Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1875 — Southern Troubles. [ARTICLE]

Southern Troubles.

There is not the slightest hope of permanent peace and prosperity in the Southern States under either the Republican or Democratic party. Neither of them propose to hvae permanent and lasting peace. Neither is fair and honest in the course it is pursuing. Neither tells the whole truth. They both profess. to be seeking that which is good for the country, while in truth : neither are honest in these professions but make them for the sole purpose of getting control of the offices. The Republican party insists that the white Democrats in the South design to murder, and are murdering the negroes and murdering and ostracizing all the whites-: who object to the heroic treatment the Democrats apply to the negroes. The Democrats deny that they intend to, or are doing, what they are charged with, and come, back at the Republican party with the charges that that party is dishonest and keeps a lot of carpet-baggers in office in the South who are ruining the South wich high taxes, and then systematically stealisg the money when paid into the treasury, and issuing in addition large amounts of bonds and Belling them at low rates, thus creating a large bankrupting dent and that the money obtained by the sale of bonds is also stolen by them. Then the howl has been recently raised that Republican government in Louisiana was overturned by bayonets. The fact is they both tell the truth about each other, but each systematically lies about itself. Where the Democrats have the power in th 6 South they systematically ignore the rights of the colored people. This is of course done by the leaders. The Southern! Demo- » 1

cratic leaders are muoh like the Northern, they promise but never •preform. The Demociatic leaders in the North have no Sympathy with, or care for, the interests of the laboring industrial classes. This they continually demonstrate. They are the same in the South. They use the “low caste” voters simply to put the “high caste” aristocrats into places of trust, and then betray the trust as soon as they get a chance. Even the fence straddling, balancing, Governor Hendricks in his message spoke what he supposed would be regarded as patriotic words, about jtbe way the United States troops were being used in Louisiana. At the time his Excellency wrote he did not know the fact that Speaker Wiltz, a high caste Democrat had been the moving spirit in having the troops first enter the legislative halls; henoe he laid it wholly to the account of the Republicans. We condemn the act of organizing State Legislatures with United States troops. We have always been of the opinion that troops were not designed for that business. In this Democratic condemnation however there is nothing but hollow hearted hypocrisy. That was exhibited by Wiltz himself, for so long as the troops helped him it was all right, but so soon as they commenced helping the other side then he began to protest, it was all the same wrong to use troops to help either side. If they were needed at all, it should have been to keep peace only, and not to keep men in or out of seats. But the Democratic heart approves when troops help Democrats into office and condems when they help them out. The holding of the office right or wrong, is the point to the high caste Democratic. It no difference to them as to the means to be used. The Democrats say that Republican Government was overthrown by the recent military organization of the Louisiana Legislature. A few months since they declared there was no Republican Government in Louisiana. \V e would like to know how it could be overthrown where it had no existence. One or the other of theii statements is untrue. We only cite this, however, to show the truth of our statement above, that the efforts of these two oid parties are not to do that which is good and* proper to be done; but to do any and all things fair and foul to hold on to, and get hold of the offices tor the personal agrandizment of the “high caste” fellows who will be the incumbents. At Vicksburg “high caste” Deffiocrats killed some“lowcaßte”colored gentlemen. The “high caste” Democracy say this was all right, no words of condemnation; butwbenPhil Sheridan proposed toqmt-same ‘thigh caste” Democrats through-the same mil}, then these same DemccraUs swore it was all wroug. Of course both in truth were all wrong. This state of distrubance will continue under the rule of either of the old parties. No matter which is in power, it does not intend to deal justly, hence there will be continued disutrbance. The hope of peace, quiet and happiness rests alone in the success of thelndependentparty. Thepeople are rapidly coming to this conclusion.—lndianapolis Sun.