The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1870-09-26
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In Missouri the abrogatien of the ini-.
quitous prescription, which excludes.
thousands from the right of suffrage, is.
an issue as positive and vital as in West
Virginia. The question of individual
right, IS before that people, asit is be-
fore ours, imperative, inevitable and
controlling; entering into the canvass
of all candidates; anR recognized to be
so paramount, in Importance that it can
not be ignored -----.s
Whyit is so engrossing needs no words
to explain. Injustice and outrage are
plants which spring up in the rank and
stimulated soil of civil strife. In the
pure air of sober though. and the calm
sunshine Of returning reason. they must
wither and die. Such is the fate which
awaits them there-such the doom which
has already been pronounced here.
That our readers may see how confess
sion has followed crime, we make the
following extract from the St. Joseph
Herald, tae leading Radical paper Of
Northwest Missouri:
thousands Of men in Missouri are dis
franchised on secret afidavits which they
never saw, and which arc, probably, in
many cases-as we believe was the case
Fiu-this county-a bach d ps?jsrie, and
torgeies from, beginning to end. Thous-'
.ands more are here disfranchised because
a son was captivated with the tinsel and
show of Prices advancing hosts, and
and went of into rebellion against faith
er's earnest entreaties and o mothers
tears and prayers; and that father cannot
swear that he never had spark of SYM
pathy in his breast for that deluded and
misguided son."
This revelation Of the guilty secret
which Radicalism has carried in its
bosom SO l.ng, will strike none with
surprise, who have Witnessed year after
year, the recurring outrages which have
enslaved so many Of our own best citizens.
How the recital of these wrongs strikes
others is shown by the annexed commen-
tary of the St. Louis Republican:
"Tbere is not radical ofice-holder in
Missouri whose hands are not stained with
this crime against common law and per-
sonal liberty; for it is by means of it they
all hold office and draw salaries. There is
not aradical to be chosen to Office in No
vember, who is not responsible for a part
Of this crime; and there is not radical
politician in the State. ofhoWevor exalted
position, who iu not willing to profit by it.
It matters not whether the Governor Of
Missouri to be elected this fall be Brown,
Stanard, or McClurg, he will, with his
own consent and approval. be the bene6.
ciary Of these confessed 'perjuries and for
geries.'
"Wo have heard much of fthe grand
radical party of its devotion to the cause
of human liberty and of the progress
sive ideas it has given to an insufficient
ly grateful country; and we have seen
the resources Of aorid rhetoric exhausted
in encomiums of this marvellous organi-
cation. But now that VIC are permitted
to stand before its uncovered breast, We
discover what it really is-a confessed
criminal, that has for four years dealt in
oppression, tyrannies, 'perjuries and
forgeries. and that intends to elect one
more ticket by means Of these perjuries
and forgeries.'" a a #t
Shift the scene from the far West to
| our.own homes-compare the daily ex-
periences Of one oppressed people with
those of another. and the language wo
have quoted applies, with painful accura-
cy, to ourselves. Any West Virginia
list Of radical candidates can supply names
answering, in every respect, to those Of
Brown and MsClurg in Missouri,-namos
of men who, like them, base their hopes
of Office, not upon the unbOusht suffrages
eta free people, but rest them solely upon
the frauds and perjuries" which have
made suffrage mockery and representa-
tive government mere irresponsible OIL
garchy.
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