The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-20
THE END APPROACHES.

Ehe Returning Board has finally thrown OF
even the pretense of fairness and justice ans
stands revealed in all its naked deformity
There is no longer any question about it
and 80 far as the Radical members Of tn
hoard are concerned, the fate of the State il
sealed. The people must arouse from tn
sense of security into which they have beer
suIled by fair promises and awaken to real
ixation of the infamous purposes of the deep
dyed scoundrels who have been tamperint
with and doctoring the returns OF the election
held on the second Of November last.
From Kellogg up to little Kenner there is bu
one purpose, and that is to s,cindh as. They
lie and fawn and utter fair seeming words, but
TREY straightway commit acts so dark and
<iilainous as to pass belief In the matter Of
che parish Of DeSoto, they first gave certain
evidence of an intention to disregard the will
polls, and since that time have gone on day
.afler day disclosing the most unmistakable
purposes Of fraud, but declaring all the time
that they proposed to be just Acts against
nords! The sun against tallow dip!
In all seriousness, and we regard the time
AZ too solemn, too big with horrible possibili-
ties, for aught but seriousness, we must de-
termine suddenly what course to pursue, for
-we stand upon the very brink Of an abyss
whose terrors we are enabled to gauge by the
bitter experiences of the past. We stand TO-
day face to face with the absolute certainty
that after all our efforts, all our toll, all our
patience, our sacrifices and forbearance, the
snen who were selected for the single purpose
of defrauding us are about to obey the behests
" their masters-Packard, Williams, Beck
with and Kellogg -and consummate an act Of
Vilainy so glazing as to make even Radicals,
whose consciences have been scared by a
repetition Of crimes, stand aghast.
It is utterly impossible for any reasoning
ssz,d sensible man to read over the action of
the Returning Board yesterday, and not I'M
slerstand that the case of the Returning Board
Sersus the people has been decided against
the defendants.
The verdict is apparent in every word and
act; it is apparent to any one who watched
the countenances Of those two cons,lmmate
knaves, Wells and Anderson, and noticed
closely the wavering, uncertain chances of the
two negroes who are the mere tools and cats
y'aws by which their masters hope to win
profit and place.
The frequent conferences between the Re
turning Board and Kellogg at Rays house
and Anderson's house, and the orders from
Williams 4 Co. have not been with
out their effect, and we assert boldly that in
those caucuses it was deliberately decided
inst how and in what precise manner the re-
turns should be made to answer the designs
Of the Radical leaders.
KelIOgy was at those cancuses, Antoine was |
II those caucusss, Lo,ceu was at those eau |
cuscs. Roy was at those caucuses, Dibble was
At those caucuses, and every Radical member
If the Returning Board was present They
are all equally guilty, they are all in the trea-
sonable plot to smother the voice Of the peo-
,le. Their purpose is to proceed to throw
vat enough polls in the various contested
Democratic parishes to affect the general re-
;ult in their favor. They propose. further, to
mt in Dubuclet as Treasurer and Twitchell as
senator, in the places of Moncure and Elan.
lecSei.
The parishes canvassed yesterday were
avoyelles, Natchitoches and Red River BY
he legal returns from these parishes we have
Two representatives, and the Radicals three,
'ut after the returns have been subjected to
he wonderful alchemy Of the board they ha ye
aur and We have one.
In the parish Of Red River they threw out
one poll, the result of which was
q take from Moncure and Elan 119 votes and
My 43 from Dubuciet. In the parish Of
Satchitoches they threw oV two large Demo-
ratio polls, the result of which was to greatly
decrease the chances of Moncure and Elan,
nd finally capped the climax by changing
he result Of the disputed poll at Evergreen,
n the parish of Avoyelles, in which. when
he counting ceased, the vote stood II for
4oncure and 7S for Dubuclet, SO as to give
q majority of $50 votes. This re-
aarkable and rascally action was based upon
few Of those convenient cross-marked af6-
avits, Of which Packard keeps an inexhaust-
ble supply, and was in direct conflict with
he previous action of the board in the case Of
hc parish Of DeSoto, in which they ruled
hat nothing but the official returns, delivered
1 person by the Supervisors, could be
ounted.
On that ruling the entire parish of DeSoto
hieh gave very large Democratic majority,
as thrown out but when the Radical OK is
crod the ruling is ignored, and the board, in
stiance Of everything, count poll where the
otes were never canvassed, and where the
OK was stolen away from its proper custo-
ians
Such was the infamous work Of yesterday.
hich is specially ominous in that it points
greater frauds about to be consummated.
q must take counsel together, for within