The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-30
The Situation J!

tude as well as painful expectancy
has been passed by the people, and
as we write this monday morning,
is no satisfactory settlement of
the Presidential muddie, but seems
to be as far off as ever and growing
more alarming to the peace and quiet
of the country. Since our last issue
the conspirators have been at work
on the vote of Florida, Louisiana
and South Carolina. The latter
State has been counted in for the
Hayes Electors by throwing out two
voting precincts, (theD only by a few
hundred and although HAMPTON was
fairly elected Governor over CHAM
BERLArN, certificates of election have
been given to the latter, and the poor
besotted usurper at Washington city
has ordered his Secretary Of War to
sustain CHAMBERLAIN with United
States troops! The Republican Su-
preme Court of the State imprisoned
the Canvassing Board for contempt
and fined each one the sum of$l, 500.
The Legislature of the State will
meet tomorrow, Tuesday, and a
conflict between the United States
troops and the citizens is not improb-
able.
/ Thdre7i is little or no change in the
condition of Florida. The Court in
that State has control, and there is
no telling what it will do. The State
has gone Democratic beyond a doubt.
In Louisiana the Returning Board
was caught in the act of %tampering
with the returns, but like all their
acts Of villainy they deny it and pro-
duce evidence" other honesty and
the work of infamy goes on.
There was a report in circulation
on Sunday, that Senator SHERMAN
telegraphed to HAYES that on ac-
count of the notorious frauds in
Louisiana, his best course would be
to abandon the contest, and that he
had despatched a messenger to the
Republican National Committee to
announce his intention to do so.
The report is flshy.
Every move seems to demonstrate
a determination on the part of the
conspiring scoundrels to swindle the
people out of their fairly chosen Pre-
sident by fraud, and the debauched
and besotted usurper GRANT is back
ing them with the army. Thinking
men-honest and good men of both
parties, are beginning to look upon
the villainy with dread and fear,
Well may the patriot ask: "Whithel
are we drifting and to what are we
tending2" We cannot believe the
honest masses of the American PEG,
pie are going to suffer the first prin.
ciple of free government, an honest
election, to be trampled under foot by
a handful Of reckless scoundrels who
have. neither -~consciences in theil
bosoms nor the fear of God before
their eyes. We believe the people
will rise in their honest indignation
and hiss from the White House the
man base enough to accept the Pre-
sideney by a palpable fraud. 1t i:
not a question o. party. 1t has pass
ed beyond the domain of Democratic
or Republican partisans-and hal
resolved itself into the most momen
tous question that ever was present
ed to a free people for their decis
ions. If the present designs of tn
infamous conspirators are carried in
to effect and quietly submitted to b!
the American people, then free rep
resentative government in the United
States is at an end, and the foules
and most ~cowardly military despot
ism the world ever saw will be estab
lished on the ruins of the Republic.
TUESDAY MORNING.