The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-11-01


The railroads were crowded will
laborers from other States, who's
only duty wss to cast ballot for th,
Rrdicai ticket. Repeaters by thon
sands from New York City thropget
the streets of Philadelphia on th
Sth of October, and did the worl
assigned them mt the polls. Thes,
men were pointed out by detective
to the authorities of Pennsy ivania
and their arrests requested but re
fused. Notorious New York poll
ticians were openly cheered in Phila
delphia by squads of these New
York ruftians. on their way from
poll to poll to do their crimina
work. All this and Inuch more i.
susceptible of proof. Tho unpar
alleled registration in Philadelphia
carries its own evidence OF intended
wrong.
Prominent men in the dominan:
party openly boosted Of these con
templated frauds in advance, and
deiied vention. Emboldensd b,
success. the crime that once wa.
worked in secrecy is now openl,
perpetrated, and publicly heralded
as stroke of genius by its pcrpe-
traitors.
Fellow-counterymen, you are in
snltirgly asked by those who have SC
successfully worked this iniauity,
What are you going to do about it,
The answer remains with you. BE
not deluded with the response that
both parties are alike guilty This
is the weak evasion of the enemy.
Let villainy such as indicated be
crushed, whoever may suffer. Let
no one for q moment believe that the
Liberal Republicans participated in
these acts of violence against IN
houest election. Every suggestion
OF such nature was condemned. and
SO far as known such acts were in no
case attempted. The Liberal Re-
publican party was organized to re-
sist this very abuse, not to encnur-
age it.
Fellow-countrymen, the purity of
the ballot-box must be defended. or
dangers the most momentous threat
en- the Republic. The ballot is the
very cornerstone of our national
existence. When that fails, ruin
envelops all. Unbounded wealth has
been the bane of nations before our
time, Has this disease by which
other States have fallen attacked us of
last in the most vital part, the sane
tity of the ballot? Our people will
bow in submission to an honest cleo
ton, but who shall declare that nm
Executive chosen by dishonest means,
which annuls the popular will, may
command popular obedience? Cor
ruption'grows with its own success.
and as may be expected, let these
base deeds of the dominant party be
repeated in November, and who shall
say that the hour may not be fast
approaching when some energetic
spirit shall thunder in the willing ear
of an outraged nation that physical
resistance to- such infamy is obe-.
dience to God.
Fellow-countrymen, the remedy is.
who in your own hands. Rebuke those.
in open day SO shamelessly bring
this disgrace upon us. Our national
security demands your action. The
vote is yet in your hands, and the
insult to these three great Common
wealths may be avenged. In spite
of the frauds perpetrated, we have
carried Indiana, reduced the vote
greatly in Ohio, and lost Pennsyl-
vania only by startling corruption.
The future is full of promise.
Georgia priclaims in her great ma
.
jority that the suffering Southern
States, i'll their desire for equal rights
before the law, will give 125 electoral
7otes to Horace Greeley. An honest,
Christian sympathy in the North will |
add to this more than enough votes
ID make his election sure. There is
'yery canse for encouragement, and
'vefy reason to hope for success.
Let there be no laggard now. He
. traitor who falters as the combat
opens. Forward along the entire
inc, and by an overwhelming VIC
DRY in, November, not. only declare !