The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-05-19

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in many places in South Carolina,
and beyond ~peradventure the same
things we're done both in Mississippi
and Louisiana, and perhaps elsewhere
in the reconstructed Gulf States. Is
proof demanded Then we say the
general use of small tissue ballots in
dicates such a conspiracy, while the
circular of the South Carolina Demo
cratic State Committee, issued just
prior to the election in 1880, to the
Democratic election officers caution
withdrawing ballots from
the boxes, which is done by law when
sbee pumber of BALLOTS cast exceeds
the nymber, Of names on the check
lists to burn the ballots thus with
drawn beforeany person could inspect
them, fastens the crime beyond con-
troversy upon the Democratic lead
etsIT FlHdAk
The law by which the number of
the ballots in the boxes is made to
conform to the number of anne on
theSpoll lists; the general use of tbs.
sue ballots inserted, in many cases,
in the ballot boxes by hundreds in
excess, Of the number of names on the
poll lists; the general withdrawal of
the large Republican ballots which
had Been legally cast, and that circu-
hlar recommending the immediate de
s~truction of ballots thus Withdrawn in
order that their character and mum
der might not be assertained are all
faetsoMhich point conclusively to
a general conspiracy on the part of
the Democratic managers to carry
the election at all hazards, and by
the use of any mean fair or foul
that should be found necessary. They
not ONLY prqyst the conspiracyto carry
the election by fraud if necessary,
but they plainly show that the men
resouing to such desperate means
knew that they were in the minority.
These aresthe undisputed facts in the
case, and many of the papers now
YilIifYing. those who are engaged in
l~pfosecItfng the offenders have admit
tea that thesefratids were perpetrated.
Wharf.-The Shall the government do?
The election of a half. dozen mem
bers of Congress by the use of such
means may change the political com
plexion and legislation of that body,
to the,great detriment of the people.
Not only is popular government sup
pressed in the State of South Carolina,
but may be in the Nation, by such
frauds as were practiced in that State
and other portions in the Southern
States at the election in 1880. Shall
these offenders be arrained and tried,
and iffound guilty properly punished,
or shall they be permitted to repeat
their assaults upon popular represent
tation in Congress. There can be
but one answer to this question,
and that is that the Federal authori-
ties must take notice of these frauds,
particularly when it is made evident
by the action of the South Carolina
Legislature that the Democratic
leaders design again to smother the
voice, of the majority in next falls
election TCO J
z The attempt to make the South be-
lieve that the trial Of the men who
have, been guilty of this oft repeated
crime against free and honest suffrage,
whichnthe Attorney General aptly
callstreason to popular government,
is a crusade of the stalwart element of
the Republican party, is as wicked as
it is Assured. 1t is done because the
Democratic managers in several ofthe
States are alarmed at the manifesto
tons Of Independent action on the
part of many voters in the South who
are weary Of the tyranny and insolence
Of Bourbon dictation. Threats can
no longer keep; the natives Of these
States in cfeck Something sdesper-
ate must be resorted to. The trial
of the conspirators against fair cleo
tons in South Carolina is a timely
weapon, and the Bourbon Organs in
South Carolina and Georgia are max
ing the MOST of it they possibly can,
with little regard for the truth in
their published statements. They
are apparently laboring to fire the
Coutberp heart for dacporata o,d Der