New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-08
TIE SOUTH IN THE SADDLE.
now TIRE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH AMEND
MENTs ARE NULLlFIEp.

now TIRE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH AMEND
MENTs ARE NULLIFIEp
Senator William r. Chandler ia The J,,ly Forum
And now SO it is that the South which, during
more than half a century, dominated the nation
by means of slavery and the power which slavery
gave, has, after a period of rebellion caused by
Slavery and q period Of reconstruction prolonged
by crn1s against the freedmen, again seized the
reins of government and has rewarded itself Tor
its rebellion by increased representation in Con-
President. The North is supposed to have con-
Quered. The Union Is saved IN form. The terms
of peace. reunion. and reconciliation were the mr.
tccnth Amendment, abolishng slavery; the -Four
tccnth, emitting the colorcd people from the basis
OF representation In States where thcy are 1 tna
colored citizen the ballot in all elections State or
National. The Thirteenth Amendment alone Is
in force; the Fourteenth and Fifteenth are a aeaa
letter. openly and fagrantly disobcycd. Suffrage
at the South for the black man does not eAlst;
for the white man even it is almost a farce. A
few leaders in each state, combining WIN similar
cotcrics in other States. form an ogarchy when
wiclds the whole political power OF the soma south
United with the Democratic party OF the North.
who expect 10 control by corruption or fraud few
Northern States, their plan of campaign" Is en-
sctly what il was before 500. Our later )uthcrn
masters are not different from those of former
Years They are able always alert, and whenever
not opposed are plausible courteous ana iull Oh
kind and patriotic professions; resisted their gen.
tlcness proves like that OF tigers they become
fierce and defiant, sometimes brutal.
The North needs to undccelvc ITSELF Inc Soutn
is in the saddle and il means stay there II has
the executive branch of the Government. it almost
controls the legislative, it is reaching forward TO
the judicial branch. 1t threatens the manufactur-
ing and all other industries of the North; III
means TO hold in its hands the decision oil all our
National questions, those of foreign policy tariff
finance, internal improvements, and all eNpehdl-
lures and TO get even with the A0rth On nc
during the era of rebellion ana RECONSTRUCTION
The South will not again make the mistake OF
secession. II is easier and safer 10 rule the nation
frorYn bo jpS
of IsSl gave will not be rciinquishcd IL murder
and fraud ut the South, and unlimited corruption
and fraud in Ncw-lorll City, can retain IT. ii
another Democratic Administration Is elected the
Northern people Will soon realize what the new
Southern control involves, and Will he l9auea TO
the full with the burdens of which our southern
masters during the last three years have imposed
Will the North consent submissvely TO n per-
pctual political control Of the country based upon
a fagrant disregard and defiance of one of the
principal fundamental conditions upon whlch inc
war was terminated. and which Is now part oil
the Federal Constitution? Let 1t be borne III
mind-it cannot be too often rcpeated-that IL
the Constitution were in force Blaine, instead OIL
Cleveland would now be President, and the Ma
tonal House would be Republican and IN favor
of protection, instead of Democratic and IN favor
of the Mills bill If the colored citizens could
vote and have their votes counted as cast, the
election next fall would. with hardly the form
of a contest, be Republican; and on the 4th OF
March 1880 Cleveland would surrender tle
Executive power to a Republican President, who
would be sustained by Congress RepuDhcah Ill
both branches. 1900 ~.
Although in the coming contest the votes OF
the negro will be unconStitutOnaily suppress anu
the South Tcrhaps solidlv Democratic our SoItlrIl
masters can be defeated if the commercial interests
of the the country are sufficiently aroused lhey
will do we'll to take the alarm. The indifference
Of the business men of the North 10 the Gncroach,
ments of slavery made the war possible, ana
compcllcd the expenditure of six thousand millions
to preserve the Union. IL is better TO protecU
our industries by Il contest now wheh lhcI are
vet undes' roycd than TO tight 10 restore ulciil
after they have been stricken down and CHAINS
arc rivcted upon our limbs.
II Victory is achieved. the conditions OF
reconstruction enforced. obedience 10 the Cons'ic
tuition in all its parts compelled and the vote OIL
the Northern man, white or black, made cquail TO
chat of tho Southern man. white or black. nelthcr
the North nor the South need fear negro
Manhood suffrage was first tried Immediately
after a war-made by the masters 10 strengthen
their hold on their slaveS-had resulted IN inc
discontinue of the former and the freedom OF the
latter, but had disorganized society, IN Jus re-
organization the late masters refused 10 Pirtlci1
maize the freedmen went ahead ana dld aS WrlI
as they could. The failure, if II be such; oil inc
first experiment will not he repeated under new
conditions and better auspices Inc charGc uI G
the two races cannot live side by side IN the
Southern States in political cgnay the yGogrS
has not been proved Il il Il mere clam0r ralSco
10 excuse the suppression o! the negro Vo,e III
order TO obtain partisan power IN State ana NlI
tjon Wherever the Experiment of Impartial
suffrage has been tried with any approach 10
fairness and good will on the part OF inc wI,te>;;
IL has been remarkably successful. The colorc,'
men are not aggressive; they are doclie we'll
disposed and anXrous. if allowed 10 ENJOY what
they know to be their constitutional rights to hVc
pcnccfully with their white ncighborS They SUD
nit readily TO what is sometimes 10 them so Gucn-
sively called the superior intelligence o. the
Whites They do not seek social e9uah!y. lm l;fI
are patient and long-sufIering But they VIII
never permanently abandon the ballot and when
ever they reach the polls they Will INSIST upon
their right TO vote the Republican ticket II they
81 wish. Their interests and their desires make
them an evereager army Of seven millions OF
people seeking their rights under the fltcen mn
Amendment In addition TO this pressure; the
manhood. the dignity, the sclf-rcspcct and the
honor of all citizens of the North require that they
sbould compel our Southern masters to deSist from
their attempt pcrpetually to rule through crimes
against the black man and against the Cons'ltn-
ton. that country which they wickedly but yainly
tr;cd 70 destroy in order faStcn more firmly the
chains of slavery and 10 extend its accursed power
and influence into the Territories of the Union