Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-03
A Era o. crias.

Osss sudscious, cool, unblushinG and sys
~ostic 10 the practice Of the ouiIareo
methods which Of late ysars have bee,
necessary 70 maintain them in possession
o. the power which would long since hav,
departed non them bad honesty eentrollcs
their conduct in the eonlicts with tn
other great party In the nation. Tb,
student Of history 10 cognirsnt Of the fac,
that bribery has been for over two cen
turies seemingly inscI,erable part of every
election In Great Britain. 1t 10 known
that In that country votes are bought aud
sold, and that parliamentary records nre
full OF the history Of the bribery aud cor.
ruPtion developed in the investigation Of
contested elections, but 40 great hns been
our confidence in the pnri,y Of onr own
installations that We have ignosed the fact
that we have grown ~ bad, II not vorso
than our British cousins.
The practices Of the plug uglies, shoulder
bittSrs, ward hummer and other rouahs
who did the behestA Of more refined men
IN few cities before the war, And of
Tweed ct Vi omne senss since, We hsv. be.
heved to be lamentsble exceptions, not the
custom OF the country. But slowly and
surely In the lat decade the copviction
has forced itself upon oil those who can
Judge dispassionately that the party which
In power has born aud IL guilty of the
viisst practices, the most shameless cor
ruPtiou, the most tyrannicsl intimidation
and the grossest pervsrson of public fund,
10 retain their power and to give to their
retention The semblance Of being the will
Of the people.
We venture to assert that no election in
THIS or any nation has been attended with
20 much wrong doing rs this. We stand
amazed In the contemplation Of the de.
velopmcpts that are being ms,I. Fan
seious that the people would not again
submit to the contemplate jugglcry by
which their will was defeated four wear,
ago II was determined that the Republican
party at this election must succeed a, the
osiiot'box, no matter how nefarious in.
vosagation might disclose to have been
The means BY which that succe.s Na.
brought about. 1t must appear from m. !
ir't count that Garfield i, elected. even if "
hereafter IL should be discovered thu,
'ahot-ooxes were stuffed, rcpeaters were
sea- voten shipped to close States to cas-,
fraudulent ballots, votes bought. Official.
'rioed, men jailed 80 that they could no, Ii
'ote, and timid electors terrified by bins.
ering deputy marsbals. n
This having been determined. RICH, =
'faveiy goes on the work Mr.. Jewell
'ems 10 hnd lying, bribery, all forms of ,,
eruption, and murder If needed, to be a :
'bor Of love with him, for we find thu, ~
nder his management OF affairs all thee.
''ngs are done with the most perfect non. :,
ns'ance, with reckless bravsdo that
ems to be backed by the certainty tina, ="
10 standardization, the army, navy And CT
easury Will sustain him aud all hi. crc,. -
'rcs may do. ar
Ii ever the secret history Of the campaign nj
1850 be written It will present a record IN
"'ckedness on the part Of the Republican vt
'rty that has no parallel in the history Of -,
puiar contests, for when the open Aud 20,
concealed actions Of Republican man. Ii.
ere is 90 full Of crime, how dreadful mus, or,
those things which they would conce,l of
e stand aghast in the contemplation Of of
corruption Of this great division Of IN.
oPle which for twenty years has con. \
'iied and directed the policy Of thi. ~"
Mt nation.
Inc worst feature about all this wicked. -
y 10 the utter shameles.pess of ,bos.
10 are proAtiug by all these crime, a"o
ey boast Of their successful " rong doing 80,
ey tannt their opponents with the fac, ~ ~
Il they can nse pnblic funds without III. s,h
Of punishment Indeed. 40 ..cu,- do enc,
y seem to feel that We are only spr. goo
'ed that they find it necessary to conceal srr S
OF their nefarisus schemes. niue
he fact that these things are done tia, men
voice Of the people is .,ified by crime. bv Y.,
burning shame and blackens the fair bird
@ OF the republic. With the facts known that
Dad the United States should becom. . ~
"oru ana synonym with all that 10 Mad
; mean and oontemptible. Republican. R.rrf
should be declared failure. we we
mother result 10 that the moral sense of
people is dnlled. That fine sense Of III
OF and morality which should be part time
ne character Of every citizen of tbi. sn UI
country Is almost lost when men good sens.
he beginning see ycar aft.r war IT,, befol
pernetr.,. IT,. vcst<
'psd Of Justice and honored with POSI-.
OF power profit and trust Firmly BY
anted within the human 49,. " W.