The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-10-14
TO THE HESITATlNG.

This may meet the eye of some one who
is undecided whether he should vote for
Gov Hayes or Gov. Tilden. Ardent in his
support of the constitution as it is, firm in
his resolve to aid no party which does not
represent the whole people, he is i'll doubt
whether the success of the Republican or
Democratic candidate will best carry ont
his wishes. Among many reasons why he
should vote for Gov Hayes, let him con-
slider the following:
Gov. Tilden is practically sectional can
didate, because his party is sectional one.
There is among Union men an underlying
hatred of the real spirit-the actual ten
dency of the Democratic party. Such men
in past years, and the present one, have,
at the ballot box, said to the Democratic
party, :" We dare not trust you Its only
hope of success, therefore, lies in a few
Northern votes and those of a solid South.
great expectancy. Now, hesitating voter,
Gov. Tilden, if elected, would not repre-,
sent the people, but only a section. AS an
abstract proposition you know the danger
of that in "people's" government; in
practice you have seen its baneful results.
Will you make yourself party to such an
unholy union? But it may be urged what,
though Tilden should be elected by a Hsec-
tion," if natural events have welded the
parts of that section together?
But natural events have never made a
solid Democratic South. In parts, negro
suffrage, largely representing the Repubi-
can vote, is made nullty. For instance,
in the State of Georgia, thirteen counties
| containing but few Democratic voters
numbered 11S, 661 negro votes in 1874
nlnetenths of them Republican. At the
! Congressional election 5,931 Republican
votes were cast, the Democrats carrying
such counties by immense maiorities. The
same is true throughout the South. The
| Democratic fiat says: Notwithstanding
| the black Republicans outnumber us, we
| intend to carry the elections" What has
| caused such change-such an exhibition
of independent thinking in minds, which
they say are as dark as nighto In some
| parts the quiet intimidation-the midnight
| notice. In others, utter refusal to SELL buy
| or rent In others direct command. In
| Mississippi and South Carolina the rifle
and dagger. The MONDAY murderer, the
midnight assassin have, by the bullet, done
! what the ballot could not. An armed law
| lessness, 4 winlled at terrorism to-day pre-
| walls throughout the State of South Caro-
| lima, while in Mississippi and Georgia the
black man, none the less slave than tif
| teen years ago, is trampled beneath the
! feet of tyranny, in order to elect that type
! of perfect liberty and true reform samuel
J. Tilden. South Carolina, Alabama, Mis-
sssippi and Georgia are to day for Hayes,
but their electoral votes will be cast for
| Tilden. Hesitating voter, you hold the
black mans rights in your hands. Men of
| your class can give the Democracy few
| Northern States. But will you be such a
particeps criminis? Will you deny that all
| men are alike before the law? Have we
| ciple that black men are citizens men, not
dogs, not chattles? Yet Tilden's hopes are
! based on the latter construction. You are
hestating because you are weighing the
probabilities. Are you weighing the two
certainties, not probabilities, that Tilden
is a sectional candidate, standing on a sec
tionalism born of darkness, hatred and
death?
| Hesitate no longer. Facts are the logic
to convince you. They leave you no choice
but to support the candidate of that party,
whose principles are liberty to think and
act. and guarantees protection to all i'll
| thinking and acting.