The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-09-17
CAMPAIGN NOTES.

THE South Carolina census enumera-
tors have badly bungled their forgery.
While their returns show an increass IN
population OF some forty-twO per cent.
they show IN actual decrease in the
amount of personal property and the
number of houses in the state. The IN
evitable conclusion from this is that the
figures for population were stuffed, while
nearly correct. Fraud generally betrays
itself In some gich way.
SOUTHERN Democratic newspapers
have brought out the rebel flag us an
establishment of the notices and reports
of Hancock and English meetings. This
ia in keeping with Wade Hampton's dec
laration that "the principles Of the
Democratic party are the same that Lee
md Jackson fought for" II il certainly
appropriate that the rebel Hag should
head the reports of the meetings of the
party the principles of which it repre-
SCENTS. But what does the major general
who fought under the stars and stripes
and who now holds a command under
them think of this association of his
name with the banner of the rebellion
GEN. HANCOCK, 30 far as heard from,
has not expressed his opinion Us to
whether he thinks there was "a full vote,
free ballot and fair count" in the recent
election in Alabama. As he declared in
his letter of acceptance that this principle
should govern the expressions OF the
will of the people regarding the choice
of their rulers, it would be interesting to
know what his opinion of his Alabama
followers is--whether he thinks that a
fair election and IN honest count consists
in returning Democratic majorit-
larger than the whole population in some
precincts.
WHEN the Democrats read the follow
ing letter from Gen. Grant to Senator
Logan, of Illinois, it will probably dawn
upon them that he is in earnest regard
ing the Importance of Republican VIC
tory in the present campaign:
MANIToU SPRINGS, Col, August II. 1890
My DEAR GEN. LOGAN: left this place two
weeks ago for an extended tour through San
| Luis park and the Gunnison country, and hence
have only just received your letter Of the 2Sth
Of July. will be going east the latter part of
September, and will gladly attend any meeting
| intended to further the SUCCESS Of the ticket
headed by Garfield and Arthur. ] agree with
you that it will not do to be beaten now. We
| should never be beaten until every man who
counts, or who represents those who count in
the enumeration, to give representation IN the
electoral college, can cast his vote just IA he
please and can have it counted it just as he cast
Yours truly, U. \. GRANT.
That should he the sentiment of every
Republican in every state. Gen. Grant
shows most complete appreciation of
the aspects of the present campaign and
most pithily indicates the duty of every
voter.
The Aiken, South Carolina, Journal
announcing that the Radicals have
called a state convention, and that they
are preparing for vigorous campaign,
calls upon the Democrats in this frantic
manner:
It then behooves the Democrats to go to
work at once and fOrestall the plans Of the
Radicals. The first thing to be done is to reOr-
| gdnize he Red Shirt MOu,ated clubs. LET eCe,g
meeting, Democratic or Radical, BE- fully at
te1nied by them.
1t is easy to determine, i'll the light of
past events, what this means; it means
the suppression by force of every thing
| like free speech 80 far as the Republi-
cans are concerned, and the breaking up
of every Republican meeting. In conso-
nance with this is the following extract
from letter in the Greenville Is. c.
News from b. +. Perry who was provis-
ional governor. of South Carolina under
Andy Johnson:
Every true Democrat and every honorable
man should rise up in the majesty Of his
strength and swear on the altar of his county
and ms God that this Republican success) shall
not be, let the consequences be what they may.
The poor, miserable. unprinciplcd white man
who fries to restore the radical party to power
in South Carolina should be socially ostracised.
and not even spoken to on the streets. lie
should be treated as an enemy to his race.
And yet the national Democratic plat
form, adopted at Cincinnati, says: "The
right to free ballot is right preserva-
tive of MI right, and must and shall be
maintained in every part of the United
States!" So much for Democratic
preaching and practice!