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The Lake Charles echo., 1876-12-28

..Al,;,oo, Lo,o IN ovcito their indip.
aont on;roodvo,sion2 Are thew
71anosod - hold the positiop of
,:Ir, toalo - +bo vooet vioIent
o,1 ,1,oo-,,,,,,,one o mon in the re-
,,,h7;oon n.rtv in a nnbIic scandal
.nIih ,ho Inc.nrv of tho whole
,,,,t,,,, .,,,,Ite . r. tbov are NOT.
,,p,,. ha,n tbov NOT made it mani
f,,,39 w.. i rongh for tine COM
nondor Of the troops to fepbIY say
- ,Ln nntr,oo that cit cane
sI,, - ..itI,o,,, any, dasign IF his,
1 g.. 49, prcy;,,.nt to old to
n,;s wl.,,,n... Ivy savi,,c that he
d;3 not LrIicve the Generl meant
INV hor,o .
We suv t5at this was not enough,
and that thc President and the
c,r,,nonl;no General wero culiyd
The Lake Charles echo., 1876-12-28
No IIIIIsiOms !

This is no time to indulge in
plcusiug illusions. What the
people should understand is the
exact truth, startling and revolving
as it may be. Iu stating this truth,
We 10 not proceed upon imaEino-
itor or conjecture. The plan is
c,.~uIy defined aud proclaimed by
yepubheuns Themselves, without
any ,Eort at disguise or conceal
ment.
by Inw, the votes of the EIoc-
toraI Colleges are to he counted
on the second Wednesday in
Febunry, and that law it is pro
posed TO respect. Hitherto this
duty has been discharged in the
hall Of Tue House Of Representa-
tivoa. On occasion of the last three
elections the rule has prevailed,
md has not been disputed or
questioned, that bile the counting
was done bg the two Houses
together, as k'lH been the prutice
from the beginning OF the Govern
,napf the objection 0f either House
The Lake Charles echo., 1876-12-28

bers organized as Returning
Boards, supported by soldiers, and
scorning law and the foyns Of
lawn. Y. Sun.
The Lake Charles echo., 1876-12-28

w,.TTT,cT0v ~ r --Tho iD7-
lo,r;,,rr ,'rl' oI1vaory tIis rornint.
H,rroxtr' Dvvocnyrgc (,onyIrrrn. !
Washington, Dee. I3, 49, !
TO the people OF the United 8S"t"s:
The National Democratic Com-
mittee announce as 'he result OF
the Presidential election, hc!d on
,hc 7tH Of November, TIE election
of Samuel j. Tilden, Of New York,
as President, and Thomns \. Hon.
The Lake Charles echo., 1876-12-28


troduced.
The opening of the vote and |
the counting is to he done in the
Senate Chamber, because, as tho
Washington correspondent Of the
Tribune informs tile pablo, " thoTe
are grave REASONS why Cho Senate
should not put itself in ble power
of tie House, which need not now
be more than limited at The
President of tire Senate, having
the returns III his hands, IS to open
those that he deems proper, to
count lhrra by h!mso]f alone, and
declare the result rs he aees 1t.
Only those envelopes from the
disputed States that he knows to
contain votes for Hayes will be
opened by him, and the other will
be altogether ignored, whether
they contain a Governors ccrtif-
cate or not. The House is to be
Invited to be present i'll the Senate
Chamber, but is not to be allowed
to have any voice as regards the
counting, to offer objections to the
vote of auv State, or to take any
action whatever beyond being
present to witness what is done
and said by the President of the
Senate.
Thus Mr.. Hayes is to be de-
clnred elected, and if the House
should make any troublesome
demonstration, Gen. Grant will
deal with it. "It," said Grant, ou
Sunday, as he is reported in the
N. Y. Times Of yesterday, " II
there should be any necessity for
more troops, he would order them
to Washington. We should have
rcace, # we had to GgIk for it. "
Next comes the Inauguration on
the 4th OF March. This is also to
be managed by Gen. Grhnt with
the soldiers and the buyonets of
the United States.
This scheme involves the
necessity for getting control Of the
House Of Representatives, and this
end is to be attained by meous
similar to those employed to NIKE
HAYES President. BY counting
out members reilly elected il
, Louisiana, South Carolina, "nG
Florida, the actual democratic
i, majority in the next House is be.
. heved to have been already re,
duced to only one member, whilc
there are three vacancies in New
Hampshire to be filled at The
, annual election in March next
r These three vacancies must bC
: filled by republicans. A yea
> ago the Tribune, in q long review
. &c Nam E,,nDgI,ira OOliIipS STATED
The Lake Charles echo., 1876-12-28
The Army in South Carolina

The Army in South Carolina.
There is Il protenco all the while
that the army was sent into the
Southern States to preserve the
peace.
This preteRt is wholly boselcss.
Everybody keeps the peace there
Just the same as it is kept every
where else. It is pretended that
it was necessary to put the troops
into the South Carolina State
House in order to prevent disturb
unco and violence. But there was
not only no disturbances, bat no
uttompt ut ony. Once there, how
ever, they we're used for the groS3-
est partisan purpose. They
stopped the admission of the Dem
ocratic members of the Legj8ln-
turo, just before the hour appoint
ed for its meeting, while thn re-
publicAns were admitted by u back
door to the place Of a8semDIogo.
While the democrats were thus
held back till the hour Of convcn-
ing had arrived, the Republicans,
already in their places, on the in
slant the hour struck, went
through the form of organizing
and elccting officers of the House.
Here was nr nudacious trick Ivy a
body of partisans to get poasesoion
OF q Legislative organization which
they knew could not be got by fair
means. And the army dill the
work. Without the army il could
not have been done. The troops
were put there and used tho"o to
accomplish this purpose, There
was never any other design among
""''00 "''o 'Ao' 0l'''" ,''N III ''l'
c0n!Tol over 'N9"l' l. "'' " l',"
bold, ecandaIous, despicable Trick,
which the United States tooops
were obtained and used to carry
out and it WAS all done undar the
''':G ;. Pl0'e"'0 0l I''''' ''''7 wv
lAo''C '"'''
Dul 'Ie commanding oHlco' "N''
'n0 1 ro9l"en' S~?' III S".'S'"'''G
'Na' '"oy were 'oo'eu /" '''7 o'S'-
ness MI" "'r0 'no u"c0OSS,o"' .,'
tools OF t"o Scl''y 'r'cNS'e'"' L "'
"ener"I IN ''l" report Oh 'Ife 'F"'lS'
"ctl"n says Ihe result WAS MOI ILL.,
'eH4H"' OuC 'hN' ~ 0"Ln" "00"''
Lu" ffcS'""n% WHO ''l"''3S sup,
ports his SuOo'ol""'eS' llS"O oI
"roh8' says lie "oeSn ! oeIl0'0 'N'
General meant 10 40 any wrong
Dut the wrong was "one' "u0 "oo'
by the army an" In0 army WAY
sent down lIleEe 10 40 IT, Nv" "
! 0r"nI s "ao'n0' olIc7'9 - were '''
agents III tn6 DuSlDeSS. ll6N W6E(
The Lake Charles echo., 1876-12-28
If CslCasieu river.

MAsoNI1.-The late annual oIec-
tion by Lake Charles Lodge No.
lC5, i. aud a. H.. resulted in the
choice of the following officers for
the ensuing Masonic year, viz
J. W. Bryan, W. NJ; j. O'Briem,
=. W.; S. H. Clement, J. W; II.
D. Nix, Treasurer; J. G. Gray,
Secretary J. Blair, Tyler Ap-
pointed, Geo. S. Benson, S. d.;
Patrick Fitzgerald, j. ID. The
officers were installed yesterday,
ST. Johns dav.
The Lake Charles echo., 1876-12-28

Oar subscription list is UNDER
going a revision. Therefore those
who are in arrears for subscription
must not be surprised if we fud it
necessary to erase their names
from our list.
The Lake Charles echo., 1876-12-28

WANTED A timer in Lake
Charles.
The Lake Charles echo., 1876-12-28

This mark y, in pencil, on the
margin, means that your snbscrlp-
ti0n has expired.
The Lake Charles echo., 1876-12-28

TEMPERANCE A regular meet
ing Of Lake Charles Council No.
81, U,T.T, will be held to-mor
I,w wight,
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The Cincinnati Convention after
a three days session put forward
Gov. r. B. Hayes Of Ohio, for Pres
ident and VIM. A. Wheeler of New
York, for Vice>president. 1t is con>
ceded on all hands that 1t is o strong
ticket, perhaps the strongest that
could have been put forward except
ing Bristow. But the most encoura-
ging signs are that those Apostles of
hate Blaine and Morton have been
beaten. This is an evidence that the
"bloody shirt has about lost its vir-
tue with even the Northern masses.
If thi. is to be taken as an earnest of
the future policy of the party in pow>
er, the nomination of Hayes and
Wheeler may well cause a fervent
"amen" as well from honest Republi>
cans as from the Democrats all over
the land. The shelving of such po-
litical tricksters and roustabouts as
Blaine and Morton may well cause
rejoicing in the South. The bare pos
sibility that We could ever he under
the rule of such men could but cause
alarm and distrust. We earnestly
trust that, whether defeated or not,
the Radicals will at least forget their
hate and themselves help to bridge
the chasm. 1t remains to be seen
how they interpret their platform of
principles. But We fear that the old
war of hate is to be resumed. In any
event it behoovea the Democratic
National Convention to put forward
a strong ticket, and to take an aggres-
siye position. The fault with us has
heretofore been that we have been es-
sentially an opposition party, fighting
not on our own merits but the demcr~
its of our opponents. This should
no longer be the case, we should take
strong and high ground upon every
question of the day and Push Radi-
calism to the wall.
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dents of the Louisville, Nashville and
Great Southern and Nashville, Chat
tacooga and st Louis railroads for
courtesies extended the members.
ADOPTED.
An invitation from the citizens Of
Columbia to the members of the Asso'
citation to take a drive around the
environs of the city this afternoon was
accepted.
The Secretary was instructed to
proceed Immediately after the close
of the session to collect all moneys due
the Association.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
President-Dr Il NJ Dickinson,
Paris Intelligencer.
Vice Presidents-Col John 4
Helms, Morristown Gazette; Commc'
dore Ii M Doak, GAINESVILLE Tobacco
Leaf; Wilson Williams, Humboldt
Herald.
Secretary-Dr r L White, I,eb
anon Herald.
Treasurer-W A Wade, MILAN
EXCHANGE.
An invitation to hold the next
meeting at GAINESVILLE was unanimous
ly accepted.
Gen w r Handy was elected to
deliver the grafton; NIurat Halstead
Of the Cincinnati Commercial, the
address, and Miss Nettie Power Hous
ton the poem, at the next meeting.
The President elect appointed the
following Executive Committee for
the ensuing year: Gen Ira p. Jones
Chairman; james Browne, j w Cor
don, I w Neal, II G Bate.
The Association then adjourned.
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RELIGIOUS WORLD.

The Methodist hymn book is to be
revised.
The Rev. John Brown, of St Georges
Methodist Episcopal Church, New
blrgh, has preached his sixtieth Christ
mas sermon. Mr. Brown is eighty-feur
years old.
Christ Church, Chicago, has new
carpets and other nice things, at an
expense of twenty-five hundred dol
lars. A Church fair, without rafties
or lotteries, did the business.
The new Roman Catholic Cathedral
in New York is being proceeded with
all speed. A good deal of the roof il
already on. The visits to it are FREE
quent by those interested in its prog
ress.
In the Massachusetts Unitarian
Convention a member said there
would be no need of mentioning God
in the Constitution if the people to ok
care to elect Congressman who had
God in their hearts.
The Rev DR. Matson Melie-Smith,
Rector Of St. Johns Protestant Epis-
copal Church, Hartford, Conn, has
been elected Professor of Homlletics
and Pastoral Theology as the Phila>
delphia Divinity School.
DIR Henry G. Westward, of Lam
caster. Pa. accepts the call of the
Chambers Presbyterian Church III
Philadelphia. The Rev. John Cham.
beers, who died few months ago, was
pastor there for half a century.
The Rev G. H. De Bevoise, Of
North Brookfeld, Mass, has under
taken to make collection of Church
manuals, especially those of Congre-
gational churches. His special pur-
pose is to get the creeds together.
The Rev John Ii. Vincent, ID. d.,
editor of the Sunday-school and Tract
publication, has been confined to his
home BY illness for a couple of weeks
past. He is cow much better, and
hopes to be at his work this week.
The Rev T. W. Goodspeed, the Ju>
Nor pastor, and sole acting pastor the
past year of the Second Baptist Church
of Chicago, has resigned his pastorate
in order to enter the Centennial work
in behalf of the Theological Seminary.
The Board of Missions has shipped
a fine bell, with the frame necessary
TO mount it, to the Rev James FL. Bal
Iagb, for the native Church at Yoko-
hama. The bell weighed six hundred
and six pounds. 1t was mainly the
Gift of Garret Kouwenhoven, of News
town, l.. |.
The most important action taken
by the Methodist Conference at Baltl-
more was the adoption of a resolution
providing that, sin order to remove
all obstacles to formal fraternity be-
tween the two churches, the Board OF
Bishops be directed to appoint COM
mittee of three ministers and two lay
men 20 meet q similar commission au-
thorized by the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, and adjust all difficult
ties"
The question of the admission OF
cOlored Protestant Episcopal cougre-
cations to representation, which has
agitated the South Carolina diocese
tor twoor three years past, was settled
after warm discussion in the diocese
convention, by the rejection OF the
application of 81. Marks colored
church of Charleston, for admission
to that body. The majority of the
clergy favored the application, but
the lay delegates rejected it.
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Ono of the nlnnnnnfnst M

One of the plensantest meetings of
the Tennessee Press Association that
we have ever attended was that held
at Columbia last week. The
was not large, but The members were
earnest in their work, and we believe
much good will result. Those mem
beers of the press who failed to attend
certainly missed a happy and profia-
bic reunion. We hope they will meet
us in Clarksville next year. In fact,
it is very important that they should
do 50. The public exercises in the
Athenaum Hall were very interest
Ing and we're witnessed by a large and
intelligent audience. The banquet
given bv the citizens at the Nelson
House Was 4 most elegant entertain
ment and all present enjoyed the
bounteous hospitality Of the good peo-
pie. Through the kindness of Capt.
Smith, we were shown through the
galleries, museum and Library of the
AthcnDum, aud can truthfully assert
that we believe this establishment is
better prepared with all tho helps for
good teaching and thorough scholar
ship than almost any female e. Uege in
the South, We are not surprised at
lis prosperity. Oar drive to the Polk
settlement, in company with the two
Professors Smith and Col Horslev,
WAS Il rare treat, One look at the
ivy.clad church there is well worth
the trip. Everything and everybody
tried to make our stay pleasant, and
the unanimous verdict of all'was that
Columbia Is one of the most hoSpitable
little cities in America. We cannot
close without returning our special
and heartfelt thanks to Capt Murphy
and his charming wife especially the
wife-for their many kind and untir-
ing attentions TO us while we were
domiciled under their roof. While
there We could not help saying with
the Psalmist; "'The lines are fallen
unto me in pleasant places" May
they live long, happy and useful lives
Il our earnest wish, On cur return
home to Nashville, the members par
took Of an excellent breakfast at
Linek's on the invitation of Gen. Ira
Z. Jones, of the Nashville American,
and afterward dined at the same place
with DIR White, Of the Lebanon Her.
cd.
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grants in the absence of power in the
State for that purpose.
IL. 1t Is the immediate duty Of
Congress to fully investigate the effect
of the immigration and importation
of Mongolians upon the moral and
material interests Of the country.
II. The Republican party recognize
with approval thesubstantial advance
recently made toward the establish
meht Of equal rights for women, by
the many important amendments eff
fected by Republican Legislatures in
the laws which concern the personal
and property relations of wives, moth
ers and widows, and by the appoint
ment of women to the superiuien.
dence of education, charities and 9th
err public trusts. The honest de-
mands of this class OF citizens for nd
ditional rights and privileges and i'm
munities should be treated with re-
spectful cosideration.
Is. The Constitution confers upon
Congress sovereign power over the
Territories of the United States, for
their government. In the exercise
of this power, it is the right ami the
duty Of Congress to prohibit and ex-
tirpate in the Territories that relic of
barbarism, polygamy, aad we demand
such legislation as shall secure this
end and the supremacy Of American
institutions in all the Territories.
IA. The pledges which the nation
has given to our soldiers and sailors
must be fulfilled. The grateful people
will always hold those who periled
their lives for the coutry's preserva-
ton, in the kindest remembrance.
Is. We sincerely deprecate all Sec
tional feeling and tendencies. We
therefore note with deep solicitude
that the Democratic party counts
as its chief hope of success on the
electoral vote ofthe united South,
secured through the efforts of those
who were recently arrayed against
the nation; we invoke the earnest at
tention or the country to the grave
truth that Il success thus achieved
would reopen sectional strife and I'M
peril the national and human rights.
Is. We charge the Democratic
party as being the same in character
and spirit as when it sympathised
with trsason; with making its control
of the House of Representatives the
triumph and the opportunity of the
nations recent foes; with reasserting
and applauding in the National Cap
itol the sentiments of unrepented re-
bellion; with sending Union soldiers to
the rear and promoting Confederate
soldiers to the front; with deliberately
proposing to repudiate the plighted
faith of the Government; with being
equally false and imbecile upon the
overshadowing financial question;
with thwarting the ends Of justice
by its partizan mismanagement and
obstruction of investigation; with pro-
wing itself, through the period Of its
ascendeney in the Lower House of
Congress, utterly incompetent to adj
minister the Government. We warn
the country against trusting party
thus alike unworthy. recreant and in
capable.
II. The national administration
merits commentator for its honora-
BILE work in the management of our
domestic and foreign affairs, and Pres
ident Grant deserves the continued
and hearty gratitude of the Ameri-
can people for his patriotism and i'm
mense services in war and peace.
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AFTERNOON SESSION.

COLUMBIA, June 15.-The after
noon session of the Association was
confined to the reading of communica-
tons, reports, etc., which were of no
general public interest and it adjourn
cd till 8 a. m, to morrow.
Tonight the citizens gave the Asso-
citation abanquetatthe Nelson House.
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THURSDAY, JUNE %, 1876.

In political circles, in Middle Ten.
nessee, Gen W. B. Bate is frequently
and favorably spoken of for the L. S.
Senate. His record is good; he is a
man of extra sound common sense,
and is besides one Of our most brilliant
orators. Tennessee will honor herself
if she sends him up to represent her
in Washington.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-22
rENNEssEE.s EDITORS.
LnnuaI Meeting ct the Press AssOei
alton ut Columbia.
uow Iter IIospitabIe Citizens Receive
ed Them.
Frotp ne KA.hrille American.

CoLtNmA, June is, 1S76.-The
Tennessee Press Association met in
annual session at II o'clock. Vice
President r. NJ. Dickinson, of the
Paris Intelligencer, in the chair, with
a fair attendance.
The place OF meeting is the beauti>
full Study Hall of the Antheneum,
tu which the Association was cordially
welcomed by the President of the In
stitution, DIR Smith.
Hon John V. Wright, on behalf OF
the press and citizensof Columbia and
Maury county, delivered the welcome
address to the Association.
Judge Wrightsaddress was respond
ed to, on the call of the Association,
by Col Jno c Burch, cf the Nashville
American.
interpreting these exercises, the
young ladies of the Anthenaum graft
fed the Association with several pieces
of most excellent music. After some
important routine business, the Assoc
citation adjourned until . p. m.
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Beatty's SIS: : ::::::
Edetory Established IN 1856.

IuStUFy L>oIttVttcftc't w AOCO'
FROM THE PRESS.
From q. D. White, Editor Haekettstowu, y.
j., Herald.
The organ has rich deep and soul-stirring
tone: couldn Z stay in the house without IT. IL
helps wonderfully to drive away the thoughts
Of hard times"
The Lebanon. Pa. Daily News says:
I'VE arc in receipt Of one Of those FIVE octave
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Beatty, Washington, n. J. This organ Is IN 8
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kind.
From the Lowell, Nsb., Register.
We received this week direct from the man
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J. his Justly celebrated organ, elegant in ap,
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NEU' ADVERTISEMENTS.
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ADvERTfsrNG EAfEs.

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