Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-09-10
Democrats and the Negro.
To stir up the dormant ex-con,

To stir up the dormant ex-con-
federate spirit to its highest pol
itical pitch, is the only hope of
salvation for the Democrats in
this election. They are doing it
with a vengeance, proclaiming
the force bill" and Cleveland
the protector of the Southern
States from negro rule. They
may have the South, and in hav-
ing 1t by the false cry of a dead
and WORKOUT issue are making
the North and the West more in
telligently and periodically Re
publican. The well informed
friends of the South, the friends
of the Union, the friends of equal
rights and liberty, understand
the history of the South, the pol
itical persecution of the colored
people; they know the Puritan
history by heart the reconstruc-
ton of France after the Bastile,
the policy of Cromwell, Robes
pierre and Bismarck they see
the lingering flames and dying
embers of sectional hostility
marking a century of American
history they see a monument
of magnanimity reared in histo-
ry such as the world never saw
before, inscribed. Malice to-
ward none; charity for ALL" and
emblazoned with the names of
Lincoln, Grant, Hayes and Har-
rison, and the mass of intelligent,
fair-minded voters is ready to
meet the Southern issue of pas
sion without patriotism. We
have the negro in politics, as
represented by the solid South.
We have crime in politics, as
embodied in Tammany Hall. We
have bedlam in politics, as shown
by the money cranks, who would
have governments lend money
on watermelons and so on-in
the West. This represents what
we have to fight as the Demo-
cratic party. That the Southern
people should tolerate it upon so
miserable pretext as the fear of
negro rule is a sad, disheartening
business, and will grieve those
who love the South and rejoice
in her prosperity.
The duty of Republicans is to
fight the issue, repulsive as it is,
upon the lines of truth. We de-
precate the negro question, the
revival of a controversy dead and
damned, it would seem, centuries
ago. Let us meet it if necessary,
not shrink from it as the domi-
nant issue. Let us recall what
Lincoln said and did for the
South out of his infinite mercy
and justice. Let us remember
the attribute of Grant-his eight
years of patience and effort to
save the South from its follies.
Let us remind the Democrats of
the concessions, even to the point
of surrender, of Hayes.
Let us point to the active in
terest of Arthur in what pertain
ed to the South, the New Orleans
fair and other matters. And to
crown all, let us demonstrate
that Harrison, a grandson of
virginia, IN his courtesy, appre-
citation and affection for the
South, has followed in the foot
steps of his predecessors. If this
is to be overlooked by our South
ern friends in the necessities of
the alliance with Tammany Hall
and the bedlamites of the west,
let that likewise be understood.
In nothing is the Republican
party stronger than in the true
history of its dealings with the
South.
The Southern people have
everything to gain by accepting
this with fraternity and appre-
citation. They have everything
to lose by the campaign of ca
lumny and sectional hatred i'm
piled in this despicable issue of
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