Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-06
TUESDAY. .......AUGUsT 6. 1889
Mr.. Cnrlsisle,s Contention.

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In order that our readers may see for
themselves just what Mr.. CAmLsLE's opin-
ion il rs TO the constituttonality or rather
uuconstitntionahty Of the proposed ma
tioual c.ection-law, We copy from the FO-
,qnn for August his own words. The reader
will remember that these are not the words
Of a babbler, but Of man VINO speaks
only when he has an opinion to express
which IS worthy Of respect. Mr.. CARLISLE
says:
The s0-callcd negro problem is ore that
Will continue TO veX the Rcpuol ican party
so long AZ 10 is compelled 10 rely Tor sue
cess upon tho solid colored vote; and no
solution Of 10 VII be satisfactor' unless II
subjects that vote 20 the exclusive control
Of uari san officials appointed 20 see that 1t
j. ALWAYS cast or counted for the RcpUp BILL
can candidates Il IS therefore proposed
10 enact. 'c,fhOid Gpg constitutional d"hordy'
"a Federal registration and cleciou-law
which viii provide tor several hundred
Thousand new officers, DC.
Mr. CARLISLE win be leader upon the
floor Of thencxi llouss If Representatives.
As ne Is southern man IT Will no doubt
be the policy OF the lons-headed Demo
Gratis Of that body 10 select as their leader
in oil fhbusteriug proceedings northern
man-Mr. RANDALL most probably. But
Mr.. CARLISLE can DO good service -Inyalu-
able service-in maintainin. the unconsti-
nationality of such legislation as the mallg-
nants propose 20 resort 10 in order to have
the votes of the southern States counted
for the Republican candidates for Congress
whether those candidates receive MAORI
ty of the votes or not. In such debate
Mr.. CARLISLE ought to distinguish himself.
We know Of nobody on the Republican
side Of the House Of Representatives who
would be able TO meet him in a discussion
of a profound constitutional question. We
have mentioned Mr.. CARLISLE and Dir.
RANDALL because both of them are ex-
Speakers; but they are not the only Dem
ocrats in the House capable Of treating
constitutional questions with marked
ability.
Would that the Democrats could make
q diversion in some way. If the Republic
cans succeed in passing a national cleo
tion-law the South will at once become
the scene OF forced or fraudulent cleo
tions. We say forced" because the ne
grOes are such simplotOns and so totally
unfit To exercise the elective franchise
that they will in effect construe such
law as an order TO them to march TO the
ballot-box and vote the Republican ticket
rs they did when the military governed the
southern States and ignorance ran riot IN
the halls of legislation at every southern
capital II l. dcplorable that there should
be possibility of the return of the scenes
and the events of those days. II is enough
to sicken a patriot for him TO know that his
northern brethren, or rather fellow-citi-
zcns. have such preiudices against the
South now twenty-four years after the end
# the war between the States as will induce
them 10 aid il the passage of law that
will bring back upon our long-suherlng
people all the lis of carpetbaggerism and
scalawagism.
Mr.. CARLISLE tells IN few words why the
Republicans are bent upon passing ma
tional election-law. il is because they rely
upon a SOLID colored vote to perpetuate
their power. Therefore, as lie says, no So
luton of the negro problem Will be salts
factory to them which does not secure the
casting or (says Mr. CARLISLE with sharp
satire) at least the counting" Of the ne
gro vote for the Republican candidates in
every southern State.
1t is WORTHY Of remark in this connec-
ton that Mr.. CLEVELAND was voted
for last November by n majority
of million of the white voters
of the United States. But ignorant negroes
turned the scale in Mr.. HARMsoS's favor.
New York State was carried for HARRISON
by negro votes. Negro votes therefore
elected HARRISON. Therefore, again, when
the Democrats IN the next House Of Repre-
sentatives shall engage in flibustering they
will be performing a duty to the white peo-
pie of this whole Union. A mongrel party
OF negroes and whites has no right TO con-
troll the destinies of this great republic.