Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-09-05

ocratic party North almost silent on the
subject of the GazoO atrQCityP Sup
pose the success or failure Of the DEM
oCratic party of Mississippi could have
no possible effect upon the fortunes of
the Democratic party of the whole
countryP Is any man so stupid as to
doubt that Democratic speakers. and
Democratic journals, and Democratic
Conventions at the North would join
heartily with Republicans in denounc-
ing assassinations like that at Yazoop
They would find their account in doing
so even if no higher motive should gov
ern them. Every Democratic assassi-
nation in Mississippi or Louisiana
weakehs the Democratic party North.
The Baltimore Gdzette, Demo-
crstlc paper, admits that the ruffian-
ism Of the Democratic party in Missis-
sippi "will reflect with great severity
on the Democrats OF Mississippi and The
tOtote country" Why. then, do the
Democrats North refrain from exerting
their entife moral force in an effort to
suppress such outraEgsP Why do DEM
ocrats North deal gingerlt with Demo-
cratic assassinations South when they
realize that every political murder
South alienates voters from the standard
of the Democratic party NorthP They
are disgusted with assassination 1) be-
cause it is an awful crime, and (2) be-
cause il costs them votes. Why don't
they "cry aloud and spare not" in de-
nunciation of Southern outrages which
shock their moral sense and react so
disastrously upon their local party in
terestsP The answer is plain. The
South is solidly Democratic only by rea-
son of the shot gun policy. Stop assas-
sination, terrorism, intimidation and
fraud, and five Southern States-Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana, Alabama, South
Carolina and Florida-will be immedi-
ately transferred into the Republican
column These States cast thirty-seven
Electoral votes sufficient to overcome
Ohio and Indiana, and two more than
endugh to overcome New York, in the
Electoral CollegoI Mississippi is Re-
publican, on fair vote, by $4,000 ma
jority. Says the Okolona States;
"True, the blacl race has a majority in
many towns, counties and States of the South.
True, as a rule, the nrst, the last, and the
whole of them are Radicals at heart, and will
vote the Radical ticket whenever they have
half chance. We all know this and admit 1t.
FERENCE WHATEVER.
Hence the shot-gun policy becomes
significant. 1t is far-reaching. A GER
tain degree of intimidation and terror
ism and certain number of assassina-
tions; and if all these fail, certain
number of tissue ballots in the five
States named serve to nullify the Elect
oral votes of the two great States, Ohio
tr,It In CtnH r,FN
York! Hence the grOveling attitude Of
the Northern Democratic press on the
subject of Southern outrages against
the rights of free opinion, free speech
and free ballots. Northern Democratic
journals and speakers stand between
two fires. If they insist upon fair cleo
tions at the South, they lose five States
held in the Democratic Electoral col
umn by bulldozing; If they wink at
bulldozing, they shock and drive from
the party standard thousands of respect
able Northern Democrats. In this
view of the case,-and this is the only
view which commends itself to the
spirit of candor, Democratic
leader of opinion at the North is access
sorry to all the outrages committed ut
the South with the corrupt purpose of
retaining power in the hands of the
minority. Thus the Democratic party
North is implicated in the assassination
of Dixon. His blood is upon its skirts.
1t is in the position of a man who wit
nesses a brutal murder, but neither lifts
his hand to stay the arm of the assassin
nor his voice to protest against the
atrOcious deed. Respectable Democrats
of the North, how do you like this as
sassinationP Can Won afford - ~''~t~;-'