Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-05

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Gratis see the independent storm rising
and they want co.ored aid 10 save
them from its fury, and Judge Gala n
one of the most heightened Of this bar,
ty, acknowledges Il in these remarka-
bic words:
Fusion will avoid both fraud and
force will insure n free ballot and y
fair count, and will nc,u ,tom the races
TO free interchange OF political senti
ments.n
MANY good whitecitizens. outraged
into the ranks OF the Republicans and
independents hy mere disgust OF VIC.
lencc and frau |, real or supp sed. the
fusion will reaill.iute with their people,
and harmony will again prevail.
In short, | favor the proposed
treaty between the parties, ..ecatlse |
stand opposed 10 treason, deniayopisn,.
intimidation and fraud.p And the
dppsG{'s Jackson correspondent saws:
Colonel Nugeiit, Hon. Oliver clifton.
AMI a number OF prominent and intiu-
entail Democrats in the.c,nnty favor
the alliance because IL guarantees sue
cess and accomplishts it hy fair.
peacsable IN ans. a few ballot-box eN-
perts, who see their occupation will be
gone, are vigorously opposing the al
lance They denounced me for say
Ing frauds had been committed. Nov
they openly admit It, They charge
me with having started for the Repub.
can camp. Now they make haste to.
get there first. They denounced Re-
publicanisnl as the sum OF ali villany,
and now propose to swallow it all sim
ply for otiice. But this divide Is only
10 be made in counties where there are
colored majDli,ies. Each istradinr for
ms own selfish end, and rs In all such
trad $, one or both are certain TO hc
cheated.
II you wish to know which is to be
the fox and which the goose you have
only To look to the example lihe dem
ocrats and Ell SHAW In Memphis
would not II could forbid the bans
Let the bells ring out let the marriage
ceremony proceed. They will not net
through the first night before they Will
be calling on somebody for Il divorce.
No colored republican ever vet sold
himself FOR money or for OH who
was not at once abandoned and DIES.
pissed by his race; and no mere dicker
Tor oillces between parties who have
not single principle in common ever
did succeed. The alliance we propose
is founded ON principle. We propose
to secure fair elections by law, aud not
hy the charity of n democratic minor
itr, and we Will be success .ul. Tho
democrats see this, and hence they are
willing to fuse with their old adyer-
sary. Tue great body of republicans
see It, and they Will not surrender a
prospect for free ballot secured NV
law for congressional district Tor Mr..
Lynch, and few city county offices
TO be doltd out by democrats in coun-
ties where democrats have nothing
honestly t. give.
And now word more as TO the IRE
servation Of our Anglo-Saxon civiliza-
ton. No man would go further to
preserve this honestly that | would.
But "a civilization which can only he
preserved 10y keeping few ballotbox-
suffers mn certificate thieves Ia
Office, and which educates our children
to believe that fraud. perjury and
forgery are not crimes when COM
mitted in elections, does not deserve
preservation.
This IS a state canvass and we do no.
propose 10 discuss national issues In IL.
We shall have enough to talk about
when we ventilate thoroughly demo
cratic nisrule in Mississippi But as
have been elected to seat in congress
| desire to say u few word about
THE TARIFF.
All parties are agreed that our
revenue must he mainly raised by a
tariff, and SO long ms we have necessity |
Tor heavy revenue we will have pro-
lection, whether 10 he Called incidental
or not, and hence The difference be
tween parties on this subject are at
present merely theoretical We who
are Greenbackers believe that the
national banks should he abolished. !
This can only be accomplished by the
payment OF the bonds on which they
are founded, and this will require II
large revenue. We who live in the
Mississippi valley believe that the
Mississippi river improvement should
be pressed To completion as ,Fapidly AS
possible, and this will require Il large
expenditure OF money. And we WHO
love our government and are anxious
To promote us common defense and
general welfare want our navy, which
is'nYw nIdisgrace in the eyes Of the
cisTlzed World, supplanted by b navy
woHhy pf our great union, aid We |
want seq coast dtfenses that VIII prb \
teft US 1om being prey to ably got
erAment, however nsIguifcanI whiE n
INDY se4ilt TO ,esail ns.
All llAsc things, aud many Po,hsfs
of iinpofia &c, demand money. This I
money must lie largely raised by !
tariff and this tariff viii give protec-
ton necessarily, and hence the ques-
ton of protection cannot become a
practical issue in politics for several
years TO come. la the meantime, The
south Is beginning to feel some of the
benefit Of protection. 1t il said 10 he
II forcing process TO produce manufac-
turing, and the south l. in a good
humor just now 10 be forced little in
that direction. Mississippi produces
more cotton per acre than any State in
the union, and il shoul be manu-
Iactured on her soil. Senator George,
am informed, last yen argued that
the way To biiug manufactures To the
south was to lnSe off The tariff and
that this wouli break the C ton man !
II 'acturers OF tie north and drive them |
with their capital IN 4 machinery 10
the sontli. II thl, were true IL
would not be the doctrine
Of II broad gaug d siatesHan.
We should not attempt y break up
any part of our union. But IL Is not
true Development never comes III
but in prosperity. If we
break up cotton manufacturers In the
North we will bipg on financial dis
tress and drive capital into hiding.
But let prosperity continue and let our
northern brethren see that cotton man
Is far more profitable In