not believe it. This administration has
not been friendly to the Southern Republicans, and my opinion is
there will be as much division in the Southern as in the Northern
States. I believe Blaine will be a candidate, and I do not believe
the Prohibitionists will put a ticket in the field, because they
have no hope of success.

_Question_. What do you think generally of the revival of the
bloody shirt? Do you think the investigations of the Republicans
of the Danville and Copiah massacres will benefit them?

_Answer_. Well, I am in favor of the revival of that question just
as often as a citizen of the Republic is murdered on account of
his politics. If the South is sick of that question, let it stop
persecuting men because they are Republicans. I do not believe,
however, in simply investigating the question and then stopping
after the guilty ones are found. I believe in indicting them,
trying them, and convicting them. If the Government can do nothing
except investigate, we might as well stop, and admit that we have
no government. Thousands of people think that it is almost vulgar
to take the part of the poor colored people in the South. What
part should you take if not that of the weak? The strong do not
need you. And I can tell the Southern people now, that as long as
they persecute for opinion's sake they will never touch the reins
of political power in this country.

_Question_. How do you regard the action of Bismarck in returning
the Lasker resolutions? Was it the result of his hatred of the
Jews?

_Answer_. Bismarck opposed a bill to do away with the disabilities
of the Jews on the ground that Prussia is a Christian nation,
founded for the purpose of spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ.
I presume that it was his hatred of the Jews that caused him to
return the resolutions. Bismarck should have lived several centuries
ago. He belongs to the Dark Ages. He is a believer in the sword
and the bayonet--in brute force. He was loved by Germany simply
because he humiliated France. Germany gave her liberty for revenge.
It is only necessary to compare Bismarck with Gambetta to see what
a failure he really is. Germany was victorious and took from France
the earnings of centuries; and yet Germany is to-day the least
prosperous nation in Europe. France was prostrate, trampled into
the earth, robbed, and yet, guided by Gambetta, is to-day the most
prosperous nation in Europe. This shows the differ