Daily Republican., 1882-05-01

Chalmers, the butcher OF Fort Pillow
memory, has BEEN booted out o
Con gress for usurping seat to which
he was never elected, and Lynch hit
Republican contestant, who the people
honestly elected, has been admitted. The
vote by which the usurper was ousted
from Lynch's seat shows there were 9TH
ers besides Republicans who believed
he had not shadow Ofan honest claim
TO the seat. All told the Republicans
only have majority of one, but the
majority against Chalmers was fifty
three. There must have been few
Democrats who valued principle above
party and honesty above mere vote
for their party. The district which
Chalmers has for two terms besides the
present one misrepresented in Congress
goes by the name of the "Shoestring'
district, because it lies along the Mis-.
sissippi, the whole length of the State
of Mississippi and includes in it the
most thickly populated negro counties
The district was purposely created to
save 9th ers from being Republican and
the Shoestring' district was abandoned
to the Republicans. The vote in the
district when fairly taken, stands
about 10000 Republicans, to 10000
Democrats, but in the days when bull
doing was at its height, Chalmers con-
ceived and put in practice species of
convincing electioneering demonstra-
tions that he was enabled to carry
even the 'Shoestring' district for him
self and have several thousand votes to
spare. The most potent arguments 10
convince the black Republicans that
after all it would be better for them not
TO vote were the surrounding of the
polls by red-shirted military companies
armed with cannons, rides and shot
guns. This plan of intimidation did
very well for two Congressional terms,
Chalmers serving in both, but some oft
the party papers in the district began
to object, to such methods and there
was such general cutlery against them
all over the country, that the red shirt
plan was abandoned and at the last
election for Congress, the counting of
Republican tickets for the Democrats
was substituted. A law was passed
requiring the printing of uniform tick
cts without any distinguishing mark
upon them, but some of the printer
who printed the Republican tickets put
in few printers dashes between the
respective Off GERS names to be elected,
These dashes are considered by all good
printers necessary to make neat job,
but the Mississippi Bourbons clutched
at the idea that they were distinguish
ing mai ks contrary to law AMI threw
them ali out of the count. They
were fair enough to throw out Demo-
cratic tickets also that had the same
printers dash upon them, but as the
WAS about one Democrat to
four republicans they could very
easily afford to do so and still be the
gamers. Thus a majority of some 7000l
for Lyme was turned TO 5000 majority
for Chalmers and with brazen faced i'm
pudence ne came to Congress and occu-
pied seat by the blacklist fraud until
last, when he cleaned out his
desk, picked up his hat and retired.
He was only permitted to occupy a seat
during two other terms of Congress be-
cause the Democrats had majority
both terms. This is the beginning of
the righGipg of great wrong in the
south which should not cease until this
terrible crime upon the ballot box is
svenged. Mississippi and South Caro-
lima would both to-day have solid Re-
publican delegations in Congress if JUS
lice had been done and the people pro-
tected il their rights; and Georgia,
Alabama, North Carolina, Florida,
LOuisi ana and Arkansas would at least |
nave dele cations half Republicans. Now 7
lot Congress boot out the confederate O
,avalry General Wheeler and Shelley r
# Ala bama, Finley of Florida, Di- '
)rell, Tillman, Richardson and Aiken c
# South Carolina, and it will have v
lone good work. a
DEMAGOGURRY run 80 high IN New c