Huntsville gazette., 1882-11-04
Take no step Backward.

Take no step Bf,ckWard.
Only three more days and the day
of election will be at hand.
Next Tuesday the voters of this Dis
trict will decide who shall represent
them in the next Congress at Wash
ington.
From every part Of the district the
news comes daily that Capt. Shelby
is gaining strength every day and
will he our next Congressman.
Why should he not be elected p
Twice have the people elected an In
dependent to Congress from this dis
trict and we believe they will do so a
third time next Tuesday. There is
no reason why they should not and
there are many reasons why the NOM
inee of the Bourbon democrats should
not be elected. In 1878 the Bourbon
leaders had become so bold in their
disregard for The rights and liberties
Of the masses of the people as to nom
mate for reelection to Congress
man who had voted for property
qualification law by which no man
who owned less than three thousand
dollars worth of property could hold
an office. His denomination was an
endorsement Of this property qualIh-
cation vote by the Democratic con
venticn that nominated him. They
Also tried to defend this vote on the
stump. But the people who felt and
knew that their rights had been dis
regarded and trampled upon said to
the bondholders. money changers and
property justification endorsers. n
You are not fit nor worthy to rule
over us, forsyou care nothing for us.
We will turn you out of power and
choose new and better rulers. This
they said in unmistakable terms by
the election of the late Hon. VIM. M.
Lowe in 1878, and again in 1880,
and we believe they will say it a third
time on next Tuesday. Thus the peo
pie have twice repudiated Bourbon
democracy in this District by the
election Of an Independent TO Con
gress.
Col. Lowe is dead bat the prici-
pies he advocated still live. The peo
ple have selected in his stead, apoth-
er as good, as brave, as competent
and as worthy to lead them III the
light against Bourbonism, and to car
ry to completion the work so auspi-
ciously begun by our late Congress
man
Capt. Shelby will be as true to the
interests OF the whole people as the
needle is to the pole.
The same reasons exist to day that
existed in 1873 and 1880 why Bour
bonlsm should be defeated in our dis
trict.
Mr.. Pryor is the candidate of the
same set of men and the same ring
that controlled the conventions that
nominated the men who ran against
Col Lowe in 1878 and 1880. and if
elected he will be controlled in his
votes and his official acts, by the
same Bourbon ring regardless of the
wishes and the interests of the people.
de will consult this ring and not the
people. Capt Shelby if elected will
make such representative as Col.
Lowe.
He will take up the cause of the
people where Col. Lowe left it and
carry it OH to completion. Those
who voted for Lowe should not fail
to vote tor Shelby next Tuesday. de
will BE- the representative OF the
whole people. Like Col. Lowe he
believes that man who is honest and
con. petent has as much right to hold
an Office as one who is worth three
thousand dollars or three million dol
lurs.
Every poor man, every man who is
in favor of fair elections and an hon
est count aud the right OF the people
to elect whom they please to office,
should 60 to the polls next Tuesday
and cast his ballot for David d. Shell
by.
If you do this, as we believe you
intend to do. you will not not fear the
result for Shelby will be our next
COupressman