The daily gazette., 1880-04-07
WEDNESDAY. APRIL =. 1850.
ABsuRnrTIEs OF A CHRONIC GRuM

ABsuRDITIEs OF A CHRONIC GRuM
BLER.-It Is really laughable to read
the dished up political hash of the
Rep1bliean. There is about as much
logic in Its political diatribes as there
is in harangue of the average plan
tation field hand. 1t will be seen from
the following that it claims thousant
majority for the negro party in Viii
E mington. when in fact that party ha,
been beaten with full vote when il
had the Levy Court; the City Coun
Gil, all the police and a majority Of
the election officers of the city, and
was beaten at the last election by over
l6eo,on light vote. 1t says:
"We were going to say that the
Gazette knew very well that on full
assessment and a fair vote without
fraud, this city is Republican by one
thousand majority, but we forbear for
when it says that, I'VE never knew
an illegal vote to be given" we may
l well conclude that it never knew any
thing. That paper had the record Of
the conviction of number of persons
by the court for repeating published
In its own columns, but yet its editor
never knew an illegal vote to be given.
1t seems however that he is not so
ignorant after all of tricks that are
vain and ways that are dark, for in a
succeeding paragraph he says: ave
were cheated out of the majority of
the Council for a number of years
after the close of the war by the use
Of counterfeit tax receipts"
Now, there is little use in discussing
any question with man so prone to
pervert the truth. Ifthe political com
panions of this editor have a majority
In this city Of one thousand, it only
proves that its party committed 80
much wrong when it controlled the city
and the county both that the people
voted them out Of power, and that
since they voted the Democracy in
they prefer to let them stay in because
Of good government rather than pay
their taxes and vote them out Here
Is what the RopubIicdn says of the
assessors and the assessment law:
"The Assessors have always given mo-
slice where they can be found al certain
"hOurs by any one who may have reason
"to think that their names are not upon
'lhr books, besides this they 20 through
"tbe Wards hunting those who lhey
''think have not been assessed.-Deid
tcdre Republican.
"ln addition to this the collectors have
"had standing advertisements in the
'papers giving notice whrre tiey cou d
"0e found by any person wishing to pay
"tEeir taxes With these facilities offer
''ed there really is no good reason why
"anybody should Ue disfranchi ed, but,
"if voters never look after their assess
"ments and never think of hunsing up
"the collector to pay their taxes, such
"persoDs are always sure to find hem
'selves disfi anchsed when the time for
''the election comes around."-Dela
pdre Republican.
"The collectors are now in their o.
"hces on Sixth street, between Market
"and King, receiving the taxes OF all
"who come and otier To pay."-Del
todre hepu6licdn.
"PeopIe who pay their taxes ALWAYS
shave votes and their names rarely ever
cleft of the assessments. After all hat
"has been said there is no real excuse
'for voters being DISTINGUISHED. .''-Dela-
tDdrs Republican.
I'VE still say to them that while they
"aliOw themselves TO become disfran-
"chised through their own Indifference
land neglect to have themselves assessed
sand to pay their taxes tn fault is prin.
"cipaily theirs. ."-Dela,oare Republican,
That ought to be sufficient to con-
vict itself Of the utter absurdity of
its complaints on that score.
We're the editor of the GAZETTE
summoned to testify in court as to
illegal voting, he would be compelled
to say he never knew that one such
vote had been polled, while he at the
same time might be fully pursuaded
that many hundreds of votes had been
polled by Republicans by the use of
their counterfeit receipts, otherwise
why did the Republican, partisan
friends have counterfeit county re-
ceipt stamp eng aved and counterfeit
receipts print d with the collectors 8
name forged to them? We do not
doubt that Republicans as well az
Democrats voted illegally at the late
city election, because men have been
convicted for doing 50 but we did
not know they intended to vote, nor
have we SO far as we know ever seen
either Of the men who were convicted
for such vo g.
We just say TO the Republican once
for all that it and its party has chosen
to place its destiny and the destiny of
those who rely upon its advice in the
keeping of poor, debased and ignorant
negroes, and SO long as it does SO it
may be expected to be beaten.
1t insists that poor American white
men who works in the mechanic shop
or in the field to meet in close rooms
at night with negroes and join hand in
hand in any course that can be devised
TO reduce the white man to the level of
the negro, and help the latter TO an
equality in the workshop and in the
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