The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-10-10

their own choice.
t-g~ New York city has been recently
greatly edited by an exalted exhibition
of Tildenism. The board of police
commissioners of the city has the duty |
of choosing inspectors of elections for
each polling district, who are TO be
chosen from both parties in order TO Sc
cure DISTINGUISHED action. The board
consists of two Republicans and two
Tilden Democrats, the latter of whom
have been recently placed upon the
board In place of two Tammany COM
missioners removed through the ext
gencies of Tilden politics. The Re-
publican inspectors were chosen with
out difficulty, but the Democratic mem
bers of the board were determined to
select the Democratic inspectors who'll
ly from the Tilden wing of the Demo-
crazy, which is in small minority in
the city. This was in pursuance of the
plans of Tilden and Robinson to secure
control of the ballot boxes so that they
could stun them without interference.
But the Republican members of the
board resisted this plan, and the ap-
pointmcnt of inspectors was delayed to
the end of the time appointed by law,
when the courts were called upon who
compelled the selection Of proper
share of the inspectors from both wings
of the Democracy. The whole scheme
was q shameful illustration of Tildcn's
political methods. Its happy failure
may mark the beginning of his political
ruin, for il he cannot successfully man
ipulatc the ballot boxes in his own state
he is not the candidate for president
" HON the Democracy want next year.
IL IL is not easy TO sec what so many
Democratic editors mean by their loud
" expressed fears of centralized
government under Republican rule.
The government of this country is in
the hands of its people, and its form l.
such as they have determined IL shall
be. There are no rights of the states
which the central government can take
away from them without the consent oi
the whole people as provided in the
constitution. The talk about the ten
dency toward all absolute monarchy is
mere nonsense, intended only To tickle
the ears of fools. The danger l. all ia,
other way, that the union between The
: different sections and states may grow
weak, and that growing discord he
, tween them may weaken an d desire.
the power of the general government
What the Democratic edit " really fear
f is the passages of laws by II Republican
Congress which shall enable the gcncr
al government 10 protect its citizen
from murder and oppression, when tn
, states shall refuse TO so protect them
which shall secure for every voter
free and unlimidated ballot, and whic
q shall use the military power if necessa
ny to secure these results. 1t is Il burn
ing shame that in so-calicd free cou
try like this, faction can take posses
sion of a state government by force am
, fraud and then proceed to prescribe AM
, terrorlze its opponents, and deprive ther
of every political right which the con
stitution says shall be theirs. There
] something worse than strong ccntra
D lied than even Il mon
: archy-which shall protect all its citizen
c in their rights, and that is, the blood
n anarchy which Democratic rule in thu
1 South entails.
: To escape the danger of this anarch
t for the whole country there is no doub
: that large majority of the pcopl
It wonld vote for a strong central govern
mcnt, and the demand Tor a stron
government will grow in proportion t
party encroachments upon the rights q
y ininorities. There are no such cncroacl
Z mcnts by the Republican party, whic
has ever strictly maintained the constl
u lutional rights of all citizens; they ar
o all made by the Democratic party
@ They do not consist alone in open Viz
! lence and murder as in The South, bu
c in attempts to subvcrt the popula
u will in elections by frauds upon ia
u ballot, as has been so often oxcmpliic
c in recent Years. Unless an end is pu
s TO these frauds, by means of laws L
protect the ballot or otherwise, there
danger that the time will come whe
hey will be SO glaring that the pcopl
, will refuse 10 abide by the result of
ballot so tainted, and scenes OF revolr
ton must cnsue. Toward all these dan
gers the Democratic party is fast dri,
ing the country, and if orr freedom
ever absorbed by central dcspotisnl
it will be in consequence OF the result
of Democratic ascendancy. There
no necessity for stronger central go,
eminent in the United States than on
u which can protect itself and IFS official
: from state aggrcssions, collect its revC
= nues, aud protect every citizen in III
s exercise of all his rights. So much H.
Republican party demands and wi
obtain. But for n government nc
contemplated by the constitution III
Democratic party alone will be respor
: sible.
o DEAD.--One thing is surely Indicate
i out of all the political din-thc Green
= hack Marty is dead Thn romains ma