, 1876-11-14

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COUNT ALL THE VOTES FAIRLY.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 13.-7o TIE Hon. .Tossph
Nct!iH! New Orleans ~ o. qHlut ns nursery; the
people cannot hs Euadcd inlo an outbreak. TIC
question presented to yon Ia tlIs: Shnll tho Amer-
can peupic ho chcated out IT t4cir free chocc md
the!r free Government by handful Of desperate
AdvcntNrers1 Kellogg, Warmoth, md Packard
backed by tlc President md thu military arm OF
the nation--itcHc reckless Dcrsons followed by an
army Of plantation anfs, are ar.ayctt nyainst tho
responsible elements Of Aoctety In Lonfsfnnn. No.
hody'e life IL in danger, nnybody's liberty. Ia
It r0ssbc that you can place the wp:tlof worthless
yagabonds agufnat that Of every property .lolLer,
barker, business mGn, and houd H1e citizen In
louisiana llEHHr WAr7rAsux.
RErLY.
It WIS supposed TINT tho men going down
to New Orleans to sec the votes counled were
cool, dispassionatc, discreet, and fair-mintled
inGu hut the tono aud terms Of this dis
pntch placa A1r, WArTEEsoN iii exactly the
opposite category. The language is very
reckless, partisan, and excited. Mr.. Wat
TEHsoN should either ls0vc re1nnined in Louis
yillc, or taken along with him largor stock
of leo for rcfrigorato1y purposes lilo says:
Tho people hero cannot be goaded into an
outbreak ]iy "pcoplo" lse probab1y means
TINT huff Of them who voted for r1IpEx md
HESnn1czs hut tho other half aro "peo-
pic o"aiso. They aro American ctizons, md aro
entitled 10 as many civil and politicnl rights rs
those wllos,.pl,ortcd r1IpES, notwithstanding
they voted for HArrs and WHEELER. When
Mr.. WATTEnsoS speaks Of !" tile people who
cannot be goadcsl into au outbreak" docs llo
mean the ilRlf who voted for HAYES or tho
others who supported T1LnEs? Wu aro very
aure The Republicans will Ito nothing 10
t'gond tho Dc1locsnts into MI outbreak, nor
do they wisl, 10 bo "goadcd by them.
Mr.. WAT7Ensoa asks: "Slall tho Amcri-
cal people 10 cheated out Of their FREQ
clloico and their froe Government by hand
full Of desperate udyenturerH ?" Certainly
not. No power on uarth or under tho earth
iB able to cheat them In either Of tho sup
posed caBos Tho will Of tho minority
legally expressed ut tho polls, nccorling to
tho forn,H Of inv, m'fst DO respected, nnil
The gates Of l,oll Bllall not prevail agai,stit."
Our editorial brother divides tho popula-
tion Of Louisiana into "tlle responsible clc-
lneuts of society and = tho plantation field
hands who follow desperate nAycnturcrB."
by the term "plantation iicld.l.antly" wo
suppose lo 1neanB the industrial classes who
cultivate tho int soil of Louisnnn a,ltl pro-
duce annually vast quantities. md values of
cotton, sugar, corn, nnl other agricultural
products IN Illinois tho cultiyators of tho
soil aro called fHrnscru or grangers, and aro
considered to bo the hone and sinncw Of tho
State. They arc supposed to constitute q
large Bhnro Of tho :" responsible clements Of
society" Those who rent land or work it
OH shares aro trontel. with respect In tl,u
| State, irrespective Of raco or color. II by
"plRntaton Acld-handa" IL meant those
who work Oil far,l,H for wages, tLcy,
too, ara useful members Of socloty, antl o,l-
titled to equal civil and political rights with
other mon who own land md hiro tho lnlor
to til! it. Az to tho "dcspsrato advent,r-
era" WI caunot Imagine who they arc, ILL.,
1osa they aro citizenH from other States. hut
this ID u froc country, aud mon have NJ ,nucl.
right TO rolloyo from thu North to Louisiana
for lawful purpose ~ llloy have from New
England to Illinois, or from Illinois to Coio.
rndo; and an "advonturcr" Of tl1o former
has quite recently been elected Governor Of
the hitter, whilo this State il full OF atlycn.
turors Of tho East mud South who hayo &c.
cured Offices. One OF these ''aavonturora"
is from Mr. WArTEnsoA'a own State, md l.aa
just been reelected from. this city to Con.
gress, und by the votes Of Tho class whom le
would not call "tho responsible elomcuts OF
soeisty;" but noboly's lifo il iu danger mud
nobody's liberty on nccouut thereof.
Bnt coming to the practical point: What
In It Mr.. WArrEnsoH would 1nyo? IIo wants
tho vote Of Louisiana counted for TtLpES
aud IKxpn1cks. Ii not that it? III ortlar
to SECURE that object, does lle wish to rcjsct
the votos cast by tho "teld-hauds, tho
tillcrs OF the soilY Docs le wish to oxclutlu
the yotos Of tho "adventnrors, "-being whita
Republicans from tue Northf
II . minority OF the votes LOCALLY cast wero
given for T1LpgN aud IIENpn1cna, let tho
canyaas NO declaro.' II majority OF such
yotes were cast for HAYES md WHEELER, tho
Electoral yots OF the Suite must ho declared
for them. Votes must not DO rejected be.
cause they wore cast by men who work for a
living In the fields aud plantations, and earn
their bread by tl.s swoat Of their brows.
And 1t dooa uot make bit Of difference
whether these mon WHO thus toll orc oi
black, yellow, or white comple1ions, theis
yotes must be counted all tho same.
All tho President Is doing with tho ,uili
ta1y arm IL, .drst, preserving the peace In
that combugtib1e aud into1srnnt community