Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-12
THE OHIO ELECTION.

The State election in Ohio has caused
the patriotic thrill to pulsate from Maine
TO the Rio Grande. The overwhelming
defeat of the rotten and bloOdy-shirt
Republican party Of the North so closely
following upon the defeat Of its twin
brother, the corrupt Radical party Of the
South, places Democratic principles and
measures in the advance for years to
come. The Republican party was con-
ceived in sin, born in %iniquity, lived in
~rsscality, and is dying in infamy. The
victory is q rebuke to the corrupt cleo
toral commission, who. by a vote Of s to
7 defrsuded the American people Of
their legal rights. Hon. Henry B. Payne,
of Ohio, in q recent speech delivered at
Ssndusky, places the question in a clear
light. BE said:
This shameful decision l~excuse me if
| use plain lenguage) stands recorded in
the journals Of congress, and if permit
ted to stsud there unchallenged and un-
reversed, it will form q most perilous
precedent. The Presidency is a mag.
ni6cent prize. Why may not other
States he tempted in the future to organ
ize returning boards as corrupt and base
IS those in Florida and Louisiana, and
armed with this all-poweriul certi6cste2
Republicans ask: For what purpose
do you agitste this question? Do you
propose to dispute or impeseh the title
OF MrA Hayes?' | answer no. lie is
doing very well for q six months con-
vert. Laughter He is ~endeavoring
with the best intentions to execute the
Democratic platform as Mt. Tilden would
have done. Laughter In some re-
spects be is accomplishing results sooner
than Tilden could have accomplished
them, especially in destroying the BE.
publican partyl In the Southern States
it has vanished entirely. and we have
already a solid South. The thirty.fve
votes gained by the abolition of slavery,
thus far mainly controlled by carpet
baggers and freedmen, have snugly and
happily turned over 10 the Democratic
party. Applause
It was a bold step for "President"
Hayes to take, 10 casting of Packard
and his fellows. 1t was a terrible reheo-
ton on his own title. No, we acknoWl.
edge his title; we propose TO assist and
cooperate in bis efforts of reconciliation
and reform, because it is the policy for
which we, as a party, have been contend
Tag since the close of the war, and be-
cause it is the true policy Of the country.
Applause.
But, in the meantime, VIC intend to
wage a ceaseless war against the decision
Of the electoral commission until its
power for evil is destroyed. We have in
history an example for our guide and
encouragement. / refer to
CLAY's ooYDEMYATsRY RESOLUTION OF
1888,
charging President jackson with violat.
ing the constitution, in his official action,
relating TO the removal OF the deposits.
1t was voted by a party vote, and was
felt by the party and the country as uu.
just and wicked. Atonce Colonel Benton
set the ball Of agitation 10 motion. The
resolution was everywhere denounced
and the excitement was kept up until
1887, when the majority OF the senate
having changed to the Democratic side.
the resolution to expunge from the re core
was carried by a vote Of rs to 10; anC
the record being brought into the senate
the secretary proceeded in the open sen
ate to draw q square Of broad black line
around the recorded resolution and Il
write across it's face in strong letter
these words:
"%ExPUYGED BY ORDER OF THE SENATE
In like manner the Democracy, on th
stump, through the press, in county
State and national conventions, gu ever
possible occasion, in season and out Q
season, propose to impeach, ehalleng
and assail the decision Of the electors
commission, as finally adopted By th
congress- and entered upon It's Journal,
There shall be no peace for the wicked
We will sgitate and sgitate, until, in n
f~ullness Of time, now, thank God. nc
very distant, the senate having change
its majority and the two houses in Demo
cratic accord, assuredly on the secon
Wednesday of February, 1881, when Al
sembled in joint convention to count i
a Democratic President, the journals
1876 shall be produced, and then an
there the clerk shall proceed to draw
square OF the broad, black lines arour
The accused record [applause1 and
write across its face 10 letters strong on
indelible these words:
ExPUNGED BY ORDER OF THE AMERICA
PEOPLE"
Then, and not till then, wi. the wour
Of the constitution be healed-this gre
wrong be avenged-the purity and so
ereignty Of the elective franchise vino
Gated, and the safety and perpetuity
the Republic assured.
The people of Ohio voted OR the abe,
and other Issues and carried the Sta
for the Democracy by a majority
nearly thirty thousand. They also vot,
upon an amendment TO their consiit
ton recognizing the judiciary Of Il
State, and upon an act to authorize fr
banking. For State officers there VIC
six tickets in the field Republica
Democratic, Greenback, Prohibition al
two Workingmen's. The Republica.
nominated william Il. West for governt