The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-10-28
SAVE THE REPUBLIC.
Address of the National Liberal ROpub-
lican Committee.

lican Committee.
H'Do'R's NATIONAL Con-. LDgRAI
REPUBLICANS, GLENHAM HoTEL,
NEw YoRK, October 10, 1879.
To The Electors Of he United States;
It becomes duty to appeal to you in
view OF the appalling frauds perpetrhted
on the ballot box in the great States Of
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana on the
81 Of October instant.
Let tie facts be submitted, that judg-
ment may be pronounced.
It Is not even denied that tho partisans
OF General Grant have ibeen furnished
with vast amounts Of money for cleo.
tioneering purposes. The taxation OF
official stipendiaries, the contributions
Of national banks and of wealthy monop.
olies dependent on the Administration
for favor, and tho aid OF heavy Govern.
ment contractors, have furnished this
wealth which has been used to corrupt
the people, or by fraud to defeat their
will.
A large number OF voters were brought
lFptu htubtlChy huu 1lllHuln lubu lulllIlut
and their ballots illegally cast therein in
favor of the Radical ticket. In Ohio
the work OF colonization was carried on
from Kentucky, but perhaps not so ex.
tcnsiyely us in the adjoining States. In
PennsJ Jlvanin so stupenduous were the
frauds, that the election was farce.
Colored men were brought from Mary.
land, Washington, and even from North
Carolina. by the thousand TO votG in this
State. Tue railroads were crowded with
laborers from other States, whose only
duty was to cast ballot for the Radical
ticket Rspeaters by thousands from
New York city thronged the streets OF
Philadelphia on the Stl Of October, and
did the work assigned them at the polls.
These men we're pointed ont by detec.
tives TO the authorities OF Pennsylvania,
and their arrest requested but refused.
Notorious New York politicians were
openly cleereil in Philadelphia by squads
Of these New York ruflins, on their way
from poll to poll to do their criminal
work. All this and much more issuscep.
tible OF proof. The unparalleled regis.
tration in Philadelphia carries its own
evidence OF intended wrong.
Prominent men in the dominant
party openly boosted of these contem.
plated frauds in advance and deded pre-
yention. Emboldened by success, the
crime chat once was worked in secrecy
is now openly perpetrated, and publicly
heIalded rs a stroke OF genius by its per.
petrators.
Fellow countrymen, you are insulting.
ly asked hy those who have SO success.
fully worked this ini1uity, "What are
you arc going to do about it9" The
answer remains with you. Be not de-
luded with the response that both parties
nre alike guilty. This Is the weak eva
sion Of the enemy. Let yillainly such as
indicated he crushed, whosoever may
suffer. Let no one for "a moment believe
thai the Liberal Republicans participat.
ed in these acts OF violence against an
honest election. Every suggestion OF
this nature was condemned, aud so far
rs known was in no case attempted.
The Liberal Republican party wns or.
ganiz4d to resist this very abuse, not to
encourage it.
Fellow.countrymen, the purity OF the
ballot box must be defended or dangers
the most momentOas threaten the re-
public. The ballot Is the very corner
stone Of our national existence. When
this falls ruin envelopes all. Unbound.
ed wealth las been the bane Of nations
before our time. Has this disease by
which other States have fallen attacked
us at Inst in the most vital part, the
sanctity OF the ballot box ? 0nr people
will bow In submission to an honest
election. but who shall declare that an
Executive chosen by dishonest means,
which annuls tue popular will, may com.
mand popular obedience. Corruption
grows with its own success, and as may
6e 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
IN enraged nation that physical resist
tance to such infamy Is obedience to
God.
Fellow. .countrymcn, the remedy is in
your own hands. Rebuke those who 10
open day so shamelessly bring this dis.
grace upon US. Our national security
demands your action. The vote is yet In
-FOUR hands, and the insult to these three
great commonwealths may bs avenged. In
spite Ui thc frauds perpCtratCd, we have
carried Indiana, reduced the vote greatly
In Ohio, and lost Pennsylvania only BY
startling corruption. The future Is lull 0i
promise. Georgia prOclaims In her great
majority that the suffering Southern
States, in their desire for equal rights
before tue law, will give l25 electoral
votes to Horace Greeley. An honest,
Christian sympathy IN tile North will add
to this more than enough votes to make
bis election sure. There Is every cause
for encouragement, and every reason to
hope for success.
Let there be no laggard now. lie is
q traitor who faltcIs as the combat opens.
Forward along tho entire line, and by an
overwhelming victory in November ndt
only dcclatc for national reconciliation and
reform, but ut the same time let tue
lesson 90 effective and lasting, that money
cannot purchnSe the office NJ President,
ntr political iniamy go unrrbuked.
ErlnN hLtES,
Chairman National Committee Liberal
Republicans.
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BADLY ORA Western editor relates
that he once stopped ut restaurant in
Washington, aud, noticing that the
waiter was uncOnmonly sober, askedll
Il ho was sick. ."YeS," very cirtly, II