The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-16

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ballot bcx from the national capital? TIE
SOUTH MAINTAINS ITS SUPREMACY BY THIS
VERY SORT or THING. EVERY THING Is
ORDERED FhCI THE STATE CAPITAL. are your
words. ] emphasize them and puint atten-
ton TO them because OF their Importance.
Do yon wish the nation TO adopt the very
same system or control OF elections ssfrom
the capital that has proven so disastrous to
20 salar government In tho south? Will not
the plutocrats In London and New York, by
means OF the Lodge election machinery, be.
come the sole aud ouly rulers OF America. -
they--I declare and challenge contradiction
alore rule the republican party today? Il
not this election law rneSnt to be q coup de
etat," placing the money kings on the throne
Of the people and destroying free government
In our country? I believe II, 1 believe Il,
end, because of this. my belief, 20 earnestly
SPEAK; and II had the eloluence OF Patrick
Henry would make my voice heard and my
country would b. saved; and there would not
be returned TO congress one of the traitors
might then truly and exulsinsly declare with
the Apostle Paul. Il have fought good
f2ht," etc.
am as much interested In the welfare OF
the black man - you are, or any other pAtri.
otio American can Lc.--I am k1o interested
In the welfare of the white man north and
SOUTH caet and vast. will not vote to sur
pc ,ple, under the pretext of helping Ave
millions, when, manlfessly, that pretext IL =
lie be2otten Of the father OF lies and the
mother Of frauds. That election law, en-
forced for mere party advantage, - 1t would
be in the south, would bring ruin to the col.
ored race--and you ought to know It without
my telling yon--kno.ing ~ you do so much
about the south.
have not, admit, been south OF Mason's
and Dixon's line since, sick and amsciated
almost to Gkelet IN from exposure to the
malaria OF Arkansas and Mississippi, turned
over, after . brief term OF service - .
private In the union army. my Enfield mus
kar 10 Uncle Sam in October, 1864, except
that / visltea the graves OF the union dead on
Arlington Heights. and the tomb Of Wash
ington. at Mt Vernon, lie September, 1858.
and there added new forvor to my devotion
to my country and liberty. But am In cor
respondence with good, patriotic and liberty.
loving men In the south. One % them
lecturer OF the Farmers alliance Of North
Carolina, Hon Virgil A. WILSON, says TO me
In letter received this cay:
'Iiy dear brother, your republication, II
brought 10 bear upon the southern people.
would break the solid south In forty-eieht
hours. II We would elect just one president
IN sympathy with all the people, one who
really III .erstood what is called the negro
problem, and earnestly and honestly desired
to settle 1t for the general good, eside from
party con siderations, how soon peace, good
will and prosperity would reign everywhere.
But just rs long as the republican leaders
handle the negro rs mere tool to
secure party advantage there will b solid
SOUTH"
Mr.. Garrison, am older than you By per-
haps 10 years. / have read carefully the
current discussions Of the negro question.
n In possession OF all the facts Of ssnegro
killing" In the south, etc. have spent weeks
In Ind;sturbed study whore you have spent
days. / have been = student al my life.
You have been busy worker ~ w0l -
thinker. But do not admit that ron are
better informed on this question than / am.
You have, however. told the exact truth, - /
understand the matter, In the words Of your
eloquent letter that follow: ''The old SOL
diers of the confederate army" you say, ''the
great mass OF them are good citizens. =
They are not the men to disfran-
chise republicans TO shoot into the
cabins OF the negroes
Your excellent letter abounds in admissions
most true ard Just. They are due 10 your
Antony and Brutus, you fall upon your own
sword. What per cent, Mr.. CiSrkson, OF the
present white voters OF the 'sblaoks belt"
were confederate soldiers? i would say
seventy per cent even now: and being the
older and more experienced men In public IT.
fairs, they exert one hundred per cent OF con-
troll of the law.making power Of those states,
say Of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala.
bama. Mississippi and Louisiana, where this
federal election law Is expected to do tho
most good" Then, by your own admission.
there is no uss for the law.
believe With you, that 'sthe settlement Of
the (nesroI question is coming in tho rtght
way" But that way Is not the path Of f6d.
eral marshals a. the polls, taking control OF
the ballot box and with the power 20 call In
the regular army Of the United states to help
them. ] agree with You that ''the south
ought to be shamed by the unequalsd record
OF loyalty and Kindness shown to the white
people by the blacks, into dnally doing jus
tice to the poor and lowly people. who cher.
ish the south as their home the Same - the
Others, and who still love the southern poo
pie, In fact better than the northern"
And with good reason; for the negro In
the south is truly at homo AND among
friends. He visits his old master and
'.nissis,'' and they visit him, and
they help him Ia his need. They are
mutually dependent on each other. The
southern whites and the southern blacks
are divided from each other by etiquette
alone 1t is q line that neither the one nor
the other desires TO step over. They eat 1t
separate tables and ride In separate coaches,
becanse II Is the custom, not be cause OF in
difference or hatred of the white for the black
gether in childhood and youth and became
lasting friends. ..
IA boys thoughts are long, long
thoughts
But the negro is an alien In the north-a
''s.ranger In strange land He 10 shunned
because he is black. No white man ever
visits him, asks about him or cares for him.
They dire .. the same table and ride In the
same bach, but they know each other not.
Is 1t wonder then that the blacks ..sttll love
the southern people in fact better than the
northern" sr5
Yet the northern man Is going south 10
'slook after the negroes welfare" He ID To-
ing to force the south by the help OF United
States regulars, into doing ssjustic0 BY the
negro I" All. the wolf. Mr.. Clarkson, the
wolf In sheeps clothing Is the northern ~
publican politician. with the heart snd cseek
OF crocodile who would use the regular
army to vote the negro for tho republican
parryl e ~
But the farmers alliance OF the south 10
solving the negro problem In tho only prac-
ticable way. Through 1t will the negro ssreach
hts second emancipation" Who are doing
tn grand work OF gathering tho blsck voters
into tine alliance TO be educator TnO old
confederate soldiers, God bless thoml sswhose
bravery" you say truly, Twas Amoricsil, and
will never be belittled." Yes, and viii add
It will never De excelisd. as y.
score Of years hence. they and We both,
who fought on either side, will DO
'Under the sod and tho dew,
Awaiting the Judgment day."
But let us now give tho.e battle-sosrred
veterans Of the confederate army our coma.
dencs and brotherly love. They deserve II.
w nat forstude have they shown In advecaity
They, ne well 40 we. know tho meaning OF the
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