The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-21
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,,Lo,siore their count Of the vote ant
1.,.,miDs,lon I.,' Of the result in tho',
s'',,' s'' mu.t be e1 parte, unjust, null ana
voiJ. This i. the substance, IL no. .t .n'
..,c, language, Of their statement oil !hs
r,,c, II is in reality tautamOunt to saying
.,' ,s,, there i. but one honest disposition
NJ nth the difficulty, viz: to count Tildsn Il IL
and that anything else is morally Il
no, actually, casus belli.
# mi, Democratic prejudgem'nt ano
ADVANCE settlement Of the Southern si'us, :,
,;on will hold water, why, then, II Is all
iolly to 20 on with any further efamina'
linn Of ,be imbroglio. The proper thing
!. to confess judgment, save trouble and
+ l., III tho Demo Democracy have their own sweet
iii Either this or worse, in the shape
ol trouble, i. the threat that is made As
,b,sA Louis Tines puts it, "Tilden or q
sght.' !;
III. Republicans OF Mississippi call for
:, examination Of the way the result has
h..o achieved in that state. As we Under
r,ol II, the Returning Board III they
,,,. ,uch an institution in that statel, j.
in the hands OF the Democracy. Sup
D,,e that the Republicans could prove Il
III. .a,i,I.c.ion Of the country that the
D,pOcra. carried Mississippi by intimi'
5,,iop aud violence. 1t is the de-
s;I.l conviction OF tens Of thousands
Of Republicans that Mississippi is ii
much Republican State to-day Us
Maine. The report submitted to Con
g... by Mr.. BOutwell's committee show
ii ,hs. the State was carried by The
Democracy in 1874 by very gross out
,.,e. on the free exercise OF the elective
trauchiss-outrages expressly inhibited
by National and State laws. The chair
man Of the Republican State Committed
Of Mississippi claims that the election
for President on the 7.h was, as in 1874
The result oI intimidation and violence
Now, II an examination Of the facts ii
The Mississippi case shonld be under
taken before this Presidential business ii
inally settled, We presume the proPeI
thing for the Democracy to do would be tc
concede the disqualification Of their Re
turning Board, on the ground that th'
Republicans would be sire to say at the
cad Of the canvass, il their Electors wer'
no. counted in, that the verdict was eE
,1d., unjust, null and void.
There was famous book written u few
ysIrA ago land it was published in chap
ers in the TSrELLlGEsCEH) called "PuI
Yourself in His Place." Many OF ou
readers will remember it. The title wa
,gOod one-it covered vast amount ol
space in tho way Of delineasions Of hu
man nature. The advice therein con
tlinsl-"put yourself in his placs"-is
god motto for every day remembrance
md these times it Is especially good 10
Democratic remembrance.
The maxim OF the law is that the maj
shO 'eeks equity must do equity. Whei
!oa 80 into court house Tor justice
you must 90 with clean pair o
SiHds. When you go before a Return
,Hg Board 1t ia we'll not TO go IN atram
auind that denies eve rything on ON
Aindand claims everything on tue othet
Unless lies unparalleled have been told
here has been a vast amount oil intimida
aau,eVen to actual violence, pracsiced II
the South in the late canvass. Beior
&NSanvass ended, Mr.. Blaine publicl!
proclaimed in one Of his speeches tha
more men had oeeh killed III 'ne 7ou''
% account Oh poii''cS S'uce 'ne war 'ua'
sa ''I!en IN any 'nFee Vi ~
a'''i'''t OassIe'' lhA was . ''af'
4as announcement 20 startling q
10 be almost Incredible anu 70
"aaVs never seen II seriously contra
istsd up to this time
"AeFe have these men i"lIen. Alai
'a''s OF them in Louisiana we hav'
~ nea'd oil tue Cou'hsssa massacre y
w" state, anu oil otheF inc'aents OIL IKE
CHARACTER What do they proven Ina
'ae politics oil that State "a IN an occa
''0aa'' ii not a constant, semi'revolu
"oaaFy condition The ku'klu1 ex
limitations oil Congress proved thai
auon' mos' certainly saying nothing
'bont BOutwell's later report in til,
SS''S''pm case
Laws have been made 10 the South
Ike the one that provides for Returning
'ls,eIpressly to discourage and eradi
s's s'hi'ssni'rsvOIutionary business. l
'l' seen years ago, both by Congress an
The Republicans OF several ot the South
EN- States, that unless the negro was /
some way protected in the exercis