The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-19
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The country could probably have for.
given the Senate IL IL had not seen at to
amend the Post route bill by providing
for continuance Of the fast mail ser
Woe and q revival OF the franking priv
ilege.--[ Hartford Courant (Rep.)
Tilden's letter, Bluford Wilson's tes-
timony, Latnarfs great speech, Ortiz 3
surrender--verily the blows are falling
fast and hard on Radicalism. II Vtcks-
burg Herald lDem)
The Republican headquarters not only
employed clerks to send out their docu-
ments, but pressed into the service the
female teachers of our public schools,
to indorse envelopes, who In turn made
the scholars write the names furnished.
II our Democratic committee would at.
tempt to make the use OF teachers and
scholars In our public schools and 10
our political campaigns, what q howl
would go up Pittsburg Post Dem)
Said plous Republican a few days
ago to some Of his party friends, when
he returned from two weeks trip In
Massachusetts ''By George, / want
you to understand that Tilden Is going
10 carry Massachusetts, by Thomas
Henry ! haven't seen anything but
Tilden flags and Tilden men since I've
been gone, by George. "--lTroy Press
Dem.)
Alabama plainly indicates that Tilden
will receive the electoral vote OF every
Southern State, except South Carolina,
and Grant and Hayes cannot stop It.
To these 123 electoral votes there will be
more than enough additions from the
North. East, Middle aud Western States
to make up the necessary 1856, and leave
u dozen or two to spare Hartford
Times fDem.)
II Is not Hayes whom the Democrats
fight. He IL merely n figure head. They
fight the worst elements Of Grantism,
the most prominent corruptionists or
the country, by whom be is supported,
and by whom he would surely be con-
trolled IL elected.-[St. Louis Times
Dem.)
One OF the pleasing features OF the
present campaign is the boldness OF ex-
Republicans In avowng their prefer
ences for Tilden. Heretofore the party
lash has been applied so assiduously
that Republicans have been afraid to
shift the party nominations. But this
year it is ~ daily occurrence for Repub-
leans to go voluntarily to Democrats
and declare their choice. - Dunkirk IN.
~ Union.
In Kentucky a grandson OF Henry
Clay was beaten by few votes for Dis
trict Attorney. This Is u bad year for
grandsons, and. therefore, General
Benjamin Harrison. the grandson of
"Old Tippecanoe, might as well throw
up the sponge in Indiana at once. II is
an off year for inherited greatness.
[Richmond Enquirer (Dem.)
An old Maine farmer illustrates the
absurdty OF seeking reform by putting
Hayes at the head OF the Cameron, Boss
Shepherd, Kemble, Spencer and Bah
cock rings. instead Of Grant, as follows:
"When a hen has set on her nest SO
long that the eggs have become rotten,
what Is the use OF trying to mend the
matter by putting u new hen into the
old nest?"- New Haven Register
(Dem.,
The Senate passed bill restoring the
franking privilege, and In doing so acted
In defiance OF that public opinion which
cordially approved the repeal because
taxpayers were unable to see why we'll
paid Congressman should be permitted
to transact his business at the public
expense. Il Philadelphia Bulletin (Rep)
The condition Of the South Is too
serious, we repeat, to be used as elec-
tioneering material. We are sorry to
observe, too, that once more the cam
paign upioar and tumult breaks out In
the two States where the negroes and
their friends have decided majority
the States In which the whites are in q
majorityp We ask the question in all
seriousness a candid answer to 1t would
go to the root Of the Southern trouble
The Nation Qnd.) urHJ
The time for an effective dsavowal OF
the President has gone by. To make 1t
now would provoke a savage quarrel In
the party, and conciliate nobody out
side the party at last. Still, 1t may be
thought worth while to attempt it, for,
according to the way things are going
now, neither Gov. Hayes nor Peter
Cooper can be the next President. --fSt
Louis Republican Und. Dem.)
Werepeat, this will not do for Hayes
and IL he Is to stand the slightest chance
In November. this sort Of thing must be
stopped. Peaceable elections In the
South, no bayonets or Gatling guns
around, and large masses OF negroes
voting the Democratic ticket! II the
example Of Alabama Is followed in No
vember, Tilden will carry every South
ern State, not excepting South Carolina
and even Louisiana. Time is precious.
Morton, Chandler, Packard, Chamber
lain, and the rest, must set the outrage
mill to running. Then, II hard pushed,
little Johnny Davenport might go down,
armed with a pile Of money, and thus
prepare the way for Sheridan and few
regiments. New York sun (DemI