hazard, by vote
or Influence, to foist on as again this black
and damnable machine miscalled govern
meut of our city"
A committee OF one hundred was chosen
to see that the threats contained in the
circular were carried out, Prominent In
these proceedings were at least three
United States officials. This is an illus
tratiou of the plan by which several South
prn states are made solid for the democra
cy The advocates of this p Ian now have
at least one member on the bench of the
Supreme Court who may be relied upon
to defend this plan if case arising from
carrying it ont should ever get before that
court. They expect to keep the South
solid By the use Of such means. They ex-
pect TO rule the country in the same man
ner tina. small oligarchy of slave holders
ruled it before the war. With solid
South and bare majority in three North.
ern states they can succeed in any nation
al election. In 1860 the Nor thern people
arose in their might and elected Lincoln.
Rather than submit to black Republican
rule, as they termed it, the SoutherDers
seeded from the Union, They would
never submit to be governed by rail
splitter backed by Northern mudsils
The constitution and laws, upheld by the
Northern people-upheld at the point of
the bayonet, at last ,riumphed, but at an
alarming sacrifice
But why, say our Democratic friends,
bring up the memories Of the war why
wave the bloody shirt ?" 1t is simply be
cause the war taught us lesson which we
cannot afford to lose sight Of. The lesson
is this: That the great majority OF the
people OF the nation will not always sub
init to see injustice done No matter how
ingeniously defended and excused the
great mass Of the people at last came to
the conclusion that human slavery was
wrong. They will, we think, also come to
the conclusion that the Mississippi plan"
is wrong. The time is not far distant, we
hope it will come in Nov 1888, when the
majority OF tho people will say that they
will not be governed by the mississippi
plan Should the Republicans then
elect their President there is no danger
that the South will again seeede, for they
too. learned lesson from the war, how
ever much they may wish to forget it.