| Show THE PARTIES IN TH B SOUTH A liberal republican ade springfield cannot digert the liea and exaggerations of radical republican paper the alleged terro ruing of the rn republicans in a compilation of the votes of tho eleven southern states to which the remarks of the republican organs refer the can shows that not only the republic can but likewise lie io vote hm decreased la ali sintha tn thero were cast lie publican and democratic votes in republican and democratic votes hence we have a republican ion of and a democratic decrease of in the states of arkansas georgia north carolina tennessee and texas there i shown a sid erable increase of the republican vote in alabama and both parties lost about the time ni imber in florida the republican vote remained almost unchanged and in virginia the one aa well as the other has been reduced by he heresy of the adjusters Re the aie pul liean doe not believe that in the one or other of these states the republican vote was reduced by force or fraud still the vote may have been swelled by fraud in florida the republican loss is greatest in louisiana and south carolina the the republican that the democratic vote in the south does not increase like in the north indicates the leagons why there is no increate in the republican vole to be expected if the popular inte reit in mississippi i so lukewarm that the democratic vote falls from to it is quite natural that the republican vote which comes chiefly from the ignorant poor and indifferent u reduced from to he who assumes that if the colored roan does not vote this is caused by intimidation timi dation forgets thet the colored people are ignorant and poor that their interest in a national campaign must be remote and that the temptation to vaid which in some states as a prerequisite of franchise must be very sarong especially in absence of a violent electioneering electioneer ing agitation which is considered necessary in the north in order to bring the more educated and intelligent voters to the polls theres the rub the northern republicans lave abandoned their southern co partisans and as the latter not capable of raising good agitation of their own there was none suppose in the north were left without and agitation as the republican party was in the south the result be the game it may le l e that here and there in tle south the res public ana were cheated ot a few vote but this is essentially to be attributed tri buted to their deficient represent at the polling places and this i to be attributed to their suppose that anywhere in the north a party were not depre gelled in the counting of voles we should like to see the votes with which such party would be credited if the virtuous republican party machinists had the count of th votes of new york without control where would the democratic vote bi not therefore from the reduction of the republican vote but from other reported facts the assumption may be justified that in south carolina and perhaps in lou niana the colon d vote was partly suppressed for such facts if facts chiy be we would admit no excises it is likely enough that the next house with i ila republican majority will throw all the necessary light on thes fact and it is probable that several democratic representatives may be unseated there is at any rate no dinger that the house will be too lenient in this respect the democrats will be unable to resist any wrong done them in that direction will be throng in both branches of Congre ai to prevent any farther legislation as to the interference of federal official in elections A 11 such dawg have only a real if effect that the parties can watch and control one another to he casting and counting of tho votes dud this eriech depends very much on be publican federal election official are CO use where abo have the kocl and if the one day wa hope at no far distant day become election etc where the local a also they would be of tio more account either the honesty and fairness of the elections elec tiona after ull lit alwawi on he ability of the party lo 10 enforce for themselves representation at bo but they must alao be ao tave in bringing out their votes without this all federal representation at the ballot i mummery und pomp A wo ltd activity of the republican party in the south would boon destroy ilg yoli dily but on the other cacti pain jg adherents adhe renta to democracy ill the korth i soon as the badbear of auther reb ollion would be removed from it |
