The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1876-12-01
WILL THE DEMOCRACY SUBMIT.
From the Mobile Register.l


Long before the election it was def
nitely asserted by Republican leaders
that if the Presidential contest should
depend upon the Southern States which
had Republican Executives, Mr.. TilGen
would never be inaugurated. The Reg
lister called attention at that time to
! the power possessed by the Governors
| OF North Carolina, South Carolina,
f1orida and Louisiana, to suppress or
distort the true returns and to certify to
! false electors. Since November 7th, We
have seen the threats of the conspirators
I assume definite and substantial form,
until at this moment they are about to
culminate in acts of the most fragrant
usurpation.
There is hardly Il shadow of doubt
| remaining IT'S to the result OF the formal
! count of the electoral votes. In the
case of South Carolina, the Board OF
| s&nNassers have already counted up
enough votes to give II majority for the
Hayes electors, stopping the count ut
those counties which stand ready to of
set the Hayes majority and to secure
| victory for Mr.. Tiltlen. If the count
proceeds no further, the willing Exc
cutive stands ready to base his certiti-
| cate upon the incomplete canvass.
In the case of Florida we find the
| Executive determined to declare what
ever result may suit his wishes, and
| claiming to be subject to no decision
by the Board. This settles any doubt
us to the certificates from Gov.
Stcarns.
In the case of Louisiana the victory
of the Democracy is not denied, but it
is claimed by the Republicans that the
result would have been different had
there not been a fear OF intimidation
on the part of the negroes in certain
parishes. Upon this preteXt Governor
Kellogg stands ready to override the
eight thousand majority for Mr.. .Tilden,
and to give the electoral votes to Mr..
Hayes. That he will do so is now gen
orally admitted by newspaper correspon-
dents who are visiting New Orleans
The editor of the Now York Staats lei
tunS thinks so; and Hon. Henry Wat
terson, in his last letter to the Courier
Journal, say: "Hayes is to have the
vote ofIouisiaua, no matter how many
votes were polled for Tilden."
The moustrous frauds, perjurics and
usurpatiOnS which have characterized
this scheme to rcvcrs the suffrageS OF
the people having wearied out our in
dignation, we turn for Il moment fro AZ
ltpiAlLlSlltS upoL ltlC ilIoClly Ol thS>
crime, to consider what will be the
course Of events after the opening of the
| Electoral votes by Mr., Ferry on the
i4th of February. The certiiicatcd
Electoral votes will show one majority
for Hayes and Wheeler. VIII the pco-
pie of The North submit to II result thus
brought about?
An idea fingers in the public mind
that something will occur to prevent
the announcement of the vote. One
hope is based upon the disputed elcc-
tOral vote in Vermont. a stronger hope
rests upon the disputed vote in Oregon.
a very faint hope exists that the Gov
ernor of California may open up the
frauds committed by the Republicans
in San Francisco and refuse his tcrt;fi-
cate to the Hayes electors. These
hopes are illusory. Such trifiing diff
cuIties will not be in the way of a party
which darcS str!nont and reverse the
10 electoral votes o! three States. We
may rest certain that Mr.. Ferry will
open certain certificates and hand them
to the tellers, and that the tellers will
read out the declarations contained
therein, to the effect that Hayes and
Wheeler have a majority OF one vote Of
the Electoral College.
IL - SuillilS;il tutL Ni1tIl T1OTJu;l Is
called, the House will interrupt the
count and insist that the true vote Of
l'loridt he substituted for the false re-
turns. The House retire to consider
the question. They return, and the
Senate SuStains the false returns, be
cause formal and consistent with the
theory of the State rights. The House
denies the false returns, and insists upon
| the true. Should the matter rest there,
Mr.. Ferry proceeds with his work, and
! completes it. If SO Hayes is de .tucto
| Presdcnt-clect with all the forms OF
| law in his favor. But, suppose upon
| the disagreement as to Florida the
! House assumes to retire from the joint
convention and thus prevent Il cOntinu-
| alton OF the count" AS they open the
door to go out, they are met by the
! soldiers of President Grant and forced
| back TO their seats until tho ''lifc of the
| nation is savcd.' Cromwell did such
| things, ana Grant is not very unlike
! Cromwell. The people OF the United
States OF the 10Th are not very unlike
the people Of England OF the 18th cen
| tury.
Admitting, however, that the House
| retire to their chamber. and uDOn the