Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-04-06

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Cha mbelain,. .'........ 96,504 81 1877
Hampton, ,-,........... OIL 9I,26l
ChamberIain,- 3433 Hampton, ,l34
Now, the first thing that strikes us is
that the Democratic count make no less
than 13,400 votes more than the Republi-
can. Where did they come from? The
Board Of Canvassers threw out the vote of
two countics-Edgeield and Laurense-fnr
violence, intimidation and fraud. The
fraud was palpable on the face Of the re-
turns, and the violence was notorious
Edgefeld county was returned as having
given $3.50 votes. 1t is higher than that
Of any courty of equal population in OHIO
More than half the people are blacks, many
of whom were intiniidated so not to vote.
And yet in that bulldozed county Tilden
was made to have 6,257 votes! The facts
show for themselves. We need not 60 into
any more details. Chamberlain was plain
ly elected Governor by the lawful vote.
And now we have Mr.. Wade Hampton
marching IN procession to Washington, de-
claring he will have no arbitration or COM
promise / certainly would not ask him
to have any, except VIII at the gallows offers
every criminal. And now, with such
sweeping impudence and assumption on
one hand and committee OF pacifcation
going to New Orleans on the other, and a
declaration that the authority OF the Uni
| ted States Government is to be Withdrawn.
what can we expect? We cannot tell, and
he must be n prophet who can. But some
general views we have, partly correspond
ing with the idea of paciticntion and partly
not OF that kind. Every candid, fair
minded man must admit that, il it be pos
sible TO conciliate the South, il is good
and laudable object. The one thing neces.
sary in the Sonth is TO break down class
lines and sectional lines. Whoever can
| find way ol doing tha; will do good, not
only for this country but for humanity.
| But how Is that to be done? Let us sup
| pose Packard and Chamberlain-bothl law
ful Governors Of their respective States
are sacrificed for the sake, il you please, of
general peace and conciliation. Whnt is
to follow2 We have Hampton and Mich.
oils both of whom are setting up govern
mcnts in defiance of the honest votes OF
their respective States; both Of whom de-
spise and oppose the Government OF the
United StateS-coming into power 10 OPP
pose and trample upon the rights Of the
poor and the oppressed in those States.
| Will not this be beautiful re .ult of Re-
publican administration? And will the
! result as a result of policy and justice be
any better? We sny unhesitatingly that
If the general welfare, If the peace and
prosperity OF this country, ia TO be really
and seriously promoted by policy which
will kill the Republican party itself, we
will nevertheless support it. But il is first
to I've shown that it will promote the peace
and welfare Of the country. II it will not
then for what purpose shall we make this
sacriice?. We enter into no question oil
whether the General Government has the
right tointerfere, by recognizing" with
the State Governments. IL IS enough 10
say that It has been done. The General
| Government has business with all the State
Governments, aud il must recognize some
body and something, ms those governments
So far, we may say that the action Of the
General Government il right Will il
withdraw the troops and leave Hampton
and Nichols TO usurp the State govern
ments to ride rough sh0d over every
| Republican in those States; silence the
blacks, aud set up governments which ART
MS alien to the loyal and patriotic people
| OF this country as il they had been Turk
and Tartars? Is il that end for which
the best and pnrest blood OF this natior
was shed? Is that the end Of the great
Republican party? Is that the end tS
which peace and conciiation lead Il
that the feast TO which am invited? ?
beg leave to decline the invitation. w
say, as we have said, that no policy cal
be better (if il be policy than that whicl
seeks to break down all class and aectionn
lines, and restores to this divided nation
an era Of good will and good feeling, an,
for that object we see nothing to breaI
down al party lines. But can that objec
be accomplished? When Nichols reignl
with the mob Of New Orleans at his heels
with Presidents Of banks, bishops and min
listers Of the church kissing him on, wha
will be nttainedY Simply the old whit,
aristocraoy in new form. We shall hav'
n white line Rristoeraey trampling upoI
every human right in the blacks, and will
n blindness that seems marvellous, creating
a state of things in which no free indepen
dent man of any sort can endure.
When Hampton reigns IN South Caro-
lima what viii happen? II win be III
reign of man who, Of all in the Unite
States, is opposed TO any real democracy
who has been the owner Of hundreds a
slaves; who fought with ali his Nigh
against the government Of the Unite
States, and who has not one feeling IN com
mon with the eonmon people. II will b