The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-23

have the power to do by their ballots.
take possession of this State and place ii
in the safe and peaceful condition OF
Georgia, the negroes and their allies will
obtain control and degrade us to the
condition OF South Carolina.
Let no friend of Governor Lewis i'm
agine that he can stay the tide that will
sweep us to destruction. We have al
ready shown how he has Welded to the
demands of the negro Remember, too.
that Fred Douglas, the leading negro In
the United States, has advised his race
to leave those states, like Tennessee and
Georgia, in which he has no political
power, and come into States which he
may control. as he may we'll hope to do
in Alabama II the Republican ticket is
elected We have now reliable informa'
ton that in the counties along the Dor
ders Of Georgia and Tennessee our oppo
have recently been imported from those
States. We warn our friends In those
counties to be on the alert. Guard well
the purity of the ballot box: Watch the
polls and the registration lists, aud de-
tect and prevent all frauds.
These importarions are but the ad-
vance guard of the hordes that will
whelm us all in one common ruin II II
Alabama Is Radical State.
The Issue is a grave one. We feel II
to be our duty to be candid The fu-
ture prosperity OF our state depends
upon the result. We would have every
white man in Alabama work from this
until the election Is over as II the result
depended upon him. But while we are
determined. let us be calm, and put away
all passion. Let US
Observe the Laws.
in letter and spirit. and, above all, keep
the peace at the polls.
Read the election laws. Allow no ex-
element to prevail and no conflicts to oc-
cur Conflicts at the polls would furnish
our opponents grounds Of contesting the
election, and that Is now their hope.
ssrvatiye voter not to allow our oppo-
nents to provoke US into giving them any
excuse whatever to contest this cleo
ton. But be sure to have the officers
of the law on ha Id 20 arrest illegal vot
ers and protect the purity Of the ballot
box.
The Conservatives and Democrats now
desire union, and the restoration of fra
South. This alone can bring US capital
to develop our wealth. and immigrants
to till our lands. Peace 10 our policy.
But the Radical leaders in Alabama
have resolved that hate shall never die
out; that we shall have no peace. and
that the bayonet shall mover be taken
from our threats These men, who came
into power at the point OF tho bayonet
have determined that the bayonet shall
prop them up forever
Now to the proof of this
As soon as our present platform was
adopted, and our present strong ticket
nominated, the Radical leaders saw that
the people would be with us.
They determined that we should not
have a peaceful decision Of the issue al
the ballot box.
They resolved TO bring the military
among us to intimidate our voters.
Their papers with one accord cried out
meant the ballot should decide.
When two murders occurred In one
at the Impression that the whole State
was in anarchy.
They secretly imported arms into
Greene, Sumter, Baker and MarenSo anc
sought to create trouble between the
Congressman White, Rapier. Hays and
Senator Spencer fastened off to Wash
ington to hurry the PRESIDENT into send
ing troops to Alabama before ne could
have time to learn the truth.
They obtained the troops, and on Sept
sth. 1874, Charles e; Mayer: Chairman Of
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