Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-10-31
THE DUTY OF THE. HOUR.
An Appeal from the National Liberal Re
publican Committee.
HEADoRs. NATIONAL COMMITTEE LIBERALl
REPUBLIoANs, Glenham Hotel,


publican Committee.
HEADoKs. NATIONAL COMMITTEE LIBERALl
REPUBLICANS Glenham Hotel,
New York, Oct. Is, 1872.
To the Electors of the United States:
1t becomes a duty to appeal to you in view
of the appalling frauds perpetrated on the
ballot-box in the great States of Pennsylva-
mia, Ohio and Indiana on the 9Th of October,
instant.
Let the facts be submitted, that judgment
may be pronounced.
It is not even denied that the partisans of
Gen. Grant have been furnished with vast
amounts of money for electioneerlng pur-
poses. The taxation of official stipendaries,
the contributions of national banks and of
wealthy monopoIes dependent on the Admin
istration for favor, and the aid of heavy Gov
ernment 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 from
Kentucky and Illinois into Indiana, and their
ballots illegally cast therein in favor of the
Radical ticket In Ohio the work of coloniza-
ton was carried on from Kentucky, but per-
haps not SO extensively as in the adjoining
States. In Pennsylvania SO stupendous were
the frauds that the election was farce.
Colored men were brought from Maryland,
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 Radical ticket. Repeaters by
thousands from New York city thronged the
streets of Philadelphia on the Sth of October,
and did the work assigned them at the polls.
These men were pointed out by detectives to
the authorities of Pennsylvania. and their ar
rest requested, but refused. Notorious New
York politicians were openly cheered in Phila-
delphia by squads of these New York ruffians,
on their way from pol M to to- poll sI, to 90 Their II
susceptible of proof. The unparalleled regis
tration in Philadelphia carries Its own evidence
of intended wrong.
Prominent men in the dominant party
openly boasted of these contemplated frauds
in advance and defied prevention. Embold-
ened by success, the crime that once was
worked in secrecy is now openly perpetrated,
and publicly heralded as stroke of genius by
its perpetrators.
Fellow eountrymen, you are insultingly
asked by those who have SO successfully
worked this iniquity, 'sWhat are you going to
do about it ?" The answer remains with you.
Be not deluded with the response that both
parties are alike guilty. This is the weak
evasion of the enemy. Let vlllainy such as
Let no one for a moment believe that the
Liberal Republicans participated in these acts
of violence against an honest election. Every
suggestion of such nature was condemned,
and, SO far as known, such acts were in no
case attempted. The Liberal Republican party
was organized to resist this very abuse, not to
encourage it.
Fellow countrymen, the purity of the bal
lot-box must be defended, or dangers the
most momentous threaten the Republic. The
ballot Is the very cornerstone OF our national
existence. Nn0n UIldU ldllS, ruin 0nF0lOpS dill
Unbounded wealth has been the bane of ma
tions before our time. Has this disease, by
which other States have fallen, attacked us at
last in the most vital part. the sanctity of the
| ballot? Our people will bow submissively to
an honest election; but who shall declare that
an Executive chosen by dishonest means,
which annuls the popular will, may command
popular obedience? Corruption grows with
| Its own success, and, as may be expected, let
| these base deeds of the dominant party be re-
peated 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 an outraged nation that physi-
| cal resistance to such lnfamy is obedience of
| God?
Fellow countrymen. the remedy is in your
own hands. Rebuke those who in open day
SO shamelessly bring this disgrace 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 perpetrated,
we have carried Indiana, reduced the vote
| greatly ia Ohio, and lost Pennsylvania only
| BY startling corruption. The future is full OF
| promise. Georgia proclaims in her great ma
| jority that the suffering Southern States, IL
| their desire for equal rights before the law,
will give 125 electoral votes to Horace Gree
| ley. An honest, Christian sympathy in the
| North will add to this more than enough votes
to make his election sure: There is every
cause for encouragement, and every reason tt
| hope for success. .---
| Let there be no laggard now He is a traitor
| who falters as the combat opens. FORWARD
| along the entire line, and, by an overwhelm
ing victory in November, not only declare TO
national Reconciliation and reform, but at Jh
same time let the lesson be effectual and last
ing, that money cannot purchase the Office O.
President, nor can political infamy go unre
| buked. ETHAN ALLEN, Chairman
National Committee Liberal Republicans.