The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-12-01
SOr rET DECsDED.

WIN will BE- our chief Federal role'
during the next four years, iron
March, 1877. We have indulgcd tn,
hope TIA, ere this time the confic
would be over, aud the country agail
enter upon a path Of peace aud pros
perity. Il seems, however. that ou
hope has been in vain, rs the who'll
country is now in rs much darknes
and doubt as il was a week ago. VIVA
the final result will he, no one but tn,
Almighty knows.
The Cavassing B ard in Loui.iars
are still crawling along with their ex
animation Of the balluthoxes, throw
ing out Democratic parishes When
possible, where there have been Dem
ocratic najoriiies. in order to- swell the
Radical vo Is aud mnjnriiie- f,r Hayes
and Wheeler. 1t is specially noIic ali G
that from one parish County in that
State, where the Democrats had CON
siderable mrjority, the Radicals try to
cheat them out OF it. The facts are
briefly these: BY tie laws Of LOUISE
ana, il the officers Of any parish have
cause to believe that fraud and intimi-
dation have been uscd IL the e.ectinn,
before the ! allot-boy is returned to
the Counting Board. those officer
must procure and file with them al
affidavit to that effect within 81 hour
after the election. The returns from
the county Of DE Soto were sent I"
the Board about fourteen days after
the election and, when they were
opened, instead Of The affidavit. fund
euclosed, bearing date only "a hour
after the election in the parish. il bore
date on the 25th of November, fur
teen DAYS after, aud the very day the
same was presented. The entire
Board Of Canvassers were surprised,
and Mr.. Sherman, of Ohio, one Of the
men who had been put on guard
and sen, down to New Orlean> ,by the
Republicans. said, substantially, There
has been some one tampering with the
returns from De Soto cuunty." IL is
believed in Democratic circles that
the objec, of the Louisiana Returning
Board is to drag along rs slowly rs
possible with the returns from the va
ri us counties Of the State, ard count
rs many najori.ies for Hayes as the
returns show; keeping back the Dem
ocra,ic najorIties until it is to late
to count them. and, at the last mo-
ment 90 into secret session, count
Hayes and other Radicals in, after
the manner Of the South Carolina
Board, and then look to Grant. Cam
eron, Sherman and the ret Of the war
crew, to uphold them in their efforts
at usurpation. This, too, will be
done, in the face Of nearly 5000 Dem.
ecratic majority.
Our readers will ssk, 10 doubt,
show The matter stands IN Florida"
another State where We have n majoIi
~, and gu. Of which they are trying
to swinde the Democrats. lie, il SUIT
fec for the present to say tina, III that
little State, as in Louisiana, the same
means will be used to give the electo.
raj vote to Hayes, namely - bay onet-,
an unprincipled Governor, and ,eJ
Of scamps generally. We have Que
ray oil hope, however, in Florida.
One o. the Board, a Mr.. Cowgbili.
who is Il Republican, seems to be Il
fair man, and seems determined To zee
that justice shall be done. even thou, h
his party is defeated. Ia that State
the Radicals claim to have II majority
Of only "A. which will BE- largely over
come BY the Democrats when there
shall have been "fair count" BY the
Board Of Canvassers, and 10 the ex-
tent of at least 200, il not 400.
As 10 the down trotlden State of
South Carolina, we have hardly the
heaS.t to write. As in Louisiana, 50
Grant dill there on the assembling Of
her Legislature the other day. lie
sent his snl'liers to occupy the capitol
of The State ut Columbia, who took
possession. and held orders in their
hands to keep out Democrats who did
not have certificates of election from
the scamps WIN ruled out Laurens and
Edgefeld county Representatives. BY