The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-17
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1hc RcpubIIcan Policy.

pop,bon, States Rights journal says
%hsD4uocratic r party willnet hesitate u
...a"t s% lhe issue that the Republicans hay'
ISS.'sSSos,eI-lMllots vs, Bayonets. Let q
ps'SI ',, onf opponents on ground OF theil
ass' cJhoosins. We offered them balloti
I o"p ,bsy ia repelled the offer. They pre-
Via ,l.,s are a few mistakes. In the first
.,'.s the Democrats never offered us
E,llo,, @ They offered MudgeonS, not bal
ys w. They proposed 10 carry elections by
r..Elpx aud Red Shirt violence and out.
.,s They offered US hoyiekniyes and
'So,.r,r,s aud midnight raids as themeaiS
:, carving elections. They offered us
,,,reDIous frauds, such as that which
m,5a Mr. Hoffman Governor Of the State
nTyew York, and gave It's electoral vote
~ IIoratio Seymour. II our Democratic
t,i.pd. insist that they offered us ballots,
10 reply that they were not legal ballots,
I.,,Ily counted. By such ballots, We
maintain that the country should beig6y-
.,nej. They offered US tissue ballots,
seepel in fraud and red with violence
,Djou,Iawy The Republican party is
N hyor Of the doctrine that the majority
b,the right to govern, according to the
h,ms of the Constitution and the laws.
The party stands for legal maioriies,
Aaly obtained. It has no Interests or
aims, to be secured or realized. through
tbeins,ruuentality oiillegal or fraudulent
ro,es Its the party Of honest elections,
uI Of truthful returns Of results. The
nny makes its appeal to the intelligence,
p..dotism aud moral sense OF the voters;
,nl all it demands in the canvass is fair
c,n!e,t, an unrestricted ballot and an
honest count
probably true that majority Of in-
elIgent and conscientious Democrats are
likewise in iayorof equality in the rights
lcitizens and Of justness and fairness in
elections. But that the real leaders OF the
party are determined to force ."solid
south" by outIawry and violence, and to
tary two or three Northern States by un-
restrained voting and illimitable counting
in aiew large cities, and so to secure the
next Presidential election, is as plain as
the sun in the heavens That execrable
purpose it is the business Of the ERepdbli-
can party to denounce and defeat.
In thenext place, it is not true that the
Republican party preferred bayonets" to
ballots. Consider two significant and
conclusive facts. The bill introduced into
the llouse by Mr.. Robeson, as substi-
tate lOrthe majority bill, distinctly declar-
el that it should mot be lawful to bring
tOor employ at any place where general
orspecial election is being held in State
any part ithearmy or navy Of the United
States, unless such employment be neces-
ary to carry out the provisions Of the Com
stitution Of the United States, or to over
come IOrcibe obstruction to the, execuS
ton Of the laws made in pursuance there
Of This proposition was defeated by a
strict patty vote, every Republican voting
for it, and every Democrat voting against
it, 1.-THE simple object Of the Democracy
istosecurC fair elections, the enforcement
Of the laws, the exclusion .oi ahe army
IOnthC polls and tho observance Of con-
stItutional requirements, why did the
Democratic Representatives vote solid
against Mr.. Robeson's substitute? The.
President in his recent 7etos message
says: 4,.SttSS lSlESk
The true rule as to the employment OF
military force at the elections Is not doubt
fol. No intimidation or coercion should
NallOwcd TO control or influence citizens
IN the exercise OF their right to vote,
whether it appears in the shape OF COM
binaIlons Of evil disposed persons or OF
armed bodies Of the militia q State Or Of
T7s S. nl"y 3rce % q the United IL sa.es 9aee
Die interference, and, as far as practicable,
IRON all apprehension OF such interefer-
eHcC. G.E'!t4
S,,O Si,s ,OIia 5 G'ssT Gttne Union or o, Is ~
to take the mace n or ~ 10 P Pnerform ~ The duties
ctthc ordinary civil police force. There
aas been and will be no violence Of this
mSs,.,ir e uI,fr "Faers from me during Enis az :
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