Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-10-25

The coalition fowls still cackle feebiy over
their solitary egg in Georgia, which was TO
be the nest erg for a big brood Of demo
cratic triumphs.and still carefully ignore the
vsv in which that majority Of $4,000 was
secured If referred 20 At all. the accounts
Of violence and intimidation are disposed Of
summarily and wholesale as &c rransparently
false But fortunately the evidence Of the
outrage s. not confined to republican
sources. There are one or Two coalition
paper. and one or Two responsible demo
crats in Georgia for whose sense of Justice and
d-eenc- the act- committed IN the Interest
Of white man government ' IN that
State. were too much. and who have dared
10 tell the truth about them. Let rs see
what some of the facts are. a. admitted by
papers in the interest Of Mr.. Greeley.
On the morning Of the election the Macon
Telcgrapi Greeley was filed with violent
appeals 70 the masses. calculated 10 inaame
the mob element among the white- One Of
these articles called upon the people 70 90 or
game mass meeting at the polls very
early in the morning, and hold on until
sun-down. and see that every man, white or
black. sr5o rrisdes 20 rofe The democratic
ficLet. does So without molestation- 1t Is
worthy Of note that the New York IrI'lne
has quoted this paragraph as an evidence
that the election was fair. The result was
told in another Greeley paper, the Macon
J-uioa. TIE day after TIE election. apd we
submit its evidence A. worthy TO be believed
bv northern Greeley men. II says -
That mass meeting wa organized F;
each member Of il was armed with pistol
OF two. and every man was allowed 10 vote
lrba rushed 10 r0t, tdc aen0crailc flctot but
when republican tickets were noticed gong
ia. the mass meeting. By orders, we presume
opened fire upon those who had the temer-
iry 10 believe that they were still living IN
O free country. and five lives. besides about
twenty wounded, were made % pay the
penalty Of their ial~e conceptions Of what o
free country was
The Tnion, forgetting for the moment
that it, Presidential candidate and his OF
ran are now engaged in denouncing federal
interference with elections. went on to say
ssWhere Is President Grant Have we
so.eLlineI IL ! 80. -, w ~ +-s- nv men
VINO ars known 70 have done the shooting
Yesterday. and not an arrest made. rive
deliberate ianfaeI7 W
- ~ s5o,I5 A. III dnrv i hunting Tor Wit
nesses to convict the heroes Of beginning
the shooting. GIVE ns - military ana 81
klA NV 49, NJ Ian. -. .,r ,-1res-i57
from rbe Government which we love and
honor. then where must We look for Il =
suspend the VIII oi Aape47 Cl-!.-7. -. -. 50
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want an impartial. loyal cuurt
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Tbere i ais, rood democratic evidence
thar the renrbljcsns Of a whole county were
". : Norman. the demo
cratic sunc-intendent of registration for
liberty county. s,ates ti.at all tie repubL-
can votes cast for governor. sos IN number
all except FIVE Of those cast for state senator,