The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-10-27

There is a lesson to be learned from the
result of the Ohio election, by which every
Republican should profit, and that is to be
thereby inspired to renewed and stronger
effort, TO secure the return of Republi-
cans to the next congress by an in
creased majority. The small Republican
majority in the present House of Representa-
tives will be overcome by the election in
that State, unless counterbalanced by Repub-
lican gains elsewhere, and every opponent of
Democracy III this congressional district, who
shall vote for Mr.. Yaple, must do so with the
possibility of a Democratic congress in full
view. Whether or not, the control of the next
congress shall pass into the hands of the
Democratic party, depends upon the voters
of Michigan, as well as upon the vote of
New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,, In
diana, or any of the other States that have
not yet elected their congressman.
Let the voters of Michigan reflect upon
the possible result, and while so doing recall
the lessons lately taught by the Democratic
party in congress. If the majority of the
next House shall be Democratic, it will name
as Speaker, Sam. Randall, of Pennsylvania.
He will appoint the various committees, and
among them the committee on contested
elections, and Democratic bourbons from
those Southern districts, carried by fraud,
intimidation, midnight raids on the cabins
of colored voters, and every species of vio-
lence so we'll understood in that part of the
country, will take and hold their seats, an
everlasting shame and disgrace to the boosted
purity of our freedom of ballot, and be for
ever beyond the reach of retributive Justice.
Again, there will be the count of the cleo
toral vote for President, to be made by the
next congress, and every one remembers the
narrow escape of the country from bloodshed
and anarchy in 1861, and all of the attend
ant troubles. Have the voters of this dis
trict so soon forgotten the lessons taught us
by Democratic congress? Have the revo-
lutionary acts of congress during its extra
session escaped our recollection? Have we
so soon forgotten the Democratic efforts
then made to starve the government to death
by refusing the needed appropriations? Are
all these things to be remembered no more?
We think not.
We now have member of congress, tried,
staunch and fearless, man with National
reputation, and one whom we know to be
right on every important question that will
come before the next congress, one who is
sound on the currency question, sound on
the tariff, Sound on the question of polygamy,
and sound on the matter of election frauds.
On these and all other important measures,
we know Mr.. Burrows to be on the right
side, and that the Republican side, while Mr..
Yaple would, if elected, be sure to be on the
Democratic side, because he would owe his
election to Democratic votes. Every one
who does not desire the ascendancy of the
old bourbon, Democratic party, should feel
the grave dangers that threaten the country
in case of Republican defeat, and feel that
this year he cannot afford to do otherwise
than to vote and to work, for the election of
our tried member of congress, and so help
to say that the people of the north are not
ready to surrender the control of this nation
to Southern Democrats, at least until they
convince us that they can and will have cleo
tons there that are not farce, and where
every voter may, without fear or intimida-
ton, vote once, and only once, with the
assurance that his vote will be Justly and
honestly counted, as he cast it. Until that
time shall come, the best interest of this
country demand that the Republican party
shall continue to control this government.