The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-11-03
THE FORCE BILL,
SOME UTTERANCES IN FA-
VOR ITS PASSAGE.

the Following and See Whether
They Think the Force Bill is a
Dead Issue and a democratic
Bug-a-Boo" or Not.
Utterances of leading Republicans
in regard to the Force bill reveal in
startling manner the dangers that
threaten the country from the revolu-
tlonary schemes of the party in power.
There can be no doubt of the inten-
ton of the Republicans to pass the
bill if they succeed in carrying this
election.
No sincere lover Of his country can
contemplate calmly the far-reacing
consequences Of this legislation. The
programme means the usurpation of
all political power by the Federal
Government, the political and indus
trial enslavement of the South. 1t
means the ultimate overthrow Of our
free institutions and setting up of an
oligarchy upon their ruins. 1t means
the destruction of the Republic. The
hour has come when all patriots
should stand shoulder to shoulder in
defense to their homes and their
freedom as American citizens against
the revolutionary plans of party of
desperate political conspirators. Look
at these utteranCes:
With the Lodge national election
law in full force over the South and
various Democratic strongholds up
North, we may confidently look for
different state of political affairs than
now exists. New York will then re-
turn several more Republican Con-
gressmen than at present, while more
than twenty negro representatives from
the South will render the Republican
control of the future Congress abso-
lutely safe and secure.
Heavy taxes should be laid upon
property of the whites to develop and
extend the public school system of
those States. Separate schools for the
two races should be abolished, and
the plan of bringing the youth of both
colors into close and equal relation in
schools and churches given a fair
trial, as one OF the most potent ele-
ments to break down the detestable
bourbonlsm Of the South. The State
laws against the inter marriage of the
races should be repealed, and any
discrimination against the blacks in
the matter of learning trades or
obtaining employment should be
criminal offense-while the colored
mans rights to hold office should be
sacredly protected and recognized. A
few years of this policy will solve the
race problem satisfactorily.-Nahonal
Republican, Washington, D. C., July
5, 1891.
81 am in favor of killing them (the
Democratic Commissioners if they
don't count it right. They have said
we can't win this fight if we don't go
over their dead bodies. l for one am
willing to have them go over my dead
body to secure you (the negroes) in
the right of voting for whom you
please and of casting your ballots
unmolested. l had rather see Mobile
Bay filled with Pinkerton's detectives,
the banks of every river and creek in
Alabama lined with Federal bayonets
and crimson with blood than see you
deprived of the privilege of voting for
whom you please" Chairman Bozo-
man, Of the PeobIe's pa,t, to the
negroes at ObeAkA, alabama, during
the late election tn that State.
81, say, sir, this bill now pending
which so excites Democratic ire is not
one tenth part stringent enough, not
one tenth part drastic enough in its
provisions. Why, Mr.. President, if it
were necessary, in order that the bal
lot shall be secured to every citizen Of
the United States and that ballot
shall be counted as he casts it, to put
a bayonet behind every ballot,
would put the bayonet behind it. -
Senator Fry, Of Maine, in the debate
on the Force biZ
"Hardly had the result of the recent
elections become known before the
Southern problem began to be agitated |
with thoroughness hitherto unknown.
And now Senator Sherman leads off in
a measure of reform which has the air
of business and the promise of practi
cal results. This plan is confined to
the regulation and supervision of the
election of Congressman, except as
State may voluntarily make it apply
to the Presidential election. Congress
can provide the machinery for the
election of members of the House,
irrespective Of State law" - Chicago
Inter- Oce0t-, January 10, 1889. |
"The bill IN our judgment, will fail
simply because it does not go far
enough. Federal elections should be
divided, in all the States, from any
and all State elections. They should
be entirely distinct and separate and
held under the authority and control
of Federal officers. ."-zoleao Blaze,
June 90, 1890.
"The Federal elections bill will not
be abandoned. 1t will be taken up in
December and acted upon. The
Republican party can not afford to
neglect the pledge in its platform of
1888, upon which the Republican
majority in Congress was elected. =
Toledo BLADE, tn the latter part y
July, 1890.
CHOW, if the Democracy really want
to make the elections bill the para