Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-11-18
OUR NEW YORK LETTER,

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of TrouSis.
Other Matters.
TmE ELECTION.
Nothing ia talked Of or heard q
in the city, but tue election. II pass
I'd of here very quietly, there beiM
Int u few fights, and no riOtin
whatever. The night hrf0ic the cleo
tion, there was u, little trouble i
DesDrusses Street. IN which on
man WAS killed an,l two or tire
wounded. a cOlOWd club from Jrl
sey City had participated IN II h
publican parade, aud were on thri
way home. Now, 1t has herm tn
rule In this city, that an lrishmal
had u perfect right TO beat aud mal
treat n ! egrO, whenever and where
ever he chose. aud IL hns never beer
expected that the Ethiopian wOul'
resist. consequently u party q
Irish Democrats assaulted these ne
grms with u shower OF hrickbat
aud stones, and made the usual rusl
upon them. They were astonishe,l
The nrgrOes-mOst OF them hat
served in the army-,lrew up in or
der, and poured u v0lley into thril
ranks from revolvers.and then charg
I'd upon them with knives. This
was so complete a reversal of nj
rule and precedent. that the Irish
men did not understand 1t. To xii
u "nagur," was good sport, but Il
have a ''nagur" kill them was not 81
amusing. Such Of them as wert
able He'd ingloriOusly, and the ne
"rm.s moceetIea way qnle,'y ..
their way. The ''nigger" is getting
to have rights which rcd.nOsed men
are bound to respect. They were
at the polls all day Tuesday and
voted The same az other people,
much to the disgust of the thOus,
ands of natuaalizpd Irish who hold
this city in their hands.
Tuesday night was an eyentfu'
night in this city. A drenching
rain that had been falling all day
continued all the night. But il had
no effect upon the eager and excit
ed populace. The headquarters Of
the National Republican CorInmit.
tee were at the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
and rs early as seven o'clock the
in the vicinity were crowded
with an excited mass Of people.
awaiting news of the result. TWEEN.
IT, third street: Fifth avenue, aud
the streets adjacent were packed
with a thrOmg, with and without nm.
brellas, all eager to hear the returns.
and know who was to he the next
President. The doors OF the com
mittee rooms were guarded by y"
licplnpM to keep out the iml,alien:
lhrOng who had money. or what was
more, opinions, staked upon tue re-
suit.
At eight o'clock the news COM
nence'l coming in. 1t was all one
way. New York CITY had gone Dem
ocratic by majolitirs which no one
anticipated, and the Republicans
looked blue, and many OF them went
home feeling that chaos had come
again, and that there WAS no hope
Cor anything. in this world. Fol
lov ing this came the returns from
shown" n complete and
overwhelming -$AsEA "ra'ic victory
in that State. w. a. was anoth-
pr exodus of ltel"n":cans.
Then | left the Fifth Avenue llo'
tel and went down to Tamnlany
Hall and Irving HALL, the h-adquar
tiers of the Democracy. The scene
was quite different. All was jnhi
lati0n and joy. There was more
more unrrasoning, m.
jubiIation than.I exer sa W
before or ever want to see again.
Men who expect places under Til
den, men who have promises of po-
sitions in the event Of II Democrat
ic success, were reeling drunk in
the hope of the victory which they
believed they achieved, and they
did not conceal their exultation.
The rum mills in the vicinity were
packed with them, and the entire
territory vas made az complete a
l,andemoninm as the most malicious
devil that Milton ever painted could
have desired. And so through the
whole Of Tuesday night. The Dem
pcIatic quarters Of the city were
awake and drunk.
Wednesday morning a change
came over the spirit of their dreams
New York had gone Democratic, so
had Indiana, but they woke up to
of the fact that to elect
rillen the Southern States were
necessary, and there were grave
doubts as to whether he had got
hem all. Florida looked badly for
hem-South Carolina was N doubt,
North Carolina was ditto. aud Lon
Siana looked certain for Hayes.
The Democracy suddenly got sober
md began to behave itself. The tx.
lltatiOn of the drunken night be.
ore settled down into the sobriety
# II donbt, 1t Was possible that
1ayes was elected after all, and pos,
IDLY they had been counting chick
ms before they were hatched.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT STILL UNCERTAIN.
The thousand men who had been
positions under Ti|den be-
.an to look blue. The news came
hat Florida had gone for Hayes,
nd that Louisiana and South Car
lima had done likewise. Evident.
V they had rejoiced before their
ime.
Thursday morning, Florida, South
LDuiSiama-HayeS! iiayps.
50 votes just enough to elect. De.
,ocracy blue, and Il little aniunalio
l'servahle among Republicans. But
he bets Immediately the Demo.
ratio papers commenced issuing
Use bulletins. Reports came in all
ny that these States had gone for
ilden and crowds "f people thrUuy.
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