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Still Whining Over '76

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Day
14
Month
December
Year
1892
Copyright
Public Domain
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The republicana are up to thelr oíd stealing trlcks ;i-ain. ín 18T they stole tlií prcsidcn.-v, by throwing out the -rotes of a largo ntanber oí precincts in tln-ee states.- Argus. Jsn't it nliout time the Argus stopped over a thlng democratie party did of its own aceord ? The ■electoral commis -ion, created by draoera,tis are lone-lialf of its membereíiipchosefn by the c'.euio rats themselves.iawarded tho presidency to President Hayes after a carefal and painstaking hearing o-f the pointe in dispute between tihe two parties. They could in justic-o render no other decisión, and they wer mfn selected for their eminent abilities and keen sense of Justicie. The assertion that the ivpulilii'ans sr-ole the presldency is a shameful one to make imder the circumstances. The eontest was settled in 187G in a marnier wihlch the demócrata proposed thomselves, and they have whined about it ever Blode, because their owncomm;ion decided against them. Bilt .whn it comes to right down, bold, defbant, daetardly tWevlng1, we would .respectiully refer the Argus to the democratie theft of seats in the last state senate of Michigan. Alter it has gazsd uinon that awhile, tJien it can look at Senator Hill of New York, and the brazen acts of tebbery- 'worse than highway rohbery -that he committed in stealing the tegislatuire of New York only i year or so ago ! It was the greatest en se of stealing ever lward of in the northern istates, and dangerous to the institutioiis of this iree country. Then. my dear Argus, look at erery soutlvern state. Can you, as a Cliristian gentleman, acense any other party of political thievery, when you know that there is not a precinct in tire entire solid south to-day, where tltóre is fl-ny pretense made of an honest el.'ction ? You know that is a íact. You tJiat the demo2ratic party in power there simply goes through the form of an election, and returns euch votes as It picanee. You know that no man, white or black, can cast ony ballot there exoept a democratie taa.ltot. You know that justice is outraged and liberties trampled upou oontinually. And you further know that had every citfzen of th eUnited States in every vioting precinct of this natiou been free to cast his ballot as lus conscience dictated, and tliose ballots lie.en honestly counted as cast, that Grover Cleveland would not today be the presidcnt-elcct of the Unitod States. Yo'u know then that Grover Cleveland will take ttoe great office of chief magistrate of this nation, not by the barnest votes of his countrymien, but by thie dbhonesty, fraud and corruption of tlue men wfio liaudle the ballot boxes in a large numb:'r of southem states of this nnion. You know all thïs and then accuse the repuWican party of theft ! Ye Gods, whart, gall !

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Old News
Ann Arbor Courier