Daily Republican., 1881-02-10
seuthern YIeIenes.

eNO oLhiAoAo 'hhuCo va ehO SoosASA a
Democracy in Florida. Col. Bisbse,
who was SO shamefully cheated and
defrauded out of his seat In Congress
until within some four weeks Ct iii
,lose by q man named Hull, who tn,
D smocrats themselves became disguised
with and Indignantly boosted out
of Bisbse's seat, was also q candidate
for election to the Forty.Seventh Con
gress, but was again counted out by the
most shameless frauds, and his com
peti.or, Jesse J. Finley, Democrat,
has been counted in by over u thousand
majority, largs enough this tins not to
be easily oyereome.
Col. Bisbee is as sure that he was
as fraudulently counted out last No.
vember by Finley, as he was that he
was counted out by Hull two years be.
fore, and having giving Finley the
rec uirsd notice he has bssn attempt
ing to gather the evidence to show how
shamsfully he has been defrauaed.
But in doing this he is meeting with
violent opposition as will be shown by
the following telegram received by
Mr.. Bisbes at Washington on Tuesday
MADISON, Fla, Feb. s, 1880.
"Intsnse excitement here. Fight in
our presence and Bagsn's life threat,
sned. Have been obliged 10 stop. Oae
uan killed. What shall l do
II, JENKINS.
To this dispsth Representative Biz
bee sent the following reply:
Call on Judge Settle to take tssti,
mopy. Continue unless prevented by
force. To abandon Madison will sn.
courage violence elsewhere but 40. on
your own judgment"
Madison county referred to IS a Re-
publican county, and at the last cleo.
tion was returned as giving fifty ma
jority for the Democrats, while isneveF
,fore gavs less than 459 Republican
majority, But "doctoriug" seems to
have dons good work here for the Dem
oorscy. The "Bill Lees" and "Pat
GARDENERS" OF Madison county were
equal for the emergency, and With such
men there is never any trouble in Oon.
verting Republican majority of 400 or
500 into a Democratic majority of 80.
After reading the Democratic speeches
in Congress Of the sufferingS Of the
lamb-like Democracy, their devotion to
principle, the good feeling they have
for all mankind, and their Republican
brethren especially, it just sounds a
little queer to hear OF the manner in
which they show their lamb.like pre-
pensities. For instance, a solored man
who answered q sSubp@naof the United
States District Court and testified how
these innocent Democrats committed
frauds at tbe late election now lies a.
home suffering from a gun shot wound
inflicted by Sn orderly Democrat who
only wounded where he meant to kill.
Then again comes the news Of a United
Stasss Marshal, who recently went with
a posse Of thirtesn men to arrest some
of the persons indicted for these cleo
tion frauds, who, on his return report.
ed that his Journey was like a military
through an enemy's coun-
try. His men we're compelled TO carry
and cook their own rRtions and to camp
in the woods every night ;. and not o
night passed that the party was net
tired upon by "bushwhscking" Demo |
gratis from safe place of conceal.
nent. These are the men who Mr.. |
Davidson, the Democratic member ofl
Congress- from Florida, says are i'm
oued with "amiSsle virtues"
Tie whole design Of this violence is
% defeat Colonel Bisbse in his contest
or his seat in the Aext Congress-, and
S but an exhibition of tho Southern
Democratic conspiracy to crush out
Southern Republicans. 1t ia hoped
That the United States District Court
will come to the support of Mr.. BisbeS,
that the country may know whether
va have government or not, and
Democrats only are to be rep
resented in Congress no matter who is |
,lsctsd.