Year: 1877

Clans In Washington Next H1Onth-The


True Meaning of It-The Republican
Party VIII Perform Its Duty-DemO-
cratic "Retormers' Gene Over TO the
| LObby-The Price of Outgoing Demo-
crats-Tilden's Organ Tells the Story
The Old Tale of Democratic Corr
ruptiOn.


| WASHINGTON, January Is, 1877.


The eighth of January Democratic meet
ing in Washington was but part of the
plan to prepare the people here for Dem
| oerstic resistance to law and order next
February when the attempt will be made
to force Mr.. Tilden into the White House


1t will not do to ignore the fact that hot


headed Democrats in Congress and out are
the advocates of revolution. That they will


be guided by right, law or justice, is a sup
| position that ia dangerous for the Repub.
liean party and all lovers of peace and good
| government to entertain. These points
being admitted-which no one can help sd-
mitting who observes what is going on
about him and weighs what he hears
must be looked in the facs. If any
one believes that the tactics of these
revolutionary Democrats have no po-
litical significance, are foolish, not
dangerous, and never will be carried
out, that belief can never be founded upon
surrounding circumstances, and the impress
sions made upon unenlightened Democrats
who have listened to the revolutionary talk
| from political scalawags within the ranks
of the Democratic party. The best ele-
ments of that party are in measure keep
ing sloof from the bulldozing plan of Their
| interiors, but there is a power for evil in
revOlutionists such as Watterson, and men
| of his ilk, that will not do to be ignored. 1t
must be borne in mind that men within the
sound Of their voices are not always able
to digest and weigh the opinions they hear
these frenzied Democratic speakers pro-
mulgate. It has not been an uncommon. .oc-
currence since these meetings on the eighth
of the month to hear men who are CROP
ing in the dark upon the manner in which
a President of the United States is elected
in this country, except the faint ray of light
thrown upon it by these Democratic orators,
| standing on the streets aud in the public
places talking as if deep wrong had
been committed against them Tell them
to abide by the law and the careful study
the able men of their party are giving to
this presidential question, and it appears to
be story which they have not hsard be
fore They will refer you to what these
hot-headed Democratic politicians have
. 2at into their heads. Tell them that men
in the Southern States have been murdered
for political opinions sake; that colored
men have been compelled to vote the Dem.
ooratic ticket, and they will say they do not
believe it, And why do they not believe it2
The reason why is, they do not wish to-
They will not satisfy themselves by ascer.
tanning the facts, and thus they ease their
conseiences. This desire to disbelieve in. a
\ fact may be exeusable in the maid who
will not believe in the imperfections
in the character of her lover. Cases are
not rare in which the congregation, com.
| posed Of both sexes, would not believe in a
stain upon tho morals of popular divine,
who for years had been idolzed as one
without blot or blemish. But shall love OF
political party blind m ems judgments so
that they can counsel murder, revolution
and condition of things a hundred times
worse than that under which they now
Iabo2 The Democratic N asses know that
colored men are shot down like dogs for
political opinions sake. They shut their
eyes to it, and countensnce such stems as
part of the Democratic platforms, SO strong
is the prejudice against the colored race.
Is it to be wondered at that Democratic
voters are willing the votes of coIored
men should be cast out9 The votes cast
by Republican white men many Democrats
think not particle better. So that all this
cry of Tilden's being elected is based upon
the ground that the colOred mans vote
shall count for nothing except it was cast
for Tilden; neither shall the poor white
mans in the South except where it was cast
for the same person by the terrorizing arm
held over him of the "rife clubs" and regu-
lators of the South. Therefore it is that
men believing in such doctrine listen with
bated breath to the REASONABLE uttersnces
of the hot-headed fanatics in the Demo-
cratic party who stir up strife and counsel
resistance to the authorities, to the govern.
ment, and who would set aside order and
law. Woe be it to the men who are the
prime movers in these preparations to force
a man who was not elected into the chief
magistracy of this nation. Brute force will
not avail such counselors.


The pretended national Democratic con
vention, which expected to assemble here on
the twelfth of next month, will net be re.
gsrded as convention representing the in.
telligenoe and honest element of the DEM
ocratic party, because there Ia no occasion
possible under the sun which would war
rant the issuance of call for such con-
venticn.


The alleged motive for call that it is
the purpose of the convention to witness
fair count, is a mere blind-a dishonest as
sertion. The Democratic party has able
men in the national Legislature, and out.
side interference can only come from a
mObocracy,, and no pesce-abiding people
will participate in such convention. 1t
will be looked upon as what it is, and any
step to interfere with the counting Of the
electoral vote on its part will be met
promptly. The Republican party has some
elements in it that are capable of being
aroused in the advocacy of peace, in the
obeyanee of law, and this element will |
speak when the proper time arrives. The |
nation has cause to know that it speaks |
with effect, and the promoters of strife and |
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