The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-10-19
Address of tho National Lib .ral ReuuI,.
ltcnn Committee.

o1A1ES' IL becomes duty to appeal to
you, IN view of the appalling frauds per-
petrated on the ballot-box in the great
States Of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indi-
ana on the 9th Of October instant.
Let the facts be submitted, that iudo-
ment may be pronounced.
1t ls not even denied that the pRrti-
sans. of General Grant have been fur
nissed with vast amountso of money for
electioneeripg purposes. The taxation
OF Official stipendiaries, the contributions
of national banks and of wealthy mono
poles dependent on the Administrations
Tor favor, and the 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.
large number OF voters were brought
from Kentucky and Illinois into Indiana,
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-
tensively as in the adjoining States. In
pennsylvania, 80 stupendous were the
frauds. that the election was farce.
Colored men wers brought from Mary
land, Washington, and even from North
Carolina, by the thousand to vote in this
State. The railroads were crowded
with laborers from other States, whose
only duty was to cast ballot for the
!sadical ticket. Repeaters by thousands
from New York city thronged the streets
OF Philadelphia on the 9Th Of October,
and did the work assigned them at the
polls. These men were pointed out by
detectives to the authorities of Pennsyi-
vanla, anu their arrest requested but re-
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were openly cheered in Philadelphia by
squads of these New York ruffians, on
their way from poll to poll to do their
criminal work. All this and much more
is susceptible of proof. The unparal-
leled registration in Philadelphia carries
its own evidence of intended wrong.
| Prominent mon in the dominant party
openly boasted of these contemplated
frauds in advance. and defied preven-
| ton. Emboldened By success, the crime
that once was worked in secrecy is now
openly perpetrated. and publicly herald
ed as stroke of genius by it's perpe-
traitors.
| felloW- countrymcn, you are insult.
ingly asked by those who have 30 sue
ceasfully worked this iniquity, "What
are you going to do about it?" The an-
swer 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 in
dicated be crushed, whomsoever may
sufler. Let no one for moment be-
lievo that the Liberal Republicans par
ticipntcd in these acts of violence against
an honest election. Every suggestion of
this nature was condemned, and so far
az known, wa, in no CASE attempted.
The Liberal Republican party was or
ganlzed to resist this very abuse, not to
encourage it.
Fellow-countrymen, the purity of the
baliot-box must be defended, or dangers
tue most momentous threaten the repub.
lie. The ballot is the very cornerstone
of our national existence. When that
falls. ruin envelops all. Unbounded
| wealth has been the bane of nations be-
fore our. time. Has this disease, by
which other States have fallen, attacked
US ut last in the most vital part the
sanctity of the ballot.box? Our people
will bow in submission to an honest
election; but who shnll declare that an
Executive chosen by dishonest means,
which annuls the popular will, may com
mand popular obedience? Corruption
grows with its own success, and as may
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dominant party bo repeated in Noyem.
Der, and who shall say that the hour may
not be fast approaching when some ener-
getio spirit shall thunder in the willing
ear of an outraged nation, that physical
resistance to such infamy is obedience to
God?
Fellow.countrymen, the remedy is in
your own hands. Rebuke those who in
open day SO shamelessly bring this dis
grace upon US. Our national security
demands your action. The vote is yet
in your hands, and the insult to these
three great commonwealths may be
avenged. In spite OF the frauds perpe-
trated, we have carried Indiana, reduced
the vote greatly in Ohio, nnd lost Penn
sylvania only by startling corruption.
The future is full of promise. Georgia
proclaims in her great majority that the
suffering Southern States, in their de-
sire for equal rights before tile law, will
give 125 electoral votes to Horace Gree
ley. An honest, Christian sympathy in
the North will add to this moro than
enough votes to make his election sure.
There is every cause for encouragement,
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