The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-09-11
A. DID RE2S
or HON. JOHN w, FENEIL. CHAIR
MAN ECDTIVE CUMNITrEE,
TO TIE PEOPLE of Tau.
DERRAIE COUNTY.

: MERIDIAN, August 18th, 1850.
FELLOW CITIZENS: -Four years age
, Il majority Of the citizens of the Unitcl
States declared through the medium
of free ballot that the time had come
when the Republican party ought not
longer to be trusted with the admins.
tration of the Federal government
and the people returned TO the Elcc-
toral College, body Of electors, a ma.
iority of whom voted for the Demo.
cratic candidates. This verdict of the
people Was based upon proof that the
Republican party had violated the
Federal compact-had corrupted the
government, had squandcred the pub
lie money, and that its principles and
practices tended to the establishment
of Il centralized dcspotsm, the destruc-
ton of the rights Of the States and
the consequent overthrow of AmCri-
can liberty.
The most partisan against that
party had not then dreamed that its
leaders were base enough to be guilty
Of the enormous crime which they
thereafter committed in order to re-
tain their hold of power, and honest
patriots of all parties stood aghast
when the Republican party, 10y threat
cned violence and accomplished fraud,
robbed the people Of their right to
choose their rulers, and usurpcd the
places of powcr tie free nronle had
nivcn to other of thoir ritiznne
The Constitution--th Urnnt charter
of American Iihnrtv--woS thua with
Iesslv trodJnn under fnot a donrrr-
ous TIow w,,S otrucly of an, uvotn,H nf
government and thn clcmrnt: Of fnycc
and f,0,,6 vera thrusf intn,fho nIncns
Of ,.jnbt and Inor ~
Th1r chiaf inctr,n,ont in tho hands
of tho onnanirntora ou,inat tho lifn Of
tho ooy,rnp,ontIoni withomt wboaa
oid fhnir nlot c,uIJ nnvar hovn onc-
candnJ ',,a. Tho rat;,in, prnaiIont -,
aoI,I;nr ,,,ho nira1,s, nyhij,itoI ~ oo,,.
ton,nt for tho ConSStituiinn and .,yhneo
idnoG of law, ,yorn ownIvnJ in tIo o,lm-
n,o,I, norrou,no.e nr a., onu,t nnsrti,l
Wh9n he rudn hand woe laid nnnn
his nno,I,, i,,7 i,t',nrd ti'o mo~nIo,s roi,ro.
onntati":ys , y yhmii e,hranii, hooF III toor frnn,
thnir dnt ,nh ,,'l,aT maTo u onnctinn +" farnn
i''T ,,,I'iaiI3 'ti' t'a To,,.;J ny,nn, nr f,rno
Was yelled in The snnctity of Form, !
Ti'o nn',In ~ thn IrnttnI a. i,tas, n,oJo /
distrustful of each other by Il sectional
animOsity seduoulsly kept alive and
corrupted by the possession Of II
great wealth, which they dared not
put to any risk, stoodssiently by and
submitted to the great wrong.
1t is most significant and porten- ,
tious circumstance that when the four
years If usurpation had brought these
leaders face to face with the people
whom they had robbed, a large ma
iority of the beneficiaries of this great
wrong were eager to place the man
whom they had used in its consum-
nation AGAIN in the Presidential office.
In the light of the character of this
man-in view of the history of his
former official career-cOnsidering the
reasons uDon which they based their
preferences for a third term, it cannot
be doubted that these people were
ready TO strike a finishing blow to free
institutions. TO give up our constitu-
tionol Government and erect on the
ruina Of fine RepubTic some form of
not resting upon the con-
sent of the governed, and under which
thew would cnoiy an indefinite lease
of nower And it is one of the most
gratifying sions of the times that
fhrsn Icaders3with all their power
and natronape. with all their influence
and encrry2Wcre not able to b. inc ,
their own nnrty into line with this ;
IIcetructive DoIicv. And il must be
couan nf prcot nladncss TO the hearts of
,lI notrinis to find in the action of the
C'hica"n Convention evidence that the
lovn ~ our Constitution and of free
by the people and for the
1nonin was so deeply fixed in the
roorts nf Americans that they were
,Iio W ~ rn.ist thn nlpadinps. the threat. ,
',in as and thp brihes of these leaders ,
,f q nowerfnl party. The defeat of I
1iront nt Chic,o6 will carry the Ameri l
,a,, i,''IS po,rnLIir snrrlv to it4 second Cen
."mninI ''' M :
MA DonuIJicon marty lost one of the :
,l,inf ,iIIora nf liz mower when il failed |
,,'In - oimi"ain the man who was The 8
of FORCE, but il clnng /;
',iti, ihn tcnaciIy of death To the re- (
" ',ni,,in,, ~ v mon and nominated its rep d
,n"nmtnfiIn li',, IF FrAuD. How utterly {
,a,', e,,',,, ,,,,,t ho a., GREAT polilicaI parly /
',i7 To-, ~ muIs fnrwnrds as its strongest Y
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