The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-19
MISSISSIPPI.
Address from the Republican State
mittee.

Address from the Republican State
mittee.
10 the Republicans of Mississippi:
With an acknowledged maj ority of nc
5000 voters, under ordinary circumsta1
approach of a political event so impor
the election of State and county officers
bring together the representatives of t
publican party from the several cour
State Convention, to announce their pr
and to nominate candidates: while om
nents, the Democrats, if they relied ft
cess upon numbers alone. would do
repeat their stratagem of 1873 at Meridi;
dlsband their hopeless minority.
But this reasonable and logical ort
things has been reversed in Mississippi.
the majority party that now abandon
field, and surrenders the control of the
Government to the minority. While t
publican party, with its conceded maiorit
not find men in its ranks sufficiently des
to aspire to and contend for the State
the spectacle is presented to the America
pie, boastful of their liberties, of not les
five Democrats eagerly and ungraciouslv
bling for the Office of Governor, in a con
minority, in which, however, the nomina
confidently regarded as the assurance O;
ton. This political paradox NAV
strange to the people of 81 State in whiC
ballot-bex is free. With US it is a stubbC
cessity. 5
Your committee, after carefully consi
the situation and prospect. and after
general consultation with leading meml
the party throughout the State. have d
ately concluded to recommend that NJ
Convention of the Republican party 81
held in Mississippi this year. and that
| dldate be nominated. In protfering this
1t Is not our purpose to indulge in sulle
plants or Spiteful examinations.
The facts of history speak for thems
Fraud. intimidation and violence have
cally DISTINGUISHED the Republican party
State; and. until the time shall come wi
can stand erect in any presence. as FIRE
and assert and enforce our rights
ballot-box, we believe it to be the
wisdom to refrain from the uneoua
| hopeless contest. With the recollection
| campaigns of 1875 and 1876 fresh in our
ry, we decline to engage in conflict
promises an increase of bitterness. with {
disastrous results.
In his endesvor to elevate the politics
country to a plane Of true patriotism and
manship, we tender to President Hayes
have to glve-our prayerful sympatI
earnest good will. We would respectful
treat those of our Northern as well as Sc
brethren, who, under the influence of o
| grievance and other causes, inconsi6
complain of his Southern policy" to-
Der that the political condition which
deplore existed long anterior to his &C
to the Presidency, and the course
we now adopt had become a n
| before he was ever nominated for the
| flee which he now holds. To this fact W,
| direct the special attention of those
now most active in sowing the seeds 0
against the President but who. we well
Der, neglected at the proper time to ad
means for preventing the calamity wi
| present administration. with limited
seeks to cure. Wei have confidence in the
OF President Hayes and, paralyzed and
less as we are, we profoundly
any effort, coming from any
to weaken his arm. or which
tend in the slightest degree to render un8
flll the high experiment in craftsmanship
he is now making. To obliterate the col
IN politics, to enforce the laws by civil
to reconcile hostile sections. and to bril-
| one harmonious national brotherhood
| conflicting elements of our common cOuI
an enterprise so grand in its conception
holy in its purpose that it should, and W
will, command the admiration and unite
| port of all good men, without regard to pc
or partisan considerations.
| The idea seems to prevail quite exteI
that the success or failure of the Pres
| Southern policy will depend, in some m.
at least, upon the action of those conser
| people of the South VINO have never been
titled or affiliated with the Republican
but who are supposed TO desire to establis
| ernments of law and order in all the State
der which the rights Of all will be respectt
protected, and to cultivate d feelin
patriotic amity between the two Sc
Of the country. If that be true
if the longer continuance of the organi
Of the Republican party in this State sta
| the way of the accomplishment Of an obi
desirable as that, then we have an add
reason for formally disbanding it. A h
| heroes much more numerous than the
bers Of the Republican party of Missi
have, in days gone by, laid down their Ii
save their country. We can well afford t
rifice our party organization upon the
altar. and leave the solution Of the probl
| those who have the power to solve it.
In conclusion, we desire to add tina
action is noe influenced by any want of ia
| adhesion to the principles of the Repu7
party. We confidently believe that upo
! success of these principles depends the +
tuity of the Government, but we also b
that it is expedient for the Republican pa
retire from the political arena in this Stat,
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