The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-12-06
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
New York. December Z, 1876

| New lorB, December =, 1910.
Probably the most desperate set of
men that ever existed are the De-
mocracy of New York. The certain
~ of Hayes election has maddened
them, for they were near enough the
plumber to smell it, and to have it Ia
ken from their very claws is a little
too much for their patience They
dc not propose 10 give il up, and
have already fixed up their pro-
gramme. They propose to deny the
legality OF the election; the Demo-
cratic House will assert that there
has been no legal expression of the
will of the people, and that conse-
quendy the House must, as 10 case
of a failure to elect, proceed to the
election OF a President. 1t will re.
fuse 10 join the Senate in connting
the returns, and will go On and elect
Tilden and iDaugurate him. They
claim that be can be iDaugurated
any where, and the House vii, recog-
nize him as The President, refuse 10
recognize Hayes, and will call upon
the Governors Of the States to recog-
nize their Government. That this
programme has been determined upon
by TIlden, is shown in the fact that
every Democratic paper in The city
that is owned by Tilden, had articles
simultaneously, insisting that if the
three doubtful States were counted
for Hayes IL would be an usu:pation
which no Democrat could possibly
accept, and resistance by force was
not al all dimly limited at. And Til
denis editorial bureau, which be per-
sonally directs, is sending off articles
to picked democratic papers IN strong
democratic sections Of The most in
hsmmatory character, and calculated
to fire the Democratic heart. They
reirerate the statement that Hayes
will be counted in by traud-lhat
Tilden will resist, and they call upon
all good Democrats to be ready To
sustain him. Add TO this the fact
that the rifle clubs in the South,
anotber name for organized militia,
are GOT, 600 strong, and that arms
were ssnJ 10 them from the Demo
cratic National Committee, and some
notion of their designs may be form
ed. IL has been established beyond
a p~eradventure, that the National
Democratic Committee, did sell
New York State cannon at a nominal
price TO South Carolina, and that
very large shipments ofmuskets have
been sent To lbe same parties from
this city. They either mean bust
ness or they are INDUCING in Il re-
markable game Of bluff. The Re
publicans take it all very quietly.
Grant, not Buchanan, is President,
aud be knows how to stamp ont re-
bellions, He had one large one on
his hands once, andi it will be a very
small matter for him TO mash this lit
tie one. Despite the brag and bus
ter % the Democracy, Hayes will be
inaugura,ed; if be is declared elected,
and be will serve his four years. Ii
is a significant fact that while the
Republicans here insist that they
will net have the Presidency unless
Hayes is fairly elected. the Democrat
ic leaders say nothing of the kind.
They have declared in advance that
the count must necessarily be a fraud,
and that they will have The control
OF the Government whether they are
entitled TO il or not. Aud as nothing
is done in Democratic circles except
by the direction OF Tilden himself,
all this infammatory talk may be
charged directly to him. II we have
any trouble be will be responsible for
il