Daily Republican., 1880-08-14
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
PRESIDENT,
JAMES A. GARFIELD,
(of Ohio.)
v1cE-pREsIDENT,
CHESTER A. ARTHUR,
(of New York;
FOB SHERIFF,
PHILIP R. CLARK.
FOR CORONER.
RAYWORTH wELDIN.
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
SocliOmnAkBm.

SecliOnnlism.
The principal objection urged agains
the Republican party is Its seotionalism
and we hear Democrats generally and
here and there some Republican fossils
like John W. Forney, advocate the cleo
zion Of Hancock, because it will put an
end to sectionalism. These very re-
spectacle people do not know what they
are talking about. They grow garrulous
by age, and are charging the Republi-
can party with something which only
exists in the Democratic party. Where
is the sectional spirit Of the Republican
partyf 1t proclsims to the world the
equality of man North and South be-
fore the law. ID this not right 1t says
chat whatever rights the white man Of
she North POT sesses, the black man Of
the South shall have. Let these un.
principled carpers find il they can one
section of Republican legislation which
breathes Of sectionalism. While these
Seated wind.bags are Directing to the
Republicans on account OF their SEQ
tiona,ism, they almost in the same
breath begin to reckon up Hancock's
chances of election by counting for him
FIRST of all the 1873 electoral votes Of the
solid South. Is there any sectionalism
in this ? Why count solid South foi
Hancock There are at tie least cal
eulation eight.States Of the South that
would any day cast their electoral
votesl for the Republican candidates
If q fair and honest election which
Hancock recommends, but which
Is farther from the wish, was held. II
it was not for the intense sectionalism
u the Southern Democrats the South
would be divided between the candi-
dates IS well as the North has been in
the past, but will not be in the future.
Hectionalism will cease just as soon as
the same rights are accorded to every
man in the South tina tare accorded in
the North, and not until then. The
intense sectionalism of the South has
driven the North to protect herself and
the only way to do that is to make the
North as solid for the Republican party
by the honest sentiment of the people
rs the South has been made solid for
the Democrats by fraud, intimidations
and murder. Look at Alabama, "a State
that upon q full vote and fair election
would give any day 5000 Republican
majority made by violence and fraud to
give $1,000 Democratic majority. Look
at Mississippi, State that if left to
itself and fair election, would give
10000 Republican majority, made 20
solid for the Democrats by the most
atrocious murders and intimidations
that q Republican dare not attempt
TO vote without the fear of
losing his life. Look at Louis
lana, made solid for the Democrats
by tie most atrocious mur}ers Look
at South Carolina, represented in the
Senate by men whose skirts are be.
smeared with the blood Of innocent men
and womer-a State that in a fair cleo
tions has given $4,000 Republican ma
jority, but now made solid for The Demo-
Gratis, and at the same time made dan.
gerous for black man to attempt to
vote. The same state of affairs exists in |
Georgia, Florida and Arkansas. Let
the Democrats Of the South call off the
bull dogs of persecution and terrorism,
and allow the people to vote their SEN
timents without fear the same as is
done in the North and then sectional
ism will soon cease. If the Democratic |
party practices what their candidate
breaches in theory, the contesNwill be
decided as it should be, and no matter
who is elected there will be a hearty
acquiescence in the result. But the
people are not quite prepared to sub
init to an election such as wss held in
Alabama few days ago. Let these
insane croakers who have SO much to
say against the sectionalism of the
South remove the causes instead OF
finding fault. That will be the hes
and most permanent way TO put an end
TO the troubles.
HARRY SnARPLEY, Harry Mclntire,
Harry Turner and Harry Pennington are
the real leadera ofth, Damocracv at the