Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-09-15
Rebels to the Front.

The brazen and defiant manner in
which the old rebel element of the South,
aided and encouraged by the attitude of
the Copperhead Democracy of the North,
is coming to the front in this campaign,
is one of its most significant features,
and appeals with startling force to the
loyal sentiment of the North not to slum-
Der any longer, but to prepare itself for
emergencies of the contest. The loyal
people of this country must understand
that they have to meet the spirit of rebell-
ion ut the ballot box in 1876 as they
met it in the battle field during the war,
and must go into the fight in November
with that understanding, if they expect
to conquer. That we are not overstating
the alarming danger of the situation
may be shown by reference to Demo
cratic authorities. In North Carolina,
Zebulon Vance was nominated because
he was the rebel Governor of that State,
and the most bitter and relentless seCes-
sionist in the whole South, The Raleigh
Sentinel says: Evidently it needs a
Democratic Administration in the South
to keep a negro in his proper place"
The Wadesborough Herald says; Mig
gers belong in the cotton and rice,
tobacco and corn fields-not in political
conventions, in Legislatures, nor on ju-
ries." In South Carolina the Democracy,
after indorsing Gov. Chamberlain for
his impartial and loyal administration,
turned round and nominated Wade Hamp-
ton, because he had been rebel officer,
and because of his record in the rebell-
ion. Under his leadership the Demo
Gratis of that State have already COM
menCed the plan of intimidation that has
worked so well in Mississippi, their work
having begun recently with the slaughter
of defenseless negroes at Hamburg. In
Georgia the same spirit prevails, and
brute force is relied upon to carry the
election. A Georgia paper says: 1.-THE
truth is, that the South acted for herself
in the matter of the war. Instead OF
being urged to it by the Northern
Democracy, she happened just then tC
be running the Northern Democracy her
sslf." And it might have added, will
equal truth, els running it now" The
Macon IGLegrdph says; "Never wai
there greater cause for the exhibition Of
our boasted chivalry and prowess thar
now" The spirit of Democracy in Ala
bama is clearlyqepresented by John For
syth, Of the Mobile Register, who de
clares that the negro, as voter, mus
be got rid of. "SoOner or later, will
more or less dispatch, he will be dis
franchised and thrust out of politics
How it is to be done the Register thu
discloses: "There is a majority o
10000 negroes over the white vote o
the State, but no larger majority thai
that which the Mississippi Democracy s.
triumphantly overcame year ago. Th
same obstacles and the same incentive
exist in South Carolina as existed i
Mississippi; and an effort made in tn
Palmetto State like that Uhich rescue
Mississippi from the hands of the spoi
ers may well result in deliverance n
less successful and joyous" The Nom
gomery Register confirms the above
1.-THE white folks are to the froI
now, and are going to carry the Pres
dental election" In Mississippi the ol
rebel element is shamelessly defiant, an
makes no concealment Of the fact that
is going to carry the election in Noven
Der by intimidation and murder, as it di
last fall. The Meridian Mercury say
"We have got the State; we know no
we got il; we know how to keep it, an
we are going to keep it without regard
, race numerical majority The CantC
Mail says "The Republican party wi
! have their hands full for all time in the
endeavors to fasten the yoke upon u
/ and it is beyond human power to col
pute the requisite number of volumes
. hold the stories of blood and violence Y
. to be written" The Jackson ClGri
t thus appeals to the Democracy ct
: Radicals say that the canvass OF 1S
was too hot for them. Let them lea
thdt the eanUdss of 1876 aoiH be hOtt
e What yOu did IN the canoass Of last 90
;. repeat during this oaRDass.' What
true Of Mississippi is true of Louisiar
!, EX-Gov. McEnery, at the late louisa
n Democratic Convention, said; 1--WE ha