Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-12-08
Do YouWant War?

NEW YORK, November 20.- The following editorial in the Mail and Ex- press, undoubtedly written by Colonel F. Shepard, has excited the democrats and been telegraphed all over the country, especially the south. It is headed Do You Want War;" and says: "The democrats are trying to steal the Federal House of Represent atives. No one doubts it, nor denies 1t. To-day news comes that they have robbed West Virginia of duly elect ed republican congressman. They will try to rob Louisiana They have cheated q North Carolina republican out of his seat in Congress, from district which is notoriously republi can by 5000 majority They have gir en certificates to more than half a score of democrats whom the people have defeated. The country is in danger, and we are speaking soberly, with self restraint, but in terrible ear nest, when we soand this note of warn ing, that the democrats shall not be permitted to consummate this outrage
 "This country is not the home of thieves and thugs and plunderers. It Is not to be controlled by traitors. It Is not to have its suffrage and it's free dom destroyed by violence. The dem ocra;ic party will not be permitted to steal the government any more than they were permitted to break it up by force of arms, and crimes against the ballot-box will be put down by the same military power that crushed the life out of the rebellion.
 "The next war will not be begun by the south. It will come from the north. The clash of resounding arms that will next be heard will come from the weapons of hundreds of thous- ands of loyal northern men who will not permit the stealing of their birth right. The laws of the United States shall not be made by political thieves | The men who hold the seats of the peoples representatives shall be duly chosen. Let the democratic party look to it that they save the country from the war that will surely follow their theft of the House of Represent atives. The south had best take warn ing. Its outrages upon white ana negro voters have been tolerated toe long, but they cannot and will not be permitted to change the political com plexion of the popular branch of con gress. Let the democrats keep theil foul hands of the most sacred institu ations of the nation. We have haC enough of them. We have driver them out of power They shall no gain by crime what they have lost by the ballot box. If they go on in thei thievish efforts they will soon hea the approaching march of northern army that will make war upon tn, men who set aside the peoples verdic by crime.
 Do the democrats realize what tha kind of a war will mean? Do the, understand that 1t will be waged il every city and hamlet of the land
 that it's life-destroying and property destroying power will have had n' equal in the worlds history of war
 Does the south want any more lea and steel? Has in not had enough c armies tramping its crops into dus and suspending its industries wit fearful effect? If it does not want Wa
 with all its horrors, jet 1t cease it's ei forts to steal the House of Represent atives, for if the democrats do not sto now, at once, in their criminal con spiracy, there will be war, and tn
 war begun and carried on with all tn , ardor and energy of the north.