The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-10-25

JUN uuudbIOu VI newspaper SOS0AAAOAJ3
which cannot be presented now for
lack OF space, but there is one bit Of
evidence that we do commend to our
Greeley friends, for it comes from
Greeley and Brown paper,the Macon,
Georgia, american Union.
From copies of this Greeley organ
now before US we learn that at Ma
con (the chief seat of refinement in
the greatest State in the South, the
one supposed to be most thoroughly
reconciled) before daylight of Oc-
tOber I'd, the day of the State cleo
ton, "the bell of No. 3 engine house
rang an alarm. A crowd of men
were seen t. issue therefrom and go
toward the polling place. Other
witnesses saw men, at the same hour,
tearing away the fence at the polling
place that the managers had built
to prevent a collision. Thus the
ground was deliberately prepared for
the assassination. The political
clubs, otherwise Ku-Klux, had ap-
pointed what they called special
police each one having badge and
concealed weapon. They were on
the ground" When the Mayor, with
his police attempted to interfere in
the interest of good order he found
that he could effect nothing, except
through personal efforts. The Uni-
on then continues; "But it was all
of no avail. The fat had gone forth
throughout the State that the elee-
ton must be carried at all hazards,
and knowing that 1900 Democratic
votes against 1920 Republican votes
would not help to do it, the special
police appointed by the Ku-Klux
Clubs made the onslaught without
provocation and killed six and
wounded not less than twenty
Reconciling Greeley friend, rememf
ber that such is the account of q
Greeley paper and then vote, if you
like, for the Confederate ticket
through whose candidacy such out
RACES seem to have become possible
Maybe our "reconciling'' brethren
would like little more reading from
their Greeley organ. If so, here is
another paragraph showing the am
liability of the Georgia Democratic
Greeleyite:
"We were laboring under the de
lusion that when the Federal troop:
were withdrawn from the State, that
we were to have no more military
Fatal delusion! On electi IN day oul
eyes were greeted with a company
of Confederate troops, armed anG
equipped, and posted on an emf
nence overlooking the polling place
and debating to citizens of the Unit
ed States what kind of tickets they
must vote. They were there, W.
suppose, by the authority of tina
Mass Meeting to see that every
man, white or black, who wishes tC
vote the Democratic ticket, does Sc
without molestation.' This, we i'm
agine, is State rights which wer,
not surrendered at the close of thu
war. We learn that this Confeder
ate company has a regular armory
and is a part and parcel or the 'splen
did Democratic organization
Like its great standard-beare thil
Greeley Republican organ in Geor
gia believes in calling things thei
right names and we invite attention
to this one of its paragraphs on thC
part of those that fancy with Sumne-
that the Greeley men in the Soutl
are the black mems best friend:
''The Dem ocracy are diligent tt
their endeavors to dignity their COW
ardly attack upon the defencelesI
citizens at the polls here on election
day, by the name of riot fight &c
There was no riot and no fight
The shooting lasted less than on
minute, for ere that time, there wa
not a negro within pistol shot oi
their murderous assailants. 1t wa;
no riot, or fight. 1t was an assassin
ation.'"
All! but, we will be told by oul
forgetting as well as forgiving'
friends who read the last item, an
white man can get along safely anC
prosperously in the South though
the negro may be a little unfortu
tunate. If this were true, certainly
no one should stand a better chance
than the editor of Greeley paper
especially man who was born il
the South and has always lived there
Yet we find this editorial statement
in this Georgia Greeley organ and i
has world of significance:
1--WE are not very easily frighten
ed, but we see plain enough tina
there is no safety in this State 70
person and property, and while W
can have it for the simple seeking
we propose to abandon this field, anC
therefore offer the american UniOl
with its type and fixtures for sale
We do not do so because we hav,
failed financially, for the Union is
good paying property. 1t is nov
averaging a net income of about So,
900 a year. But when we hav
choice of Heaven or Hell, we shal
certainly take Gods country
To this evidence from Macol
in regard to the way in which Geor
gia was carried for Greeley and as tt
the state of society in Georgia, vi
have to add statements coming to u
from another part of that State
The writer Of the following formerly
| lived in Akron, but we are not nov
at liberty to even indicate the writ
er's identity or location, lest it MAJ
get him into trouble. A private let
| ter received in this city says:
II shall be very glad when thu
elections are fairly over here. Ou
State election was last Wednesday
and it has been shameful all over th,
State. The negroes have been in
timidated and beat of, and in many
places shot down. 1t is simply ;
farce to talk about their being allow
ed to vote. 1t is no such thing
1t is mighty hard to be a Radical
hear and read the newspapers anC
this 1 must do. The Democracy art
so insulting. am very glad to hea1
you say mo hopes for Greeley L
would amount to a region Of terror
here if he was to be elected. Iwil
| ood ,,o,, s0Y,oo Of tho narSpapor,