The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-23
CURRENT OPINION.

the allaying of excitement should
be encouraged as wise New York
Tribune, Rep.
Nothing would rejoice Grant
more than to kick up a second
war" He thinks that he would
have a chance to become permanent
president Cleveland Plain Dealer.
There is now a loud call for a
constitutional amendment by which
the people Of the United States can
vote directly for president and vice
president. Let us nave it Bos-
ton Post.
The delay in getting full returns
from Louisiana, Florida and South
Carolina would be very remarkable
if those States were Radical as it is;
the circumstance is easily ex-
planned Vicksburg Herald.
No one in either party suspects
Kellogg or his returning board of a
single grain of honesty. The coun-
try is excited, suspicious, and, per
haps, upon the eve of a great ma
tional calamity. = Milwaukee News.
We have confidence in the pur
pose of the American people to be
free, and that the conspirators will
ultimately quail before the mutter-
ings of the storm they would raise,
and that the Inauguration of Mr..
Tilden will be peaceable and quiet
- Little Rock Gazette.
President Grants mistakes have
usually resulted from influences
which at the time surrounded him
Left to himself, his common sense
and his instructive appreciation OIL
the right, have more than once, du-
ring his civil administration, served
the country WE'LL New York
Times, Rep.
The election itself passed so qui
city that hoped the returns would
be made without disturbance.
supposed they had enough troops
already in Florida'and Louisiana to
keep the peace and protect the re
turning boards. We have not hearC
Of any riots yet, and l think. the
sending of more troops would tenC
to excite one Peter Cooper.
1t is to be hoped that fair play
and honesty will prevail, and tina
Tilden ana Hendricks may be per
mItted to assume their official du
ties peacefully. But it is arran
folly to attempt to disguise the fac
that the entire country is intensely
apprehensive of grave compiled
TONS indianapolis Sentinel
The people demand an homes
declaration of the decision of tn,
majority Of the voters of Louisiana
whether it be for Hayes or TiIden
and it is to be hoped that thost
who have control OF the machinery
in that State can be made to fee
r the force of public opinion, and bt
, restrained from unfair, dishones
and revolutionary action Boston
Globe.
We can tell these Radical leaders
; that this is a dangerous game to at
tempt in the present temper of thu
American people. If the votes, a
actually cast and declared at tn
several voting precincts in thes,
. three States on the day of election
D or any one Of them, elect Mr.. Til
den he will be inaugurated on the ST.
= of March next, and nothing can pre-
/ Uent 1t New Haven Register.
The question which now agitate
j the people, is not whether Mr. Til
D den is elected, for that is settled b
= common consent, but the questio
p whether the Republican leaders wi
> peacefully surrender to the peOpl
the trust in their hands, is seriousl
," debated. The crisis is such as t
e demand from every man the coolies
reflection, and the most temporal
counsels.-lSpringfe Register.
I The close vote in the Electors
u Colleges in the election just he'll
o ought to settle now and forever tn
b necessity of an amendment to til
4 Constitution, so that the people c
both parties and all parties ca
vote directly for president and vic
y president New York Express.
Whatever shall be the result o
this occasion, the time has evident
e lv arrived for the Electoral Colleo
to be abolished as soon as the Cor
stitution can be amended to that e
o feet. 1t is a clumsy, aristocrati
and expensive institution, an
+, wholly powerless, except for evi
Il 1t was devised for the purpose @
n keeping the people from electin
5 their own president, and is full {
r possible revolutions. Let the nu
sance be abated.- Graphic.
Col. A. K Mcclure, of Pennsylvs
l. MIA, says: Il believe that if Hayes
- declared elected by fraudulent vote
and manipulations in the South, h
i viii never be inaugurated. 1t is
e grave thing to say, but / believ
= that fran attempt at such fraud
made there will be no Governmen
in this country on the 4th of Marc
Il next Bets are being made tina
j. Grant will be the next President {
the United States. - New Yor
s., Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer
- If these plunderers are nc
? thwarted now, the same outrage
: that are being attempted In Sout
d Carolina, Florida and LOuisian;
e will be enacted in Illinois and a
II the Northern States at the mex
general elections. If the America
republic is going to die, it is bette
S it should die quickly.-lSprin
p Register.
: Gen. Grant says that "no ma
II worthy of the office of presiden
should be willing to hold it
: counted in or placed there b
fraud" That is a sentiment tina
would have been unworthy of til
immortal Washington, and W
Il should all take courage could W
e forget Let US have peace" an
d Let no guilty man escape. II Bos
ton Post.