The Van Buren press., 1877-09-04
DlSGUSTED RADICALS.
Address of the Anti-Hayes Republican
Executive Committee OF Ohio.
Cincinnati Enquirer

> have Just issued the following address
y To the Republicans OF Ohio
: After mat ire deliberation, we have
: decided that it is our duty to ask You to
. unite with us in the condemnation OF
;. policy which we .solemnly believe will,
r if sustained by the people Of the North,
e render the late Constitutional amend
It mcnts valueless, disfranchise 100000
. Southern voters, and finally cndanger
t the liberties of the whole people, both
d North and South. The most valued OF
= the principles for which the Repub-
i lican party has eontended is set forth i'll
: that clause of the Constitution which
i declares that no. State shall deny to any
;, citizen the equal protection of the laws.
:. By this and other provisions of the
q Constitution the nation guaranteed to
e the citictizen liberty, equality and sui
a irage, and obligated itself to protect him
d d in the peaceful enjoyment and exercise
d Of these rights.
& For sixteen years the Republican par
y to of Ohio has upheld this doctrine; for
u u this our people went to battle, to prison,
a and to death for it, millions of money
If were expended. and thousands OF lives
d SACRIFICED. We are now called upon to
abandon it by sustaining and indorsing
g an Administration which hos deserted it.
# We do mot propose at" this time to
o refer in detail to the tallacious arguments
= and ingenious subterfuges by which the
y friends of the President seek to defend
o his conduct and deceive the people to
n the disastrous consequences which must
y eventually follow as its necessary result.
,e 1--WE point you to the fact that Presi
id dent, the chosen representative of u
err party, whose life and inspiration in
~ ~ every hour of its existence, have been
ne political justice and freedom for all
ms American citizens, has proved recreant
Is. to every consideration of gratitude,
ne humanity, honor and official obligation,
o. rs well as political principle, and has
ed given the support of his great Office to
'n deprive American citizens of their
H. sacred rights and deliver them crushed
and Inundated into the merciless hands
of personal and political enemies; to the
fact that the will of the majority of the
voters in at least two states of this
b. Union has been disregarded the right,
is, full appeal of their governments for pro-
ar lection against instruction and domes-
~ TIC violence deHieu, a.lu lLa6 WIN INC
:, knowledge and consent of the Federal
~ Administration the legally constituted
-e. authorities We're thrust aside by the
of mob, and the officers of those States
seized and held by its leaders; to the
!, fact that the Administration has practi,
-. callv consented that the latter consttu
80 tional amendments may be disregarded
" in the South to the fact that freedom oil
~ speech and expression of political opin-
~, ~ ion is no longer permitted to the fact
- that the Republicans of sixteen States
h. of this unioH, weary OF struggle ii
ii. which they have had neither the sym
90 pathy nor support OF the Administers
u ton, are compelled to abandon then
oI party organizations, and rolinqnish all
~ the political rights and privileges dear
Of to treemen imihe effort to rraserv'
ms wna' may le ING - .n., ~ u ,io 'H'
cy proPerI ~ nt ' ;nto s' a ''I rn"os
its n Ia"."1 '' a. f|annnr,t;o Ina,r mn 10
Use ..tharo c,n 10 M ncrmoncnt nort;t;on n
We "ra, ior ~, y,drooaohlo ;nin, exor,.;s,
no If mower amonl such discordnpt bodic
OF ~ ,nono "a ava fo,nd ,t the south I,
hst tho fact HAT II Is doyno its utmost +,
see fnl6ll the nrndiction made in 1872 bv
Dcmocratie Uousc of Representative
thot ono government can l1nr exist hal
hlarl, and half white =. those whom Co
has scparated let no man ion together
! In fine uhIic.oninion will yib,utc bac]
j. TO tire old condition as it existed prio
the to tho disturbipo Influences Of the wa,
to and when this occurs it will be the poli
The icoI death to the negro on this cont
ali nont
md Mo Endorsement If srcb nol;oy h
,ilv tho Rennhlic,n Marty Of Ohio is a tot.,
MO. aho,lnnmont 81 y;tal n,;nc;nle--;s en-
the cido
ino 7, il ,no,;css1,: tho imnorotiro dutv
If ovor,, trua man To o,nosc and if moss
lii, avort srch a rosnlt
How NAV we ,hcn chocI, how man
= e,.. ,".r disannroyal of This dead
Soy lo'. W. ..,hora il onnorentlv but on
~; po,is9 ,.a 49,. of v;ibholdiny our vot,
tho c on, - ~ M stan, unoo tho platfor,
In . Iip;1t a. 49, m"V s' -
,nn WV WV ,n.ol w. lai - a,,,ss, ~ IN nm
tns a,.,.o, ~ ; no ~ ~ olJ oraan;vo,.on h
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