The Greenville times., 1889-01-26

SlRKlsM-0F A MILD TYPE.


lam told by some Republican friends
shss they support the Republican ticket
kseesase they want to secure free bal
lss 81 the South aud TO have every
nssns vote countef~ which they claim
isnot now the fact. am sorry to take 50
perverse view of human nature, but
eanfess 10 suspicion that the reason
for this desire i their belief that the
negroes can be induced TO vote the
Republican ticket. BE this as II may,
theoreiically. certainly, every man upon
whom the law confers citizenship is en-
titlea to vote and have his vote counted.
sm willing 10 assume. for the COM
fort Of our republican friends, that they
are right and that our southern breth-
ren need 10 improve their methods at
elections. and thus assuming ! have a
practical suggestion to offer. The i'm
preston we need 70 make upon the
southern people is | think, that if we
we're in their place, or were surrounded
hv similar circumstances here, we
would ourselves do Just what We re-
aUire from them Clearly prove this
to hs true and place the evidence before
them and Ficiors vii be Ger tain. /
propose, therefore, that there shall be
circulated among republicans the fol-
loW1Rg pledge and II il Is generally
signed can guarantee there viii be no
further reason for complaint The
sauih cannot resist this kint Of argn-
mHui ana influence,
FLEnGE
4 hfrtty soleniy declare that 10 the
besi Of nv belief if | lived in any Of
s1s states IN which there i 4 large ne
gro PoT.1lKiSrn- I would use my utmost
sz.a1ror TO have the negro vote IS
tAA.sF EagAi s1eci and to have their votes
ra1ztes3 farther declare that |
wuszA ~ p-eTsat CT oppose any e.
fs-s = iAe pars Of political managers
o. wi-s pgllers 10 e0afrOl their votes
b. tn zss OF such methods - they
might adopt II the RESULT Of the ex-
pertinent shoal1 be the establishment
0f a corrupt government. the creation
Of debt. the destruction Of business in
seresss. the unworthy bestowaI, or the
sale without due consideration Of val
liable franchise. IL even life and proper
were rendered insecure, | should still
exert myself TO have the negroes pro-
tected in the right of unrestrained suf.
frage.
Seeondly-ln case the negro vote
should be SO large as to control the
election, and the conduct of the white
men, or men of their own race whom
they might put in Office were such a:
to become intolerable | would either
bear the evil until such time as they
would by education become good citi
zens. or would leave the country ant
would make the necessary sacrifice Of
my own interests. would consider
it my duty to maintain the law of tn,
land and to make my own persona
comfort and private interests of sec
ondary Importance.
Thirdly--Should the negro question
become one of national Importance. a
1t is claimed may soon be the case, b,
reason of numerical increase, pledg,
myself to maintain their right to vot,
and to bear without complaint an,
condition of things which their unre
strained ballot might produce.
Fourthly--l still further pie dge my
self, at my own home and elsewhere
to uphold the right to vote of all t,
whom the constitution now gives th,
privilege, and that | shall alway
maintain that the ignorant and super
stitious everywhere, if in numera
majority, should not be restraine,
from possession aud control of gov
ernmcnt.r
The above pledge may be open I,
some amendment, but II appears to IN,
in substance what our Republican
friends should be willing to sign, II
order to be consistent in their con
demnation of the South. The condi
tions suggested as possible by rcasol
OF negro supremacy are exactly sucl
as have existed or now exist a. th,
South.
II is said that necessity knows n,
law and even David when pressed
with hunger ate the shcw bread whicl
the law gave to priests alone. be
lievc that In anti-slavcry times MI
Summers doctrine was that conscience
is above human law. Isn't there some
where a point at which jeopardy o
material and moral interests iustiiles
even technically, unlawful effort to re
strain dangerous infiucncel
JUNIPER.
The writer of the above Is NorlI
ern inan whose IIepubicanism ha
been enlightened and qualified, by oe
cnaionnl visits 10 f,reeuyllle.