New-York tribune., 1876-12-16
THE POLITICAL CONTEST.
A GREAT NATIONAL CRISIS.
WILL THE DEMOCRATS INACCURATE ANOTHER HE-
BgLtIoN AND CIVIL wARf

wuI THE DEMOCRATS INACCURATE ANOTHER hE-
BTLtIoN AND CIVIL wARf
70 the BdtfOr OF The TrtbWhe.
SIR: Is Il prudent wise for the Repu0hcans OF
the North to deceive themselves as to the purposes
~ the rilden DemocratsR VIII the latter attempt
another rebellion and bring on war rather than sub
init 70 Hayes's eleetionG 1 believe they will, and
that the North should be prepared.
Undoubtedly new Democratic rebellion would
be causeless aad unjustifable. Hayes has been
elected by 1876 votes, and one majority IS as Vahu
and binding as 20. In Florida the State CanVasslhg
Board-the lawful tribunal to canvass the VOIe Oh
the State-fouud majority OF 40 on the face OIL the
returns, and under an imperative statute requiring
them to throw out precinct Nyotes II SHOWN
To be irregular false. fraudulent" they cor
reoted errors on both sides, and finally adudged the
true Hayes majority to be $50. In Louisiana smi-
Lar canvassiAg board although finding majority
for Tilden on the face of the returns, found also
State statute, enacted on good reason, compelling
them to throw out the votes of parishes where there
was intimidation and not fair and free election.
Performing their sworn duties under ibis statnte
they finally adjudged the Hayes majority to be over
5000. In Oregon the proper canvassng officer, who
Ia the Secretary of State, and in case the Cover
nor. found that the Hayes electors were chosen by
about /, 100 majority, and declared and recorded
the result according to law.
From these decisions of the proper canvasSing
tribunals in these three States there is n9 appeal
the electors are to be chosen as the States may a
point and the States have appointed these tribunals
as the final judges. Therefore Hayes is elected by
Is5 votes and there can be resistance to his IN
suguration and administration except through re-
belion which, if persisted in must be put down py
force and il necessary through new civil war;
But although there is no justhsble cause t0r re-
Il In, nTD-
text or pretended cause. The fraudulent action Of
the Governor of OregOn-who had no jurisdiction 10
canvass the vote whose duties were merely minis
terial and whose certificate to Cronin was palpa-
BILE falsity of no more value than would be cert-
cate of the clerk Of a court that verdict was for
the defendant when the record showed it to be for
the plaintif.-wilI be made a pretext Mr.. lliden
will either he declared elected by the House of Rep
resentatives or upon the theory of no election by
the people he will be elected by the House; and he
will attempt to establish himself President
That this is the present programme of Mr.. lilden,
Mr.. Hewitt, aud the party leaders have no manner
of doubt after conversation with Democrats South
and North. The plan is as deliberate as 1t was in
1861 with this difference, that now the Northern
Democrats will begin and the Southern Democrats
will only follow. The latter say the war iii 1861
never would have commenced if Northern Demo
Gratis ike FRANK 1leIce uVb Oii'''
fighting should not be south of Mason ~ Dixons
line only, and that now the Northern Democrats
must not merely talk but must act also and take the
lead-must originate and commence the-executIon
of their programme, and the South will then JON.
That the Northern Democrats will decide and act
and attempt revolution, 1 am, repeat, convinced.
The Oregon pretext was ordered from New-York ;
the announcement of th5 National Democratic Com
mittee shows the plan; the Democratic conference
and threats in Indiana arc the first movement;
New-York, New-Jersey, and Connecticut, where
there are also Democratic Governors, will follow,
and Tilden and his disappointed supporters Will III
1877 repeat the experiment of 1861, beginning,
however, north instead of south of Mason ana
DixOn's line.
Let not the Northern people then be unpreparcd,
as they were in 1861. Let not the Northern Gov
ernors wait until treason bursts forth in New-iork
and Indiana under the manipulatOns of Cows. Ill
den and Hendricks, defeated and desperate candi-
dates as they are. Vigilance and preparation can
do no harm supineness and blindness may prove a
crime against the Republic. desire to record my
warning seasOnably. w. Il. CHANDLER
Concord, ". H., Dec. IA. 1876.