The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-04-07
Address to the President From the
Republicans Of Alabama.
The following address has been de,
livered by the signers to the President:

The following address has been de-
livered by the signers to the President:
To the President:
The Republicans of Alabama congratulate
tion to the highest Office in their gift, and
thank you for the patriotic sentiments ex-
terests of the people of Alabama we desire to
present to you a brief statement of their con-
dition, and respectfully but earnestly ask your
careful consideration of the same. The Elec-
fraud and render impossible its detection and
P%r'Sdfni piWe nnd dominant minorits in Indeed those
laws were enacted to enable this dominant mt-
impnnity, and therefore the elections in Ala
bama are all worse than farce. Un-
der the baneful influence of these laws, polit-
lent lent in in the State, have extended to the FEEDER,
al elections, and they too now utterly fail T.
shereforea enc earnestly % desire that the Fedora:
Election laws be so amended that every lega.
Elector in Alabama, i'm common with the great
body of the American people. may, withou;
molestation at any election. IL he desire, cast
one ballot and have that ballot honestly count
ed. A free and untrammeled exercise of ths
elective franchise is the right of every legal
voter, and this right the Republicans OF Als:
bama demand.
Another sacred right of every American cit
izen is a fair trial by an impartial jury. VIC
wish to call attention to the fact that in many
portions of Alabama this right is practically
denied to the colored citizens by their total
exclusion from the jury box, though many o.
them possess al the quallncat1OnS required Dy
law for jurors; in word, they are excludes
from the jury box because of their color.
The education of the masses "is of supreme
importance to the South" Many of the people
OF Alabama are poor and ignorant without
fault of their own, and the Inadequate pro
visions made by the State, discriminatory
disbursed by the authorities. have failed To
afford proper relief. The Republicans of Ala
bama have observed with unfeigued pleasure
that this important subject is engaging the
attention of the American Congress. and they
hope that 1t may take form in such Legislation
as may provide n National law for National
education, that will extend its benefcent in
| fuences over every portion OF this great lie
public. Ig order that all the people may
| equally enjoy the benign blessings of such q
/ law we declare 1t to be of the highest import.
ance that all funds appropriated by the Fed
eral Government for this purpose should In
| sively under Federal supervision.
The friends of good government in the
| South look to your Administration for protec
| tion and support, and the Republicans of Ala
bama, subjected as they have been to the Sc
verest tests of political intolerance and per
| secution, of social and business ostracism
have followed with unfalteriug fidelity the
| upon the accession to the Chief Executive
| chair of the Nation of u true exponent OF
| those principles, we confidently hope that the
patronage OF your Administration will be be
| slowed upon its friends in Alabama, who are
| really identified with the interests of the State
and not waste it I'm the vain endeavor to con
| ciliate its enemies.
| w. Il. EWING, JOSEPH II. SPEED,
| W. =. BIRD, PHIIIP JOSEPH,
| II. j. CRENsHAw, l.. g. COULSOS,
g. G. SHEATs. X. A. MosELEY, JR.
A. w. MCCuLLOVcH.