The daily gazette., 1876-11-23
November 1:s, 1870.
The Situatf0ss.

The situation of the great question as
TO who will receive the votes of South
Carolina, Florida and Louisiana, is some
what changed to-day IN consequence of
the lawless action of the South Carolina
Returning Board yesterday. But this
action should greatly strengthen the TIL
den side with every fair and rejecting
mind. The action of the Louisiana
Board in excluding the presence Of Demo
Gratis is also adverse to public opinion,
which is fast eliminating against the
claims made by the Radical Returning
Boards that Hayes had carried these
States.
II is now becoming SO manifestly ap-
parent that there is decided majority in
favor of Tilden in the ballot boxes in
the disputed States, that there is scarcely
u particle of hope that the vote can be
counted for Hayes by either House OF
Congress, should the Returning Boards
darc to go so far as to return all the con-
tested votes in the three disputed States
for him.
The fact that the members of these
Returning Boards are themselves candi-
dates and secure or reject their own cleo
ton is strongly against them. They
should not have occupied this position,
and the public are fully impressed with
the fact that they secured the nomina-
tons with the determination to elect
themselves by fraudulently throwing out
returns from Democratic districts suf-
ticient to effect their object, and to do thi:
they must give the votes to Hayes.
The n. Y. Herald, of Wednesday
contains statement from Prof. w. G
Sumner, Of Yale College, who has just
come from visit to New Orleans, giving
the most positive evidence of the frauds
perpetrated by the Radicals and their in
tention to continue these frauds. Th,
condition Of that city and the country III
asserts is actually alarming; and he de
picts the patience and suffering Of tn
people as too horrible for any people t
bear, No one can read this candid vie,
Of the situation without sympathy for til
people thus afflicted with Radical rul'
He refers to both colors as being an>
iously desirous Of the election of Tilder
The Herald, of Wednesday also cor
tains long statement signed by Hor
Clarkson y. Potter, i'll which lie also re
views the swindling operations of til
members Of the Returning Boards, an
then explains fully the course which bot
Houses of Congress will likely pursu
when they agree to meet to count tn
votes Of the Electoral College. lie mer
lions that it is the imperitive duty of tn
House Of Representatives to object t
fraudulent votes, and that the House
the only body competent to judge, an,
compelled by their oath to support I'll
Constitution, to decide when there is
failure on the part Of the Electoral Co
iege to elect and when the House com,
TO the decision that there is failure, it
incumbent upon that body immediate
70 proceed to choose a President |
States and that this will be done by Il
present House with the concurrence
MR.. T1LDEN, who will thus be elected
1t is now quite apparent that the e
posures of the baseless conduct of t
Returning Board has been so tlorou
and complete that there remains lit
doubt that the Senate will oppose t
election of Tilden and this seems to
the conclusion of most Of the wisest a
hest of the republicans.