The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-04-23
K'iae Impending Assault On tlae
South
New Orleans Picayuue

SOuAn.
New Orleans Picayuue
The Republicans seem Determined to control
lhe South politically. We have treAly.hal the
Chandler re>oIutons which propose an invest
cation OF late ciuc lOno II the o)utn u deter
minc it, in the opinion oil thr d1mlnant party
which now rl!!eS me nttlon, lhc oouJhern States
possess republican iOruls .. goVernm ent as
glaianteed by tnc Constitution. Tutt measure
looked To the most RADICAL uslrp tiion> OF power,
and although tnc matter VA, postponed on ac-
court OF tle c,a ol business Ia tne b.st DAYS ol
the T, gui4r session Ot lnc Senate, noooly who
know, the persistence and the malice OF the
K Republican, UtiNagO5 lcS In carrying out their
evil designs can lor d moment, imagine that
p0stponcmcnt means abanIonment OF the
attempted conquest oi the Southern States
Ga The contrary, the plan, tor carrying on The
outrage are ACTUALLY DclnS formulated. We
have seen varlDus IntimauOns on the subject
but the following from The Baltimore Sun tie
faithful sentinel Oh the watCh-tow rs OF constl-
tuiional liberty, wlll give a ia her startling idea
Of what is intended The Sun says:
Dispatches from the South to several North.
ern newspapers assert tnat Colonel Dudley of
Indiana, has secured "documentary evidence
that Tennessee is "a Republican State" Ii is
stated from Chattanooga that tor the late NJ
vember election the Republican National Com.
mittee sent out coupon ballots, which We're dis
lrbuted to " trusted workers." that at one noI
in Tennessee 500 Ol lhest coupon ballots were
east and only 200 were counted, and that
enough of these ballots alone were cast in tho
Stale and not counted to have carried i; NV -
rood majority fair count Tor lhe r .puh,i
can candidates. Tnese alleged facts, II Is tur
iher stated, have pcen placed III the hands Of
Col. Dudley ~ docum;ntary SHAPE. and ;l,py
yiu b.. transferred to The Nttioual R.puhlican
Committee ior use Ia securing cOngressinnoI
aciio4. \ dispatch from Cnaltano,g. 10 ,h.
and other Lawyers are already At work on the
1y;tu of hiii To bc introduced in Conrr..,
wuici viii have the effect ol largely increasio,,
..,. RppublIrau representation III The Sou,b
The p.an, according 10 this Statement is for
CONGRESS t. override local authority and divide
lh,. States into cOu1fto>IOn u dl,lr!cfs and +,
provrlc ttAl all elections Ior Fedora, OH es
,h,u bc undcr The cOutrOl Oi The Federal tnurts
ana in charge OF The United States marsI,l,
Where The CONGRESSIONAL uis'llcto are satisfactory
70 the Republicans, or whcte nothing could be-
hoped 10 be gained, II Is noI proposed
~ mci,lle with existing arranrem,nIS
but il i believed possible by Ilc Il R.publ,clns 10
secure twenty-five additional Congressmen by
the Federal geirym.nder OF the Souln. These
gains ii is calculated my he enumerated in
southern Sfales aS follows: Tenn.S-ee 2 Ken
tucby, ?: West Nir.na, 9; Virginia, 3; North
Carolina, 3; South Carolina, 2 Georgia, =; Ala
bama, > Mississippi, 3; Florida, / Arkansas,
1 i. IL
is proposed to apply HE wholesale gerrymander
to the rest of the Union is not stated but we
should think that the prudence which stays The
hand of the plrtlsan from trenching upon the
rights of The States in other sections Othe Union
would cause hesitation before the plunge is made
in the South. Congress, in providing supervis
OrS and deputy III trshais and other Federal ma
chncry for Congressional elections in the States
has aire tdv gone To the verge OF authority. and
t would he strain upon, II not violation or
the rights OF the States to proceed further in the
direction PROPOSED. ANY additional assertion of
authority by Congress TO regulate national cleo
tions within the States would be very unforiu-
nate exercise 0f power, aud most especially So
when based upon ptrti,an reports and for paril-
san purposes Colonel VIM. W. Dudley, o
" b0ck>-ofive' notoriety, who is wanted in In
diana To answer charges o cOrrupIing the cleo
tive franchise Is not an agent whose reports vii!
br satisfactory To tlr people o the United States,
but il seems to be upon his investigation alone
that the present agitation ol a Southern gerry
mauder Is based.
This wicked business could be nlruSted 10 no
more daring and uuscrupulou, political worker
than Cnloncl Dudley, now natonally notorious
through his successful and desperate tactics in
the presidential campaign in Indiana. Ii he has
The matter in hand II i, Time for alarm and any
c,v on The part OF every cons tuition q
CITIZEN in The republic.
As To ,he President, cannot believe for a
moment that he takes any siork in such nelar-
ous schemes. He is an honest and conscientious
man, far above anything questionable. The
President, however, is deierminedly bent on the
conquest of the South, but /, seeking to accom-
plish il by creating respectable Repuhl lean
party in The South, ana, although working to
the same end with the other political managers,
is advancing upon far different liues. The next
Senate will doubtless 90 TO work on the Dudley
scheme, and the President, even i; he should at
tempt TO put stop to it. will be unable to do So
The entire subject is one for the most serious
consideration.
Notwithstanding the continued illness of