The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-12-07
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Dlsyraccful Tampering With the Lou.
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Disyraccfui Tampering With the Lou.
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Since tho dro!l adventure OF Honest
Jack Falstafr," sad;"crtingly represented
W iho great di,nisii,t, there has bcsu nc
c'capa''e. quite so ainn+ing in lis wicked
mes, NJ the one rcpnried in oar columns,
Yesterday, from Louisiana. The enor-
m"u' lies told by the fat old swiller of
FSrk as 10 tue number Of nicn ia buck.
ram he SO vaiiantly encountered, and his
secret hacking az hi+ own sword 10 give
rlau.ibiity 10 his story, did no, pu, him
TO ogreater shame whom his uinble false.
hoods were exposed by Prince Hal and
Poins than must be felt by The Rcpubli.
cans Of Louisiana at the way they have
gotten up this evidence about the Ku
klnx IL buckrarn whom they encounter
ed ut the polls. Falstatfs hacking his
svord to give color TO his uncon .cionubls
lies aud his maguifying the two mon ia
buck am with which the fat knavo began
his tale To eleven befurc he got through,
was not more ridiculous than the "bull.
Diving tules Of thc Louisiana FaIstalF.
aud their fabrication of evidence TO sup
port them. There is this difference. !,uw.
ever tha, the fat old sinner in shake.
peare WAS caught III trap rc, by III
fun.ioviug young cninl,aniur-, wbcrcu.
the Louisiana knHycs who pretend 10
have iough! sn many Ku klux and bliil
dozers have themselves set the tran ia
which they are so ridiculou,ly caught.
The problem how the apple got into
the dnmpIing, or how the carved wooden
imnge got into the narrow w-,no.ithcd glass
bnttle which enclosed il, cannot rival the
problem how - protest against IN clec-
ton return, dated November 25, got into
A'calcd letter whose post mark showed
that it WAS muiled Noveu,bcr IS. Que
dia6ic dtiait il .(dirc dams ccfc q1lcre ?
liow the devil did tho protest get into
the envelope seven days after the letter
was sealed aud mailed and five hundred
miles from the place where the protest
was dated? There can he no doubt ut
oil how the thing was done. considering
that little hot steam will soften the
gum of sealed envelope, and that it can
10 opaued and recloscd rs easily ss ali
apple can be put into a dumpling. The
date OF tho protest shows TINT it was
surreptitiously prepared aud enclosed in
New Orleans.
In ti.is exquisite Fastafflan perform.
ance our noted fellow-townsn,aii. Mr.. f..
W.. Stoughton, supplies tho quick turns
aHd iiiiibie excuses by which vain at.
tempt Is made to parry exposure. But
Mr. Stoughton's readiness Of wit cannot
help tho thing through. When tho
members of the returning board wero
absshed an,l nunplussed the prompt Sir.
S.oughton suggested that it was a "cleri.
ca! error" No doubt it was but where
end BY ..l.om vac Tho clerical error com.
mtted? Mr. Stouyhton Is also said To-
havo suggested that the protest was pre-.
parcd aud signed in De Soto OIL the 25th,
e,c day the return was opened. But
talstaif was n"ver more promptly refu,ed
Than AIR. Stonghton waa by Mr. Cavcnuc
who told him that "De Soto is five hun.
dred miles from New Orleans" showing
mat Mr. Stouyhton is not very strong in
Tho geography of Louisiana. "A clerical
error" no doubt it was, but Il clerical
orror pcrpetrnted by the forgcr of the
protest, who in tho haste with which he
did his clandcstine work unwittingly put
tho stamp of fraud upon it by giving tue
date when it was written, instead of
dating IL back TO correspond with the
document It accompanied. Such cleri.
cal error wonld not have been committed
: in DE Soto seven days previous, but it
was the mcss natural thing in the world
in New Orleahs whero tho fraud was per.
petrated in haste aud the unconscious
writer put down the actual date Of the
month.
Senator Sherman IL 10 be commended
for his honest expression of opinion that
the protest was smuggled into the cnvcl-
ope In New Orleans. "He suid that
there could be no question but what the
returns had been tampcred with aud
opcned here. The evidence was conclu
sive that the supervisor or some one else
had opened them and placed in tho
package the aflidavits." But, after thi.
honest avowal, We sre puzzled to con.
ceive how Senator Sherman could hnye
added that he doubted if it was done
with criminal intent" How auch a
fraud could have been done with au hon.
est intent passes comprehension. It IL
the duty Of all the Republicans present
from other States to deucunce such fraud.
anc warn the perpetrators that they will
ruin the purity if they do not make an
honest count OF the votes. If they elect
President by such knavery they will
ioon realize the truth of very old
maxim, that "the triumph of tie wicked
l. short. ."--Nets York Herald, November
81.