National Republican., 1885-07-07
A PLAIN STATEMENT OF FACTS.
How Democratic Majority for Prosi-
dent Was Manufactured.

dent Was Manufactured.
When Mr.. Hayes was declared elected
President of the United States the political
heavens were darkoned by dense clouds
that threatened revolution. The Democrats
made no concealment Of strong purpose
to resist the Inauguration Of President
Hayes, and without doubt If that purpose
had been clothed with q courage'of eonvic-
tion under a high sense of right, forci-
ble attempt would have been made to thrust
Mr.. Tildon into the executive chair, even
after the electoral commission had awarded
that position TO his competitor Shakes
peare long ago evolved the maxim that
"Conscience makes towards OF us all, (" and
the Democratic leaders of the nation in 1876
became distinguished exemplars of its truth.
They knew that some eight or ten of the
late confederate states had, to great ex-
tent, crushed out the Republican vote
within their territories by force, intimida-
tion, and fraud and hence the supporters
OF Mr.. Tilden dared not, after South Caro-
lima, Louisiana, and Florida had been res
cued therefrom by Republican courage,
put the issue to a forcible test. They ac-
cepted the situation under the mutterings
of the storm they had raised, aud quiet
assumed sway. The threatened revolution
died out In the midst of its worshippers,
and peace was vouchsafed to the nation.
In 1880 the Democratic methods OF 1876
were again introduced into the canvass in
the late confederate states with renewed
vigor, and more than half dozen Repub-
lican states were captured by the Democrats
through intimidation, violence, and fraud.
However, the north and west stood by their
integrity, and Garfield was declared elected
irrespective Of the efforts In the south to
secure different result by crushing out the
clear Republican majority that, II left to
free and uninterrupted exercise, would
have been revealed In the ballot box at
each succeeding election since the enact
ment Of the laws Of reconstruction. This
assumption is based upon the fact that large
majority Of the colored vote of all the late
slave-holding states, II cast without intimi-
datlon and honestly counted, would be re-
corded on the Republican side of the
column, and secure at least eight Repub-
lican states where not one is to be found
now, under continued reign Of terror and
fraud. The correct data is at hand for sus-
tanning this proposition, and II is produced
In the following authentic statements;
Georgia has 143, All colored voters, and in
1880 but 156,456 votes were cast in that
state, Of which 102, 40 were Democratic and
54,006 Republican. There are Al ,00l more
colored voters there than there were Demo-
cratic votes cast; and 1t is safe to assume
that II the colored citizens Of that state were
allowed to vote without interference, as
they are In New York or Massachusetts,, the
Republican majority in Georgia would be at
least $4,000.
Then look at Mississippi, with 130275
colored voters, and only 110,6O4 votes cast
In 1880, of which 75, $50 were scored to the
Democrats and 54,5S4 to the Republicans.
Here we find 79,6s4 less votes cast than
there were colored voters In the state. 1t
is evident that with free ballot and an
honest count Mississippi is Republican by
not less than 10000 majority.
Take Virginia, with its 123,257 colored
voters and an aggregate vote in 1880 of
212,00i, of which 12S,5S6 were Democratic
md $4,000 Republicans; can there be any
doubt that, without the spirit of Danville to
intimidate and violate the rights OF citizen
ship, Virginia is Republican state by a
decided majortyY
In South Carolina 1883 colored voters
are of record. In 1850 the entire vote OF
the state was 170,3SS, of which 1l2,3l2 were
Democratic and 5S,071 Republican. There
is no doubt that most of those who voted
the Republican ticket were whites, and
that more than 100000 colored voters were
kept away from the polls by bulldozing
and other Democratic methods, so that the
state, which under fair play would be Re
publican, is lost to that side by the suppres
sion Of the colored vote through illegitimatC
agencies. With fair vote and an honest
count South Carolina would be Republican
by at least $4,000 majority.
The state Of Alabama has 11S,S33 colored
voters. In 1880 1t cast 15S,2l2 votes, o.
which 102,002 were cast for the Democratic
electoral ticket and SO, 221 for the Republi
can side. This result shows that at leas
100000 colored voters were disfranchised
through some agencies in that state during
that single canvass. Had these coloreC
citizens been permitted to vote without in
timidation or trammel of any character, &C
cordingto their own sense of duty, and thei
| votes had been honestly counted, Alabam:
would have given more majority for Gar
field than there were Republican vote
| counted.
Then let us take q glance at Louisiana
| That state has 107, ,977 colored voters, Will,
| its entire vote In 1880 was only 103,654. o
these the Democrats were credited will
| 65,0l7, and the Republicans with 3S,637
What does this exhibit reveal? II is barrel
| possible that as many colored voters votet
the Democratic ticket as the difrerenc
shown between the aggregate colored vot
and the entire vote cast by both parties
| 4,4l0, In tlat case tnefe appears 10 D
some 100000 colored votes In that state Il
be accounted for In the result OF that elec
tion. If they did not vote at all, then VIII
not; and II they voted, why were thei
votes not counted and made apparent II
the canvass9 Without doubt Louisiana
under fair and honest vote and count, be
longs as certainly in the column Of Reput
lican states as either Pennsylvania, Ohio, o
Maine. 1t only requires that the citizens O
that state shall be permitted to cast an un
trammeled vote and have their vote
| honestly counted to make Louisiana re
liable Republican state for all future tim
under pending issues.
The power of the government has bee
captured by the Democrats through thei
peculiar methods of disfranchising tn
people in these several states. The electOra
vote of the solid south was cast for MI
Cleveland, when there are at least six c
those states which are Republican at heart
and were the entire people there permitte
to cast their ballots as freely and have ther
counted us honestly as they are in Ne'
York, then fifty.nine Of the electoral vote
| given to Cleveland would have been cas-
for Blaine, and he would have been electe
without the aid of New York. The soil
south is based on intimidation, violence
ballots, and any administration which hold
power through such influences is not yer
strongly intrenched in the true principle
of q republican form Of government, an
holds the position by very slender tenure
which will be easily overcome when I'll
popular will is again called into exercise o