The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-01
To Your Tents.

/; They will calm The waves of party.
! Rghting every wrong.
To Your Tents.
. 1t is time for Republican papers Il
! stop disputing about the election il
/. Indiana. As TO whether the guber
,, Material victory Of the Democrats OF
! the Congressional victory Of the Re
pnblicans is the greater triumph is oI
: trifling consequence in face of the fac
that an election vastly more impor
, tant impends Williams ip the exec
uiive chair of the Hoosier State viii
! be powerless for harm in the event O
the election of Hayes; but with Til
/ den in The White House, William:
may be counted npon to do al, in hi.
} power to disgrace that State by q
close alliance with the column of dis
loyal Confederate States Morton
saved Indiana from anarchy and
Kentucky from rebellion in 1861: but
10 the attempt to nuliify the amend
ments TO the Constitution which will
be mace if Tilden is elected Williams
will be found plant tool of the new
Southern oligarchy We may as
well face the real situation 6rst as
last There is little comfort to be
gained from the result in Indiana
We have gained Dongressmeo; bat
| viii that avail against the purpose Of
the Democratic party TO break down
all the constitutional and statutory
guards erected for the protection Of
human rights? With all the power
of the executive department Of the
National Government 10 our bands,
we are unable to protect the lives
of the citizens of South Carolina
Let Republicans, if they can, conceive
the situation with Tilden as COM
mander in chi fof the army! South
Carolina is 90 armed camp Within
the last sixty days 100000 stand of
rifles have been imported iato that
State. The white liners hare provi-
ded themselves With a dozen batter
les of artillery. They have an or.
gauized, equipped. and drilled army
of Is. 600 men, and of these $4,000
are trained Confederate veterans !!
And this army is to be detailed At
the polls on the 9Th of November.
Let us say no more sbopt having
gained Oobgressmea 10 Indians While
the brutal white nligarchy Of South
Carolina places its heel upon the
necks of a race Of free citizens, and
points lis bayonet and its cannon de-
risiyely at the emblems of national
authority. In 1899 South Carolina
fre-eaIers contented themselves with
notification resolutions; now they
arm against the free fIereiia q the
right of sdneage. JACKSON declared
that notification was threat against
the sovereignty of the nation, and
swore, by the Eternal, that he woGla
hang the gplI:hers DO american
citizens perceive the danger in the
bigb-bsnded proceedings Of the whites
of South Caroline! Do aot tier RQte
with alarm that the democratic par
ty North applauds every act of Gen.
NJ. c. Butler and bis followers. when
it Is plain that every aot evinoes q set
lied purpose TO wrench power froI
the majority by the force Of arms 7
Mississippi was wrested from the con-
lrol Of iiae majority by terrorism, in
timidstiop, and murder last fall. Are
We TO sit shpfnely BY, while, With bay.
onets at charge. bands uf outlaws
drive back free citizens from the bal
rot-boSes, and SO make Of their re-.
corded verdict Frapd a0l liey IL
is an awful re hection, and it portends
disaster, that ,be Republican party
has acpep;ed the uilimatum Of the
Democratic psriy-"a uGited south"I
when IL il known that there are
Rrpublicsu msjorilies in the States Of
Mississippi. LouisiaDs, Alabama, and
South Carolina The Republican
speaker On the stamp sa5s. and the
Republican editor in the chair writes,
"Tildeu will carry every Southern
S Sa,ein and SO accustomed have the
pecple becoaie 10 the outrage that
his implies that neither the man who
-peaks or the man who writes, nor
The man who reads blushes al the
crime, Aud vet all know that the
States pemsd are i;epabiiian States,
msjTity # v hose citiZens desire to
vote for Hayes. The iater- Ocean
washes Il. hapds ufsuch oowardice ard
pusilIaniaiiiy The fater OCEAN de-
clares here aud now that Il Is the da
" of,be, Prs sident 10 Issue bis proc
iamalioE deciarstory II purpose
to guard The endangered ballot boxes
in HE Syu'bern States, aud TO nro-
'teet eferY eiii1en 10 ibe free exerti-e
of he ri bt Of suffrage on the ttb cf
November next. And haviog Issued
bis preclamstlon, Ihs, II Is bis duty to
back it up by every available soldier
of lie goverement There is 70 line
to lose. LIT be rife clubs Of ) uh
Carolina be disbsudoDed and dis
per- ed. Their existence is a me
nance not only to the freedom CT elec-
tions, but to the Sovereignty Of the
hs,i5p They ase armed sgains, the
equality Of The right Of franchise Tc
the ballot. they oppose the bullet
\ q. .hfs mn h.sfv N orfsra ceasa at 1rcfs
or let the blind zesiois who wage il
perish by the sword. Wraugling
over what has passed is unseemiy ia
the face Of the awful emergency that
confronts the American people. A
vdntest.impends 10 which is trammeled
np the Issue Of life or death to the re-
public, peace or war as the heritage Of
of its people To your thents, O
Israel Chic ago Inter Ocean
Mr.. porsheimsr scolGed servant |