The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-07-02
A SOUTHERNER'S PROTEST
"Evening Journal" Sectionalism
Denounced by q Former
Republican.

To the Editor of the JERSEY Citu Ne,Os:-
| have never Taken advantage of the
opportunity offered your readers, yet on
this occasion IL seems proper thatI should
answer the EUening journal CT June 81,
and defend the Democratic party from
insults aud ia Sc accusations. l have only
recently been converted from the Repub-
lican party to the Democracy. and tn g
small amoun of love that l reta ined for
my formed political belief has left me
when l read su:h remarks emanating
from a supposed American.
The EUentng Journal i'll an dit rial
under the hea ling. Ready for thar, too"
make assertions which are utterly false,
and are as well very n~onsensical. The
Democratic party is undoubtedly we'll
char led with honest facts to meet its an
tagonist. the Republican equalization,
WHICH has OF late years degenerated into
q party of spells. 1t IS very Irrational for
the Republican party t. talk about an
honest ballot, or the freedom OF voting.
Let u 60 back to 1876, when Samuel J.
1iideI, Though honestly elected President
of these United States. he having received
a large ma )rity OF the popular vote. as
we'll as a majority of the electoral vote,
was openly d~efrauded out OF lis right by
UrtC Va bhO 10 otho ny OtiO
Republican party in the States of Florida
and Louisiana. Go back to the last Pres
~lten&ial election when tue State of Indiana
was OF ealy bought by Dudley's Blocks
OF five system. Is all this tbs freedom Of
voting? Is this an honest bailotf
The Journals siurs upon the Southern
Democrat ara undoubtedly the remnants
of n diseased hlain, one can plainly see by
this hand hill" newspapers remarks
that it is. anything bnt familiar with the
voting system of tho South, or of the
Southern people either.
The Force Bill! Yes, the Democratic
party will bring this issue to the front.
AID it will not be any "scarscrow" either,
the Democratic party will gain votes by
it, and the people will not he scared into
voting, bat will vote according to their
consciences ag 'Iast a party that dared to
try nac5 u law which would interfere
with State rights. The Force Bill was
passed by a Republican House of Repre-
sentatives under q Reed rule, but
when it reached the Republican Senate,
it was killed, for they knew better han
make such a law. The bill If Slfred
would show plaiuly that it was intended
principally TO control the Southern States
under u Federal shotgun system, III it
would never work. the Sou hern people
are competent tn conduct their elections
without auy Fed raj interference. When
the Evening journal says that the negro
in the South is oppressed IL lies. One
would think by what this old Chestnut
Sheet says. that all the colored voters OF
Jhe South were Republicans.
l will admit that the majority OF the
Southern colored men are Republicans,
but on tire other hand / have met hun
dreds Of negro voters In the South who are
sCut-apd-onL Democrats, aud who were
made so through the lying promises of
The Republican party. The Republican
voter In the South, whether white or
colored. is not oppressed, but is allowed
all its franchise rights on all occasions.
All this Talk of fraud, bulliozina, vio-
In the South is fslse, and is only Repub-
lican political bluff which isquite chm rae
tsristic Of that great old parryn which Is