The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-24
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Continued from Firs, Pag3.l

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Republican paper called the Intelligencer.
an order to give him greater power over
the negroes, that these troops had been
furnished at his request. on the requisi-
tion of the Attorney General of the Uni
red States. for the sole purpose of keeping
rho Republicans in power. People lived
In terror. Every man went armed ex-
pecting an attack at any moment from
the negroes. 1t was the pastime of drunk
en- negroes riding along the roads to fire
into dwelling houses. Prior to an cleo
Fion they became more turbulent The
people could no longer stand such a con-
ditien of affairs. For some months prior
TO the Presidential election of 1876 they
becg.me unusually violent and unruly.
LEFT THE STATE BANKRUPT.
The consequence was that the indigna-
tion Of the people broke into fierce ener-
w and overthrow the Gegro-carpetbag
domination. At its end the State was in
n litiable condition. Tax collectors had
stolen the collections they had made.
The State treasury had been looted and
the auditors books made way with in or
der to prevent prosecution. LeveeS which
had been built for 81 per square yard
when they ought not to have cost more
than 10 or 81 cents per square yard.
We're found to be full of barrels in order
no give them bulk. State credit was
ut the lowest ebb: warrants on the
State treasury went begging on Caron-
delet street at 20 cents on the dollar.
Stat', bonds at 80 cents on the dollar.
Decentralization and distrrlst we've every
Where
STATE RECOVERED RAPIDLY.
Icvees have been rebuilt; bonds have
gene above par. The State treasury is
full; warrants are at once cashed. Schools
are PROSPEROUS for both white and color
ed. Peace prevails everywhere. The
whites and negroes are on cordial terms.
crime has decreased; courts speedily and
impartially administer Justice Officers
are competent careful honest and dbl
gent. White immigrants from the West
nave come to Louisiana in large numbers
since the overthrow of negro domination.
fEXccpt the corrupt and adventurous car
petbagger, none ventured there before
that time. The people of Louisiana have
been watchful that there be no return
TO that era of debauchery and crime
which / have described. Only one SER
ious attempt has been made to 90 back
10 il. The negroes We're masSed as they
were in 1S6S-1S16, but the energy of the
white people prevented this attempt TO
80 back to that period: ard so they will
ever prevent it, No reasonable or intel
ligent man can find fault with them for
this determination.
10 ELIMINATE THE CORRUPT.
1t has been an absorbing question with
the people Of Louisiana TO regulate the
suffrage So as TO ELIMINATE THE
IGNORANT NEGRO AS WE'LL AS
THE IGNORANT WHITE MAN
WHO HAS NO CONCEPTION OF
OUR FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
THE REGULATION OF THE SUI
FRAGE IN THE PRESENT CON
STITUTION DOES NOT ALONE
AFFECT THE NEGRO. 1T AT
FEcTS \ LARGE number in New Or
leans who have emigrated TO the State
since THE CIVIL WAR. The con-
trolling motive in the adoption of the
constitutional provision was to eliminate
an impersonal mass from the electorate
a mass that exists in all large cities as
well as in the fields of louisiana 1t is
dangerous power. one which has been
ii potent factor in the overthrow of gov
er1mentS and the destruction of nations.
Its elm nation from electoral power is
the surcSt means of preserving republi-
can government. 1t is corrupt. 1t is
unreasoning. 1t has no intelligence. 1t
has no thought. 1t is dead weight
and is moved by an external force 1t
has no personality. no Individuality. 1t
falls under the power and dominion of
one man or faction. and is moved ire
SiStibly in Il course that directing will
orders
The bestowal of political power upon
mere numbers-the imperSonal mass
can not be justified. 1t is not the gov
ernment Of free people. 1t will degen-
crate into an absolutiSm. The exclusion
of this impersonal mass is therefore no
violation of any representative law. Its
inclusion in the electorate is the degra-
dation of the whole.
THE multitude is everywhere danger
Gus to the State. but the bestowal of
power upon it is to place the arms of
her arSenals in the hands of the blind.
II is the unreaSon of the State when 1t
calls upon ignorance. vice and crime 10
determine its career.
The writer from whom the above quo
t;Etion is taken says:
L lie ODJect Oh every ppltticdl CoHStltu-
tion is to exclude this elemcnt-that is.
the impersonal masS-fr0m authority i'll
the State. The reference of power TO 1t
subjects the organization of society to
brutal force while the whole effort of
civilization has been to wrest it from
that blind and unthinking sway"
Democratic government is repre-
sentation of person by Il person. and
not an inert mass by a person. Every
elector has personality which finds rep
RESERVATION in the government
VOTERS WITHOUT WILL.
In the very able and interesting ad
dress recently made before the Senate
10y the distinguished junior Senator from
Indiana be ATTEMPTED to show that the
Filipinos were incapable of Self-gOyern |
ment. He read many statements from
intelligent men residing among them, |
showing that if they had the right to
vote they would vote according TO the |
will of Il leader or of their employer. |
They have no will of their own, no in
diyiduality. no personality. and are an
impersonal mass The views entertain |