The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-09-07


and his friends bought legislators and
Federal appointments; sent Marshals
and revenue officers, accompanied by reg
ular troops, to run off voters from the
counties where the opposition to him
was strongest; prostituted the Courts by
arresting Democratic members OF the
the Legislature in order to prevent a
quorum used the machinery of the Gus
tom.house and revenue offices in break
ing up the General Assembly and getting
up two rival bodies, while the money to
pay for these extraordinary performan-
ces was obtained by embezzlement from
the Post-ofiice at Mobile. In the light
of these facts it is not surprising that the
State is now overwhelmingly Democratic,
while the gratifying fact greets us that
order has gradually asserted itself
throughout the State as the power OF the
plunderers has declined Look at the
State of Mississippi. In Vicksburg the
whites paid ninety-nine per cent. OF the
taxes, and the negroes assessed ana
handled the money. AS a consequence
the debt of the city, which in 1869 was
$4,000, rose in five years to 81 400, 0O0,
while the population was only ll,OOO,
and II. ore than half the inhabitants were
colored A ring, composed of carpet-Dag
adyenturers and ignorant black men OF
the most corrupt character, controlled the
executive offices and Courts, and grew
rich by forgery and fraud. These rings
were sustained by the whole power OF
the Republican administration at Wash
inpton. The State of South Caroinasup.
plies us with facts equally startling.
cannot 90 into the details, but they are
known to the country. 1t is only neces-
sary to saw that after the State had been
plundered and devastated by the black
and white scoundrels who 80 long con-
trolled her fortunes, and Governor Cham-
berlain had succeeded in inaugurating
the work of reform, the representatives
of the Federal Administration demon
strated their friendship for organized ras-
cality and ruf1ianism by accusing Gov
ernor Chamberlain of leaning toward De-
mocracy, and condemning him for reius-
ing commissions to such political repro
bates as Whipple and Moses Can any
man feel surprised that outrages should
spring out of such soil? Can men ex-
pect to SOW the wind and not reap the
whirlwind? No Christian or even evil
lied man will defend the deeds OF law.
lessness that disgrace so many States OF
the South, nor can he defend the point
ical and moral outrages that have Deeh
their chief provoCatiop. What is the
remedy? Shall we madly seek 1t IN a
continuation of Grantism and the rule OF
such men as Casey Packard, DureiI, Eel
logg, Ames, Whippe and Moses? Can
the election of another Republican Pres
ident bring order and peace and hone t
government to the sorely tried people OF
the South, black or white? We have
had a Republican President and Re
publican Congress for nearly eight years,
and yet the chiefs of the party, VINO rep
resent the South as in perfectly deplo-
rabe condition, tell us that the contlnu-
ance of the same party in power is aDso-
lutely necessary for the welfare of the
people, and especially the colored race
President Grant himself tells us that
mississippi is governed to-day by otfl-
cials chosen through fraud and violence,
such as would scarcely be accredited to
savages, much less to civilized and Chris
tian people," and Senator Morton's Out
rage Committee, with Senator Boutwell,
at its head, declares in its late Congress
sional report that the State which last
year was in condition of peace is now
so given over to incurable anarchy, after
ten years trial Of Republican recon-
struction, that we may be obliged to re-
mand it to Territorial government!
Gentlemen, could there possible be a
stronger argument in favor of a change
of administration Could any fact stand
out more palpably on the background OF
the past than the absolute need OF new
and wiser policy, and new and wiser man
to administer it? The result of Republi-
can lle, in fact, has been to array the
two races of the South in deadly hostil-
ity, instead of making them friends and
brethren. In the States containing the
largest negro element, and under repub-
lican rule, violence and disorder have
largely prevailed since the close OF the
war; while in the conservative and Dem
ocratic States, order and peace have been
the normal condition of the people.
What we now want is new dispense
ton, which shall blot out the color line
in politics, soften and subdue the antag-
onisms so long fostered by white dema-
gogues, divide the Colored vote between
the parties of the South as the white vote
is already divided, and thus make the
people of the States lately in revolt in |
deed and in heart one people. All this,
of course, must be the work of time; but |
the agencies can be wisely set to work |
which will accomplish it, and thus per-
feCtly solve the problem of q restored |
Union by completely removing all the
causes of strife.
TILDBN AS A REF0RMER.
But the question is asked: SIS Gov
,rnor Tilden genuine reformer?
Would he prove himself morally trust
worthy in the high office to which he as
,ires?h The Republican leaders answer
he question with very indignant neg
tive. They make the gravest OF charges,
10Th against his loyalty and his integri-
Y, and they attempt to sustain them by |
,ery remarkable proofs. For example,
hey introduce the testimony of the New
York Times and other leading journals,
vhich fatty give the lie to their current
alumnies by their statements four or
i've wears ago, when Governor Tilden
vas making his magnificent fight against
Tammany, Do the Republican |, aders
,elieye they can convict him OF the
rightEul crimes with which they charge
lim on the evidence of impeached wit
lesses? They also attempt to make out
heir case on the testimony of Demo-
ratio newspapers which abused Gov.
Tilden before his nomination, when he
vas likely to be in the way Of thei. favor
te candidate, while these same newspa-
,ers are now zealously supporting him,
md thus PRACTICAL J confessing that they |