The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-10-23

saes Some q ait afgpmsats are In
panaHs ~ people srsfY where Is COZ
s8sr aa1 pe sas,o ssme % BIZ most
mpariaat p1.ats
Beiafe ncertaiaR eleciuu hap
pens tbe soeptof sill have changed
asads Before 1854 the great Wet
wl H&Fe tera counted axaln. sad Der
Ffoash siaee the present ceasas SIS
lstea vii give aer ptcp0adefug
~ sbt 81 SOC H08,e Representative
a3 ga the electoral college Bai now
Aai neHl year tha south hcks bot 81
IS majority & 81 tbe electoral votes
There isa wong Is thts be consii-
tHtH afdsts that. u tbe ,igAt q vote
8vaied auF wba are emitted to il Ia
tar atste iIa representation Il that
state aas reduced accordingly IL
violation 70 iAs aad right. Ih6 blacks %
lWe yuih are 30 large numbers denied
b flght g. gpie, 4td Ia violation u
ae constitution thry ate u0ta,thsiaud.
~ counted t. swell The number "A
representative H Congress aud The
,gmbtf1i electoral voter Ibas 1 GOO
geo "ropie are used =. foot bail IA The
game ~ usllonsi politics Nhru the
81 sete slaves p,, evil was not The
ara #rl thrS did nAt suis tueu lhey
o. Hat sale INV Nhen they 4ere
lata, each pef.an counted tbtoe.dilns
VI tbe pefon Now tbc3 are All
caauft4 each % uue 500, aud be.
causr they ste 50 counted : body oil
representatives. sit 10 Congress who
are nut Hghuuiiy there, because tide
bailat Is denied % those they profess
20 fgpfeseHt 4 Democratic Congress
mas luletaie this A Democratic pfesi-
Gent would he compelled to sanction
81, but " will meet just and stern
cad, unlrss the nation lUrgets Justice
aud mepgy aud self preservation. With
ttis quallty 10 the sun. next years
election is tud al far reaching results.
Thirty Eve VI thg forty-seven needed
Northern votes are 10 the state Of New
York Bfr decision this year viii 70
far to cast tbc die for neXt year Here
comes az Issue which rises high above
al state issues now II is net inan.
cinl only, though finances are involved.
IL embraces everything for which the |
war was fought, except African slavery
Ia maine. livery statu which went into !
tie rebellion, save only Texas, has |
recently repudiated lts debt; $780, I
900. zoe have been thus repudiaied. |
suppose tue forces and sentiment Of
which such aets come are allowed to !
dominate the nation, what shall we
expectl The national debt was in |
curfed 20 put down the rebellion Is |
It, can i be, more houorcd or respect
ed 10 the South than their own local
bonds aud promises 70 pay The great
body Of Southern men make 40 secret |
Of their hostility 30 the policy of re-
sumption, under which our paper has |
become as good as gold ne hepub-
licau party carried resumption against
a solid Democratic opposition. OIL
course the Republican party is pledged |
to resumption finally; il cannot escape |
Do the people OF New York wish to
hand over to the Democratic party. |
which means now the sway Of the
solid South, the currency aud finances
Of The country, safe, prosperous and |
stable as they are and will be, if only |
left aloneg These are some of The |
questions and dangers OF the hour,
questions the coming election must do
much to settle one way or the other |
Such questions are national they are
not state affairs exclusively The |
Northern states are the tax paying |
states. They pay the most Of the
revenue With all the schemes con-
stantly aiming at the treasury, is the |
nations money safer under the party |
whose constituency pays it, or under |
the party Of the South, whose consti
tuencies feel bot little in the pocket
whether the expenditures ale more or
less
The election Of 1876 shows how false |
is The preteuse thai national bayoUets |
have influenced the elections In 1876 !
troops were stationed here aud there |
ia The South. II they controlled the |
elections how shall we explain the |
reeut2 Who does not know that
mobs aud violence had free COURSE Z
Who does not know that 10 tour states
~ which Democratic victories were
claimed. but Tor shameless intimidation
and ifaud tho results would have been
whelmiugly the other way But
the sight and presence Of the national
uniform was irritating to Southern
seuslbliilIcs When the present ad
ministratlon came IN, the national gar
risobs we're ordered away tom the
Soulh Many other marked acts 81
couciiation were done. Two state
governments were overihfowp, or at
least suffered 20 fall Democrats Sc
Icrp1 Is Democrats we're put 10 places
- high pubiic trust Was not all tbis
cheught Wss il not enough to placate
even au unreasonable splfIt How
was this extraordinary confidence and
concession received How has il been
repaid Murder has gone unpunished
aud uuabated oppression has eciipscd
The bafbauty add ierocity o. siavehoid-
log dsys The elections have been a
sorry farce. uf8cated 10 violence aud
wrong Lite sud property have been
lhe spoil 81 nigh, riders and uupunished
dcspefsdoes Tissue ballots and iotce
have decided when msjoIity could
not otherwise be ohtaiued The blacks
Is thousands have ted in terror ifom
the homes 81 their childhood aud from
Tue graves u their murdered dead
This wicked. horfid policy has DOT
been pursued from mere cruelty Or lore
u wrong There has been a method
ID it all By sgch means the South
has been made rolii By these iniqui-