The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-08-05

a to F admit and recognize the overee
v vhplminU importanee of the three great.
f;nonc;al nronositioils shichthe platform
Idoes declare. and admit that these three
nruposnions deserve 10 shei made the
nrime and immediate objects of effort
is IL not therefore, the part ofawisdom
to flrop or suostpone the less iexigent.
|auestinns on whichwe differ; and win q
decisive victory on The great Instant IS 5
sues ON which we agree? goiioiYaaa
b. Is FREE ELFcff,oss s9uForq -
The ofostjrn df rec elections has as.
Ia ~ : 49,, ,sr3r,,o,,ee stshafore given
i sa,,ho,cbs,bs sfstt,tes ont 81 which it
as;sas ~ ,ss,, Js,ng ii {orce and the
NJ ,a :, hsva hereinf9,rc sreneatpdIv
Attended ~ ) fhem / NAV as
lweNafj, sss;,s g. q tIIIe reason the De-
mocracv forced the issue. now. though
onlv siy members az Congress are 10 be
chosen this YEAR The people were swim
ldled ont az their choice for President in
1875 ao That fraud was accomplished by
| the audacious and revolutionary threat
Of the leaders OF the Republican party.
that .vhen the e,eciion returns came to
he counted. the Senate and House of
Representatives sbonld not count them
A contemplated by the Constitution, and
as nrac,iced from the foundation of our
Goverpment bnt that Mr. Ferry, who
hannened II no President. 9pro tempore
Of ,be Senate sbouId himself exercise
tho nower Of aeterm;n;no all questions
arisino in tbe count l7T6is threat. back.
Cd mn bv President Grant with a show
Of hrinoino troons to washington and
sendine iron.clads TO New York. was
snccessfnl IN accomplishinp fthe swindle
lby the indirect method Of the Eight to
Seven Commission IT needed no Gift
! ofunrobllecy 10 tell that a party which
was ready ID disregard the Constitution
and sllV nrecedents in aseertainino the
resnlt Of q presidential election IN I 1876.
two,,ld resort to any measure. however
nninst 4nr y;oiant 10 win ailsecond VIC 10
torv in 1880 8 The Army had been used
tn tor,ro,r;zo ,otoro az ,be Snn,h and IN
nsosI .o,,aS sd;smarssi loo;sl.tnres WIN
4 wonla n hot he snsed aoa;n If The law
nerm;ttino ,his nae remained ON the stat.
lie b0oks2 Snnery;sors and marshals
had heen snnointef, nv the thousands at
each con orass;orsl 'e,ect;on a the hroe
cities made mn chiefly OF bummers, and
lnaia ont 'of the nubIic Treasury Ave dol.
tiars / day manp ofr,hen,. Ton iS1avs, at a
Istretcb 70 force the election of3Repub.
llican members of Con oress' "a Sai6stfi the
will Of the neople Hundretisa Of men
iuthe South had beeu ! indicted TOR al.
lleoed interference. with ,superyisors and
msrshals and were bcino tried under a
1 law for emnanellino turies which hacked
tbsm with p,,,issns nre determired ID
lconyie,-matino the iury trial Al odious
and shameful mockery Of Justice. WAS
lit rioht to leave this party. with the Law.
lful authority TO spend millions Of the
lneonle,s money IN hiring bullies to
threaten. arrest snd imprison State cleo
tors and State Judges and clerks of cleo.
tion ?. We determined to make the is.
sue ON these laws now. in the year pre-
Icedino the great contest. in which we
feared tbey would be EMPLOYED to thwart
1.-The will OF The people. Y's Era
4 The result of the struggle. so far, is
the total reneal of lhe .odious system of
hacking iuries: the prohibition of the
navmeet Of money TO send or maintain
rooms at Inc lpolls: and ,he within olding
of annronriations for fees OF marshals
nnt,il lconoress can ace what the fees are
to he paid for. We have appealed from
ltbe President 10 the People. You have
to decide the controversy. Ii YOU want
to pay hundreds Of thousands of dollars
each congressional election to have bay
lonets around the polls ana marshals and
spies to ipspect and control State elec,
lion officers. vote the Republican ticket,
jfor the Democracy will never spend q
dollar for that service. = ''s
You all know fellow citizens, that we
have in the United States form Of Gov
ernment, b;,hartn nnknovu among men.
It is nartly the result Of the fact that the
thirteen colonies were each separate or.
oan;1afions Of Governmept under dis.
1t;nct charters and tbat thew coufedera-
tied as States and declared their indepen.
deuce., calling themselves the United
States Of America. Several years after
ttbeir indenendence was achieved a Con.
st;tu,ion was adon,ed which created q
central cnvernmep, With certain mowers
th.ra;n ~, for,h 'uh,ch Constitution nro-
[ u;Sas o. % so,,oms ~ "
The mowers not delegated 10 the Uni
I'D Stotos hy ,ho consti,ution. nor nro.
h;h,,ad H., !, - ~ c,o,ao arc rnservod
alorseu . s ~ ~ 70 ..,.",. sue n,a =, ~ ,hs nso
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p'ert rho.o ,,.o,n,a ,overo ORC tho orea,
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