Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-10-21

highest intelligence, whose character en-
,,,les his affirmation TO great weight and
confidence wherever he is known. He
WAS the editor OF q religious paper for
MANY years IN his native State, and has
the title o. LII. D. regularly conferred
pnon him. | submit that this letter has
spublic interest, and by vote of the
Garfield and Arthur Club OF Monroe,
am requested to cause Its publication.
A. G. DODGE,
Chairman Green County Republican Com.
ORANGEBuRe, S. g., Sept 49, 1880.
4. G. Dodge, Esq, Monroe, Wis:
My DEAR SIR: Your favor of the 10th
inst, came duly to hand. | am glad to
hear from you again. hope your fiona
political hopes in the coming election
may be realized. We, of the South, con.
TESS ourselves anxious on this question,
but to all human appearance, we are per-
icctly helpless. The Republicans of this
State, fear, can do nothing. We have
already, without the least question, over
30 900 Republican majority In this State.
On free ballot aud fair count, we could
to-day give large Republican majority,
and it seems strange, when this is an un-
disputed fact, that We must, nevertheless,
be counted in with the Solid South, and
we'll the people at the North may wonder
it is so. But | wish they might witness
how it is done.
1t is asserted that the colored people
have gone over TO the Democratic party,
and that, as Hampton affirmed, As 900
voted for him. But greater untTuth was
never uttered. 1t is perfectly astonishing
how the colored people cling to the Re-
publican party, and that, too, IN the face
of the strongest opposition from the
white people, who own the soil to great
extent and control the CAPITAL. They
often submit TO be driven from house and
home rather than vote the Democratic
ticket. The Democratic party can get only
a very few, comparatively worthless col.
ored men, to train in their ranks: those
who are inclined TO be idle and intemper.
ate. You may well ask then how they
control the Stateg | will send you in this
a specimen of the ballots by which, in
this section, they counted out large Re.
publican ms ority given by this county
We have here from 500 to 3 900 Republic.
can majority. At the last election they
overcsme this, and secured some 500
majority for the Democratic party. The
tissue ballots which | send you were voted
and counted; they are from a ballot TX
after the returns had all been duly made
The Democrats here, without blusning,
freely boast OF how they did il. Merchant
claiming to be respectable instructed
their clerks how TO do up ana conceal the
tissues IN their regular hsllot. Ministers
claimed TO think 1t WAS all right,
IS il was done tor good purpose.
Two Democrats in this county boosted
III
twice, casting so at each bal
lot, and the other, 80 a. one ballot, At
the polling place where | reside there
were found over three hundred more bal.
lots in the box than names on the list.
The number of ballots was reduced by
extracting the excess IN Republican bal.
lots ana counting the Democratic. This
could easily be done when one WAS blind
folded by the sense OF feeling. They re-
fused to allow respectable Republicans 10
witness the count. If anyone they claim,
ed to be Republican, was allowed TO be
among the managers, 1t was some one too
stupid to understand how the thing was
done, or else plant tool that could be
used to their own liking. In an election
held in this county for Judge of Pro-
bate, it is now known and conceded even
by Democrats, that the man run for the
office by the Republicans had two votes
on the count 10 one OF MS opponent; still
they cOun ed in the Democratic candi-
date. There is no difficulty here III get.
ting tools 20 do this dirty and illegal work
for that party. The idea seems quite
prevalent here that the end iustities the
means. They seem to think that the
negro has no right 10 vote anyway, and
Tor that reason there is no harm TO neu
tralize his vote. II is done, they say, TO
keep bad men out of otficel
Senator Hampton never uttered more
truth in the same number OF words than
wheL be declared the principles of Lee
and Jackson to be the ones for which
they were now contending. Some sup
pose that for the reason that slavery does
not now exist, the cause for which they
fought has disappeared, but this is not
the case, The spirit OF slsvery still lives
in the South, the same pet ideas in regard
TO State governments and rights, and the
same determination to control the cOlored
people to serve their Interests, and the
same Unsuitable desire and purpose TO
control the general government. They
are now seeking by strategy and diplo.
macy 10 secure tie object they failed 10
reach Ia the contest OF arms. Thst cause
is as dear 10 the hearts of the solid South
today 50 ever. In no instance DO they
confess that they were wrong; the only
tears OF regret they shed are over the pain
full ref ction that they did not succeed
II they can now succeed in electing their
President the way will be open for the
iul contamination OF all their iondly
Cherished designs. wish il were posi-
bic for tie Republicans - the South to
vote freely and fully at the coming cleo
ton. hEL | 10 mi see how II can be done