Year: 1879

Notwithstanding the fact that there
are some people who look upon the
Mississippi trouble as only little Dem
ocratic row, there are a much larger
number who insist that it means a great
deal more, in fact that such proceedings
If allowed are a direct violation OF the
constitution and destroy all the liberties
guaranteed by that instrument Of writ
ing which has become almost nullity
through the South. Whenever ole
party goes to work and under threats
OF assassination drives all the other par
TVS candidates from the field, the Re-
publican form of government guaran-
teed by the Federal constitution to all
the States, ceases to be of any binding
force, and when that is the case the
people will lapse back into semi bar
barrie state like Mexico or some of the
South American Republics. Mexico is
called Republic and yet during the
last ffty years it has been customary
for the supporters of one Presidential
candidate to shoot the opposition candi-
date. Bolivia, in South America, is a
Republic, and it never has any Presi
DENTAL candidate whatever, since who
ever happens to be President holds that
Office until some one assassinates him
and steps into his place without the
iormality of nomination or an cleo
tion. Should the Mississippi plan, for
many of the Democratic papers, amongst
which are those Of this city, apologize,
triumph in this country, the Bolivia
plan would soon follow. A Repub bile
somehow is something very hard to de.
fine, ii We are TO take every country
that calls itself a Republic as really
being enc. The Republic of Rome, o,
France, Of Switzerland, of Modena in
Italy, of Mexico, of Guatemala, OF
Columbia in South America, other
South American Republics and the Re
public of the United States, all beal
but small sem blnnce to each other.


Our Republic recognizes politica
equality between all citizens, withou
regard to sect, color, nationality or pre-
vious condition Of servitude. This is
sweeping declaration, making thi
country Republic on the troad-s
kind Of principles. This kind Of Re
publicanism, however, does not tax
well in Mississippi, because tae peopl
insist that Republican form of Govern
ment not only clothes every individua
with the right of franchise, but allow
him to vote for whom he pleases. W,
have only been making use OF Missis
sippi as name for the South, for wha
Mississippi makes successful will b,
adopted all over the South. The State,
call themselves Republics, and they
would regard it as very impertin-n
for the Federal Government even t,
suggest that they are anything else
They go in for the broadcast kind o
suffrage, indeed they want every bod
to vote, but they must all vote one wa,
or else there is trouble in the camp
There is not colored man in the Sout


but what can vote unmol,sted If h
will only vote the real, solid, Bourbon
iron clad, Democratic ticket, but som-
how some of the cJored people and in
dependent Democrats of the South in
sisting that Republicanism meant tha
they should not only vote but vote 70
whom they saw proper, trouble has en-
sued in Mississippi, and the solid Dem
ocrats of that State have been upAe
. the necessity of teaching these refrAc
tory voters of that State what true Re
publicauism N meant and hence all thetrou
BILE in that State. Unfortunately some
how the founders and makers of tn
Federal Constitution did not inser
in that instrument a clause Stain,
that the time, object and aim of tn
Constitution was to protect any body il
the right of suffrage provided they al
voted the Democratic ticket, and tha
under NO circumstances should an.
other kind of ticket be tolerated
This omission in the Constitution til
Mississippi Democrats ars trying to sup
ply, and SO far they have been notabl.
successful.


However we would suggest to ou
Democratic friends in the South that a
the mode they have adopted to carr,
out their ideas of enforcing a Republi
can form of government leads to yer,
unpleasant and unhappy results, tina
they be considerate and not resort t.
such extreme measures. Sometime
good people announce Themselves
as candidates for various Offices
in opposition to the Dem cracy, wh'
they hate to kill, and theu it is very
expensive to make m of three
or four hundred good Democrats, SO tul
of whiskey that they will do the work
To avoid all these unpleasant conse-
nnencns wa would suggest that tht