The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-10-01
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tTHE q REPUBLICAN, PARTY RE-
tIGSPONSIBLE


A correspondent in the N. Y TRIBUNE
who, as an American CITIZEN declares
for Republican form of government
believes in the reserved rights of the
states, freedom in the liberty Of speech,
and free assemblage, &C., thus argues
the Louisiana CASE 3nr 5r .tl.
The question is put, Who is response
Bile for all this trouble Why do not
peace, law and order prevail in Louisi-
ana to-day7 The unsettled State, the
stagnation in business, the failures the
blood that has been shed, &C., all lie at
the door Of the Republican party; they
and they only, are tesponsibleifor this.
Some say Gen. Grant is the cause. is
not Grant the representative Of the Re-
publican partyI Was he not put in
power by the Republican party1 Was
not the Republican party cognizant of
the fact at the close Of Grants first term
that hewas unfit, incompetent, and in
capable Of, 6lling the highest Office in the
gift Of the people : WAS not his'very
first nomination to the Senate unconsti-
tutional? Did, he not violate an express
q treaty, also the letter and spirit Of our
Constitution, in sending an armed feet
to St, Domingo, to assist the usurper
Baez9 > Have NOT our citizens time and
again been insulted, imprisoned and
murdered abroad and no reparation de-
manded, thus expressly and Intentional
ly violating the Constitution Ofithe Unit
ed States, positively ignoring that which
we consider most sacred to good govern
ment, alfree country free institutions,
and personal liberty. '.- wa
Now we find him Interfering with the
much-abused South, ruling where he has
no'business to rule, thrusting into power
carpet-baggers, plunderers, adventurers,
thieves, such as Moses, Brooks, Kellogg,
Durell, Casey, Pinchback, and host Of
others, who, with rods Of iron, aided by
the United States troops, deal out tyran
ny, oppression and suffering to the poor
South. Not satisfied with this, they
plumber rob, murder and persecute its
citizens, provoke hostilites between the
black and white men for political mo-
tives, and cause war and bloodshed.
Now we are hearing the cry from our
sister State, Louisiana, Come over and
help us, State organized under the
Constitution, with all its reserved rights
. and privileges. Of State sovereignty, OF
home rule and free government, but in
stead thereof they are living under op-
preston, and the iron rule ofthe usurper
and tyrant, Kellogg, who was thrust into
the Executive seat, not by the votes and
free will Of the people, but by the drunk
en- Judge Durell and Federal bayonets
Now, the usurper Kellogg and his asso
ciate plunderers, in order to maintain
their seats, call upon President Gran
and bis army to sustain them. Now
suppose President Grant does sustain
this usurper, as he has done before, car
the people of Louisiana ever govern
themselves? Never, for the simple rea
son that Kellogg and his associates have
so tampered with and fixed the registra
ton and election laws that it is an i'm
possibility to have fair and honest elec
ton, even if the citizens turned out &,
maSSe. Now, what are the people o
Louisiana to dol Are they to submit t
outrage on outrage, abuse on abuse, de
prived Of their liberty and the use o
their property as guaranteed by the Con
stitutionl See them struggling, hea
their cries and groans. Is it not tim
that the great Empire State, in its majes
ty and power, arose, in one solid mass
toprotest against the usurpation, tyran
ny and reckless proceedings Of the Re
publican party1 If liberty is to be sup
pressed, if free governments are to b
wiped out by the dictates Of an imperia
Government, residing at Washington
and by drunken judges, thieves, plum
derers and adventures, say, as al
American citizen, whose blood boils 70
the prosecuted citizens Of Louisiana, an
with a spirit of Indignation at the recen
outrages, Let slip the dogs of war.
II Louisanais to bedrenched with bloo
better let every one Of her people di
than submit to the usurpation of a gov
ernment that the President or any othe
man may force upon an unwilling people
AS our forefathers said, HE VIII
would be free must first strike the blow.
My sympathies and | can safely say tn
sympathies Of the citizens Of New Yor
are with suffering Louisiana. 1t is nc
our battle, some one says. Yes, il is ou
battle. As has been truly said, Z" Ii
one State be flung from the Union, an
put under the heel Of despot, and | sa
every man who submits to it, and sane
tons the principle prepares his own nee
for the halter" The states are, as
q, were, one bodyi tear away membe
:. and the; entire system suffers. Go
speed Louisiana, for her cry is the battl
cry of freedom. =
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