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TUESDAY, APRIL, 4th, 1882.
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110W IT WOIIKS IN ALABAMA.
Omaha (NeUj Republican.
The politico of Alabama exhibit
a singular verification of tbe Arab
proverb that curses, like chickens,
come home to roost. There, ns in
other Southern States, tbe colored
majority is a simple matter af ab
solute tact ns s'tatcd In every cen
sus and more particularly in tbe
last census No honest man can
deny that in South Carolina, North
Carolina, Alnbamu, Mississippi.
Louisiana, Arkansas, Georgia and
Florida there are more colored
men ovor the age of tweuty-onc
years than there are white men.
Nor can any candid man deny the
fact that ninety-nine out of every
hundred colored electors, if left
free to express their will in the
ballot, will vote the Republican
ticket. Tiie colored citizens know
tlmt party through what they be
lieve it lias done for them; they
know it as the party tlint made
them free and has given them citi
zenship mid ail that they have,
They would bo less than humane
to vote otherwise; and their very
lack of ed ucation would force them
to the nntural view, if their native
instincts did not clinch their slleg-
iunce to the Rcpucllcac party. The
proof is plain that they liuve al
ways carried their States in a fair
vote. The conclusion is, therefore,
inevitable that these States be
long of right to the Ucpublienn
party.
Then add the other fact that
there is a body of white Republi
cans, amounting in North Caroli
na to 40,000 and in the other States
to a very large number, mid tlio
proposition is unquestionable that
tbe Republican party might to
carry the country by an easy and
decisive majority in the Electoral
College; whereas in 1870 und 1880
it barely succeeded, and in 1884 it
must again lake its chances. Is
not this u palpable wrong, and it is
not unmanly in the Administra
tion that controls the country not
to take its vote, where it cun law
fully and rightly find it ? is it
wise to suffer that vote to be
crushed out to the imminent risk
of the general enmpuign.
Now in Alabama, as in the other
Southern Suites, where the Repub
lican majority was plain, the Dem
ocrats hud to resort to all sorts of
outrage and fraud to overcome it.
This colored majority congregated
chielly where the planting interests
repudiate and renounce il. It is a
two-edged sword that cuts both
ways. Was there ever a more
shatnclesB confession than is pub
lished in tbe editorial of tbe Troy
Inquirer, a leading Democratio
paper of Alabama ?
“At that election not only the
State officers but also county offi
cers were elected—many to serve
six years—and in counties where
the negro vote preponderated it
was determined upon that Demo-j
crats should be elected by the re-1
turns, and it was accomplished.
Any plan, scheme or device that
Would accomplish the result, re
gardless of tiie criminality of its
exercise or use, was to have been
invoked and was executed. To
express tbe belief that more than
one county has officers who were
not elected by the vote cast is to
they oaic nothing about who is
elected, and who is not, unless the
issue be a borne one, and then they
make no distinction between a
Democrat, as Democrats are al
ways kinder to them and treat
them a great deal better than the
Republicans do. As far as the
murder question is concerned, the
| idea is too ridiculous to bo oven
i thought of, but from our own
personal knowledge we say that
the negroes are protected as much
in tbeir rights as the white people,
and probably a little more so. If
a white man should use any intim
idation toward a negro, his penalty
would be just as hard as if he was
a negro. The negro of the South
soi'Tin:it> news.
voice the opinion *f almost every I cannot be compared to the negro
one who is well informed. But it | of the North, and that is where a
is immaterial so far as that affects | „ reat man y 0 f the mistaken ideas
this question. To cheat» Radical | ofthe North , Here Le carcs
candidate out ol an ollice is a i»a-j . . * . ..
triotic act in the eyes of many; but j * or nothing but his usual allow-
the swindle does not end at that, j ance of bacon and corn bread; it
The illegal, fraudulent and stolen j being a very hard matter to get
votes that were used to defeat a | him t0 send hig chi | dren t0 school,
Radical now come to the front to | . . . ... . . , . . '
swindle Democrats by represents. ' althou « h o( late > ears - he llaa taken
tiou in convention. The ‘Black t '“ore kindly to the idea of educa-
Bclt’ counties have u third less i tion. In a great measure the
Democratic votes than the 'white' ■ white people pay the expense of
counties, yet in the next State Con
veution they will cast a third more
votes. This is unfair; it is unjust,
it is wrong. Tiie voters of these
white counties know it and are dis
cussing it with no uncertain mean
ing to their utterances. A vote
east is a very different thing from
a stolen vote, a miscounted vote, or
any other kind of dishonest vote
and the white counties will protest
against any such wrong being prac
ticed upon them as permitting rep
resentativesof the fraudulent votes
counties, tlmt could easily be
named, to overcome and defeat
them.”
Is not this atrocious? Murder
and perjury are virtues when used
against Republicans, crimes only
when they affect Democrats. Is
tiie country going to tamely sub
mit longer to the public robbery
of the votes, rights and franchises
of eight Southern States? If the
Republican party will fold its arms
and allow this wrong, it deserves
to lie beaten, and ought not to hold
tho power it lias neither the nerve
nor the pluck to vincidatc. It will
bo beaten, too, because it cannot
win if it suffers the wholesale rob
bery of its votes. No pally can
stand that and survive.
Ry tiie merest accident we hap
pened to the And above article in
a Northern exchange, and credited,
as is seen, to the Omaha Hepubli-
can, a journal published in a city
2,000 miles distant from Alabama,
tlio place where snob heinous
wrongs arc said to have been per-
- „ petrated, llow long ago it was
SMiTS tZXiT. r ■" ““
plantation where only a single J!,, P ulllican wo do not know, nor
family lived. Docs not the fact aic wt> s,lrc that it ever appeared
prove itselt ? Well, these counties there. Rut whoever wrote it is
became known alter the war ns the
“Ulaok Bolt,” where the Republi
cans were ten to ono The color
ed voter regarded the party that
enmuciated him witli an unique
veneration and affection. He con
sidered that ho owed it everything
and he sought to pay the debt with
complete fidelity. Nothing could
induce him to vote the Democratic
ticket. Then violence wus organ
ized into a system of unparalleled
torror and horror und it tore from
the hands of tiie majority the
power to which it wus entitled
under tho Auicricun principal.
Once in command of tlio election
machinery, tho armed and victo
rious minority drop|>ed the mask,
put aside the lash and revolver, and
adopted the ensier method of an
cient fraud and lisauo ballots. 1 lav
ing tbe np|>ointuicnt ol all the
managers and judges of election,
they simply counted tiie majority
out ol their franchise. This work
ed charmingly until, as in Alabama,
the Democratic party came to ap
portion the delegates to tbeir Slate
convention. Of course, tiie ordina
ry plan was adopted ol one dele
gate to so many electors, as wit
■leased in the last general election,
Then “the chickens came home to
roostfor in a county where the
laboring under the greatest mis
take of his lifetime—it it was writ
ten ns an earnest conviction. We
are ashamed to sny that there is
•mrdly n journal of Republican
principles in tlio North but what
believes and would copy tiie arti
cle verbatim, without the slightest
hesitation us to whether or not
there was any truth in it. Wo
were raised in a city where that
idea prevails to an nlarming extent,
but from some unknown cause we
never could believe it, and now
that we are located In tiie South,
the glorious, Sunny South, and
have time and opportunity to in
vestigate these tilings, we want to
express our utmost contempt for
such articles, ’Tis true we do not
live iu Alubniuu. the state that is
thus accused, but it Was only by
clinncc that the writer mentioned
Alibama; lie meant Georgia as
much. These paid political writ
ers make very little distinction in
kiculities when writing anything of
the above character, for they will
know that their articles seldom
i educating them, for very few ne
groes own any property of any
consequence, and of course pay no
taxes. Another peculiarity we
find down here that we did not
expect.to find, is that many of the
negroes would prefer, of their own
will, to lie slaves than to be free
men. This may seem strange to
the Northern people, but we can
account for it on tbe ground that
when they were slaves they were
always cured for if sick, whereas
now they have to look out for them
selves and pay their own doctor
bills. Generally, though, the peo
ple are kind to them—a great deal
kinder than these same people who
howl so much during political
campaigns would be if they bud
tbe negroes working for them.
All this bosli about tiie intimida
tion of negroes is false, completely
false, ns also the stories of murder
und ballot box stuffing. All tlmt tbe
Southern people ask of the Xortli
is that they will come and see with
their own eyes tiie true state of j
things and we will tell them now
tlmt they will soon be convinced of
the folly of tbeir ways and go back
wiser and a great deal happier for
having come.
Come, gentlemen, cornel You
may find a few people here who
will tell you that Northern people
are not wanted, but they are very
few—and thin!
Rice planting is going on over
in South Carolina.
Florida was discovered 370ycars
ago last Monday. ,
Tomatoes weighing half pound
arc growing in Tampa, Florida.
A seventv-fivc pound drum fish
was taken in St. Augustine, Fla.
A $300,000 cattle sale was effect
ed in Corsicana, Texas, a few days
ago.
Free lunch in Pensacola consists
of soup made from 270 pound
turtles.
East Florida has had all the vis
itors she could take care of this
season.
Birmingham, Ala., 1ms a barber
shop in which females do the ton-
sorial work.
Mr.. J. D. Carlisle, of Nicholas-
villc, fcy., is the owner of a violin
made in 1767.
It is now thought that the Ken
tucky legislature will not adjourn
; until the first of May.
Tusciimbia, Ala., will soon have
the finest court house in the north
ern part of the state.
The Swiss colony at Berrestadt,
Ky., now lias 285 settlers, and ex
pects 500 by the end of the year.
Five ewes on Mr. Rhodes
Thompson’s farm, in Fayette coun
ty, Ky., gave birth to fifteen lambs.
The floral fair ofthe Agricultu
ral Society of South Carolina will
be held in Charleston April lSlli.
From 1851 to I860 Kentuckians
took out 102 patents for inventions;
from 1871 to 1880 they obtained
1,435.
An eight pound shad was caught
in the Pec Dee river near Society
Hill, South Carolina, a few days
since.
About forty acres of land in
Barnwell conntv, South Carolina,
arc planted in melons for the
Charleston market.
Four hundred and fifty palms
have been sent to St. Stephens’
church, New York, from St. Au
gustine, Fin., by Dr. Paeetti. They
are to tie used on Palm Sunday. !
Tbe first man killed in Kentucky J
by Indians was a colored one, Hie !
slave oi one of Boone's compaii- I
ions. He was killed in 1775, about'
three miles from where Richmond |
stands.
Spring is Here and New Goods
Every Train
WHERE YOU wrrji FIND ALE THE
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NEW DRESS GOODS ! NEW TRIMMINGS !
Ail liiiuieuse Lot of Itleacliings, 3-4, 4-4, 0-4, 10-4.
All IleHt Urand.s at Popular Prices.
Laces and Embroideries by the Cart Load!
3F*tvxxi3, Parasols and TTmlsrollas.
Ladies’, Gents’ and Childrens’ Shoes, Sandals and Slippers!
Custom Made and Every Pair Warranted.
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Prices Lower
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Hoop Slits and Corsets!
AMONG THE LATTER THE
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Double Bone,
Madame Strong’s,
Everlasting,
AND OTHERS.
.•olored \ote largely predominated. , »
they bad to stuff the boxes accord! ,eacl ' thu ho,,ll,cr " P rc8S !
ingly ami Imd to commit perjury to j no one il1 the North knows the
verify the election returns. As I true condition of affairs, their
there hail been no hesitation in
murder, so there was none in per
jury, and it happened tlmt a county
with really one thousand electors
would appear in the sworn returns
as having, say three thousand.
1 hen when they came to apportion
the delegation in the ratio of ouc
to every two hundred, there would
be fifteen delegates in the conven
tion from a county entitled only
to five, and the minority of tho
party would control its nomina
tions and policy. So long as open,
Tho Congressman who struta
and frets his little hour upon the
stage might humbly exclaim with
Rip Van Winkle: “How soon we
are forgotten when wo are gono !’’
In his late address Blaine said that
Garfield was nine times or eighteen
years successively chosen to the
House, ail houor not enjoyed by
more than six other Represcnt-
tives of more than 5,000 who have
been elected from the organization
of tiie government to this hour. A
correspondent of tiie Louisville
Courier-Journal says that more
than twenty have served as long or
longer than Garfield did. Thomas
Newton, of Virgiuia, sat 28 years
iu Congress—10 years more than
Garfield; Nath Macon, of North
Carolina, served 24 years; Lewis
Williams, of the same Stfite, 27
ears; Mercer, of Virginia, 24
years; Giddiugs, of Ohio, and Mc
Coy, oi Virginia, 32 yours. Three
were elected for 20 years: six, in
cluding John Quincy Adams, were
clcctcdjas often as Garfield, etc
This is u sad blow to tiie Congress
man who puts iu nearly all of his
time trying to get elected, instead
of striving to make himself distin
guished for his usefulness while he
stays there. Suppose Garfield’s
fame had depended entirely on the
fact that he was elected nine times I
Mr. Blaine would never have had
any materials for a memorial ad-
According to the census, there
is a mistake somewhere. The
large consumption of liquor in tiie
South has been frequently commen
ted on, but it seems that the pco- :
pie in our section lmve been—chief-1
ly for partisan purposes—misrep- |
resented as whisky drinking and !
intemperate people, and our other j
sins and weaknesses have been at- j
tributed to this one as the chief
cause thereof. According o tiie
census, however, the number of re
tail liquor shops in the North, as
compared witli the number of in
habitants, is largely in excess of
those in tiie South. In Maine there
is one grog shop to every 7!)1 in
habitants; in Massachusetts one
to every 245; in Connecticut one
to every 235; while iu South Caro
lina there was one only to every
910 inhabitants. There were tiie
same number of liquor shops (6, |
279) iu Massachusetts us there j
were in North Carolina,South Caro
linu, Georgia, Alabama and Flori
da combined and containing a
population tiiree times that of
Massachusetts.
Ml BOYS’ MM,
An Immense Line—Quality and Fit Guaranteed.
Also a large assortment of Piece Goods for men and boys’ wear. Blue
Flannel, Cassimerc, Tweeds, Cottonades, etc., etc. ’ Agent for
J. <fc I’. Coats’ celebrated Spool Cotton. The trade
supplied at New York wholesale prices.
1 S5H' P!!®* P FOK f 1ASII. T QELL AHEAI* FOR n tSH.
I ijfcl.L t/HEAP FOR CASH. 1 ijEI.L VHEAP FOR L'ANII.
Cull this morning early and avoid tiie rush at
•W-lnosi/tXey-’js Corner.
Hbnry S. Davis
Mkrrel Cai.i.away.
JNT-EW FIRM!
OLD GRANBERRY CORNER,
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-HAVING LATELY PURCHASED TIIE-
urticlcs are very seldom, if ever,
answered. As it is, a more abler
!>cu than ours should lie used in
replying to such things, but as we
have always lived in the North, j dress,
our assertions may have more I * • —-—- -
force than if a Southern writer j • From the statistics published by
would handle tbe subject. [ tiie commissioner of internal reve-
As we understand it. and we i nue > t,lcre is > in the United States,
think we understand it correctly, j “ s “ lo °" to every 294 inhabitants.
tiie negroes care nothing at all j 1" die states that voted for Gar-
naked, public‘fraud " is* used*"to alx ’ ul voting—unless they eau get i there is one to every 260, and
swindle and rob Republicans of j paid for it. So many times they ! in the States that voted lor Han-
their rights, the Democrats shout j have been fooled by promises of' cock one to every 480 people. As
srestoN’orthomcsrpet-baggcrs as to what j "gw™ won’t lie, and the Demo-
, mini-. P r7. - . . f the >' would do if would come out 1 crats do all the drinking, the oues-
a minority of their own party, they j and vote, that they say now that ! tion arises, why is thls fwty
Sew Way to Collect Debts.
From the Cutlibett Appeal.
An amusing incident occurred
upon the square yesterday about
noon. A negro boy by the name
of Madison George, said to be uu
honest and industrious farmer,
hired a negro boy a week ago for
ono month, and at the end of tbe
first day’s work tbe hired boy pro
posed to buy a pair of Madison's
pants. Tbe price was readily agreed
upon, wbeu tiie boy crawled into
Madison's pants and soon depart
ed. Not until yesterday did the
two meet, when Madison drew ins
knife and said his breeches could
not cover as mean a negro as was j
then rolled tip in them, and com-;
menced ripping them off. In a few
minutes lie had the pants ripped j
from the waistband to the heels,I
and tiie boy breecliesless upon the
street. At this moment the mar
shal appeared and carried the boy
to the calaboose, smacking his;
chops over tbe prospects of a tub j
of meal. It was a laughable affair i
throughout, aud a uovee way to i
collect a bad debt.
A chance fer hunters. A St.
Louis firm has contracted for five
thousand alligator hides. Price
not given, but presume it was a !
good one. While the game law is .
iu force during tbe summer our
shootists eau go out aud hunt ’ga
tors lor their hides.
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