Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-11-29

moral certainty that Governor TilleI
carried the State by 1000 majority &c
cording to the returns.
| met no person in Louisiana, and
mixed as freely Ms possible with pei
sons Of all classes and both parties
who denied or doubted that this wa
the true result Of the election wa
told that the Republican newspaper
had published returns from thirty o
forty parishes, coinciding with thos
in the Democratic statement, bat ha,
then dcslstcd, declaring that the re
turns were incorrect, and unsatisfac
tory. No counter claim is made in re
gard to the retr s. The only answe
made i sbslM u e., p, hays ben 9a.rag &c
:si'i I'D a = sfs q tS II s'I5'9
and that the Returning Board vii
have to correct the returns by throw
ing out the votes of those parishes
se csse 1saSslsissss : s;sssas g .ks L.!
inst. went further, and declared that /
would have been east for the Republi
can ticket il the intimidation had no
taken place. ! met no person what
ever who admitted any other by
poihcsis than that the Returning Boart
would bring out a Republican majority
1t was not discussed il was assumed
AS OF course. The proposal, then, i
that the Returning Board shall destroy
the votes of large number of person.
who really voted, and supply the vote
Of large number Of others who die
not vote, because they think that som,
persons voted under coercion and other
refraincd under intimidation. Coult
anything more arbitrarily destroy tn,
whole theory of popular electoral gov
ernment2
For obvious reasons | could not en-
ter into the question of fact us TO out
RACES. | heard abundant complaint,
Of outragcs, &C., against negroes who
voted the Democratic ticket. and
talked with number of persons VIII,
had such complaints TO make. ! alst
resolutely pursued all possible inquii,
les within my reach to try to find out
the truth. In Il conversation which O
number OF us held with Gov. Kellogg
he was asked for facts under this head
He cited the case Of Gair only. GaiI
was killed by lynching, under circum.
stances of revolving injustice, in Sep
tember, 1875.
Politics had nothing TO do with it,
much less this election. IL is fair 10
say that our interview was cut short
and Mr.. Kellogg got no further with
his recital Other charges of outrage
which heard or saw were intangible
and uncertain. could not bring any
of them to distinct shape. All Of
them were denied, and especially the
broad and general descriptions Of sys.
TENS Of intimidation were cnergetical.
ly denied by men of unquestionablc
character and integrity.
! see no guarantee against frauds
except in the vigilance and interest of
the opposing parties. Such guaran-
tees exist in Louisiana, with the vast
preponderance Of the chances IN favor
of the party in power, which appoints
all the officers OF election, has the fed
eral officers on its side and controls tho
federal troops. Every effort made by
the Democrats to prevent frauds Is
tortured into a proof of intention to
commit fraud, and runs through the
North IN the present temper of the
people finding ready crcdence. | do
not wonder that the people of Louis
lana despair OF justice and fair treat.
ment from us when | see the readiness
with which honorable men accept n
misconstruction OF all their efforts. and
the tenacity with which the same men
cling to party preiudices. 1t is shame
to human nature and fragrant viola.
tion of all the assumptions OF free Gov.
crnment, " only proves with renew.
cd force how wrong il is for us to be
u State sixteen hundred
miles away II the vote of the State
is not TO be counted as cast, it is plain
lnat inc investigation ought to be full,
open, impartial ana complete but
'anno' ssc no" any such investigation
= !, 'oss.oic ~ INC nature oil things II
ny ny .,. u'oun"' "ero ABOVE suspicion
: : ~ ,'l,',, 'nepry ,na, Sucn an investigation
7 !. poss'I'o 'eauS 70 one result, as yet
r,s,ans; y uu' n sureIoongress VIII be The
,'e.u'n,s s'',.' . noaru o' ,ne Nation ana
''u ri ] 'no e.'e',o', oi rres'ueh,.
. ine oa'y ooncluslons ! could reach
iis,''s n ,esa'u ~ 'u' @ general matters 10
ilsputc were as iOll0ws. Society IN