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have already been made in Florida, and
which will be made before the time for
the inauguration of the President, will
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be such as to cause all fairminded men
to admit that the State gave, an honest
majority for Tilden and .Hendrickss.TE
With these convictions resting upon the
minds of the intelligent people of the
North of. both parties, they will not sus-
tain the action of few ambitious and
selfish leaders at Washington, if they
attempt to set aside the popular verdict
and Ausurp the government by military
fonce:.: Ifiin the opinion: of the people,
it becomes, necessary. to- avert such q ca
'lamity as civil var .pr. deadly strife, they
will make such demonstrations of their
disapptobration :. as will convince their
.representativesrin Congress that rsuch a
course cannot. command their, approval
and support. ,.,-,.. 80: ,:.
Democracy of the North, conscious as
they are that their candidates triumphed
in the late election and were fairly and
honestly elected, should stand firmly by
them and see that they are inaugurated
and placed in the full possession of all
the authority and rights resulting from
such election. There should be no hesi-
tation, no finchipg and no backing down
on their part. Let the Northern Demo-
Gratis take this course earnestly and reso-
lutely, and the Democrats of the South
will stand by them, and there will be no
bloodshed, no war, no usurpation and
no military revolution. But the will of
the people as expressed at the ballot box
will be carried out; and peace and pros.
perity, will be restored. The very fact
that the country is determined not to
submit to military usurpation, if the de-
termination is fully understood and real
lied, will avert the usurpation.
In that event, President Tilden, who is
an able lawyer and statesman, and who
was brought up in the old school of the
great statesmen who founded, and for
many years administered the government,
will naturally, during his administration,
do all in his power to bring it back into
the old channels. He will make the
military, in time of peace, subordinate to
the civil authority, and he will restore
local. self-government to those States
where. the right has been taken from
them by fraud and military usurpation,
and by the end Of his four years term
we shall have returned to the old land.
marks of the fathers. There will then
be no more Use of the army of the United
States to control elections, or to aid in
securing fraudulent count of the votes
cast. And we will no more see the mill:
tary used to prevent the assemblage oi
the legally elected Legislature of State
Every person acquainted with popular
opinion in the Southern States must ad-
init that there il unanimity of senti'
ment upon this issue which is without
precedent or parallel. Few candid per-
sons deny that the grossest frauds have
been perpetrated in South Carolina, Flor.
ida and Louisiana, By the Radicals, t.
secure the votes of those States for their
candidates, in defiance of the popular
will, as legally and peaceably expressed
at the ballot box.
We believe Tildene and Hendricks arc
iairly, elected, and that the people of the
United States should see to it that they
are inaugurated. We are satisfied thai
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States concur with rs in this opinion
and that they are ready to stand by ane
vindicate the right. What, then, shoule
be our course in This crisis, when the, lfu
ture existence of. republican. government
hangs'in the balance :? Ardently desiring
peaceful solution of the difficulty, W
should do no. rash. act. We should. b'
quiet, digni6ed and cautions. But, ~
should be firm and true. We should sac
rifce upon the altar Of patriotism al
personal interest and ambition which
conflict with dutya. And we should have
but a. single reply to all inquiries afte
our position. Which reply. expressiy'
Of our firm resolve, should be this: "W'
have confidence in the Northern Democ
racy. We. leave them to decide this is
Sue, And we will, during. the, emergen
cy, stand by them with imnloyable firm
ness, be the coasequencss 1ohat they may =
This reply assumes no-leadership. 1
puts the South in her proper position
|, IT fully accords, with popular sentiment
tit will not be misunderstood. ANA j
will require no explanation. -.
q. Very respectfully your fsllow-citizen
H. .t4J;>,: JOSEPH -. BRoWN.'A