To The Voters Of Michigan

To the Voters of Michigan : The people of eleven States have now spoken ! The popular verdict against corrupt rulers has been rendered ! Corruption in office has been condeuined ! Incompetent and dishonest rulers have beon " weighed in the balance and found wanting !" To do this, immense administration niajorities have, in sonie instances, been wiped out, and in others have beer, greatly reduced ; but in all, the betrc.yers of our public trusts have been. condemned by honest men without regfisd to party. The rosults of the October elections are now before you - they fill all patriotic hnarts with joy - they inspire confidence and courage, and they are the harbingers of yut greater victories in November, for light, for truth, for justice and for honesty. The victories gained by our friends in Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia and in portions of other States, aro a signal defeat of the administration, and are the results of a apontaneous but wrathful uprising of a deceived, swindled and tax-ridden people without regard to party - of a people dtermined no longer to be made the tools and the sports of cunning politicians and of corrupt rings. " Credit Mobiliers," " salary grabbers," " back-pay stealers," and " tax eaters,", have, in most cases, been justly dooraed ; politicians, ofh'coseekers and caucus rulers have been spurned by their political rank and file ; ticket-scratching, ticket-cutting, ticketbolting are the fashion ; and political revolution is a demonstrated success ! These ara facts and results full of hope and encouragement to the honest, taxpaying people, and they are discouraging and troublesome to none but the corrupt political combinations that now rule State and Nation. A brilliant and useful example has now been furnished us in Michigan, and it o ïly remains for us to follow it. That we can follow it is proved by the astonishing changes that have already occurred ia other States - that 10e should follow it is pldin to every honest and thoughtful man. When we consider the fact, that the eleven States, in which elections have now been held, gave, only two years ago, an aggregate adminLitration mojority of 270,000, and that they havo now given, in recent elections, an aggregate ojiposition majority of 50,000, it is mude plain that even Michigan can be redeemed from her political slavery to the greedy manipulators and rulers of the political caueus. When we consider the character of the men who, by bribes of office and of ïnoney, dictate and control the aotion of these caucuses, and when we reinember the effects of their dominion over us, the path of duty and of interest is made plain before all houest and independent men. Will the people of Michigan allow this opportunity to achieve a political dom to escape them ? We trust not - we bolieve they will not. What remains to bedone? During the few short days that yet remain to u for work let ua see to it, in every town and hamlet of our broad State, that eery ioter is registered - that on the 3d of November etery voter is at the polls - and that Ms hallot is cast for the good men and true whom the opposition have pliee1 in nomination for Federal, State and uounty offices. If we but do this, mctory is ours-a victory of which we may justly be proud - by which we shall achieve great and good results- and in which not only we, but our tax-ridden and abused brethren everywhere, may rejoice together. Detroit, Oot 16, 1874. Foster Pbatt, J. G. Paekhurst, Wm. Brodie, II. J. Eedfield, Geo. S. Cooper, Ejecutivo Committee of the State Democratie Conmiittee.