National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-12-31


will pass by before there will be bloody revo.
luton. Strong will be arrayed against strong
arms, aud the lies. hypocrisy, and cowRrdicc will
bear their legitimate fruits in streams of blood.
And we may thank Bourbonsm for all this As
certain as fate no good can come oftrying to con.
ceai the deadly poison that Turks in the body pol
lite Of Mississippi. Let all parties demand and
enforce n change. Let all refuse to support men,
no matter how high or influential they may be, "
they are the npologlss Of perjury, hypocrisy, and
intolerance. There nrc ministers of the gospel in
Mississippi who encourage the destruction Of the
youth and the blighting Of the growth OF tho new
South 10y countenancing this Bourbon damnation
Such n course is enough to vomit the devil with
disgust liclsbtrg Herald (DemocrGhc).
The writer Of the above has, with great
power of expression, touched the very
hearts core of Bourbonism. Perjury,
and intolerance are rotting the
social fabric of the South. The Bourbon
determination to hold fast to political
power, without regard to numbers arrayed
against them, necessitates a framework
of crime through which elections are to
elect the defeated, and by which maiori
ties are to be ovorborne by lawlessness,
violence and fraud. The pretense that
votes have any influence upon political
affairs in Mississippi is not even made
with seriousness.
The election boards arc appointed in
shameless violation of law, with no MEM
Der representing the minority. In going
through the form of appointing n nomi-
nal opponent, when they have the grace
to even do that, they select some knave
who will basely serve them or some idiot
W no cannot detect their misdeeds. The
majority are scared off in some localities,
obstructed by tricks in some, and counted
out in others. If the crimes committed
against the ballot-box are brought to the
notice of grand juries all but the most
fragrant ollenses are ignored. The trial
of those indicted is q mockery. Their ac-
completes and friends sit on the jury and
listen to what they know is flat perjury
from others of the party. Pleas of guilty
are made in Federal courts on the sup
position (afterward sustained) that fines
will be nominal.
This is the saturnalia of wickedness of
which the brave editor of the Democratic
Herald of Nicksburg writes His cry is
like that of u prophet of old, and lacks
none of the courage. How paltry seem
the divisions between Democrats and
Republicans when compared with the
gulf he places between his own free soul
and the bourbon damnation" which
he so unsparingly denounces.
1t will be glad day for Mississippi
when there can be found Democrats
enough in every county to speak out and
say to their fellow-Democrats You have
long enough subjected law, decency, and
civilization to the necessities of minority
rule. You are usurpers of the political
power of the majority, and in enforcing
your sway you have made fraud, perjury,
and bribery the custom, and have so de-
bauched the morals of the people that
other laws are held in as light re-
gard as election laws. A man who
will, as u matter of course, swear
to lie to back up a crime committed
by him against the ballot-box,
for and by the consent ofthe Democratic
party, will not hesitate to resort to per-
jury when votes are not in the case.
When the Democratic party justifies
crime and organizes it in order to defeat
a majority, it educates its members to
practice the same crimes against each
other when interest invites. Dishonesty
will not be so considerate as only to faint
the minds of those who resort to it to the
nytnnt nf thnir ErCf intention A nar-
iured ballot-box suffer cannot be good
citizen in non-political affairs. This is
what the writer in the Vicksburg Herald
means, and he uttered truth which
should be needed, 1t is a pretty sharp
denial of the claim that in Mississippi the
Bourbons are all law-abiding, and that
the elections are honest.
By way of contrast with the Vicksburg
Herald we copy from the Meridian Mer-
curry the following mild allusion to gen.
tleman it supposes to have furnished The
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN with the "bottom
facts concerning the killing at Meridian
on last election day:
Poor Wells But Christ? What dog he Is
We hope these few remarks will not put him
against revisiting Meridian. We have heard
frequent expressions of wish that he would re-
turn. If he will come back we think we may
assure him of warm reception.
If Democrats represented by the Vicks-
burg Herald will array themselves
against the kind represented by the Mer-
cauy there will be an early end to Bour-
bonism But negroes Us we'll as white
men would have to be made welcome
and their votes cast and counted to bring
about such a result. A beginning was
made in that direction last fall, and some
progress made. The future depends upon
the liberality with which all shades of
anti-Bourbons fraternize with each other
show to regard the securing of Office as OF
less consequence than the establishment
of society on n sound foundation. The
Federal, State, and local Offices are all
within reach Of the majority in Mississippi,
and may be striven for without dishonor
rs legitimate prizes Of manly ambition.
But no man is fit for place who is not
more anxious to aid in promoting the
cause of law and order than he is to be
personally provided for. This is the spirit
that aninates all anti-Bourbon Missis-
sippians with whom we have met, and it
is the spirit approved by the National Adj
ministration.
Arrears OF Pensions.
The act of Congress of January rs, 1879,
provides that pensions on account OF
death shall commence with the date OF
death, and that pensions on account OF