The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-08-12
has recognized the army and closed
a thousand avenues Of fraud and cor
ruption in every department.
THE RADICAL PLOT.
How it is Proposed to Perpetu-
ate the Grant Dynasty
Jere HARRISON Discloses Onlt a Part
of the Programme.

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Washington, July 26.-Considera
ble attention has been given speech
made at Selma, Alabama, by Jere
Raralson, a colorcd member Of Con.
gress from that State. and also the
representative of Alabama on the
National Republican Committee. In
the course of his speech Mr.. HARRISON
declared that 'if the Democrats car.
ried Mississippi the Senate would not
count the vote Of that State in the
electoral college," He then added
that che had been talking with Sena-
tors and knew what he was saying"
Probably Mr.. Haralson Ia his zeal
to fire the colored heart became
slightly indiscreet, but 10 told the
truth, nevertheless. He did not,
however, tell the whole truth, be-
cause he only indicated a part Of the
programme. will give the whole
plot as it has been known to exist for
some time, promising with the re.
mark that it originated in the once
fertile brain of Blaine.
THE RADICAL PLAN.
Some months ago the Republican
leaders in Washington became salts
fed that nothing short of an interpo.
sition of fate would save their party
in the approaching Presidential, con.
test. The House had gone ON from
exposure to exposure, each new one
more damaging than its predecessor,
and when the whole record Of infamy
eliminated in the wreck of Belknap,
there was an absolute panic. The
only man in the councils Of the party
who held his grip was Blaine. Blaine
called his faithful followers together
and laid before them the scheme by
which he proposed to avert the ruin
that threatened tho Republican par
ty, and that was nothing less than
tho plot to rev"lntionize the country
in the manner intlmated by Ila,alsoD
in his Selma speech. Blaine is COM
paatively dead now, bnt his deeds
live after him, and his pious inven.
ton to revolnti"nize the nation and
prevent the execution Of tho popular
will is in a particularly acute state Of
vitality.
WORKING IT OUT.
,.,T,h 4 ubh4YDyH..fG.Als Rnr not have
more than thirty majority in the
electoral college, and probably not
more than eighteen that in order to
obtain q majority At all they must
carry the States Of Louisiana, Miss
issippi, Arkansas aud North Carolina.
1t is conceded by the Republican
leaders that the votes Of all these
States will lie returned fur the Demo.
cratic electoral ticket But It ia their
intention to food the Northern States
with stories Of rapine and outrage,
and thus prepare the Northern mind
for the spectacle Of revolution. 1t
will lie remembered that when the
electoral vote was counted in 1872,
that Of Louisiana was objected to and
thrown out, and was never counted.
This is precedent. Under the I'D
! joint rule, if either House objects to
the counting Of any State, that States
vote must I've suspended, pending ex.
animation into the validity Of the
objection. There is no thing in the
| Consultation or the laws to limit the
| duration of such examination nor ia
there any barrier against frivolous
and unfouuded objection. Thus, il
tie Senate object to counting the votes
of the four Southern States mention
ed and they are suspended from the
electoral college, pending inquiry, II
will be easy to prolong the inquiry
beyond tho 4th Of March following.
A FAVORABLE SITUATION.
The consequences of this action
are easy to bo seen. Grant will still
be in the White KOnse with all the
executive forces Of the nation in his
grasp. His party will hold the Sen
ate. The Democratic House IF tht
present Congress will expire hy law
and there will be no barrier between
the Republicans aud the accomplish
ment Of their desperate designs.-
There will be no President elected
and the Senate will declare Gran
provisional President until u succes
aor can be legally chosen. The new
House Of Representatives will b'
convoked and will be organized on {
Republican basis, precisely as D.
Trobriand organized the Louisiana
Legislature two years ago. Ate
that the Republicans will have tn
game in their own hands and ma,
: take whatever steps they please T.
reconstruct the Government.
WILL NEVER SURRENDER.
This 10 brief is the settled prn
D eramme Of the desperate rogues an
criminals who hold the reirs If pow
er at this time and who are deter
) mined never to surrender the CIV
erpment t. their political opponent
unless the verdict Of the peopl
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