New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-24
4 Defence OF sOuTHERN DEl'hdAihS'
THEIR TEMrTrRs MORE TO Re bLAMED THAN
THOSE WHO YIELD TO BRIDES

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
air 7, may he and ought TO be accepted M
nropcr that some one OF the South should say some
thing In defence OF the Southern delegates ana 10
deny the wholesale charges made by the press Vi
Tho North that they are "purcha sable" are "un-
certain" that they must walt TO see the price
lists" At ST. Louis before you can place them etc
Tn 10 the National Convention OF 1850 such thins
az DELEGATE selling was unheard Of: then the az
tempt 10 buy Grants Southern vote 10 MI ba'he
,,,s heoun 4 few were tempted. but many OF the
colored delegates then now keep Inc Grant meua'
with pride and glory In being Of the od Guard OF S'
Until then the colored mans loyalty TO the Repuo-
ucan party and to his Northern friends was as true
AZ Iincoln's ever was who IS the most responsible
and blamable for this state Of AFFAIRS In the Son'n
The man who came with brides from the Nor'h.
teaching and urginC the poor black man VINO ma
through poverty and hardship struggled up TO th'
point OF honor and trust borrowed his carare 10 get
10 National conventions. denying his family some
OF the necessaries TO his party and as no
believed, his country; who let the tempter whom he
had been taught from the day Of Appomattox TO be-
lcve his friend his savior. persuade him that II was
right to accept "A fee 10 carry home to his family
Which is the most TO be despised. the tempting SER
peni or the ignorant and poor. who accepted the
temptation? -,
since 1890 at each recurring four years We see the
Northern bird o. prey coming South TO corrupt our
people. They send agents ana Doodle ana , men
send your corruptlng agents? AS soon as a promi-
ncnt Christian man announced himself a candidate
iempters. scrpcns TO poutc tho garden; as soon as
another decided to stand as stalking horse. we are
Informed that NJ A.. the right-hard man OF Mr,
- il In the city with Satans silver 10 ma the
Judas shame upon any man or men VINO na nnn
ript and then denOunce the victims OF his own se-
ducton. That who have grown old in the SER
vice and had the esteem OF their countrymen,
should forfeit II by base methods to satisfy ambi.
ton Is a pltiabe reflection. The political methods
baser ana moro damnable than ever resorted 10 by
"" Keen Your Northern henchmcn and brlbe- givers
out OF our section-teach them honorable methods
and ways then find fault with us. Much fault IL
found with the Southern contingent but II Is certain
and pItiable sight. the fact that every four years
the whole National Committee land those Interested,
for The evcrrecurring enormous Indebtedness or the
National Comii,tce No Southern man Is responsible
~, In nohis arrests etc No Southern man ever
attempted to pack National Convention against the
win Of the pe0R that NV w IS Sa st o
years we find National Committee largely IN
debt? why is it tia. those who handle ,r the party y
hard TO get their friend named a. 81. Louis? Are
they afraid they will no longer be Executive Com
miteemen. and get TO sell the cohVeh'o" again
Don't you think that some of the sanity papers papers
might do some Christian work by looking as closely
into these things as they are disposeu 10 LOON al
the poor. very poor man OF the SOUTH sweep 3o IN
front OF your door Is rule not 10 De ascarueu
Let the representation In National conventions trom
the South be None will be found vot,ng iof !,
more readily than the Southern delegates Dn. re, ny
not be done by a resolution that VIII be sting ana
an IN sult 10 us OF the Southcorrupt country anu
then despise It, Does the Southern delegate a1one
advertise for bid before he was elected we nesr
Of no e ,Sa SOUTH do up the Ohio and
the Jersey line and the Schuylkill pity that
you such saints and we such ' mn 'rrrw,c1.
Montgomery. Ala. April 3. 1896.
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