The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1878-07-18

The Republicans of Georgia and Ale
lama have resolved 10 put no ticket in
nomination 1t is useless, under the /
Hayes administration. The Republicans |
hav- ol, az majority in Alabama They
have issued an ad iress, which concludes |
as follows:
Fraud bold and unblushing; fraud,
arrogant and ostentatious, prevails at tho !
ballot-box in many parts Of the State. 1t |
is openly acknowledged, it is generally |
defended and excused, and lis perpe-
traitors are rewarded with political offices
and honors for their valuable services to |
the cause of Democracy. "Yo ou can out |
vote US, but we can outcount you," is |
boastingly declared by the Democrats in
those localities, and the declaration is
terrible truth. 70 stuff ballot-boxes and
to make false election returns are right
| and just in their eyes simply for the rea-
son that despite their often repeated
declaration to the contrary in political
platforms, they opposed to-day as they
opposed heretofore the exercise by the
colored man OF the rights Of citizenship
and of suffrage. That they are a white
man party is their boast, a government
purely for the benefit of white men is
their aim, and 10y these signs they con
quer. The attendance Of two colored
men regularly appointed among more
than 800 delegates at the recent Demo
cratic State Convention, created an out
burst Of wrath and indigGa,i"u which
was only appeased by their leaving the
body in which their title to seats was as
perfect as that OF the whitest member of
the convention. The same prejudice
which drove these men out as if they
were lepers has taught our political OPP
ponents to persuade themselves that
cheating at elections is fair play One
fact we would like to make as plain as
possible, because its existence clearly
explains all else of which we complain
1t is this: If an election fraud is estab
llshed and the perpetrator indicted by
the most clear and convincing proof his
conviction therefor in State court would
be impossible. Swift is the punishment
OF imprisonment for not less than two
nor more than five years in the Peniten-
tiary for the larceny OF an ear of corn,
but for miscounting or destroying or re-
fusing to receive the ballots OF hundreds
OF electors anxious to vote in accordance
with law there Is no punishment.
Our party is composed mainly Of agri-
cultural laborcr3. Why should we call
upon them to undergo the expense and
Inconvenience of taking part in the mere
mockery of an election, and give to their
political opponents the opportunity to
cast their ballots to the winds and laugh
in their faces? We deem it unwise to
do this, because it is imposing a useless
eXertion or Inconvenience on the elector,
discouraging to him, and because it is
a tacit admission on our part that q gen
uine election is taking place We prefer
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ton of members of the Legislature in
those par Is of the State where our vote
will be counted. We, were for Il time,
dishearted and discouraged; but, inspired
: by the greatness of our cause and the
loltlness OF our purposes, we have gath
cred new zeal and courage, and we will
be found hereafter united, determined
and persistent.
From our party associates throughout
| the country we ask the moral support
and encouragement to which we declare
) that our record party during the
years that we had possession of the gov
ernment of the State clearly entities US
In the aspects Of economy, honesty wise
and liberal measures, we challenge q
comparison with the Democratic Admin
l. istration, and We demand the support
, and vindication of the National Republi
can Party. Year by year the Democratic
: press has poured into the ear of the peo
). Pile gross ISLANDERS with reference to oul
l party its leaders, and purposes, unit
t thousands and thousands Of otherwise
well-wishers are poisoned by prejudice
against MS. They should remember tha
: we are poor; that we have no press to be
: used in refutation and vindcation, and
that we are contending against terrible
odds. Poverty against wealth and he
reditary timidity and submission agains
courage and aggression. We have only
=, the truth and the right. That these
: must triumph in the end we feel assured.
t TO our cause belong the eternal years o
heaven" and we who sit in convention
e to-day, may only behold the fruition o
our labors from the borders of eternity
1 But we believe that they will bear fruit
in the years to come which shall make
| Alabama great State, aboundng in the
, products of diversified industry and O.
: skilled and educated labor, and teemine
with an intelligent tolerant, law abiding
: prosperous and happy people. We shall
" not ralter in the struggle to this end.
, CHARLES HAYS,
/ President of the Convention
HERsCHEL V. CAsHIN, Secretary.
MONTGOMERY, ALA July A, 1878.