The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-01-03
THOSE RESOLUTIONS.
Adopted nv the Alexander CouuS,
Democrats at their Meeting Last sat
urtiRy Night.

The following arc the resolutions
adopted by the Democrats at the meet
ing held at Thistlewood Il Hinkles ware.
house last Saturday night
WHEREAS, On the 9Th day OF last No
vembcr the people Of this nation exer-
cised the highest prerogative OF Amerl- |
can citizens, in deciding by their ballots
who should be president and yice.presi-
dent OF this country for the next four
years;
WHEREAS, The decision has been rem.
dered in favor OF the Democratic candi- |
dates. Samuel j. ridden and Thomas A. |
Hendricks, by majority of quarter of |
a million OF the popular and clear ma
jority of the electoral votes and.
WHEREAS Corrupt and desperate |
means to perpetuate power have placed
the courts at defiance, have dispersed |
legislatures at the point OF the bayonet,
and by fraud and violence upon the bal
iot-box have destroyed the confidence of
the American people in IL as an express
sion Of their Will in their selection OF
their rulers, or redress of their griev-
ances against maladiuinistration, oppres-
sion and high taxation amounting to
conflsication OF property In some states
therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Democracy Of Alex
ander county, that we have reason to re-
ioice and congratulate the country upon
the results OF the last election, and it is
the sincere hope Of the honest and pa
triotic citizens of this republic that the
Republican party will peaceably submit
to the will of the voters thus expressed.
Resolred, That we denounee the per-
jured scoundrels who have presumed to
act under the authority OF Illegal and
fraudulent returning boards in the states
OF Florida, South Carolina and Louisiana
where infamy has become notorious and
received the seal OF condemnation by
two republican Investigating committees,
the chairman of one of which was the
Republican candidate for vicepresidens at
the late election. another Sheridan,
prominent general in the federal army.
| and at whose action the honest people OF
| the country stand aghast because Of the
audacity of their frauds aud usurpations.
whereby thousands OF legal votes ac-
| tually cast were thrown out, and the
voters forcibly aud illegally disfranchis-
| ed. and thousands OF imaginary and IL
| legal votes were counted in that were
never east, such action being in violation
| OF all law. justice and common decency {:
! that the evidence is overwhelming OF a
conspiracy 20 suppress and alter, in many
| instances. the sworn returns in the dis
| puted states that Hayes might be counted
| in. and If the infamous scheme is success
iul the administration of Hayes will
| lack the moral force 10 support il. and
| Will necessarily become a kissing and "A
| by-word, and anarchy and violence wiz
take the place OF law and order.
Resokcsd, That Grants administrations
| 81. Cd e., AZ. -,
policy that either tended toward the
prosperity of the southern states or TO the
stability Of our institutions that theft,
pcculation, fraud. corruption. and rob-
berry have run riot in the land, under the
very nose of the executive, and not with
standing his declaration, LET no guilty
man escape he has protected ielons
from punishment, and his indiscriminate
pardOns OF convicted thieves show the
| shallowness and fallacy OF that declara
ton; that his late tyranuical conduct in
sending soldiers into the three disputed
| states, where there was no domestic VIC
lence or insllrrectiOn against the govern
ment, To overcome with bayonets the eX
pressed will or the people. was gros,
usurpation of power, tending TO throttle
the cause OF liberty, to overthrow Re
publican institutions, and. finally, t
MexicaniZe the republic.
| Rsso!ced, That we feel that the preser
walton of the ballot and free and homes
election are Of the first Importance, Ant
that this country cannot afford
civil war, disastrous and expensive, anC
the blood aud treasure that may follow
the contamination of the great fraud now
being attempted upon the rights OF the
people. and which will establish prece
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pie nugatory and the elective fran cllse ;
farce that we trust and believe that on
rights as citizens in this perilous hou
Will be preserved when it shall be decided
by the congress Of the United State
whether constitutional liberty shall live
or die and while we desire peaceful so
luton OF the difficulty pending, and FULLY
appreciate the DISASTROUS results tina
might follow an opposition OF force Il
Republican force and fraud, they mus
with full notice assume the responsibility
that may arise If their threatened policy
be carried into effect.
Resoired, That it is the duty OF con
gress to maintain aud defend its consti
tutional rights and prerogatiyes, and b.
their just and lawful exercise avert til,
periis Which threaten the peace and pros
perity of our institutions.
ResOlced. That the constitution Of the
United States does not confer upon tn,
president OF the senate the right to can
yasS or count the electoral vote tor presi
dent and vice-president ; that such
right has never been exercised, and unit
recently has never been claimed. and al
attempt to inaugurate president simply
upon the declaration of the president o
the senate will be am act of usurpatiol
that should be. and we believe will be
resisted by the people without dstinctio
OF party.
Words OF warning.
During the present year, as in the past
the grave will close over thousands, sim
ply because they neglect the means whic
would restore them to health. Meet tn
fell destroyer at the threshold, and di
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