The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-08-12

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sounded, in no uncertain manner
The reasons why this glorious event
should transpire are manifold and
all powerful.
That they like sleeping our hearts,
lever and anon to rise and plunge,
their bitter fangs into our flesh, and
Icause our blood to run cold in our
veins, cannot be be gainsaid. ai'
| IT would be well could We forget
those bitter days. :"
| The Southern States, for years,
h ave borne the outrageous tyranlty
of, successive Radical sdministra-
tions, and have witnessed events
that are shocking to civilization. aa
The organic Law OF the country
constitution Of the union, has been
trampled into the unhallowed dust
beneath the despotic hell Of arbitra-
ry power. s-e., ;.
In times OF peace, the great writ
of Aabeas corpus has been suspend
ed. We have heard the trOups of
the military under Grants orders
entering the Legislature, With gilt
tering bayonets, and drawn sabres'
and ejecting from their seats the
lawfully and constitutionally cleo
ed servants Of Louisiana, and put
ting in their places the sleuth
hounds Of corruption
The soul inspiring spectacle has
| greeted us, of American citizens,
representatives Of the wealth and
the intelligence Of our own com
monwealth, ordered, in face Of fixed
bayonets, to stand aside, in order
that servile brutes might do their
masters bidding at the polls. D..
Innocent citizens, who to-day
walk our streets, have been uncere-
mon,ously, and without authority OF
llaw, thrust into dungeons prepared
for common felons.
American citizens have been muir
dered by foreign power. and no arm
raised in the defence Of their blood.
| The national flag has on the high
sess been saluted with insnlt, and
no reparation demanded. 2
The orders of military power
have been thrust into the mouth OF
civil authority, and she has lain
PROSTATE and gagged! g, ...
4 Corruption in it's hideous mien
has stalked in broad daylight in
places OF high trust and RESPONSE
bility, and we have seen Republi-
can Secretary of War speculating
lin the tombstones Of his dead com
panions in arms! A ruinous finan-
cial policy, we'll nigh bankrupted
the nation, and a shrinking in all
values followed, and . corresponding
depression in agricultural. mechan'
Iical and commercial circles ensued.
| And during all these years, With the
exception of the last few, our
States in the hands of corrnpt vii.
Il lians. intent upon despoliation and
plurder, one section Of our com
mon land, in power and in wealth.
the other in humiliation and power.
ty; the one presenting the laurel Of
peace only to be soluted with the
Il fire.brand of sectional hate.
Snich 10 . partial record OF ths
] great party OF "morai ideas, now
| by fraud, and the grace Of ans to
tribunal. in power. The party borr
lin the manger of fanaticism, rocked
| in the bloody cradle Of hate and
dying to-day in it's own cesspool o.
corruption. g ',
The great party Of freedom and
equal rights before the law, which
dare not extend the hand of pacifi-
cation to the Sonth, for fear thu
friendly grasp will paralyze its al
ready dying carcass.
| Not content with defrauding the
people Of the fruits Of their victory
lin 1876, when that great and pure
man, Ex-Gov. Tilden, was elected
| to the Presidency, they now have
the effrontery to present for the
suffrage Of an honest people. q man
covered from head to foot with Off
cial corruption in his high Office OF
congressman, Garfield, q most in
tense, bitter hater the south, upon
whose character is fastened forever
the damning word "perursr," and
"bribe-taker." Declared and SO pro
nounced by committee Of his owr
republican brethren under oath.
Verify, sir, "whome the gods
love they first destroy"
A man, whose friends are endeav'
oring to defame the Democratic can
didate for completely in the murder
of Mrs. Surratt, while he himself
was one of the committee who pass
ed sentence Of death upon the un-
fortunate woman! .., ure "-t.
4 A man who is crying out honesty
while he himself was on the Elector'
al Committee that swore Tilden out
of his rightful office! 49,.
1. A man who is. preaching up thu
virtue OF republican integrity and
economy, while he himself was the
foremost leader in the DeGollyer
Steal, which cost the country about
million of dollars.
! Such is the record, and such the
condition and issues presented to-
day by the Republican party.
l go THE DEMOCRACY. -
| The old line whig, aud all othel
former enemies, have perished, but
Simon pure Democracy is not des;
tined to die. 1t has stood thu
storms of q great and gigantic civi
war, and to day it raises its heae
in utter defiance, stronger than evel
in the hearts Of the people. 1t ii
: the same great party to-day tina
was once loved and honored b.
jefferson and jackson, Madison
!, Calhoun and Clay. go
:. No .xouder that the south view.
! with intense satisfaction the desc
! corpse sof political discord. NJ
wonder that she halls the prcsen
I ioutlook astAe dawn ofa most glori
iOus era. aa5'is aoi''7< t@S''
81 For many long yesrs she ha
II buried her face in sack clock AMI
). ashes; for many long years she na
III stood the storms OF hate, wMcl
! like . whirlwind swept desolatiol
over her once fertile valley; manly
4 long years ago she laid down y
: tombe Of blood the flower and prid
! Of her borders; furled he smoke
I | becrimed and tattered Gag. mufiie'
lher martial drum, stacked he
broken arms, and sought with wo
I. unuttersble her own dcsolate heart
.tonao Gle looked for poace,, 1bu