The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-06-09
WARNING TO THIRD PARTrITEs. ETC.

w.pxrNn tn THIRD PARTY1TEs. ETC.
Mr.. Fassest on taxing the chair IS tempo
rarv chairman at Minneapolis gave very
clear forecast Of what the South VIII nave 70
expect II the Republicans win a. .ne pois
next November. Speaking of the mission OF
the Republican party he says
"No question has ever been permanently
s.,,Iad ard MAYER will DO finally deterninen
until II is settled in the right ana uh.ii efe.t
citizen. white or black, last or "es' ~ 80
or South, can approach the p"nD oorc,sd
.bsoiuts security and have his vote couhteu
IDnas,iv Tho contest before US assumes
oil its difficulties from tho fact thn'
o.. anter the presidential race manu-
oanned by the certainty thas III az
oIec,oral college Of 434 members iyo alo
row already absolutely secured IN auNaneo
Ia the Democratic nominees hnu 1"oso -
vo.es come from the south. when - heP. poif
nonently solid through o perpetual Dreacn ~
In .'arsntees of tho Constitution Of tho
I-ni.ed states So long ss there remains
,,r"ng 70 be redressed. so long as their 70;
,,a;ns a RIGHT b. be enforced so long o. al
10 n,ivileoes of citizenship are not iTeeiy en-
;nved under the guarantee that the Cohslitu-
~ oives 10 all citizens of this mon, just 80
long will this be a mission OF the hepuOiloa"
party"
No one can read those words and fan 70
understand that one of the chief Appeals Inc
Repubicans will make for the suffrage OF tue
nsonle Of the North in the coming camuaign
will be based on the claim that the negro III
tho South is deprived OF his rights This Is
an old and stale charge. and one the country
must be heartily sick and tired OF. Northern
visitors 10 tie South soon find out ITS false-
hood and see for themselves that the South-
ern negroes are the most independent anu
freest class Of people in this section. Ihey
work when they please and quit when
thew please. They live without effort
and have more HOLIDAYS than oil the
rest of the population combined. Ihey nave
street parades of one sort and another nearly
every day. and no one ever thinks OF molest-
ING them. They are oil sleek and hearty
looking and seem 10 DO without care OF
worry in the world They have absolutely
their own way in everything but one aud
that is they are not. and will never be- per-
mitted to rule the white race
II is this one single deprivation Of
the negro which makes the North
ern Republican mad almost 70 frenzy.
All the other blessings enjoyed by the colored
race avail the average Republican politician
nothing so long as he sees the whites in con
troll over them politically. To accomplish the
humiliation OF the Anglo-Ssxon and the eleya-
ton Of tie African in the South Is the dar-
ling ambition Of his soul, and Mr. Fassett very
clearly states that the Republican party Will
not have completed its mission until this has
been done.
We may therefore understand what is IN
store for the South in case the Republicans
win tho Presidency and regain control OF
Congress in November. We will hear all
through the campaign the same old story, 80
often repeated and yet never losing its inter
est to the South hating element of the North,
that the negro in the South is oppressed and
deirauded of his rights, and we will
hear after the battle has been fought
and won, if it is won. the same
charges echoed and re-echoed throughout
the halls of Congress in support OF a Force
bill. And the Force bill will be passed by the
Republican Congress and signed by the ko-
publican President. and thereafter Southern
civilization will be destroyed Southern pro-
eress retarded for an indefinite period and
Southern elections controlled and managed
by Federal soldiers aud armed Federal mar
shals and their deputies.
This is not pleasant prospect ITO contem-
plate. but it is one which the South must
contemplate for il will cease being prospect
but present reality if the enemies OF the
South succeed next fall. And yet we hear
talks of third parties and opposition to the
/ Democratic nominee IN the South. II any
Southern man wishes to aid the bringing
| about Of such state of affairs and TO assist
the Republicans in fastening negro DONNA
ton upon this section. let him Join any third
party. or refuse TO vote for and work
/ for any nominee Of the Democratic
/ party whoever he may be. If the people oil
any Southern State by theirpwn.folly succeed
in thus bringing their State under negro and
/ Radical rule, they will richly deserve all the
! horrors consequent upon their action, and
they will receive no sympathy from any OF
their fellow States in the Union. Let then
the Southern Third partyites and disahectec
Democrates reflect well before they yolun
tarily bind the chains Of negro domination
/ about their own necks