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The Weekly Democrat
BEN E. RUSSELL, Editor.
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Bainbridge, Georgia Nov 2, 1876-
The National Democratic Ticket.
FOR PRESIDENT ;
SAMUEL J. TILDEN,
OF NEW YORK.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT :
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS,
OF INDIANA.
FOB CONGRESS :
WILLIAM E. SMITH,
OF DOUGHERTY.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS-
For the State at Large.
GEN. A. R. LATVTO.V, of Cut bum.
HON. JOHN W. WOFFORD, of Bartow.
ALTERNATES.
GEN. L. .T. GABTUELL, of Fulton-
JUDGE H. D. D. TWIGGS, of Richmond.
District Electors-
1st Dist.—A. M. ROGERS, of Burke.
2d Dist.- R. E. KKNNON, of Olay
3d Dist.—J. M. DrPREE, of Macon.
4th Dist.—W. 0. TUGGLE, of Troup,
6th Dist.—F. D. DISMUKE, of Spalding,
fith Dist —F. CHAMBERS, of Wilkinson.
7th Dist.—L. N. TRAMMELL, of Whitfield.
8th Dist.—D. M. 1 >i:BOSE, of Wilkes.
9th Dist.—J. N. DORSEY, of Hall.
The election for President and Congressmen
comes off on Tuesday the 7th of November.
Don't forget the. dag. and don't forget to work
in earnest.
WHITELEY S RECORD-
The Civil Rights Bill, which was fram
ed purposely to degrade the Southern
white people, by placing th&n bn terms
of social equality with negroes The bill
failed before llie Courts, but it was no
’ fault of Whitcley’s.
The KuKlux Bill, which gave authority
to United States States Marshals to arrest
citizens of the South without warrant or
reason, and carry them to Washington to
be tried by a military court. Innocent
men were dragged away at the hour of
midnight, often not being allowed to bid
their families farewell.
The Election Bill, framed by himself,
hut which failed to pass even a Radical
Congress. This bill intended to take the
election of Congressmen virtually out of
the hands of the people, and give Air.
Whiteley a lease of years to the office.
A vote in the negative, when it was pro
posed to give back to the widow of Gen.
Robert E- Lee the home that had beeu il
legally taken from her by the Government
during the war.
All the salary grabs ever proposed by a
thieving Radical Congress.
Nenrh every harsh measure ever pro
posed by the Jacobins in Congress against
the South.
CAUTION.
It is believed to be true that the Radi
cals will make no attempt to elect Hayes
and Wheeler in the State of Georgia, but
will make a desperate effort to elect two
or more Congressmen, and to that end
the Democratic Electoral ticket wil. be
used, with the Radical candidate for
Congress attached. Now Democrats and
Reformers of Decatur, be certain that yon
vote no ticket next Tuesday unless tlie
name of William E. Smith, the Demo
cratic nominee for Congress, is upon it.
Have an eye to this thing and watch it
close.
The indications are that this is to be a
gay winter.—X. 1'. Tribune.
It certainly .will be such if the people
succeed, as we believe they will, in
electing honest Sam Tilden President
next Tuesday. There will be great re
joicing, North and South, among rich
and poor, and everybody will take hope
for the future. And we further pre»
diet, if Tilden is eLcted, that in one
year from his inauguration every honest
colored man in the South will be glad
that Hayes was defeated. Mark the
prediction!
NEXT TUESDAY
The view of the political situation is
certainly encouraging to the friends of
7?eform and Liberty throughout the
country. , It is now patent at least to
every reading man that we have the
most corrupt Government on the face
of the earth. The late House of Rep
resentatives in Congress has unearthed
enough of Republican rascality to show
the entire people that that party cannot
longer be trusted with the Government.
The elections this fall show by the
many brilliant Democratic successes
that the people are setting their faces
against the party of Robbers and in fa
vor of the party of Reformers. When
the Radicals have carried the day at all,
it is by a marked reduction upon former
majorities.
Now we not only want a success for
the Democracy next Tuesday, but we
want an overwhelming victory. We
want to see the /fubber Party routed
indiscriminately, demoralized, panic-
stricken and awed in such a manner by
the silent ballots of so great a majority of
Democratic voters as will make that par
ty entirely a thing of the past. And,
fellow-citizens, we can do it, and we be
lieve that it will be done. Let every
man who values honesty, who believe in
principle, who loves his country, come
to the polls, and help his neighbor to
come with him.
The power of the ballot was never so
precious as now. It is the foundation,
the shield and buckler of our liberties.
True, there is a despotism at Washing
ton equal to the tyrannies of ancient
times. True, in violation of our Con
stitution the President for purely parti
san purposes floods the sovereign State
of South Carolina with soldiers equip
ped and prepared for war, for the pur
pose of intimidating Democratic voters.
True, hundreds of innocent white and
colored people are hurried off and
crowded in sickly, dungeons for no
other reason than that they desire to
see the Government reformed. But
the people can bear it, for they know
there is supreme power in the ballot,
and they feel that when the sun goes
down on next Tuesday, the verdict of
40,000 000 freemen will be recorded in
their favor.
The Radical managers are mad with
desperation, and they are now working
with all the utter recklessness of blank
despair. They see that they cannot
hope to succeed fairly, and they are
staking their last chances on the Tyr
ant’s last resort, Terror! But thev will
fail, for “whom the gods would destroy
they first make mad.”
The Radicals have conducted the
campaign like highwaymen about to be
called to account for their crimes. De
liberate lying, wilful perjury and blas
phemy against God are common. Lies
so unnatural, have been heralded to the
country, that but few were found gulli
ble enough to swallow them. But they
have come home to their authors to
roost, and will damn them to eternal in
famy on the 7th.
Come then, voters and let us give
out might and main to the election of
Tilden. Hendricks and Smith.
WHAT THE CARPET-BAGGERS
HAVE STOLEN-
In 1865 the actual and adjusted
debt of Alabama was 86,221,186. In
1872 its total debt and contingent lia
bilities amounted to 832,926,967; total
increase, §2G,705,731. The actual
debt of Arkansas in 1865 w is $4,527,-
879; its total debt and contingent lia
bilities in 1871 amounted to 819,751,-
265; total increase, 815.223,386. In
1865 the actual and adjusted debt of
Florida was 81,307,617 ; in 1872 the
total debt, actual and contingent, was
816.556,072; increase, 815,185,455.
In 1865 the actual and adjusted debtof
Georgia was §5,706,500; in 1S72 the
total debt, actual and contingent, was
838.618,750; increase, 832,912,260.
The Democratic administration has
since reduced its actual liabilities to
88,000,000 and brought its bonds,
which at one time could hardly be sold
at any price, above par. In Louisiana
the actual and adjusted debt was $13,-
357,999; the total debt and contingent
liabilities in 1S72 amounted to $41,864,-
473; increase, 828,506,474. In Mis
sissippi the actual and adjusted debt in
1865 amounted to 8919,767 ; in 1S71
it was 82,284,216 ; increase $1,367,449
In North Carolina, the debt and liabili
ties amounted in 1868 to $15,779,945;
in 1872 to $34,887,467 : increase in
four years, 819,107,522. In South
Carolina the actual and adjusted debt in
1865 was $13.038,964; the total, actual
and adjusted debt, in 1871 was $22,»
480,914; increase, $9,441,950. The
actual and contingent debt of Tennes
see, in 1866, was $26,777,347, and in
1872, $32,054,476 ; increase, $5,277,-
129. In Texas, the actual and adjust
ed debt, in 1866„was $328,866; the to
tal contingent and prospective debt in
1872, was $12,954,887, being an in
crease of $12,629,621, The debt of
Virginia increased from $41,000,000 in
1865, to $47,000,000 in 1871, the small
increase being due to the short-lived
power of tne carpet-baggers. The total
increase in the debtef the eleven South
ern States, since the war, is $172,685,
940.
No wonder the people of South Car
olina have determined to elect Gen.
Hampton. In 1S60 the property valu
ation was $490,000,000. This year it
is about $113,000,000. The tax levy
was $500,000 in 1S60. In 1873 it was
$2,700,000. The expenses of the legis
lature were $40,000 in 1S60. In 1S73
they were $291.000. Poor South Car
olina ! Democrats of Decatur —honest
men of Decatur of every party—can’t
you aid your long-suffering sister State j
by putting in a square Democratic tick- j
et on the 7th proximo?
The Civil Rights Bill failed before ‘
the Supreme Court of the United States j
because of its unconstitutionality, but ;
this does not exempt a Republican Con
gress and a Republican President from J
attempting to force an unconstitutional j
law upon the people. Major Whiteley j
voted for that Rill and must not be al- !
lowed to shirk his part of the responsi- t
bility. 1
IN THE ARMS OF HIS BLACK
ALLIES.
The Charleston Journal of Commerce
says :
At the close of General Hampton’s speech
yesterday afternoon, at Graniteville, five or
six colored Democrats robed in red flannel
shirts, took him bodily in their arms and
placed him in his carriage. General Hamp
ton is meeting with great success among
them
In truth, the negroes know the Gen
eral to be a chivalrous, reliable gentle
man, and in former days an excellent
and humane master. They believe
what he tells them now, and have wit
enough to note the contrast between
such a man and the miserable creatures
who rob, and still would, seek to lead
them.
Edward Nowell, a colored speaker,
testified at another meeting, that “he
had resided in Georgia for the past two
years, and could testify that the color
ed people of Georgia were not only as
free as their race in South Carolina,
hut had one hundred times more privi
leges of amassing
themselves.”
BELKNAP.
In 1872 a New York paper publish
ed the evidence of Gen. Ilazen, show
ing that post-traders were compelled to
pay large sums for their appointments,
the paper inferring openly that the
money went to Belknap. The testimo
ny was brought to President Grant’s
attention, but he declined to take any
action on it. In March, 1876, the
Democratic House obtaiued proof of
Belknap’s guilt, and he was impeached,
the President accepting his resignation
“with great regret,” and thereby en
abling him to escape conviction. Twen
ty five Republican Senators and one
Democrat voted for his acquittal. His
counsel took the ground that Gen.
Belknap had accepted presents just as
Gen. Grant had done, and argued that
he had not acted any more criminally
than the rest of them. The testimony
showed that two of Belknap’s office-
brokers made at least $20 000 each, for
securing a half-dozen appointments, in
one case charging $1,000 for au intro
duction to him. From Marsh, Belknap
received fully $20,000 as his half of
the black mail levied upon Evans.
Within a fortnight after this disclosure,
the Ohio State Convention, wnich pre
sented Governor Hayes for the Presi
dency, eulogized the Administration in
the highest terms, and the same action
has been taken by every Republican
State and National Convention before
and since. Eleven cf the post-traders
who testified paid $10,000 in 1872 to
help re-elect Grant, and one of them
admitted having paid assessments with
in the present year.
Protests Against Bayonet Rule.
—The citizens of Jersey City, N. J..
without regard to party, have called a
meeting for the 2d of November to pro
test against the invasion of South Car
olina. The call is signed by leading
citizens of the city. Some fifty law
yers of Philadelphia, among them some
of the most eminent in the profession,
have published a protest against Sen.
Grant’s proclamation authorizing milita
ry intervention in South Carolina. Be
tween now and to-morrow week Grant
and his banditti will find that they
have rather overdone the bayonet busi
ness.
THE DEMOCRACY OF FLORIDA
AROUSED
We spent last Saturday in the beau
tiful town of Quincy, Fla. It was the
occasion of one of the grandest political
demonstration we ever witnessed. Eight
hundred Democrats belonging to differ
ent clubs, with banners flying, were
mounted and in line. Five thousand
people were in town to witness the soul-
stirring pageant.
The procession aiarched to the Depot
to receive th i distinguished gentlemen
who were expected to le present. Hon.
B. H.'Miill, to the disappointment of
all, failed to put in an appearance, but
Hon. Geo. F. Drew, candidate for Gov
ernor. Col. Cocke, Attorney General,
Hon. Alpheus Baker, of Alabama, Hon.
Geo. P. Raney of Tallahassee. aDd Hon.
J. E. Ycnge, Presidential Elector, from
Pcusa^ta, were present.
It waJW great day for Quincy and
Florida. The speeches were the best,
and their effect was good. The barbe
cue was plenteous. and none of the im
mense multitude went away hungry.
The ladies of Florida are foretno t in
the work of Reform, and their patriot
ism was evidenced in the decoration of
the stand,'the beautiful flags and ban
ners and by their presence at the speak
ing.
Florida is safe for the Democracy.
Florida will be redeemed on next Tues
day. *
CHEERING NEWS-
A New York paper says that the Na
tional Democratic Committee received
nearly two thousand five hundred letters
and dispatches last week. A letter from
Oregon says that Tilden and Hendricks
clubs have been organized in two hun
dred and one towns in that sparsely set
tled State. The Secretary of the State
Democratic Committee of Indiana
writes : “We are going to give Tilden
and Hendricks fifteen thousand majority
in the Presidential election.” From
California the tidings are very cheerful.
A prominent Democrat in Ohio says :
“All the fellows who were on the fence
are jumping off upon the Democratic
side.” The Democrats of Connecticut
are very active, and the same may be
said of “Little Rhody.” A gentleman
who has traveled considerably in Penn
sylvania, and made speeches in many of
the towns and villages, say’s the Demo
crats have a good chance of carrying
that State notwithstanding the frauds
in the registry and at the polls which
the Repuolieans will be sure to practice.
Hundreds offence men in Pennsylvania,
also, arc jumping off on the Democratic
side. There will be large Democratic
gains i.i Wisconsin and Michigan. So
far as New York State is concerned,
there is no doubt that she will go Dem
ocratic by a very large majority. Among
betting men wagers on the result in the
Empire State are mad ; thicc to one in
favor of the Democrats.
A GLANCE AHEAD-
Tiniest all signs fail, Samuel J Til
den will be the next President of the
United States. The preliminary b attle
has beeu fought and won on the ene
my’s chosen ground. The intelligent
supporters of 31r. Tilden at St Louis
did not regard Ohio or Indiana as nee
essary to his success. He was nomina
ted on the distinct understanding that
he could be elected without, an electoral
vote from either of those States. In
deed, it was generally conceded by Dem
ocrats, and by none more freely than
the hard money men, who man-aged his
canvass for the nomination, that he had
nothiug to hope’ for in that quarter On
the other hand, Gov. Hayes was nomi
nated because of his alleged strength in
the Ohio valley, and on the emphatic
pledge of his friends that he would cer
tainly carry Indiana, and would have
any where from thirty to fifty thousand
majority in Ohio.
But the October elections have as
tounded both parties. The reformers
are amazed by the strength of then-
candidate in those States, and the Re
publicans are dismayed by the pitiful
weakness of theirs. Indiana rolls up a
round Democratic majority for the man
whom her delegation opposed most bit
terly at St. Louis, and Gov. Hayes es
capes defeat in his own State by the
narrowest possible margin. And now
if Grant, Chandler and Cameron contin
ue the policy of military repression be
gun in South Carolina, against a people
THOUGHTS FOR VOTERS
peacefully struggling for liberation from
the vulgar despotism of carpet-bag
thieves, the November verdict
New York Sun: 3V« wish to say to tlie
friends of Tilden and Reform throughout
the country that they need feel no appre
hensions about New York, Connecticut,
and New Jersey. They have been sub
jected to a thorough and careful canvass,
minute and particular in every respect,
and in which all the doubtful elements
competency for have been conceded to the Republicans.
! The result is that New York is absolutely
ti,:. j I sure to go for Tilden bv an overwhelming ,
This sort of talk -Cts the average dar- j ma j orityi Connecticut by a large majority, ren<ler ,he change one rather
key to thinking, and no wonder that so I and New Jersey by a sufficient majority.
many of the more intelligent of them, —. »
are deserting the Radicals, and confi- | Remember South Carolina, down-
ding once more in their best and t uest trodden, oppressed and bayonet-ridden
friends, the old slaveholders and owners | South Carolina and vote the Demucrat-
of the soil. 1 ic ticket next Tuesday.
THE RESULT IN NOVEMBER.
English Views of the Chan ies in the
Presidential Race.
Pall Mall Gazette: The elections decided
on Tuesday have made it possible to esti
mate more narrowly the chances of the rival
parties. The whole electoral vote of tlie
thirty-eight States will be 3G9, a number
equal to the aggregate representation of the
States in the two houses of Congress. Mr.
Tilden is nearly sure of the whole vote of
the South (except South Carolina), which
gives him 131 votes, and to which must now
be added twenty from Indiana ar.d West
Virginia. The Northwest and New Kngland
will give Mr. Hayes 130 votes in all, and if
we add Illinois, which is generally conceded
to the Republicans, we get an average of
159, or half a dozen more than those on
which Mr. Tilden can absolutely count.
But then Mr, Tilden has a much better
chance among the doubtful States than his
Republican opponents. New Yark has
thirty-five electoral votes and its
satellite, New Jersey, has nine ; and these
two States, if secured for Mr. Tilden on the
7th of November, would give him 195 votes,
or ten more than are necessary for his nomi
nation. Should lie fail in these or in either
of them, he has still a chance of piecing
together a majority out of the other doubtful
States. There is Connecticut with six votes,
which, though a New England State, las
lately shown decided Democratic leanings;
there is South Carolina, with seven votes,
where tlie negro voters have heretofore been
supreme, but where the contest in November
will, according to the best accounts, be very
keen; there is California, with six votes,
which is likely to be followed by Oregon
wiih three votes; and in both these States
the declaration of the Democratic platform
against Chinese immigration has withdrawn
support from the Republican party. On the
other hand, all these States together would
not give the Republicans a majority if New
York and New Jersey “go Democratic;’’and
briefly it may be said that if Mr. Tilden
secures the vote of his own State next month
he may reeon upon a victory along the whole
line.
London Standard The fact that Mr. Til
den is ten sure votes ahead, and that the
greatest of the doubtful States is his own,
appear to indicate that the position of the
Democracy is at present by far the more
hopeful; and as the restoration of tlie South
and the regeneration of public morality in
the North are bound up with the victory of
tlie Democrats, we cannot out hope that the
present augury may be fulfilled.
London Times. If Mr. Tilden secures his
own State of New York, as is most probable,
he will need only four votes to win, and,
with the chances, or something more, of
victory in New Jersey and Connecticut, his
party may well be jubilant at the prospect
ot leaving, after a long and dreary exile,the
cold shade of opposition.
London News: Even Republicans will
admit that,should the issue be against them,
the trained poliiical intelligence and official
experience of the Democratic candidate will
favpr of
than against good government at home and
peace abioad.
ay
prove the practical annihilation of the
Republican party. At all events, no
future political event can be more cer
tain than the inauguration of a reform
Administration on the 4th of March
1877-
We verily believe that in less than
one montii after Mr. Tilden's election
the great majority of honest Republi
cans will themselves be fully satisfied
with the result. To promote this amia
ble feeling on th-ir part, we will tell
them now what will be done by his Ad
ministration.
The ordinary expenses of the Gov
ernment will be reduced during the
next fiscal year to an extent which will
be literally amazing to those eredul ns
citizens who have been putting their
faith in the wild figures of tin. Grant
Administration, 'file present House of
Representatives have reduced the ap
propriations 830.000.000 below those of
.ast year, a*.d $60,000,000 below the
estimates of Grant’s secretaries. With
Tilden in the White House, this enor
mous saving call easily be d oibied. The
Rings, which practically govern the
oouairy, and prey upon evciy depart-
tr.ent under Grant, will he slavered into
atoms under Tilden. Bristow’s whiskey
war, which cost him his standing in
the party of Grant and Hayes, will
seem like an insignificant skirmish be
tide the grand crusade of j ilden and |
j ililon s ministers against II the cor- I
nipt Rings from Maine to-Tex.-s. 'j he I
credit of the Government will he in
stantly and Continuously strengthened,
'flic honest and economical administra
tion which husbands the resources of
the country, instead of squanderin
them, must necessarily raise the public
credit. Besides, Mr. Tilden is himself
an experienced and eminently conser
vative financier, and under him it is to
be hoped that our crude and ill-adjust
ed system of taxation will undergo a
thorough and scientific revision.
The South will be tranquillized by
the uew message of peace anu good will
to the taxpayers, and of warning to tlie
thieving carpet-baggers, which will be
conveyed in the simple telegraphic ails
nounet merit, cf 31 r. Tilden’s election.
We shall hear no more reports of cruel
persecution and lawless violence. The
outrage mill will cease to grind and the
voice of the carpet-bagger crying for
troops will be hushed forever. The
color line will fadeaway; the waste
•dace of that rich section will ajjain
become fruitful; and the g-nerai busi
ness of the country will rise with the
rising of the prostrate States. Thus
shall we crown the Centennial year by
the restoration of peace, liberty, and the
natuial conditions of material prosperity
to every part ol the Union.—N. Y. Sun.
A dispatch from New York says the
torchlight procession in that city last
week was the giandest overseen. "Sixtv
thousand Democrats were in line..
DEMORALIZED CONKLING.
Washington', Oct. 24.—Senator Conkling
had a long conference with Secretary Chan
dler to-day. He is completely demoralized,
lie came here especially to give Grant ihe
true inwardness of the campaign in New
York, and rather startled tlie entire Cabinet
with tlie announcement that he saw but
little hope. He very confidentially told
several friends that Morgan, nominee for
Governor, had actually refused to contribute
further for campaign purposes, representing
that he was restrained by his wife. It ap
pears that Chandler demanded an assess
ment of S50,000 from Morgan and his wife
having a keen appreciation of the situation,
knowing the odds against her husband, in
duced him to
itFFrsE to HEsroxn.
This is known to Whitelaw Reid, of the
Tribune, who has written to a friend here
deprecating the course Morgan has taken.
Lieutenant-Governor Thomas L. Young, of
Ohio, and Collector Weitzel, of Cincinnati,
were in town to-day. Y'oung threw the
Radicals into great consternation. In con
versation with a friend he made the state
ment that Tilden was just as likely to carry
Ohio as Hayes, and judging from the way
in which the tide was turning, he believed
Tilden had the best chances.
The New York Herald ofthe24fch
inst., in speculating upon the possibili
ties as to the Cabinet of '.he respective
candidates for the Presidency, put3
down the names of Gen. Gordon and
A vote for Whiteley is an endorsement
of the Civil Rights Biff.
Hon. Smith, Ely, Jr., will be the next
Mayor of New York.
California and Oregon are sure to «- 0
for Tildei? and reform.
Grant will be sorry for issuing that
proclamation when he gets sober.
Vote for Tilden and secure honest gov
ernment, peace and prosperity.
Vote for Smith and you may rest as
sured your confidence will not be misplac
ed.
Next Tuesday is election day. Demo
crats are you ready ? Let every man be
on the alert-.
A vote for Whiteley is a vote to susta n
Grant and the Republican party in all
their infamy.
Election next Tuesday; Democrats to
the polls; the right must win ; to work,
then, patriots!
Colored men who vote the Democratic
ticket shall be protected from both insult
<tnd violence.
Let every man keep cool on Tuesday.
Work—work hard—but keep cool and
don’t get excited.
If the Republicans don't win, they wil]
ut least have acquired a high degree of
proficiency in lying end whistling.
Let the various clubs in Decatur see to
it that every voter goes to the polls on
Tuesday. All we need to carry the coun
ty is for all the Democrats to turn out.
“Keep the thieves out and the South
can pay its own debts.” So said a trans
parency carried by the Central Democratic-
Club, in Cincinnati, hist Monday night.
There’s good sense in that.
One of the main issues in this campaign
is whether the people are to be hereafter
governed by the bayonet or the ballot.
We are confident that the ballot will win
the day.—AT. Y. San.
Colored people, look at the condition
of Radical South Carolina, then look at
Democratic Georgia. Which do you, as
free men, prefer, Radical "bloodshed and
ruin, or Democratic peace and prosperity?
Thomasville Times: If Whiteley is not
beaten and badly beaten in Thomas coun
ty we’ll agree to . Well, we’ll
acknowledge that our knowledge of local
affairs is extremely limited.
Whilst the government is disarming the
Rifle Clubs in Soutli Carolina, it. leaves
40,000 stands of arms in the hands of the
negroes. O, what a farce of free govern
ment,
Tlie Atlanta Times says; “Tlie Repub
licans have evidently made lip their mind
to throw up the Hayes and Wheeler
sponge, and concentrate all their strength
on the Fifth and Second Congressional
Districts-”
William E- Smith if elected in Congress,
will support only simon pure Democratic
measure. Whiteley would support <t»e«
Civil Rights Bill, or any other measure
which would degrade and humble South
ern white men.
Senator Morton, in his Indianapolis
speech ill the commencement of the pres
ent campaign, tohl his hearers that tin-
election of Williams as Governor of In- |
diana in October meant the iitaugurutinu j
of TiLlen and Hendricks in March 1877. f
Benjamin F. Butler, it-, li'.s speech at I
Andover, Mass., on the loth inst., said; j
“The elections of the past week show
that there is to be a contest of the most
determined character; a contest which i-
doubtful. I say it frankly, Mr- Tilden's
election is not impossible; nay, not im
probable.”
Senator Thurman is icportcd to have
written to a friend in Washington that if
the Democrats had not from the start con
ceded Ohio to the Republicans as a matter
of course,the latter could not have carried
it. He also expresses the confident opinion
that Ohio will go Democratic in Novem
ber.
Tlie Baker County editor of tlie Mitchell
Reformer says: “1 think we will give
Smith, Tilden and Hendricks a handsome
majority on the 7th of November next,
notwithstanding the split in county af
fairs. The white vote of this county is
solid for Smith, Tilden and Hendricks
and wiil work against slippery Richard
and Rutherford B. Grant, No. 2.”
It should be remembered by the tax
payers of the country that if the Demo
crats had a majority in the Senate the ex
penses of the Government would have
been reduced forty, instead of thirty mil
lion dollars. So that tlie people gained
thirty million dollars by electing a Demo
cratic House, and lost ten million dollars
by not having a Democratic Senate.
The Washington Chronicle thus
speaks: Ben Hill wiil be back from
Georgia, and we donbt whether any
muzzle can be found strong enough to
keep him silent. Little Sunset, we
fear, will be as noisy and impudent as
before, and neither the polished elo
quence, the graceful rhetoric, nor the
poetical patriotism of Garfield, nor the
refined wit of Hurlburt will avail much
against, them To meet such men
these we want the trenchant blade of
Ben. Butler’s tongue—no courtly, dain
ty rapier, Ben Butler, and he alone of
ail the loyal politicians can cope with
Ben Hill. Pit them against each oth
er in the house and it will be such
duel as has never before been fought
upon that h storic floor.
The Gainesville (Fla.) Citizen is a
Radical sheet of the most filthy stripe,
and worst of all it is edited by a woman.
Heavens and earth ' a woman editing
a Radical newspaper, and the vilest
kind at that. This is what we would
call the Citizen : a highly-seen ted mis
sive of the meanest kind of meanest
Florida Radicalism,. printed by a car
pet-bagger and edited by a shrew. But
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Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar, from the Southjgjfrould’nt we hate awfully to “tame”
in Tilden’s Cabinet. i^t “shrew,”
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