The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-13

NATIONAL REcISTKA1lON LAW
Ina recent interview with CORE
spondent OF one OF the Northern papers
General Mahouc declares himself ~
favor Of the national registration law
which the republican party viii en-
deavor to pass as soon as practicable
after Congress convenes in Decemn' T.
IL the Southern people bad no other
reason for antagonizing this proposed
measure. the fac. that st IS supported
bv such men as Malone. and we may
add Chalmers. of Nississippi-two very
foul birds of one feather would be
sufficient in itself to make them
oppose it's being enacted into q
law. What could be more natural
than that two such traitors to
their section, people and race a.
these discounted adyenturers are,
should gladly welcome every means
of reeking their envenOme1 spite upon
the people whom they have already so
deeply wronged. We can guage with
some degree of accuracy the profound
and indefatigablc malgnancy OF the
National Republican party when we
find 1t securing the firm allegiance of
men like Malone aud Chalmers, whose
. LOYALTY arises from the intense bitter
ness Of their private feelings, which
seek qualification in the spectacle of the
South being degraded to the dast by the
supremacy of the negro through the in
tervention Of the Federal power.
Intense as is the hatred which these
two men have for us, IL is not more
concentrated than the same emotion
which animates the Republicans OF the
North. led bv the fanatical Hoar, the
INSCRIPTIONS Sherman, and above all by
that cool and calculating Puritan, Ell
mund., of Vermont, man Of the
strongest resolution and exbaustless in
tellectual resources.
In the fierce struggle that will soon
begin upon the floor of Congress, let
the South be fully aware that she IL to
expect no mercy from these political
Molocks, and the unbroken ranks OF
Republicans surrounding them who
are prepared to follow these lead
ers beyond the utmost confines
of law aud order. The overthrow OF
their party associates IN Virginia has
only made them moro determined. bu'
at the same time more reckless in the
methods they will adopt hereafter to
throttle the voice and trample upon the
liberties of the Southern people. The
recent elections in the Northern States
reveal to them tina, their power has been
seriously impaired in that section, more
especially by the interruptions means
they employed in the last great national
contest.
The general adoption of the Austria
Ian ballot law in that division Of the
Republic is an uumistakable protest
against Republican fraud. bribery and
intimidation, aud the most sagaciou-
members OF the Republican party re
cognize that it will diminish the
strength of their political organization.
The recent victories of the Democfac,
in Iowa, Ohio. aud New York apd then
largely Increased vote in other States
40 far from overawing the Republican
members of Congress will only confirm
them in their purpose to ride down he
South not only in the expectation of in
creasing the Republican strength j.
Congress. but also in the hope Of Great
ing political reaction at the North b.
goading the Southern people into act
of frepzied violence.
Our representatives in Congress
should. sternly. vigilantly. streneousll
and resolutely oppose the passage o
the National Registration law to The
very last ditch. That such measur,
will be sprung upon them, we have no
doubt. Let them stand together like .
phalanx, and they will have not only
the earnest support Of the South, bui
the strong approval of very large and
influential section of the Northern
people.