Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-12-14
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ington correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Enquirer. Don Pr
att is an old Republican, and
since the war a regular habitue
Of the best Informed political
circles Of Washington. We
admire his courageous tslk, and
hope his advice to the Demc-
cratic House of Representa-
tiycs will be needed. Backbone
is all they need;
THE OUTLOOK.
There is a delusion about here
among the Democrats, to tile
effect that the Administration
is weakening. For about ff-
teen minutes, day before yes
terday, | was taken in by if.
Don't let any patriots lay that
fiatlcring JUNCTION to their I'M
happy souls. The wicked men
here prepared their plan of cam
paign in advance of the cleo
tion, and have never swcrved
from it for an instant. Any
@Re who builds OH the honor,
honesty or cowardice of these
people sets up his superstruc-
turc on a sandy foundation. All
the people get from them will
come by the hardest effort,
Grant, Chandler, Morton & Co.
do not know what fear is. They
arc rs innocent of that feeling
as they are of the higher quality
known AZ decency. South Car
Dina, Florida and Louisiana
were counted on before the cleo
ton, and arc TO be counted in
now. Mark what / say, and
remember that the day after the
election Zach Chandler telc-
graphed Hayes election OH the
Electoral vote Of these three
States TO all parts of the coun-
try, and he and the Administra-
ton organs have stood by these
figures ever since. This to ed
ucate the people, or, rather TO
familiarize them with the state
ment. And steadily day by
day the infamous Returning
Boards have worked to that end.
The programme is to be carried
out if the attempt involves us
in civil war.
The sooner We make ourselves
acquainted with this fact the
better il will be. The quiet man.
ncr in which this is taken by
the majority Of the people who
elected Tilden emboldens these
tcoundrels, and the arrest of "a.
shrinkage of values" evidenced
in tho fall Of gold and the rise
of stocks, encourages the con
sp:rators. The sooner they
are given TO understand that
their frauds will be resisted to
the bitter end, and violence
met with violence, the sooner
will their hackers find that we
arc not prepared to submit
without a fight, and a sudden
"shrinkage of values will fetch
the commercial centers to a
srue sense of the situation.
The first move of the House
should be toward the impeach-
ment Of Grant. Next, a recog-
milton of the Twenty-second
Rule, enacted and exercised by
the Republican party. The next,
appointing Committees to visit
South Carolina, Florida and
Louisiana. Let the House do
it's duty fearlessly and promptly.
We want the issue made up at
once. The attempt to cheat the
people out of their choice, in a
high-handed, open fraud, in so
grave a matter as the election
of a President, should be met
with f"mness, and there is no
fear but these honest, patriotic
Representatives will be sus-
tanned by a force far more eff
fective and terrible than the
cpauletted gentlemen with their
organized bayonets.
As for Hayes withdrawal, it
is moonshine. Rutherford b..
is not that sort. lie is regarded
here as n sort of cross between
q. z. Morton and Schuyler Col
fax, having the Christian We
neering of the one and the
deep, piucky villainy of the
other.