Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-12-31

that their repeated assertions ia
e north, that free speech wa:
gagged everywhere in the sontt
and that Republicans were shot
down on the speakers stand, would
he demonstrated TO be falsehoods
of a very glaring kind. Promin-
ent Republicans have candidly
stated that this is the predicament
the cowardly slanderers found
themselves in.
Thespeech of Gen. Woodford was
as stalwart and impudent as any
of Blaine's uiterances, and was de-
voted to the "rights of white and
black Republicans" After charg-
ing his large Democratic audience
with murder and rapine, Stewart
said:
"What do Won expect from De-
mocracy in the future! You say,
in reply, home rule and Democratic
ascendency in the government Of
the nation. Ii YOU mean 10y that
the rule of Louisiana 10y the votes
of a minority against the protest of
q majority coerced by force or
cheated nv fraud. then you strike
at the roots of a free government.
You Justify and make necessary,
and will inevitably accomplish, the
permanent political solidity Of the
north. II YOU mean that all Louis-
lana men who bv the constitution
amendments are legal voters shall
each vote once, and that all votes
shall be fairly counted and the re-
snlt honestly declared, then we
Republicans Of the north and the
nation believe In home rule equal
" with you. Second, as to De
mocratic sscendency in the govern
ment OF the nation, you based
your hopes and your northern De-
mocratic allies based their schemes
on n solid south. plus New York
and Indiana. The arithmetic Of
your problem was simple. You
aud they said there are 500 elector-
al votes: lS5 are needed for a
choice. The solid south gives l99
only AZ more are needed. New
York s. and Indiana Is. Here
are the full number and a spare
Then You were assured by your
democratic allies from the north
that if you and they could repeal
the federal election laws they could .
steal the vote of New Yorkin 1850
as they did in 1888. They AMI you
believed they had Indiana in any
event. They promised you New
York. These were all the votes
you and they needed And so you
we're fooled and seduced into the
madness and folly of the extra
session. Well, what is the result
You simply made the north solid.
II, then, your past alliance with
Democracy your present alliance
With Democracy j. hopeless. profit
ess. frui,less, why should YOU not
asst in your 10: AMI fortunes with
Isl What cowariice, what dis
lonor. i there in any man among
-ou acting heartily, hravcly, loyal
V. with the Republican patty,
which i, to-day the party Of nation
Ility r the Republic! Because /
this courage aud manli-
less In Judge Beatfie. once a brave
soldier Of the confeieracv. now a
oval citizen Of the one and invisi-
lie republic. ! come these many
niles TO plead with you for the
.ause and principles be SO worthily
epresents.'
And then be went on to recon-
mend the Republic an party TO
heir suffrages because Of its "hon.
ST finance record !
In charging the Louisiana De-
nocrats with fraud, Gen. Woodford
orgot or pretended to forget that
Vben thieves charge other people
With stealing it is always recogniz-
d as a method Of calling attention
way from themselves. Louisiana
las been the scene Of the most in
amous frauds ever perpetrated by
he Republican crime in 1876. which
lullified fair election and handed
'ver the State to the defeated
.andida'e for the Presidency.
They DO not forget the farce Of
be election of 1870. when the Re-
publican candidates for State Of
ices were counted in by specially
devised machinery of frand, with
'ut any reference whatever TO the
Democratic vote.
They cannot forget. in spite Of
zen. Woodfori's pleaiings for his
lisrepntahle party, that, in 1872,
John McEnery was elected hy a
air and square majority of over
! 900 votes, and that when the
and Governor-elert
vent to New Orleans, a drunken /
Federal Judge issued an order to