The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-10-25

ter-have seen the necessity of desper-
ate measures to retain power in the
North. The people Of the Northern
States are really not aware of the ma
ture and extent of the plans for power
which the few men in control Of the
machine at Washington have made and
to which they cling with the energy OF
despair. Sinoe,the South can nollonger
be sNbjpgated the North must be over
come by processes from Washington
that is, the North must be subjugated.
F The Federal Election laws, known as
the Deputy Marshal laws, authorize the
Federal Governments to move into cities
of 10000 inhabitants and over, and take
charge of elections. In cities of as
many as 10000 people an unlimited
number Of United States Deputy Mar
shals may be appointed, all Republicans,
each to receive $5,a day for as many rs
ten days, all clothed with power Of ar
rest without warrant, all given authority
to suppress all State authority, each
one a political tyrant, paid from the
Federal treasury, and rendering no
service save to the Republican party.
W INV NtoSS vhtAo RJWVl ihCHn Ii
This is not power to be exercised
in the South, though it is doubtful il
the law could have been passed had it
been announced that its purpose was
to control elections in Northern cities.
When the last census was taken, there
were but eight cities in the South that
had population of 10000. In, 1876,
when the money paid for Deputy Mar
shals and Supervisors was 1915, 296.6O,
only S4a.77460 were expended in the.
South, In 1878, out OF an. expenditure
of S202,09l 90, only $24 500 were ex-
pended in the South. The Deputy
Marshal laws are not now meant for the
South, and the money hitherto expend-
ed in the execution of these laws is but
q fragment OF what will be expended
il those laws remain on the statute
books and money can be had to execute
the laws. IA kO2RsAEf 81
What does this power mean in the
NORTH 1t means that this hideous
Deputy Marshall power may cover, and ]
doubtless is al once to cover, sixty-seven
Northern cities. There are seventy-five
cities in the United States which have
population of 20,000-rall liable to be
slaves of this law. There are more than
that now, as the next census will show.
Sixty-seven of the seventy-five are in
the North. These sixty-seven cities
had, years ago, a population of 5,66l, TAO,
more than one-eighth OF the population
of the country. The ability to control
them is an enormous power. The cities
that fall under the operation of these
statutes elect, or control the election
of, ninety-fve members of the House of
Representatives This number is al
most one-third of the entire body. Is
it o little thing to place the control Of
the slffrages of 100000 of people in
the centers of our civilization, and Of
ninety five-now more than ninety-five
Congressional districts, in the hands
of a political machine engineered from
Washington, and in the interest of one
party, no matter which party? Wher-
ever the law has been applied the con
troll of the election, has been placed in
the hands Of the most abandoned
classes. To men Of lowest lives the
purity of elections has been intrusted.
The power has been corruptly used.
1t has been. used for none but partisan
purposes. ...-........ .,t.
The Deputy Marshal government
has moved into only one city in Ohio.
A recent, Congressional Investigation
has shown how corrupt and infamous,
as we'll as insolent, were its workings in
this city. The Republicans holding
Office, or eager for Office, will presently
move the obnoxious statute into Cleye-
land, and Toledo, and Columbus, and
Dayton, and soon Sandusky, and Ham
ilton, and Portsmouth, and GAINESVILLE,
and Akron, under this statute, will be
helpless in the hands Of the Washing
ton mill From. the worst classes in
these cities men will be selected by the
office-holders in control Of affairs at
Washington to- take charge of the bal
lot boxes and of the personal liberty of
the citizens. Deputy Marshals in each
of the cities where they have been ap'
pointed for election purposes have been
men fit for, or just FROM the work.
house or penitentiary. Even il Dep
uty Marshals we're all saints, would il
be safe to give the control of the cleo
ton of ninety-five members. OF Con-
gress, with the growing power Of cities,
to machinery selected by the machineat
Washington? G7Y<l lsa9a80 ial.se
j.. We have spoken OF one elementin the
plan of subjugating the free, thinking,
liberty loving men of the North. An
other is found in the following circular
The AMERICAN BANKsRs' AssocIATIoN,l
80 No. 247 BROADWAY RooM No.4, ~ to
.., NEW YORK, Aug. Q, 1879.
To the Banks and Bankers OF Ohio.pr NY = Yfs
As members Of the Executive Council Of the
American Bankers Association, we desire 10
state that special measures pih be taken to
fo,aodrd our interests in Ohio 1t is desirable
that all banks and bankers become members
OF the association for this year at least. Yours
truly, VIM j. DEsHLER,
President National Exchange Bank, Columbus,
Ohio A. H. Moss.
President First National Bank, sandusky Ohio
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