The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-09-07
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lF-om the New Iosk SnI
The voices which have crif thar bss in.
a coming usurpation, the Ane adyancino
dited its cautions sgai5w be enrolled 81
military despotIsm, msfophets. An that
e seefs and ehhobied ae actual eyervtbinp
hss been forecast is(ure is now an ievenI
prefgured OF thst., The modern Cesar
and accomplls9 iering legions upon pros
marches his ca the sacred right OF the
trate States cnnstrained aud eOerced by
ballot Is tg squadron, with the fash OF
the oveIhd the glitter Of the bayonst
4 the sa6uivey this bold stroke at the free
% oAs the voter, We ask what is It's cause
doRhat It's attempted apology. Under
'ia q thin ,pretext Of q resolution Of the
Ause of Representatives, that has no more
binding fUrce thsn the resolve of caucus,
we are TO pass under the supervision of the
soldier and vote at the behest of military
President, and subeervient Secretary OF
War, an obscure adyenturer and plant
tool. The, attempted excuse for all this,
almost surprising in turptitude the rebel
lion itself, is the brutal and bloody outrage
at Hamburg. That outrage had no politi-
cal suggestion, no significance of political
action. II was such an outbreak as we have
often witnessed in various parts of the couu-
try. The hanging of the gamblers at Vicks-
burg, Mississippi, years ago, would have
calico AS loudly for the war power of the
Executive aud his interposing columns.
The scheme is only this and nothing more
Ito carry by the force of arms the electoral
votes of States for a presidential candidate.
L. has no other impulsion or purpose. Ala
bama, a State hitherto Republican in its To-
cal elections, has pronounced against the
present oiigarchy, and sounded the note OF
like decision in November. Other States,
too. are in like purpose of voting resist
ance to the yoke. And so, to prevent this,
the large element of strength, the colored
vote, is to be marched to the polls between
the files of our armed men.
There was nothing of turbulence or riot
In this Alabama election. The negro in
deed, cheated as he has been by the carpet
bag Vermih, who have deceived and robbed
him, voted for the Democratic ticket.
There was no menace or intimidation. Men
congratulated themselves that, after long
agitation, violence had ceased and order
supervened. They hailed the dethronement
of the pestllent nomads with their port
manteaus, who had sucked out the breal b
like the vampire and devoured the sub
stance of the land as the locusts.
Wicked as is this attempt to prevail by
aid of the army, it is no less foolish. 1t
will not change any result in the South. 1t
might be the beginning of solemn TRACE
dy; it will be the playing of poor and
pitiful1 farce. That it will react in the
North is already made manifest. We are
not yet educated to gratuitous, tyranny.
The persuasiOns of the cartridge and the
cannon are not now OF our admiration.
Men will pause and ask themselves, what
is to be the future of an administration
thrust upon the country by the train band
and the trooper2 What is attempted in the
South may be also an experiment in the
North. The spirit of armed domination is
not restricted by lines of latitude nor
boundaries of zones. If we are to be
government OF men, and not of laws, let
the test be made in this approaching cleo
ton. For the effect in the Southern States
we dismiss all apprehension. Without re-
sistance, their emancipation will come with
the revolution of the ballot-b box, and they
can stall suffer and await the fruition Of
their long night of endurance.
The madness; which, in the providence of
God, is the forerunner of disaster ana ruin
now absorbs our ruler. The end is of near
approach, and we gladden. in the dawning
light The people, in their majesty, will
remand this unworthy President to the OBJ
security he so richly has earned, and spurn
the candidate he thus endeayors to impose
upon them. Justice and right will finally
prevail. '1' - ,l .......
Ring ont slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nbler modes Of life,
'H' With eweeter manners puref LAVISH