Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-12-16
ALEXANDRIA,. VA.
SATURDAY, DEUEMB&R II

The radicals all profess 10 be wiling to aolce
By the decision OF the presidential question:,
whatever that may uc, bat they dou crafty a
vearoiog people by Informing them OF The mau-
,,.r or bv whom that drclsiou is 10 be made,
and leave thcu ia apxl0us solicllude as 10
whether they depend upon the re'urnlrg
boards, the u. s. Senate, or General GRAFT, to
render the ~ueclsiOa by which they aic SO keen
to be governed.
The Nv!,hcrn d,m2crats Chose from TIE
West seem 20 ic made Of sterucr stuff express
lhci. determination 10 acQulesee ~ whatever the
radicals may do, upon the grcuod that oppreS'
son aud political slavery are better Than iorcl-
bic resistance, but they sill express the hope
tba, the reports Of the Investigating commit
tees DOW in the South may prove SO convincing
that even radicals can not help acknowledging
MIR. TiIden's election.
Notwithstanding the constitution, The law
prescriptivc and written precedent aud Gus
tom, the rad.cals-that is with lew exceptions
maintain that tue decision which they are SO
willing to accept must De u:adc by the radical
president of IA radical Seoale. Maintaining
that, and having a maj nrity IN the Seuate, apo
the president o! that body iavlag the electoral
votes 10 his hand, AID with judges OF the Su'
preme CourT, q large minority ct the House VI
REPRESENTATIVES, the law officers OF the govern
ment, the governors and pll'tia OF many States,
and the President, with The army aud navy, to
support them. they, that Is jucglog by what
,hey have already done ard by The motives
that actuata corrupt ueu, will SO determine,
and Though they kGow that Dir. I,lden receiV-
ed not orig a large majority OF the popuiar,ou t
q fair aud legal majority OF tbe electoral vote
will declare Mr.. Hayes elected.
The dependence OF the Northern democrats
upou reports If Investigating committees %"
10 the South Is vaiuer than reliance upon
broken reed, for each committee will present q
majority and q minority report, aud though the
former will ~coutaiu facts aud the latter hctlons,
they will! both receive the support of the re.
~speclive parties of their authors, aud will prove
of no more advantage to the settlement OF the
question than WEI. the reports OF the commit
tees that witnessed the canvass OF the votes 10
the same States.
With such determination upon the part OF
the radicals, and such = reliance upon the part
of the democrats. it is by 90 means hard to tel
who will be the next president; and with Hayes
10 the White House, and Grant as his Seere'
tsry of WARRIOR that is the latest 10 the poll
tioal phaotasmagoria-,he cpuotry will proceed
on its road to ruin aud destruction al a greatly
increased gait.
The only way to prevent the cousum nation oil
thisdire extremity to which the couotry has beet
reduced il for the Western democrats 10 receive
such unexpected support from their party IL
the North that their array Of force aud thell
expressed determination to use it, ii necessary
to defend their liberty, may deter tie radicals
from further atiemptsto prosecute a fraud' WHICH
Justice, equity, love of liberty and patrlotlSR
abhor, but to the successful accomplishment o
which all these Influences combiued have as ycI
failed TO offer any obstruction.