Morris tribune., 1890-01-22

that even then, they prefer spending
their election days i'll the swamps,
rather than at the polls"
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Fellow citizens, the abuse of the
elective franchise, by the elimina-
ton of the votes Of over Il million
citizens, has become no longer u mat
ter of grave consideration at the ma
tional capital, but is become by
word and jest. The negroes are CIV
en- to understand, as in the recent
case at Jackson, Miss, that if they
come to the polls, they will be shot
down like dogs; and, hence they do
not vote. Each black voter sees lac
fore him the spectre form of poor
Print Matthews, of Judge Chisholm,
and of other republicans, white and
black and seeing those spectres how
ering over every voting place, they
dare not risk their lives, and hence
remain away. 1t is matter of COM
mon acceptation, long past the stage
of rumor or required proof, that the
negro vote in the south is suppressed.
This being the case, there should be
some legislation which will cut down
the representation in congress from
that section, Only voters should be
represented. Do you know that the
State of Georgia casts only $1,000
votes to elect ten congressman, while
the State of Wisconsin is casting
100000 votes, is only entitled to nine
congressman? There is the infamy
of this southern outrage business. 1t
not only outrages the black citizens
of the south, but it outrages the
white citizens of the north. The vote
of Mississippi democrat is worth
eight times as much as the vote OF a
Wisconsin republican. The same
ratio and proportion exists all over
the country. The white people of
the north, who have Indifferently and
listlessly looked upon the outrages
which have been perpetrated upon
the negroes of the south, will be less
than men If they do not resent and
remedy the outrage which makes a
southern vote so much more valu-
able than northern vote. If the ne
gr0es are not to be allowed to vote,
thew should not be counted in the
census as citizens.
Whoever sits in the gallery OF the
house or senate, must notice the dis
proportion in representation. For
example, the State of Texas, which
cast 275, 1000 votes, elected eleven ex-
confederate congressman, and there
they sit in the house; while the same
state, with only 275, 900 votes, has two
ex-confederates in the senate. The
State OF Iowa has only eleven repre-
sentatives in the house, and two SEN
ators, yet that state cast $780, 900 votes
for congressman. The same parallel
may be drawn between the various
states, and the proportion will al
ways be even worse than the COM
parison between Iowa and Texas; be-
cause, in Texas, the white demo-
cratic vote is quite large.
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The theme to which / desired to
call especial attention, however, was
the fiippant manner in which SOUTH
ern outrages are spoken Of, right un-
ker the dome of the capitol, where
the Goddess of Ii -erty looks down
upon the hollow mockery of justice.
The Illegally and uncOnstitutionaily
elected representatives from southern
states, now say boldly that they do
not intend to allow the negroes to
vose. How long will the people of
the loyal states permit these things
to be?
"The southern people assert that
they have accepted oil of the results
of the war, but they have not" says
Congressman Lacy, OF Iowa. Zone
of the results of the war is, that
the negro shall vote and have his
vote counted. Until that constitu-
tional right is conceded to the negro
in the south, 1t will be useless for the
people lately in rebellion to say that
they accept the results of the war.
The freedom and enfrahchisement OF
the slaves, constituted the principal
results of the war, and those results
must, sooner or later, be accepted
everywhere.
The bill of Senator Morgan, advo-
eating the expectation and expatris-
ton Of the negroes, meets only with
derision. While it is conceded that
the condition of the negroes might be
better in the Congo, or some other
portion of Africa, it is nonsense to
suppose that there is any constitu-
tional means Of sending citizens out
Of the country without their consent.
Every negro in America isas free as
Senator Morgan. The majority of
them are better men, for they never
raised either sword or musket against
the flag of the union; never acted the
part of rebel or traitor. The trouble
is not with the negro I'm the south,
but with Senator Morgan and other
democrats like unto INN. ARlIAT.
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