The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-10-08

ainendmen. TO the federal contribution,
and appeal to the nation for relief with
possibility Of success, and with posi-
tive certainty that they would have
lound millions OF warm supporters, but
they have declined TO do so pntil 1t is
now too late. Is il not clear 10 every
candid mind that, ii they really believed
they were as grievously afflicted as they
pretended to be, they would have long
ago sought to secure permanent relief by
legal means instead Of relying on crimi-
nal methods which have TO be repeated
at every election? Why, then, have
they not adopted the more honorable
plan7 Simply because they believed
they could promote their selfish in
teres,s more effectively by allowing the
blacks to retain the legal right to vote,
but to deprive them OF it illegally, or
embezzle their ballots and then iaunt
"black suffrage" before the eyes ot the
white voters, as the matador does his
red flag before the bull he wishes to
make SO wild with rage that 1t will rush
where he desires it 10 so regardless OF
consequences.
NUILlflEhs AND lhhbEika.
The course OF the Democratic multi.
fers and free traders Of the black
regions OF the South toward tho much
more numerous law-abiding citizens
and protectionists Of the white sections
is more than cheeky--it is positively in
shifting. They beg, when they do not
order them 10 allow their children to
grow up with scant opportunities Tor
education, and their families to be de-
priyed OF comforts they might and
should enjoy, simply that unchanged
survivors OF the misunderstanding por-
ton OF the old slave.holding oligarchy,
and their descendants, may CONTINUE TO
make good their old boast that they
'!rule the South and I'LL its best offices"
Is il not time for the majority TO assert
its manhood, and be controlled by its
own judgment, instead OF by passion?
And, in view OF the facts, should any
one be astonished that the best classes
at the North condemn the men and the
party that obtain, and retain, political
power by such criminal methods? Is it
not rather surprising that they have
been as moderate and patient as they
have been?
In the name OF all they hold dear, |
adjure the people Of the upper south,
especially, to discard prejudice long en-
eugh, and TO open their mental eyes
wide enough, to see that the most i'm
portant problem confronting them to-
day, is not how to avert negro domina-
ton, but how to end criminal domina-
ton. The upper south is in no danger
whatever from the few black laborers in
its white secsions-nor from the larger
number in its few black counties-but
they have great deal to fear from the
astute, wealthy and INSCRIPTIONS rulers
OF those black counties, and the lower
south, generally, whose votes, because
OF their political crimes. weigh SO heavi-
" in the halls Of legislation, and who,
not content with that advantage, insist
on practically debating how others
shall vote. also. Their rule or ruin"
methods have thus far been rule and
rule"-and will continue to be to the
end OF their official careers. Do you
nropose to submit to 1t tamely forever
PROTECTION Is CERTAIN TO PROTECT
Let me now epitomise my argument;
and then you can judge whether or not
have established my point, viz: that
southern people generally, and protec.
tionists in particular, should no longer
allow themselves to be blinded, and
mislead, by an Unnecessary and bane.
full race issue, created by men who profit
by II, and kept to the front by wilful
Misrepresentation and indispensable
crimes.
On the tariff, have shown that a
really protective tariff must benefit the
producers OF such articles as need pro-
lection, while, on the other hand, it is
equally clear that tariff for revenue
only must have an opposite effect. That
the real issue is not this or that bill, but
whether the nation shall deliberately
decide to allow outsiders an advantage
over its own people! That, now it is
waking up TO the fact that its incom-
parable resources can and should be de-
veloped without further delay, the
south has more to gain from protection
than any other section, and that the
only way to help the cause Of protection
is to act with the party and vote for
candidates that are avowedly for "pro-
lection that is certain TO protect"
On the race question, while freely adj
hitting that there are grave evils con-
nected with universal suffrage, insist
thut they are nowhere one-tenth "a
great rs negrophobists assert, that, in
several entire states, and large sections
OF others, there are not enough ne
groes to hurt" = honest. Democrats
themselves being the judges-and that,
moreover, the present Democratic
methods Of dealing with these evils,
have only aggravated them, and must
continue to doso.
To the plea that honor requires the
whites OF the more favored sections to
sacrifice their individual and local in
terests in order to protect their race
from negro rule in the HACK districts, l
answer, that there is, in fact, no such
danger, provided the whites will act
toward the blacks as the Bible, and
true manliness, not to mention COM
mon honesty, say that a strong race
should act toward weak one and, fur
Their that the politicians OF the black
sections have no moral claim on out
slders for help in the indefensible
course they are pursuing, for the fol-
lowing, among other reasons:
A SELFISH INTEREST.
/. The rulers OF those sections have
themselves been supremely selfish in
their dealings with all but their own
small set. They are naturally nullifiers
and have always treated with imperious
indifference, or contempt, every appeal
made by those they claim as allies, but
treat as henchmen.
.. They and theirs were directly re-
sponsible for the war, with all its blood
shed and loss OF property.
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