New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-28
THE SOUTH rs W4ON01
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CORRESPONDENT.

HIS aIGmrs-LEr THE SOUTH TAkx
COUNSEL or ITS ISTERESm
AND NOT or PREJUDJcEs
OR TRADITIONS.
We have received letter from an evtdAely
intelligent and philosophical citizen of 1xas
taking US 20 task for having printed JVs
Tourgec's articles on The American Negro
correspondent says that though q Dcmocrst
reads The Tribune ard votes against Mr.. Mili
facts which seem 20 demonstrate both his goo
taste and his political wisdom. But he thlnka
that such articles as hose written ny Judge
Tourgec do the country q great deal OF harm
Thi, n . timo the rcmusS when rauoti.m sn1
GOOD policy require all visa and al wise news.
papers 10 use their influence 70 promote harmony and
GOOD. will between the Nora and the South. The
southern people a. rule. de,i Justly with the Negro.
The occasion and localities wlrfe his rights are inter-
fered with are exceptional. In this STATE his rieht "
vote IL not ntcrfet with 1t all excerpt possibly sons
strategy may he employed 10 kep him out Of county
Offices In two or. three counties wher" his numerical
strength might enable him TO bentrupt the counties BY
placing In ONCE ignorant aud corrupt "fieiah' am
aware tina, Mississippi and Louisana steps are taken
a. election time prevent tho N"gr~s from running hs
State by nling all the Offices viii their candidates.
These ,,eps are no. 10 be- defended legal grounds.
but they excused because question OF ipr"r'
walton The South had ample experi~ce In r'eon'trnc'
ton days. o. OF negro consro in combining
70 prevent that whtc citizens merely seeking 70 pro-
themselves from msrue and plunGe and they do
Just what any prudent. careful nan wo1i do u
the same situation.
Now. sir endesvor throw aside p4tissn prejudice
and look calmly at the situation affairs South
You have too much Intelligence 70 claim nat IL could b
better for Mss!ssippi Louisiana to b. governed by
officer, elected by negro votes You know that In
nine eases ont Of ten they would h. chsaces schemes
tmostly from the North who would Use her positions
20 II not othor II.
taapayers That Wa the history OF ne southern
states when under negro domination That history
would be surely repeated such domination RESTORED
do not oc"'e that such unfair and uncadid articles
Judge Tcur2ee has do any esn North or
South They NAV tend N delude poole In the
North and gain votes fol- the Republican patty there
but view IT, par;.anhip ought not TO pryaii over
sstesmanshp and good pubic policy With INTEL gent
who wish 10 be really useful N their country
Since 1876 n remarkable change has been going
on in public sentiment as 10 the situation in tie
South. When the war ended il was universally
held by those who had fought and won IT, that
civil liberty was the inevitable Consequence q
emancipation; that withu.t it the freed people
would merely exchange one form VI bcnda-c for
another. II was held 10 bc lhc Niion's duty 10
set the colorcd people upon Ne.r feet, ard ID
give them as much Of a start in tler new LIE IS
| was consistent with the spint % our dual form
| Of government. For few yean this was done
with results differently characterized Ties are
| regarded from different points Of view. That tho
| governments established in th Sent were far
| from ideal will not I've dispued. That some
Northern politicians did some tlinss 10th tyran-
| meal and dishonest, shall not lGy. II would
bc easy show, il it were worth While, that these
| things are Ich exaggerated By Southern mcn.
| but, in any event, they constitute question u
itself and quite remote from the question that waA
being tested
/ This question was 10 Negroes capatty for self.
| government Certainly, any d!sinicrstt student
| of affairs in the South while the Netocs were
protected in their right to vote will say must say,
that. considering t,'eir 100 years Of bonagc con-
| siiering that during al that time they sere deA
hberately kept in as d"aricd a mental ondition
| as it was possible, that condition being held tO
he positively necessary 10 slavery considering that
| they issued from that state 20 freedom iaked,
without homes or land, without tools book and
with no other information Ia guide helr coducs
in creating policies and shaping affairs thanwas
| furnished by their native acuteness-sonsduing
| these things, any iair-minded man mus say hat
they did amazingly well, and proved Themselves
capable of attaining high degree Of Civilization.
To point out their plumbers and follies l. asy hit
! not in tie least significant. The fact rmai1
! that even at that time, and under those trcUn.
stances-thc worst 90! .ccvablc-thcy behave with
remarkable discretion, moderation and good else
and furnished many example, OF honorable, un-
selfish, patriotic and eomIs tent statesmen
But before they were AZ all fitted. IN weaih
| or education, for 4 struggle With the WIN
race the Federal Government abandoned them 10
defend their Liberties as hest they could. IN
stantly the South lin the saddle In tie
eight years that followed, until Mr.. Cc'elands
election, every form of crime AID outrage tat
malignant ingenuity could devise was p"rrctrated
upon the Negroes 10 convince them that they could
not. and should not, and must not,
| attempt u exercise the rights con-
fcrrcd upon them. Oppression accomplished
its purpose. The Northern PEOPLE we've gradually
| growing tired OF Southern questions when Tie
| Enforcement Act and the Civil Rights hill were
pronounced unconstitutional, the Democrats were
in poss,ssion Of the House, and no other remedial
measures could pass The Southern Democracy
has recovered its supremacy in the councils OF ito
marty. As the need for them decreased-that IS,
as the Negroes submitted TO he deprived Of their
,ichts--outraccs decreased also and became less
violent and fearful. Thousands Of pcace-lovlns
citizens in the North, wcaried Of sectional strife.
mistakenly interpreted this To mean that the race
question was adjusting itself, and that in time
n.,cc and harmony would prevail between tie
races with each in the enjoyment OF its lawful
! RIGHTS Accordingly, the Raising Of the bloody
shirt, Was widely deprecated: race riots and ecc-
,ion frauds were explained away with smooth
nbroscs and with Mr.. Cicveland's election began
what was often and Hopefully termed the era OF
goodwill
| To those who knew how shallow all this was
new argument was furnished In favor of nero
suffrage. and additional proof was afforded vi the
| Negroes worthincss man and rs citizen. The
Southern whites had yielded nothing except sl"v'
cry. Their constructions methods had brought
the colored people into Subsection. The couldn't
vote. they didn't vote Trained by centuries oil