People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-03

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power defanuy counting themselves
in, and by perpetuating themselves
in office By the same method. The
so-calied rule of the carpet-baggers
had its abuses. The rule of the
Bonrbons has been no less abusive
to the interests of the people in the
South, and an awakening sentiment
is aroused from its lethargy and
there is dawning nov new politi-
cal South. Its foundation is being
reared ON. reason and justice, and
sentiment.
After the rank and file of the peo-
pie of the South have been dropping
away from the political leadership of
the Bourbons, they have found out
that the Bourbons will count them
out as quick and boldly as they did
what they called @negroes, radicals
and carpet-baggers." The remark
able feature Of the election frauds in
Alabama to-day is that the. Bour-
bons hold the State government be-
cause they have used the negro vote,
frauduiently counted, to overcome
the white vote of the State of Ala
bama. There are fifteen counties in
Alabama in which three-fourths of
the voting population of each are
colored. The remaining counties in
Alabama, populated almost entirely
by white people, have revolted
against the Bourbons and it is in
these fifteen black belt counties that
the Bourbons count up majorities to
overcome the vote of the other coun
ties. Of course, the negroes do not
vote the Democratic ticket. Gov.
Oates said in New York that the
negroes had gotten so they didn't
care to vote, and generally went
hunting on election day, which is an
admission that while the negro goes
hunting, the Bourbon ballot box
suffers do the rest.
The Bourbons have SO gerryman-
dered the Congressional districts of
the State as to put a black belt
county or two in each district, that
the Bourbon counting machine could
run up big enough majorities in the
black counties to overcome the hon
est maiorities of the white counties.
This is the situation in Alabama. In
one Congressional district in Ala
bama it could not be arranged to
have the black county at its COM
mand and the consequence is the
Republicans and Populists elected
their fusion candidate. However,
we have elected five other Congress-
Amen in Alabama, and, as their cases
Ire evident and just, they will be
Ated when the next session con-
hes, and the Bourbons will feel the
Eject of this mroad being made
into their cligarch in Alabaroa~
l have come North to give the
country an intelligent understanding
of the efforts of the new political
South and of the methods of the
Bourbons. When the press of the
country turns the forces of public
sentiment against the dark crimes
committed against civil liberty in
the South, the business element of
this section, as well as the whole
people, will say; "The eyes of the
country are looking with scorn at
the political methods of the Bour-
bons and it is causing capital and
emigration to refuse to come to us
and we cannot afford to longer toll
crate this condition of affairs"
The same national sentiment that
caused Black, of Georgia, to decline
to become the recipient of stolen
seat in Congress, can cause the bene-
ficiaries of no less political crimes in
Tennessee and Alabama to go down
before wave of public disapproval
and of national outraged sense of
Justice. In this work of agitation
and of education l feel sure that we
will have the cooperation of all
those who love republican govern
ment.
J. G. MANNING (of Alabama).
New York, April 10.