The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-11-18
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and Louisiana should be robbed of their
fair legal vote this same Democratic house
could prevent the substitution Of fraudu
lent returns and would elect Tilden and
inaugurate him.
do not believe there is the least doubt
about Mr.. Tilden's election. do not be-
lieve there is the least doubt about the
desire of Chandler, Morton, Blaine & CO
to cheat him out of his election. | do moi
believe there is the least doubt about their
disastrous failure. | do not entertain the
slightest doubt about Mr.. Tilden's inaugu-
ration and the final submission of all Re
publican corruptionists and demagogues
and my trm confidence, as may be per
celved. is not based upon the disincliuatiC q
but the utter impotency of the Republicen
leaders to do mischief | have not the
least doubt OF the success of their dark
schemes but for the happy circumstance
that the present house, which has the
count, is Democratic | do notIthink Mr..
lllden would be inaugurated if the house
had Republican majority. But this is
the Alpha and Omega of the situation.
The country is safe. But is so only be-
tlyes is Democratic.
L venture to predict that the present
excitement will soon die out. So far as
Republicans are concerned the excitement
is very much like the last flicker of the
ext!!ngulshing light, the commissions pre-
cedlng the last breath before death. 1t is
an additional punishment of refined cruelty
that they should not only lose power but
that they should not lose it quickly, but be
put upon the ragged edge of despair and
anxiety, tortured by the pains of TantaIus
osclllatIng between hope and fear, conf
dence and despair. But they will submit.
After all this is free country, and with a
Democratic house of representatives check
ing the national treasury, the national
sword and the national executive, with q
Democratic governors Of the union, with a
Democratic executive In New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut, Indiana.
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and
West Virginia, and half the population of
pennsylvania Democratic, ready TO send
l,OOo,OOO OF stalwart Democrats to Wash
ington IN "a hours 10 case of a coup d etat:
with a popular majority az tdvor of IEldea
both in the north and the south, aud in the
aggregate larger than the popular vote OF
Gen. Grant IN '6S | have not the slight
est fear but that this country will 20
through the present fearful test in peace,
and that there viii be no civil war, and
that Tilden will be peaceabIy inaugurated
on the 5th of March next. And | am
quite sure of that, EVENT. Republican despair
and robbery should provoke resistance,
and even if the men who elected Tilden
had to walk through Pennsylvania avenue,
ct the risk of life, to inaugurate the choice
OF the American people by majority of
over quarter of million Of votes Be.
sides, let it be distinctly rememb ered that
these desperadoes have to pilfer and per
vert the votes of all these states-Flori-
da, South Carolina and Louisiana-to
squeeze out majority of one vote; that
these 3 states have, according to the last
accounts undoubtedly given their electoral
vote for Tilden; and that the man who
raises his hand to faisify, by fraud or BY
force, his election, forfeits his life. But
mark my prediction; there is no danger.
The country is safe, and Tilden will be
president. Yours truly,
JOSEPH PULITZER.