Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-12-22
POLITICAL NOTES.

The Troy Press, Democratic, gives it up
that Hayes is to be the next President. and
SAYS -Four years hence the people will be
better prepared to assert their rights. II
their rights cannot be asserted peaceably
and judiclally now, better wave them than
precipitste the country into war.
The publication Of the minutes of the
Florida Board of Canvassers will probably
put an end to Democratic claims of major
ity for Tilden in that State. They show
that the Board was unanimous in its action
in many Of the precincts. This, in connec-
tion with the discovery that Attorney Gen
eral Cooke fled no protest against the ac-
tion Of the Board, as be was reported to have
done, will take Florida finally out Of the list
Of disputed States.
One or two Of those wonderfully sensitive
''independent" papers, which never see any
faults except ON the Republican side, are
fearfully shocked that Cabinet Ministers
took any part whatever in the campaign,
and especially that Secretary Chandler was
Chairman of the Republican Committee.
But if there was any spec tacle of the cam
paign more offensive to all sense of propriety
and more repugnant to public morals than
that OF Mr.. Tilden managing his own nom
inatiOn and directing his own canvass. we
have yet to discover it.
The address of the Democratic National
Committee is in the spirit of the circulars
which were issued by the Democrats imme-
diately after the Ohio election, enj0lning
the rank and file to claim everything and
concede nothing. 1t insults the intelligence
Of its own party and Of the American people
by assuming that there are no doubts re-
specting the Presidential election, and that
Tilden will be inaugurated.
Here are some words which the New York
Tri5uRs puts into the mouths Of the people
in response to a supposed appeal by MIR.
TIlden for aid in his extremity of political
need: I'VE nave known you, Mr.. Tilden,
as chairman Of a State committee, consent
ing to tine practice Of worse thing, than you
charge on your opponents. There was moth
ing done about ii. and you didn't ask any
thing TO be done about 1t, though the vote Of
the State Of New York was stolen for Hor-
alto Seymour and John T. Hoffman. We
were calm then. Pray be calm yourself
now" Again, the Tribupe thinks, the peo-
pie may say to the proiessedly belligerent
friends OF Mr.. Tiden 1--WE have seen
your party macucins habituaily year after
year worse frauds than YOU now charge on
your opponents, and We are not going TO get
excited or be stirred up to strife now because
You think YOU have been defrauded. We
will endeavor TO have the truth discovered
aud judicialy determined. and Justice done.
Bat we knOE You Of old. You don't come
into court with clean hands, and you make
too much noise. We've sat by quietly and
seen YOU cheating everybody too long to get
excited with You now because YOU think
somebody has been cheating YOU
Malicious Was hington correspondents are
busy in sending to Mr.. Tilden's "indepen-
dent press accounts Of Republican conspir
ac.es to make Mr.. Hayes President. whether
elected or not. In the list OF such cOnspira-
tors they include the names Of nearly every
prominent public man TO whose patriotic
services the nation owes its existence. In
their desneration these gentlemen will over
do their parts. The intelligent people of
this country are not prepared to believe that
such men Us Senator Edmunds, of Vermont,
and General sherman, are conspiring to
make a man President who has not been
elected IN i constitutional manner.-Bosion
Journal
Gov. Hayes certainly has the requisite lS5
votes to assure his election. Unless these
figures can be legally changed by taking one
or more from HAYES and giving to Til
den, Gov. Hayes will be our next President,
unless the Government itself falls.
One report is that Mr.. Tiiden privately
SAYS " the Jig Is up :" another, that he is
Tor being inaugurdted at the cannon s
mouth. The Southern Democrats in Con-
greSs say to him and his that II the ias'
proposition l. MS programme they must pe
counted out.
Gov. Hayes has generally refused to
speak upon politics, but it is reliably report
ed that 10 one oil ms irlenos ne expressed
ms opinion 'nus. nave stuuisu s 'ne ,nA.
Ter eareiuiiy lh all itS pnases anu oeaiinsS'
anu nave ooIa,neu 'ne opinion u .ne pes,
~, Iii sot.isJ y Tho or;n;on tbai 7 am
Lancs,iv M eIcctsd P-es;dcnt Of the United
S.a,os cd frrr go, 70 hs ;rapcnr.
go .s s,ob ;,
Inc enor's ei tne democrats 10 op1ain
eon'ioi Vi '-e uHi0'P'i so,eininoh' Va
WI" "e'S NV ~,
sH0ce9' tnsy an''V my :,
their candidate Tor Mayor, ana majority o'
the Board of Aldermen but d id not capture
H. Co,,,,,,,, C,,,,o;I
.Ho SOnVn NVuhNi'
Tha Dsnocrat 70 ola in, thot rho Investiuat. I.
~ 80 '.i''' ~
ING Committee IN South Carolina has uis
covered that thirty boxes IN Democratic
counties were not counted bv the Canyassipe
p-i m. p,LI;a..-. -, H., H..
DOaIu. ihe hepuoilcahs ihsSt tna' iiay.'
had 900 majority without rejecting a single
,oll IN tho Stata on tho faca - tho ret,rns
P0'- -i 'O w. ~ "
The bogus Democratic House in Soutt
| Carolina il irving to elect United State.
So,a,or "a ~ o.od;3a.a ,.ho rs,a;voa III.
Se""'oi' "". '1o ~, ~
largest vote Is Ten. NJ. L. Butler, the leadel
| in the HAMBURG massacre
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Said John MOrrissey, in a recent speech
| al hare No nrei,dica aco; ;nst anv negro n
| ,c-;a.. 3oe,r. -, ,'ooo,,,,. of ,h. .olor q
airieah uesoeh' vi "eeoun' vi 'ne eoio'
his complexion"
A. vi. u..,IJ ,h.
anu ho" 'ne ue" 'oiA AN' 'N'N
h, onr next President and nredicts that tn
n 0"' -, frt U-IJ ~.
y rsr, ,ood SOW, Of . NAV and that the peo
~, ~ 1rholo ,r;II ra,ber I;ke him
70 oprso.
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