The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-31
iREpuULlcANs viNpicTivE TO
Ia J. WARD SOUTH

sHop0blicun nlssnberh Of Congress
Who were Responsible for the stbjec
t1ou uhder which the conquered South
ern States groaned. set IN the conten
zion that conditions in the South rt
Quired martial law. II il now genera
~ realized IN this enlightened ags
that such procedure was unwar
rantcd by conditions. and was largel
the resuit 81 the hitter passions eau
Ell BY the four years struggle betwee'
the States The American Con stitutio
provides that writ OF hnbaas corpr
siNll MT be suspended except IN case
Of rebellion or invasion livery ~
minded man after the lapse Of III
past half century. WHEN the hatred
Of the great war have been aha;ei
been stilled, must acknnw ledge thel
was no excuse for claiming after tn
war ended that a state of rebellion -
listed i'm the South when the Couiet
crate armies had SUI rendered. and DIS
handed. Certainly there was no inva.
ion u the Son:h. but the iisiit ~ hi
heas corpus WAS completely nal lie
by the military agents who tes .n,
the South with an ,ton hand.
Most ,orst.:ut ionai iIw,eIS viii
knowledge now ,hat the tecoas:rH,
ton laws were uiieeustitet on~t 2
well AZ wrong and vicious. isaeif r.
piicaticn in the South. Geld t.ek
recovery OF the Southern Sat : {
many year WITH tie perspective
fifty years 5eh nj u wc noN SIS Tia.
these laws Mere Wong t''d I'll
statutes practirafl. the enti'a vh
population OF the South was iisi,ar
chised. The former slaves, Cf,iy Few
Of whom could read or wrira. coast
tuted the entire electorate. The e., pa.
baggers most OF whom We're TIE soun
Of the earth. led this motley sfft
negroes and worked then viii w4t
them politically. al the SAME time 'ha
they plundered the White paYuil;sc
In the South. 1t was not lun2 se o.
an era Of oppression and eern t.
was in full swing that would has Fl.
to shame the NEST Geplprahi cont
tons in the history Of any conquer
country. So bid MS the Mis.oyeru
ment in the South. and so cerrups III
conditions prevailing under ear tia
rule. ,that many Of the no. T. paper
OF that period printed scatll'ng , li;0l
ials against the agents o. she Free.
tary government
While the cavreioaegels anl IN.
Gals of varions kn,is were missos ~
ing the South and Ilanier;ng Il a ie'
good men from the Northern state
had immigrated 90 the south az
these men. many OF them ,ort,nr ~.
eral soldiers and officers. nnle alta
ingly took the part of thr opeff e
s1.tt tn
ual1y heard m protest throu-ii con
muntcations to northern newsp.ia..
concerning the sa;urnal 4 OF ropel
and ,nisgovernment IN the s;oushei
States.
Veterans OF the Federal armies ~
the Confederate arfulss, in ans Sau:
ern community IN taa tnitd state
who are still aii.e. VIII pcrs ial
corrJbpratc ,nase star emen's. wnie
do not begin 10 describe ifn teirih
COVE nmenial conditions eNi ting
the South for many wears after L,
end nj the Civil War
In fact. the Sonth was rapdlv teii
being reduced to state Of compile
ruin BY miSgoveralnent If tie ga
petbaggers and their .grorant neg
followers The freed slaves. as
class, were good people Ines Ii;
been. except vi few cases wsii tres
I'd and wpi taken care Of pv the
owners. but iii the mass they were
literate, ignorant ami super~tltier
with "a leavening Of viciouspe~s IN,
We're as putty III the hands of tie
white leaders Ii followed tlsat {
government of the Southern stat
under such conditions. was anti1Nl
eddy one of the worst ever e&fe4i,.,
ed in the history IL the vurla
In every Southern tate conalt.
we're practically The same. hgt
tuncrete illustrations WiH sgihfe