Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-25
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A Mississippi Republicans Appeal &c
His Northern Rrcihrnn.


CHoLARD, Miss, June 2O.-To the Editor of
THE BEE: When a man has a bow and ar
rows as long as those used by some of the
natives of Brazil, so that he has TO lie down
on his back and hold the bow with his foot
whed he shoots he may well be said to
draw a long bow, but it is not of these peo-
pie that L now intend to write. Without
describing any particular school of archery,
] merely wish to give u few instances where
'the long bow has been ''drawn." We
shall soon be in the midst of one of the most
interesting and exciting campaigns this
country has ever witnessed. Here in the
south very little will he done, with the ex-
ception of killing a few negroes, who dare
assert themselves republicans, and advo-
Gates of that party's principles. To fully I'M
derstand the situation here you must know
that fraud and violence reign supreme, and
when the democratic conventions have been
held the polls are virtually closed, and who
ever dares to raise his voice against this
high-handed business, will be killed and the
consequences taken care of afterwards.
Again, you have heard the south clamor
for emmigration: but, any western or north
ern man who would come here is a fool, UNI
less he has all along been a "copperheadn or
an anti-union man, and one who will vote the
democratic ticket without asking any Ques-
tions; if he does this he may possibly get
along, There is very little, if any doubt of
their bringing n fellow to his "milk." They
will snub him socially and "boycott" him in
business. and by these means break him in.
1t is an assured fact that Mr.. Cleveland will
have 1873 electoral votes from the south to
start with, and these he can secure almost
without an effort. In this, the ''shoestring''
district, the republicans outnumber the dem
ocrats eleven to one, and still a democrat is
kept in congress from this district notwith-
ntptN al inn fhn fant tlnt fi,nt ,nr,,l1s-A,. ---l
date receives his party's vote Utmost to a
man. You might say, Wei, it matters very
little anyhow, those are only negro votes.'
Well, sir, if they are negro votes,
party in the north and west ought
though sighted, sad and neglected
by the republican party the negro has been
loyal. The party has long ago seen, to its
sorrow, the consequences of its failure to
protect the negro vote. And by the sup
preston of this vote the south is enabled
thereby to keep "solid." For instance, look
at the jackson city election, where circulars
were printed on red paper and the emblem
OF the skull and crossbones also printed
thereon warning republican voters to stay
away from the polls or else they would be
killed. Now, you might say this was an idle
threat, but how could it Lave been when the
committee of 100 met in the representative
hall of the state house and was presided over
by a United States district attorney and
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Again, look at the great state of Louis
lana, whose governor said: 1--WE will sus-
pend the laws until the danger is passed.
What was the danger; The republicans had
a candidate in the field, who was only put
up on the assurance that a free and fair
election should be held. This same digni-
tary has been recently appointed n supreme
judge! We gods, enough to make angels
blush! That's true democracy though; and
he was handsomely rewarded for his pains.
Fellow republicans of the north and
west, you can help us eXtricate ourselves
from the oppression of democracy, now will
yOu do it: Let the Idcs of November an
swer. The poet Virgil. in the Hlneid, tells
of four arChers who were shooting for a
prize, the mark being n pigeon, tied by "A
cord to the mast of II ship. The first man
struck the mast with his arrow; the second
cut the cord, and the third shot the pigeon
nothing for the fourth archer to shoot at, he
towards the sky with such velocity that the
and ii swept on like a fiery meteor, until il
disappeared in the clouds. SO we hope to
see of the four men put up by the two great
parties, the republican twain win, and ever
go onward and upward protecting the people
against the rObberies committed by demo
crazy, and may the arrow shot AT the repub-
lican convention go blazing to the watery
clouds OF victory.
0The bricklaycrs' union of Columbus, O.,
has reorganI2ed with siXty-three members,
aud il expects TO have eighty more IN a short
time.