The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-11-08
CURSES AND CRIMES, LIKE
CHICKENS, COME HOME TO
RCOST

/ CHICKENS, COME HOME TO
RCoST
1t seems that even puritanlcal
Massachusetts is not sufficiently 10y
al in the view Of the Radical party
to he trusted with the uncontrolled
exercise Of the elective franchise,
but must be subjected to some of the
patornal regulations of the recon
struction laws originally enacted for
the oppression Of the ''late rebel
lious States The Boston Post
says
Tho benehcent provisions Of the
az, Of Congress dated July 10, 1872,
are about to be applied to the lati-
,ude Of Boston. 1t is announced
sAat the Circuit Court is now in
session for the purpose Of appointing
Supervisors of Elections in this ci,v
aud STATE. and that Nh. Simmons.
the Chairman Of the Republican
Ward and Ci,y Committee, has
made application ior Boston. This
intelligence cannot bat be received
Ri.b considerable anxiety. The re-
membrane Of tie Heinrich outrage
IN New York is Toe fresh in the
memories Of the people to allow E
calm contemplation Of the possibility
OF q repetition Of thai transaction
nearer home. This letter Of iAe
law may not initiate against such 2
stretch Of authority as that under
taken by Commissioner Davenport /:
but the whole tendency Of the act
under which these Supervisors are
appointed is usurpaiory and sub
yersiye Of the whole spirit Of Repub-
can government. Ii is not only un-
necessary but absurd that the pro-
visions Of this law should be extend
ed to the State Of Massachusetts,
No shade Of suspicion or difficulty
ever attached to an election here,
aud the appointment Of Supervisors
to conduct the operations of our law
abiding people at the polls is as SUI
perhuous as it is insulting"
The people of Boston are a yalor-
GUS and patriotic people, and though
they hold rather loose views in re-
gard to the political rights Of others,
are keenly sensitive to any invasion
Of their own. While they are per-
fectly content that Congress shall
make or disfranchise voters in Geor-
gia at pleasure, regardless of the
principles Of the Constitution or Of
State rights, they are prompt to OPP
pose any interference with the eX-
ercisc of the sacred right of free suf-
fragc in Massachusetts,. Thomas j.
Gargan, Esq, of Boston, in the
course of an address before the Lib
erals of Easton, Mass, on Friday
evening last, uttered the following
warning:
But the policy countcnanccd and
supported by Grant and his follow
ers in the recent elections in the
Western and Middle States; jhe
gross and shameless violations of the
ballot box--the only bulwark that
stands betwaen us and WARRIOR
when men believe that the only
peaceful mode in which they can set
tie their grievances can be shame
fully abused, and the will of the peo-
people set at naught, you have sown
tho first seeds Of discomfort, which
ripen into anarchy and revolution,
and the thoughtful mind comes to
believe that the question is not one
of mere parties or men. But the
proposition in all its nakedness starcs
US in the face : Is republican form
Of government possible without a
free ballot? We warn you, gentle
men of the Administration, tamper |
not too far with the people. Rely |
not on our heavy debt Our people /
are patient, but they do not intend |
to accept military dictatorship |
without desperate resistance. Re-
member
The blood viii follow where the knife is
driven.
The flesh will culver where the pincers tear
1t will be well for Grants super
viSors to be cautious how they inter !
fere with the ballot-box in Massa-
chusetts. Boston men are not re-
bels--they are very loyal and law
abiding-but it must not be forgot
ten that they are descended from the (
stock that threw the tea overload, !
and there is no telling what they /
might do if Grant should attempt to
bring the beauties of Radical rule /
home to their own experience
They might take. into their heads to
serve his stuffed and prostituted bal
lot boxes as they did the British tea