The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-28
Alabama Frauds.


organ of this city, will, tomorrow,
| publish letter to the editor from
Alabama. containing an extract fropl
I letter written to J. III. Randall, OF
that State, by friend in another
county, concerning intimidation and
violence. The writer, after referring
TO the report that Randall had beer
killed at Shubuda, and describing the
rejoicings of the Democrats over the
rumor, adds II was attacked,
| abused and threatened at the polls,
which were controlled by about one
hundred bulldozers, for expressing an
opinion against their conduct. On
Thursday night. after the election,
they assembled near my house, threw
tire-brands into the yard, and threat
ened me with violence, and told me
that should and must leave, nearly
frightening my family to death by
keeping up frightful yelling until
past midnight. They intimi,lated
freedmen, counted us out and counted
themselves in. [ presume many
other counties are like this. We beat
them by five hundred majority, but
they counted us out by two hundred
majority, making change of seven
hundred votes. We need and must
have United States marshals here to
secure fair election in November
next, l am now in danger of mob
violence any night, but shall stand
my ground until killed. You could
not come here again; they would
murder you"
Mr.. Randall, after assuring the edi-
tor of The Vieao of the perfect relia-
bility of the writer of the above
letter, says that nothing that can
should be left undone to squelch the
Democratic Hancock and English
aristocracy vote of the solid South,
concluding as follows: Unjust we be
ruled over by a President such as it
selects, and have all the departments
of the governments presided over by
its bulldozing leeches, May the cup
of bitterness be passed from us but
if it be necessary to open the eyes of
the intelligent people of this country
and bring them to their senses, so
they will rise and wipe out the
remnant Of federal and effete aris-
tocracy going mad, let it come"
Mr.. Randall is a vigorous worker
in the Greenback cause, but is honest
enough to present matters in their
true light in his voluntary statements
of the State of affairs in the South.
HOW THE STATE WAS CARRIED.
The address just issued by the Re.
publican State committee of Ala
bama furnishes details of the means
by which the Democrats have piled
up a majority of $4,000 in State
where they are in minority, if a
free, fair ballot were allowed. 1t
states that when the Democrats
came into power in 1874 the election
laws in force, which furnished proper
safeguards, were just and equitable,
with respect to the rights of all. The
ballots were required to be number
ed to correspond with the number OPP
posite to the name of the voter on
the poll list. 1t was fair law. with
provisions to correct all errors by
board of supervisors. The Democrats
were dissatisfied. though they carried
the State by meagre majority, to
attain which reign of terror had
been instituted. In Sumter county
Billings was assassinated. The mail
train on the Alabama and Chatanoo-
ga railroad was stopped by band of
armed men in open day and Mail
Agent Ivy was murdered for having
declared that Billings murderers
should be brought to justice. At
Spring Hill, Barbour county, the
ballots were destroyed and in an at
tempt to shoot the Republican su.
pervisor, Judge Keels. his little son
was murdered. The murderers have
never been punis he'd, but, on the
contrary, rewarded with offices in
the county made Democratic by this
reign of terror. Armed bands of
men rode through the streets of Mo-
bile, numbering inoffensive colored
men, while military guards in the
rebel gray were stationed at every
polling place. Notwithstanding this
terrorism, the white and black Res
publicans had pollsd a vote of 81, 900,
and to prevent repetition the elec>
ton laws were reformed. The new
law abolished all the safeguards for
merly provided, but created oppor-
tunities for fraud by allowing the
ballots to remain in the hands of one
inspector for sixty days, who was
then to destroy them unless a con-
test was commenced. The bare re-