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.,,.. ,,,o onrhS to have said yesterday that
d sfo we are beaten this fall we shall attri-
butte our defeat to General GRANT, instead OF
I. ,clte,,s we are beaten. &c. We accept
the amendment We have no idea that we
sha,, be beaten unless by force, bribery, cor
ruption. and intimidation. II TArT's or
ders should be strictly followed, New York
city would be as easily carried as Florida,
aud II New York city goes for HAYES the
State will go for him. 1t would be lawful
under TAFT's orders to appoint ten thousand
deputy narshals In that city; and with
JOHNNY DAyESPoRT's performances there
in 1872 fresh in our memories, we may we'll
fear that the same means which carried
the state then might carry 1t this year, and
especially when we recall the facts that
the vote OF the State OF New York was cast
for GRANT in 1872, although SEYMOUR got it
in 1863, and although TILDEN was elected
IN 1874. The State went for the Democrats
four years before JOHNNY Davenport ap-
pointed his deputy marshals in the city Of
New York, and also went for the Democrats
two years after. he did so. but went
for GRANT in 1872, when he did appoint
them. These are significant facts
which cannot be hidden from our
minds. We do not now remember how
many deputy marshals. supervisors, &c,
were appointed in New York city by DA-
NEWPORT, but we think there were several
thousands OF them. This year, under Mr..
m Ia 1S
rs he chooses to appoint. '"There is no
Uni. to the number you Gun appoint" says
Mr.. TAFT. These startling features OF the
presidential campaign must claim our
attention. We must consider them. We
cannot shut our eyes to them. And so far
from causing the Conservatives Of Virginia
to relax their efforts, these facts ought to
increase their zeal in the cause, and their
determination to carry Virginia for TlLDES
il spite Of ten thousand deputy marshals
and twice ten thousand Federal SUPER
yisors. 'If all the tiles on the houses were
devils, l would co." said MARTIN LUTHER.
This is the spirit that ought to actuate the
southern people as well as the northern in
view OF the deliberate and manifest pur-
pose of the Administration to carry the
elections in November by fraud, force, and
bribery.
We wish to arouse the people, who arc
slumbering upon the brink OF precipicc.
Our purpose in pointing out the dangers
that beset our pathway is to induce the
effort to overcome them. We arc far from
respondent. On the contrary, we are con-
fidcnt that TILDEN will be elected, il the
Federal Government will permit it. He is
the choice OF the people. lie is as certain
to receive the votes OF all the southern
States. except Soutl, Carolina, as man
could be OF anything in the future, unless
-uniesS-( how are we to get
rid OF this unpleasant word and OF
the disagreeable truth which it tells y
unless TAET's orders be carried into
effect and HAYES DO elected by
the tools OF the Administration. We
anxiously desire to awaken the northern
people to the perils OF the situation. II
they can be alarmed the danger is over.
Connecticut has spoken. The resolutions
which we published yesterday show that
there are people in at least one OF the
New England States who know their
rights, and, knowing, dare maintain
them. 1t is the northern people that
we are trying to reach, not the people
OF Virginia. We cannot imagine that any
Conservative is so falnt-hearted rs to con-
cedc that there is any danger that Virginia
RI Il NJ rn,> IVY
DEN. The danger is not here. Here neither
time nor money will be spent by the Repub-
.licans. Here but few deputy marshals or
supervisors will be appointed. The
contest is to come off in Indiana,
New York, Louisiana, Mississippi, and
Florida. There the money will flow as
freely as water. There the deputy malshals
and supervisors will be numbered by thou
sands. Without the vote OF New York
HAYES cannot he elected, unless he can
get the votes OF the three southern States
named above. GRANT has determined that
HAYES shall be elected, and that the votes
OF those three States shall be counted for
him. Does anybody doubt this statement?
Oan anybody doubt it? And II it be true,
is it not time for every southern paper to
sound the alarm in such Il manner rs that
the North will be compelled to hear it?
Would it he wise to cry Peace! Peace! ~
when there is no peace TO say to our
northern friends and party associates that
TILDEN will certainly receive the votes
OF Florida, Mississippi, and Louisiana,
when we cannot but knoao that GRANT has
the intention OF carrying them by force for
HAYES, whether he shall prove to have the
power to do.so or not?
So far from keeping silence OH this SUBJ
ject, the southern papers ought to call pub
J lie meetings to protest against these orders
of TAPT's, and to ask the northern people
to aid Us in saving our rights. Governor
KEMPER and every other Governor OF a
southern State ought to assist in the good
work. We cannot change the facts by re-
fusing to look at them. We cannot elect
our ticket unless we take the steps neces-
sary to that end. We must use the means
il we wish to gain the end. We must tight
il we would win the battle. But no battle
was ever wen by a general who under-estl-
mated the strength of his enemy.
We repeat, we have no fears that TILnEN
win be defeated unless he shall be defeated
by the use Of the public money and the
Federal army. Whatever we have said that
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