Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-10-16
4 REPUBLICANS REASONS.


a liberal Democrat if you will state
categorically why yon as an impair
tial man. wishing for proper ad-
ministmtion of the Government,
would not he willing to vote the
Democratic National and State tick
cts next month. l have read your
paper pretty regularly lately, and
observe with qualification that,
although you are Republican, you
are not blind to everything that is
not strongly partisan. II my mind is
not changed between this and the
eth proximo l shall vote for Til
den and Hendricks and shall cast a
big ballot for the Democratic State
ticket. Can you change met l am
open to conviction.
A Liberal. DEAocRAr.
Being impartial, and wishing for
better administration of the gov
eminent, we should vote for Hayes
and Wheeler, because we believe
Hayes to be an honest man and fully
capable; and because the party
which has nominated HIM is the
only party that promises perfect
reconstruction of the Union in accor-
dance with the amendments that re-
suited from the war. We would
Just as soon see a Democratic admin-
is,ration as Republican If we were
sure the national debt would be hon.
ored aad paid, the war claims of dis
loyal people ignored, the rights
which the government through the
Republican party has accorded To the
negroes respected, the common
school system maintained, the qucs-
tion of State Rights permanently set
aside, the idea of this government
being a nation, indivisible. and not
a confederation of States, accepted
If We were sure of all these things at
the hands of the Democratic party
we should say to our correspondent,
vote the ticket of your choice. nor
hesitate, and we should vote that
ticket ourself. But what assurance
has any man that the Democracy
have accepted the issues of the war
and are willing to abide by themi
There is not bit of evidence to
show that they have. They are not
willing that the negroes, who have
been accorded the rights of citizen
ship. shall have the freedom Of other
citizens.
The Republican party, in order to
perfect the great work which II be-
gan in the name of humanity, must
hold the reins of government yet
while. Ii will not do Ia trust the
Democracy with the care Of the
negro. The negro in the next gene
ration will be able to take care of
himself. Until then, in order TO
carry out the design of the war
amendments, the Republican party
must he his guardian. The Rcpuh-
lican party owes 1t To the negro,
since that party has changed his con-
dition in life, to protect him until he
is able to protect himself. The work
would be but half done To allow him
TO fall INFO the hands of the enemies
of freedom.
The one reason above all others
why we could not vote the Demo-
cratic ticket, and which alone would
make US = life long Republicans, Is
that the Democratic party is opposed
to the common school system. NJ
one can deny that, One of the party.
the Hon. Zach. Montgomery, receatly
in speech in Oakland, Cahfarnia,
openly declared the pnbhc schools a
hot-bcd OF vice that ought 10 be
abolished. and the audience cheered
him. The condition of the Southern
people at this time with respect TO
education, the fact that there is not
a single public school in Texas, very
/ few in Louisiana, Tennessee, Missis-
sippi or Georgia, coupled with the
/ fact tina, the Democratic ticket this
| year is 10 receive solid vote from
| the South, shows TO anyone who
wants to see it where the party
stands on this question, 1t is well
known that the uliramontane element
of this country is allied to the De.
mocracy, and as TO how tina, element
stands toward general education
needs for proof only a glance at the
ignorance of all the Catholic coun.