The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-07-05
CHASDLER.S CHESTNUTS.
The Vermont Fire Eater Pays His Ee>pccts
to the south.


The July issue ofThc Forum contains
Il long article by Senator William r.
Chandler, of Vermont, on "OUr South
,.ru Masters" Sulnc Of the gcnS OF
which are presented aS follows:
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The political control of the United
States Is now in the hanGS OF Il south
crn oligarchy as persistent amt unre-
lcntiu- ;tS was that which plunged the
nation into the shareholders rebellion.
Its members own President Cleveland.
constitute the majority in the national
house Of representatives, and include
twenty-tour Of the thirty-seven demo-
Gratis OF the senate, where thlrtT-cl@l!t
northern republicans, aided by one from
the south, prec;triously hold nominal
control. This complete southern doni-
nation Of the government Is rs evident
" founded on the colOrcd people of the
south rs ii was when the cries and
groans of the bondncn invoked the
vengeance of heaven on their oppreS-
snrs. Then, as now, the negroes Ell
tered into the basis of representation in
congress and the electoral colleges.
Now, as then, the negroes have no voice
or vote in the elections; but the white
men vote for them and WELD their
power, and thereby rule the north and
the nation. The excuse Offered for thus
trampling Tuthlessly, by murder and
fraud, upon the right of suffrage as
guaranteed by the fifteenth amendment
of the constitution, is that negro sut-
frage would produce negro supremacy,
and negro supremacy would curse the
country. Is this attempted justitica-
ton of wrong and crime sufficient:
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ANY defense of the sO-callcd negro
and carpet-bag government Of South
Carolina may well be left to Daniel Fl.
Chamberlin, its refugee governor. lie
has meelily kissed the hand which
smote him, and is now 4 New York
city democrat, a maligncr Of the re-
publican party. Another similar out
cast, Ex-Governor Rufus b. Bullock,
has purchased his peace and Il safe
return to Georgia by publicly advocat-
ing, while yet claiming to be 4 republl-
can, the deliberate abandonment by the
north of the fifteenth amendment.
&:s#s:
1t was impossible that the victorious
north should submit to such an imme-
diate return to national political power
of southern rebels.
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The southern whites, during their
brief period of construction under
President JohnsOn's plan, had shown
that they accepted the abolition of
slavery as form, merely, and that, by
means Of atrocious vagrant and lat or
laws, they intended again to reduce the
coored race to Il state not far removed
from slavery.
Without suffrage for the negro north
ern public sentiment and honor would
have demanded the constant interposl-
ton of the federal powerin the southern
states for the protection Of the always
loyal and now free colored citizens.
The southern whites would have bro
ken any promises which they might
have made, and would have cvaded OF
defied any national laws not enforced
| by federal officials.
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But the southerners who had per-
| iured themselves to become rebels, and
who were, therefore, under limited and
temporary distranchisement, were sui
len and Indignant. They were encou-
raged by the utteranccs Of the northern
democrats, and We're renewing with
! them their former political relatlonS
with the view again !orule the nation
by Il solid south allied with contingent
Of northern congressional and electoral
votes.
And now SO it is that the south
which, during more than halfa century
| dominated the nation by means OF
slavery and the power which slavery
gave, has, after Il period of rebellion
| caused by slavery and period Of recon
struction prolonged by crimes agalns
the freedmen, again seized the relns O
government, and has rewarded itsel
for its rebellion by increased represen
tation in congress and in the body o
electors which chooses president. Tho
north is supposed to have conquered.
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Let it be borne in-mind-it cannot h(
too often repcatcd-that if the constitu
ton were III force, Blaine, instead o
Cleveland, would now be president.
the colured citizens could vote, ant
have their votes counted as cast, tht
election next fall would, with hardl,
the form of q contest, be republican,; an'
on the 4th Of March, 1889, Clevelan'
would surrender the executive power t.
Il republican president, who would b
sustained by 4 congress republican II
both branches.
IN addition to this pressure, the man
hood, the dignity, the self-respect, an'
the honor of all citizens Of the north rc
quire that they should compel on
modern southern masters to desist from
their attempt perpetually to rule
through crimes against the black NAL
and against the constitution, that coun
try which they wickcdly but vainl.
tried to destroy in order to f;lstcn NOR
firmly the chains of slavery, and t
extend its accursed powcrand influenc
into the territories Of the union.
APROHIBITIoN VICTORY.