The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-24
WARNED OVER JOKEs.

/ only Southern men and Democrats as wit
nesses. Mr.. Ingalls, read an extract from
the Memphis Avalanche, commenting, he
said. "0n what was called the election in
Mississippi last fall.'
The Avalanche had stated that "Chalmers
could not get the Office of governor. how
ever large his majority might be-" The
Senator said he would not 20 into archeo-
logical research for illustrations. lie
would exhume no cadavers. This extract
| was printed in October last. On the 10Th
Of the month. the Avalanche had said delihe
erately that the South did not propose 10 be
| governed by the negO under any conditions.
On account Of this condition Of affairs, Gen
eral Chalmers had withdrawn from the
race for governor.
Mr. ingalls, quoted at length from Gen
eral Chalmers address 10 the Republican
voters Of Mississippi. lie considered that
address, he said. one Of the most tragic ut
terances that had ever occurred In political
| history. seventeen DAYS ago there had been
another election in Mississippi. with which
] the country was somewhat familiar. He
sent 10 the clerks desk 10 be read an eX-
tract from the jackson Clarion, Of January
%. In this extract was the constant reite-
/ ration Of the announcement that 1.-THE rcgu-
lars" "the bull-dozers." etc, would be on
hand % "see that there was a fair election
At the end Of the enunciation, Mr.. ingalls,
remarked sententiOusly: "Ihey were all
there. Mr.. President"
Mr.. Ingalls, also read a letter from a
/ federal officer stating that two sons Of Sena-
tor George had been in the crowd Of regu-
lars armed with Winchesters and wearing
badges headed "White Supremacy" Was
il any wonder. he said, that Democrats
themselves had become alarmed al this
condition Of ailairsS
Tho South continued Mr. Iura1f1
IDENTIFY intended to deprive the negroes OF
their votes and Of independence, and, prac-
tically. the North had acquiesced in this.
Forced attempts had been made % pass civil
rights laws and Federal election laws, but
they had failed. The negro had been
abandoned by the North; but he wished %
warn the people Of the south that the North
the West, the East would not allow their
commerce, their manufactures and their
social condition 10 be modified by executive
and Congressional maiorities obtained 10y the
suppression Of the cOl0red vote or Of any
other vote. No one could tell how long this
patient endurance Of the North would con-
tinue: bat that the crisis would come in
peace or in blood was the ineX0rable decree
Of fate. II this condition Of affairs con-
tnued. nothing could avert armed collision
between the races in the south.
NEGROES URGED TO THEIR DESTRUCTION.
Ultimately the oolored race would be
strong enough 10 resist violence. and intel
ligent enough 10 resent fraud. The South
was standing on volcano. 10 was sitting
on the safety-Yalve. 10 was breeding in
Vulnerable John Browns and Nat Turner'S.
Already the use Of the torch and the dagger
was advised. lie deplOred it, but as God
was his judge, no other race IN the
history Of the world had submitted
g.. N4. IUII
negro I'm the last twenty-five years
without revolution and blo0dshed. The negro.
the Senator said. was no coward. He had
been brought here a prisoner OF war. His
conduct had been most admirable. DespOt-
ism made nihilism; tyranny made COM
munists; injustice was the greatest manu-
facturcr OF dynamite. The murderer
wounded himself when he stabbed his vic
tim. The south should remember that there
was nothing 80 Improbable as injustice
and that God was relentless creditor. The
south was in greater danger than the en-
iranchised slave. 10 had loaded itself with /
heavier manacles than those with which It
had burdened the negro.
There was no affection between the North |
and the South. The south had not forgiven
the North for lis supremacy and is superb !
Ority. If the South could hold the purse and
the sword it was patriotic. The south had /
iIi NfffIifl AllE amendments va AAli RNAHNAT
tuition in good faith. They had their own
heroes and anniversaries. They exalted /
their leaders above the leaders Of the Union |
cause. Until these conditions were changed !
cooperation In solving the Southern problem
could not De- expected from the North. The |
south must tread the wine-press alone.
FORCED TRIBUTE TO HONESTY.
He could understand the reverence Of the |
Southern people for Jefferson Davis. He |
h0nOred them for their cOnstancy 20 that
heroic man, Ideas could never be- annih- |
lated. No man was ever converted by be- |
ing OyerpOwered. Davis had not
Crooked the pregnant hinges q the knee
That THRIFT might follow iswnlng"
He had remained 10 the end the immov-
able type. exponent and representative OF
those Ideas for which he had staked all, and
lost all.
ANOTHER LIZA PfNcKsTON STORY.
On the occasion Of the death Of Jefferson /
Davis the town of Aberdeen. in the state of
Mississippi. was shrOudcd in mourning. /
The courthouse was draped, and as one evil
dence Of their grief the people Of that town |
had strung upon cable an elligy, which /
they had labelled "Red Proctor To that |
town Of Aberdeen came @ timer named |
Fauso, .nal Ol statute, inoilensiTe
Of demean0r, and conciliatory Of ad- /
dress. While working on the roof
Of one Of the houses, 10 which !
was attached the cable bearing the eiiigy Of
'sRed Proctor" the traitor, Pause, had oc-
casi0n 10 move the cable. 10 slipped, ana
the efiigy fell. He protested that he had no
desire 10 offend the citizens OF Aberdeen, |
vet when he came down from that roof be
was intercepted by a man named Mcdonald, !
who delivered at least two hundred blows
upon his person with a large whalebOne
whip That evening the citizens had
bought q tlckel ana sent fause
out Of town. and be had never been
heard Of since. Mcdonald had been
punished lie had been fined S3e, and
the people about him had raised $50 to re-
pay him. II such an outrage bad been per-
petraied on an American citizen in Eng
land. million inen would have sprung 10
arms to aYenge the insult. He had said
that he did not believe IN lhe Authorization
OF this country, Ol any part OF M but II TINS
was q. specimen OF Mississippi justice, he
would rather a thousand i0ld that that
state should be inhabited by negroes than
by the people now living there.
FIVE MEANS OF SOLVING TIE PROBLEM.
There were five means, Mr.. ingalls, said,
# solving isis f1- p,Oalen.. 1ne 1rst, was
amalgamatiOn, the second. determination:
chisement. and the nth. the universal sol
vent Of all human difficulties had never
been proposed or tried, and that was the So
luton Of ius,i1s. go. rhlca efe.y place
should BE temple, and all places sanctu-
aryn
lie appealed 10 the South TO stack it's
guns and % register every voter black and
white, and If. when the experiment had
been fairly tried. it should be proved that
the complexion buTdened on the negro by
an African sun was Incompatible with free
ioD,, DC ple6sed kiW1ely p nnie VIA the
people Of the South ia finding another way
out Of this difficulty. Till then nothing
could be done.
Those who freed the South ask nothing
more: they will be content with nothing
less. i" said Mr.. ingalls,. "Ihe experiment.
he said. ..must be fairly tried. This IL the
starting point, ald this Is the goal. The
longer il Is deferred the greater will be the
evaporation, and the more doubtful VIII be
the final result"
When Mr.. ingalls, finished his speech he
was loudly applauded. The senate at once
adjourned until Monday.