Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-09-22
the people Of the South must be.
humiliated, degfaded and made the.


power as corrupt and thieving a set
of scoundrels as ever the sun shOne
ucon. Yes, send twelve, or twenty
or, il you please, a thousand Mas
jor. Generals, with the whole army.
They arc welcome. B 1t then, will
1t mt be the admins tratiOn lntlm
dating voters? Will not the grv-
eminent have to bear the odium of
intimida;ing the people Of a section
flto voting to sustain a p rty.
uere is an nllusish that it is not
safe for the Republican party TO
clnvass the 5 south e r N
States and present IFS claims to the
people for their Suffrages. Every
Republican white or black, in the
South knows that there is notsou>
BILE between he'citizens or parties
and that a Republican is as safe in
the exercise Of free suffrage as he
would be in Maine or California.
This is the state Of facts. Why
will not the Republicans of the
South come squarely up in the de,
Tense Of their own people and
brand such infamies. Have you
no souls to save? Are you willing
to have your ncighbors branded as
a set Of outlaws and vilIanous ass
sassins, thatit is necessary to stand
over them with the combined army
and navy to ensure a peaceful vote
in a single election.
Is not the love for power and
pelf at the bottom f this moves
ment? Is not the damning thirst
for place the moter which. would
crush the majority Of the people
Of the South to satisfy the vaults
ing ambition of a few men whose
designs arc dangerous 10 the well
fare Of the people Of the South, if
not Of the republic itself.
The plan for the canvass is very
different in the South from what it
is in the North. 1t is customary
and has been since time immemo-
rial, for the two parties to conduct
the canvass together, The stump
speakers Of both political parties
to meet and discuss the issues placA
ed before the country by their re-
spective national conventions
Such is not the case in many of the
northern States. Each party can.
vases separate and apart, There
are no joint discussions of the mer~
its Of the issues placed before the
country by the contesting parties.
1t is plain to be seen that the
Cincinnati Times either means to
misIead the people of the North
through ignorance Of the facts, or
with malice aforethought. There
is no such thing as a one party
meeting for the purpose Of present
ing the claims of that one party
to the people for political prefers
ment. There can be 70 such a
thing as one party breaking up the
political meeting of the other par
ty, for the very PLAIN reason that
there are no such meetings.
1t would be more damaging to a
party in the South to endeavor to
hold a meeting for the purpose of
presenting only one side Of the is~
sues before tAe country to the peo>
pie, than any thing else could pos.
sIbly be done, 1t would be conSid-
cred an act of moral eowardice, if
not of per6dy, An open admission
that the acts or deeds of the party
would not bear the scrutiny of It's
opponents before the people.
We, therefore, say send on your
Major>G Generals. We would like
to seethe political meeting that one
of them would be called upon to
preside over.
The facts are simply these: the
Republican party is hopelessly de-
demorc lized in the outh, and in
the whole country. The frauds
practiced upon the people
have opened their eyes to the viii
lainies practiced upon them by
their trusted servants in the past.
The corruption in high places has
astounded the people. The fear.
full waste of the public treasure.
The subsidiary rings formed for
the sole purpose OF plunderlng the
National Treasury. The Credit
Mobiliel railroad jobbery by which
200, 600, 900 acres of the public
lands were squaudered by the Re.
publican party. These and other
crimes against the people of these
United States, 20 to make up the
bill of indictment against the Re-
publican party, which has to be
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