Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-06-20

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the minority man, occupies the Presi-
dency. It would be beneath Old
Andy, If he were living, to go before
the people with such stuff as that,
for it Is well known to even people
who do not read, or cannot read, that
Presidents are not elected by the pop
ular or majority vote they are elected
bv what ~ called the electoral vote.
have never heard that ,ir. Tildeu
advocated a system of voting for the
President of the United States by ma
jnrity ballot Since the rebellion they
have not had an honest majority eiec
tion 10 the Southern States. By hook
or by crook tie old rebel element have
always organized the Ku Klux or White
LINERS, about election time to ride over
large districts and so intinidate the
neU roting population The colored peo'
ple) that they voted for men they did
not With tc vote for, TO save their lives,
and to save themselves from being
abused, and to save what property they
accumulated from being destroyed.
Majority rule down South means negro
rule, and the only way for the old rebel
element to keep the coiored people from
voting with the men who put down the
Rebellion is to intimidafe them aud
/ that is the way that the polu ar vote of
slr. TIlden came to be SO large in Mis-
slssippI, Georgia and other Southern
States and when Mr.. TiIden goes of
in such q speech as the one delivered
last Tuesday, about the "rights Of elec-
tire franchise" be gets off most bit
ter criticism on the work of his own
party friends in the S S,uth. If his
party friends had not ridden over la ge
districts IN the South, aud with the
torch and shot gun carried Intimidation
and submission to the commands of the
master race, be would not be able to
even get off such criticism as the one
let of IN the caucus mentioned.
1t does seem a little queer that a
man of Mr.. 1ilden's blood should cone
before the country with the plea put
forward IN caucus. Future genera
tlous will write II down as a great nils
take, aud the acts of Intimidation that
will tor long time be pracuced on the
coiured folks OF the Sonth will be the
evidence that will prove beyond ali
clamorcus aud capliuus complaint that
the popular vote of the South was man
ufacItired for Mr.. Tildeu through the
agency OF the shot qua, the torch, the
whipping post, aud fearful threats. SO
1t has been since rebellion, excepting
when armed projection extended Itself
over the newly mcde cltlzeus, but as 1t
is not the thing that Americans ike, to
have tue military stand over them, and
as the military rule III the South has
failed t. bring the old slave race and
the master race to better tsIms, the
policy has been changed, so that the
political control will be vested IN the
master race, which is the minority race.
The representatives ot the master race
have gwen their solemn PROMISE that
they will abide by the results that came
through the Rebellion, and that they
will recognize every right of the color
ei people, except that of being put di-
rectly under their C ntrol. President
Hal es has taken them at their word,
aud bls party have followed him in his
policy. The mass of the Democracy
have followed him in the policy, be-
cause 1t IS TO bring quiet and peace to
the country healing balm to the
wound OF rebellion and war. Ii is just
the policy that Old Andy would have
pursued. He would say: Yes, gen.
tlemen. | accept your promises, as
made in good faith, aud from hence
forth the country will start on a new
and inprOv mission"
But you see all that ails Tildcn is
the ihump under bis waist coat, just
ike the thumps under the waist coats
IT the lads who asked their sweet
hearts TO have them, and got for an
answer, "No" Tilden get for his ask
ing for the Presidency, from the people
who had it to give, 'he answer, No."
and that's what makes him comp ain.
and as disappointed and complaining
lover never gets much sympathy, so
with Mr.. Tilden. They bad better
talk about the Turks and the Russians.
Good Eight III be up to the fair.
Yours truly.