The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-12-28
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! Local items in this vicinity are nov
and have been for some weeks past, O
no cOnsequence-cvery has beer
subordinated to the great and all alb
sorbing question of the Presidential
election. Theories as TO the proper
and legal way to count the electoral
votes, are discussed pro and con. I.e.
j gal minds are numerous, yet, strange
to say, most of them entertain the
same ideas that are found in the local
papers. No republican, however, can
be found ba sc enough to defend the
Louisiana fraud, except, perhaps, such
frauds as Sherman and Garfield-but
they say it is the law of Louisiana,a and
if the law is wrong the people OF that
State are alone responsible. We DEM
Ocrats claim that, odious as that law
is, it is not so much the law that we
complain OF as the violation OF it in
every essential point. That law gives
TO defeat any candidate, when a con-
test is properly made. But absurd
and OdiOus as the law is, and giving
to the Boord all the powers it's devil
ish inventors could imagine at the
time It was enacted, still il was insult
ficient to give the State TO Hayes ex-
cept by its gross violations. The
question is, how long will honest,
patriotic people submit to such out
RACES? The question is brought home
TO the Northern people, aud what was
of Louisiana alone, is mnW a matter
tor us to consider. War is probably
out of the question, as much so as an
appeal to the moral sentiment OF the
NOrth-a thing, or sentiment that eX-
lists only in the most fiighiy imagina
ton. Only one thing remains for the
people of The Souih--that is assassin
alton. The man, or men, who will
assassinate liberty by such means as
have been used in Louisiana ought to
be quietly, and without ceremony, laid
away in the embrace of mother earth.
No more compunctions should be felt,
nor more opposition made 10 the kill
ing of such men than should be felt
or made in killing the venomous
cobra. Such is the sentiment that per
yades the minds of patriotic citizens
in this vicinity. The people of this
region knew that some devitry was
on foot before the election, for Bro.
Garfield when here spoke in 'meetin,'
what he has not done for some time
before, and some hi d limited that he has
fallen from grace (he fall would be
but trifling.) He talked a great deal
about hypocrites,a and wolves in sleeps
clothing. After he had taken his seat
the audience sang:
"Over the river, over the river. hallclujah
The streets are all paved with beGol, er."&c.
So am informed.
Bro. A. S. Hayden closed u week of
prayer here two weeks ago. Mr.. Hay
len was warmly received by his hosts
,f admirers, who are all pleased that |
ne SO remarkably retains his vivacity, |
clearness of intellect and rich and
intonation of voice. That
he may in the future find it convenient
o visit US Oftener is the sincere wish
II all.
The meteor or aerOlite that came to
tay with us, last Thursday night, is
he topic of much conversation. 1t is
oubtfuI if such a sight WAS ever wit
essed. Ii was worth almost life :
me 10 be witness of such a grand I
That il was near is very Z
vident, for at the Rapids the noise OF
he explosion was like sharp clap Of I
under, while here the noise was like c
stant cannons, and the fragments, G
hIch seemed innumerable, seems d '
le gentleman said. not more than 4O)