Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-07-30
The Sectional Issue.

nh, o,eo,,, L,- tho usual
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large majority
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1He ses'-'"si 1-~--'
Democratic sneakers tell us that the great
,;C,,o,,oo ho,,roon ,ho two ror,ies is that
VIM.
lhe l'epuphcah party Is scN''oi'''i' Wiz, ''''
Democratic party is truly National Nhcrc
,ho Democratic Marty ia solid, if this bc
- -, -, ,o frd tho, ,,,c ..,,.-
''"e' We s"'''"
tlonal line Is ooiitera'eu- ~ WIKI '''' a. =
is obhteratea may pe ''ai"eu ''''" '"'
lowing bit oil Son'hcr' 'cs''n''ns' $50 ~ "
letter 10 inc new i'FN ''.', "'''N - '''''
oei'ii'i oo''' 49,
"A Southcrner- Inc WI'''t Is " .''''' WIZ
is able to say Il served unn'f JA' hS'f a'''
Ioncs,rctl from the firing of HE FIRST e,in a.
a., g., ,;r,, .,,.,,. If the can,uc.rl hantrr,
Int io'uli's away "a
and Tor i1iir years WIS 'I''' az '''''
cause of the Cunfo,icracy.' We quo;e 'roii
his latter.
r.,,,J ,,, roy. 8, Drnorrat
Ian, ;n,,.,,I ~ vote ror Cen Garfield This fail
I ON however nom. IN, lfss : southern
mon naive and +, tne man OF hem.
No.. o,J h,r.. L-,, since The surrender ai
,nnon,tny a strnn.r ,dmirer of Gen. Grant
ar5 voted fnr him once for tie Presidency
Usd he hren nnn,inaIe,l nj Chicago. would
~. aSs;s,.1 in The f..rna,jon OF a body of
sunnorters composcI entirely and exclusively
Of ~ Contnlarates WHO surrendered TO him
a, Annom,ttnx AMI VIII, have not, nor will
,hov ,t ayer far@,.i 10 remember in Kindness
bis treatmr,t of them a; that critical hour,
II, ~, n,n.,i,, ncedrJ . sirorr and firm
friend as we'll as his subscIicu, protection
IS ..,,r l.. ,,lcr.
VI
''Now, however, SAYS Inc wli'tr, h''e
made IN my mind to 90 to Garfield" and hc
,,rooooJs IN ,;v, thesp reasons fer his deter
miha'ioh
At our last county court, IN rasiiy M III,
nomination OF Hancock ana EhShsh' uhe III
the speakers, man VINO never s"ieii'.i su,,-
powder during tie awiul iour N'd:9' YAH,
ed upon those who wore Tue hiarh liulle anu
rode with 'Jeh Stuart, ai;d lh.se VII"
walked the valley" with stone wall JACK
son." and the men who served WIN Mars
Robert Lee, TO come out hu"'ah iol iin"-
cock, make the welkin ring, aid WIN inc
old rebel yell, he c"iilihiiiu' lei US man
it so hot along lie Whole iihe 'Ha' u WIN W
heinous crime. an outrage, Tor a Whi,e man /,
in this county to own allegiance to CARRIED
and Arthur" The speeches OF me other
speakers-Col. Berkeley, Mr. iihi'pard ara
Col. Samuel Coleman-werc abohs IL 'he
same strain.
There are, 10 my CERTAIN personal hh""i-
edge, in this State, white men 10y 'he Scu'c'
live myself eX-ContedertleS' eN-siave o"n
crs, lifelong peihoGra's' ,'hN'":.9 ~
Gus anu TeaiiN Mli'ins W.. !, !, ,,,.,
,hor do not do SO. You ask. Ii is the same
old story 1t is more toierahle for a man to
come out unllarhed rom ui'.'' IA VI s',,,
ana sheii, suCii as We go @.'' a., !, :
ruii :, s,,r,.;vo the -. til;c,ions" that heset
linn in certain portions of this State when he
allies himself with the ''niggcr radical party
(caustic Southern title for the Repunhcahs
party). Ostracism, SANDER, abuSe' loss Oh
business degradation in society, sc"rn IN Inc
church, back-biting al the banks, schemes 10
injure and destroy, not only his haihe anu
property, hut that of his wife and cilld9eh.
None are spared. lhc UNDERSTANDING seciiis
to be that the house oil t'on, inc court
house. the School-room, The Jnry-DoN, lne
| parlor, and the press must all unite anu JOIN
hands to crush outany white man oil charac-
ter and aiilucnce that untes himself WIN INC
Republican party This state OF Things eH,
lists here to-day, and ii Will continue uh'ii
the solid Solih's backbone Is broken ah',
broken, the Republican principles would
prevail, because The votes are here, and The
| Democratic party is aware OF tins hehot
their figh; for supremacy, through! stuffed
ballot boxes, the Tissue issiic, "s;ricisii''
murder or what not.
So much for the sectional issue in Virginia.
=, .,,,o of ,be reo,ous furtb, |
iio" B" 10
South, may oe iearhH" HOE" 'Ne
CASE OF CUSTOMS INSPECTOR EisSEIL al
TEXAS,
o;ro,, in the f,,lovinp sworn statement
-. ,ro,,as I,Iv 10 1854
"N''
The Hon. j IL. bGriiS' AS>is'aH' ni.''
States District ATTORNEY IA M
been rcieirea 20 you ny eN-ooN. L. l.. -
the collector q! customs, Woulu reSl''c,i"'
ly communicate lor your "ih , ~ "a,
tlnn the following lacts, winch l S'aie Ill 'i1'
own way: am, anu nave neeh i"l ..r
past Two years, III The employ OF 'ie Govern
ment As 4 mounted Inspector OF customs on
the coast III Texas, from aiaseo 10 inc 9'I
Bernard rlver. ON The Sth Oh May laS', ny
request, addressed l'epupne'h i'ie'' i..i,
in the town OF Brazoria- mace no aSS'ui'
upon the Democratic party or us eaderS'
and said only what as man l iiau an un
doubted right To say was porn anu i'isc'
in Berks county, pennsylvania, served uui
ing the rebellion on Inc liacshlp beh'o"' 81
| the Mississippi squadron, anu am, ltiiihh' "i'
enough ami Intelligent enough 10 understand
the ordinary nights OF an American cliiNh
gave the colored people some good ADVICE
as how TO improve their condition generally
advised them that though having Il major
ily of 5000 or 10000 IN the county, th'N
should defer as much asposslbie TO he cli!iih
of intelligent white ihen who were known ID
be good Republicans, and not 10 be m!slc'
into the election OF Democrats VINO were pro
fessed Republicans only for Office. com
planned That while ample PROVISIONS WcF'
made for the education OF the white childrei
only partial provision was made Tor the col
0red, and that the assessment Tor taxes Wa!
two OF three times as much on The nroprrtl
of coiored people as on the same KIND oi pro
perty belonging to white people anu inr
ther that while colored persons confined Il
Jail awaiting trial were hired gu, for tn
benefit of the county treasury, while men II
the same fix were not intcrfcred with
advised the colored people 10 strive to Gle
waite and improve their condition.
said nothing but what would pu5l!cl.
repeat any here. took pains 10 inprcs
upon the 'cnlorcd voters to he certain not =
receive their tickets from any one but lEo~
known to them 10 be Republicans.
The next day on my way home was me-
in Brazoria by DIR. AsclIom and IA crowd @
eight or ten other Democrats, who had bcci
waiting for Inc, as ! was informed, To cal
me 10 account for my speech Of the day hr
fore DIR. Aschom was spokesman, AN
told me if did not wish To follow Sanlt
tm,aning the Republican county c.erl; IL
Gently assassina' cd in his Office ON account g
his politics. had better stay at home, am
that il attempted to come 10 Brazoria a,a
| would '.bc put out of the way ! said
saw no cause of complaint as | had given n
offence. lie replied We don't propos