The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-16
LOUISIANA.
Shall there Be a Fair COunt9

The infamous Kellogg and his
villainous partisan returning board
threaten to throw out the vote of
certain democratic Parishes il Lou
lsiana and thereby give the State to
Hayes.
In connection with the threat to
throw out these parishes, the Dem
ocrat publishes the following; ave
hope it will not be so. We believe
it will not be so; but there is a pos
sibility that upon the decision of an
infamous partisan committee, called
a returning board, a desperate eff
fort will be to make the result of the
election for President dependent.
The only hope of the Radicals now
is in this board. They see they are
defeated. They dare not abide by
a fair count of the ballots cast.
They feel power and spirit slipping
away; and they cling with the cour-
age of despair to their only hope
the returning board. There all
tn cir hopes are anchored, and if
this engine Of Radicalism fails them
they are then politically lost, indeed
1t is the settled purpose Of our PEG
/ pie to claim and achieve the legiti-
mate results of the election Just
held. They have struggled manfully
and patiently against tremendous
odds, and they will not be cheated
this time. They have tested the
virtue of patience, and they know
the value Of manly and vigorous
assertion of their rights. Let no
man or set of men here hope to
defraud us now. We have borne
much in the past, but even a camel
may be overburdened. We stand
for justice and our rights, and we
will have them"
Dispatches from Washington say,
there viii be no business of any
character transacted in that city,
public or private, until the ques-
ton Of who is elected President
stall have been settled beyond
4 doubt in the minds of every one.
There is a fever of unrest every
where. Reports were widely circu
lated and believed by many that
Hayes was one vote ahead, and that
the votes of Louisiana or Florida
would be required to settle the con
test. No one had any confidence
in any. result sent out by the infa
nous Louisiana Returning Board
when any great issue was at stake.
1t was said that the vote Of Louisi-
ana was being held back until all the
counties of Florida could be heard
from before q result would be an
nounced. Collector Casey, who is
here upon a visit, openly avowed in
an interview this morning, that il
Florida should go Republican, so
that Louisiana should have the de
Gliding voice, the returning board
would count the state for the Re
publicans. He gave as an ingeni-
I Gus reason for this fraud, that there
was 40 such thing as honesty upon
either side In this State; that il
unquestionably had a large Repub-
ican majority, and when 1t was not
cast it was through intimidation
! Therefore, the returning boad would
have the right to declare the State
for the Republicans. Should Flor
ida go Democratic, then the return
ing board would not try to carry
the State, as they could not hold it
under Tilden. The ennnciation OF
such an atrocious doctrine by Ca
| sey and general talk of this kind at
Republican, headquarters made
some of the Democrats fairly des-
perate. When, at Que time, il was
generally believed that the contest
would be decided by the vote of
/ Louisiana, there was some very war
like talk. eve viii submit quietly
to 4 majority OF one If it is fairly
procured" they said, ~but if it
comes by fraud then we viii fight
ITO the extent of our last drop Of
blood and dollar before we will sub
NIT" This was the tenor of the
feeling this morning. The more
moderate Republicans looked for
ward with great fear to the situa-
ton.
Trouble is expected at New Or
leans. The people Of Louisiana,
while holding themselves quiet,
swear that they will never submit to
being cheated out of the vote Of the
State for Tilden by any fraudulent
lcount.