Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-11-18

/ me0t, - even MS tallck, DIuQLeu SenSl
biIities. should be aroused by dem
and indignation, which shall pre-
elude the estimate with which his country
inen shall in future fegdrd hiih. 1t was ex.
pecting good deal to hope for fair, manly
or dignifed act from the man who ha,
brought the Presidency of the nation into de-
served loathing, but it Is not too late TO teacf
even this dullard that there is a limit even tC
The cGnt6nptdous liberation Of this long-suf.
fering and long-endurng people. If he wert
sober possibly so honest statement of his
lawless design wouid U1r 5r have been oiven
with such mcaut0ns lfrankness. He has but
to cast his mind back two years to recall a
similar condition Of things in Louisiana,
| when he ti,ideittdk tlh sittie business OF
helping out his fienis. Even his elouded
! and drunken brain mast retain the indignant
condemnation of the decent north, at an out
rage unknown to our system until encouraged
by Grantism and the infinitely worse which
Grantism implies. He would, if sober, re-
member the utteranees of William NJ Eyarts,
the ex-attorney- general of the United States,
to an enormous mass-meeting of citizens of
New York, irrespective of party,
when he made this pregnant
1 prophecy concerning the very thing
now i1npendingi Suppose that this
Intervention of mil litary power to protect the
action ;jf on independent, State authority
! should happen to be exetted in Louisiana or
any one Of the States for the purpose Of tax
ing out the niaiority-tSSf an electoral college
when they were choosing the President; or
suppose that if by subyerting the vote of that
State one man should be e,chosen instead of
the other, who would have been chosen if the
State had voted without being acted upon by
that authority, what have you then but civil
war, engaging vast passions and vast multi
tudes of men on the question of dispute over
the Presidency? 'Ah, you will never have
that, you say, because we have that courage
and that common sense of the American peo-
pie which make free government possible
and permanent and strong. Let anybody
take a step, you will say, that surPasses the
fair limits of political competition and pOliti-
cal agitation, and the President who takes his
seat under such a title shall have nothing
but curses and Imprisonment, and not the
enjoyment of power submit it to you,
fellow-citizens, that the moment we COM
placently accept the side that profits by
such intervention, and assume that nothing
but disappointment and political disgust are
on the other side, principles are gone, and the
way will be open at last for usurpation. "
This direfully just estimate of the future was
made upon the mere attempt of the Kellogg
returning board to set aside the subordinate
State officers under Grants order. How
much more serious is the crisis now with the
will of the nation in the balance? Mr.. Grant
thinks that the army is the main factor in
ruling a great country like this, and, it is
reported, is concentrating the troops recently
sent to the plains at railroad points where
they may be swiftly directed upon such points
as he may select. As to this it is only needed
to say that the question is not to be decided
by the arbitrament Of the sword. The coun-
try is too much of mind about it. There
would only be one side in such an extremity
as that-the office-holder against the nation.
Even the dull wits Of Mr.. Grant must see the
futility of inviting this resort.
a TEMPER WHICH WOULD ILL BROOK INTER
FERENCE WITH THE WILL OF THE
STATES.
New York World
There was no nlistaking the temper of the
people of New York yesterday and last night,
and by it the sentiment of the country at
large might be gagged. eve do not want
trouble; we will do anything to avoid it, but
if the election of President is prevented by
the frauds Of a corrupt returning board or by
Secretary Zach Chambers manipulation Of
the returns from South Carolina, it means the
end of constitutional liberty In this country,
and we will not tolerate it." This was the
general sentiment variously expressed in
every part of the city. 1t was the serious talk
of earnest men, and it should not go unheed-
ed. The excitement last evening was not
confined to the Everett house, the Fifth Ave
nue. hotel, the pool-roOms and the newspaper
bulletin boards. At all of the large and
small hotels the sole theme discussed was the
all-absorbing topic. Along the avenues on
the east and west sides, in the cross streets,
in stores, barroOms and in private parlors-
wherever men met in groups, large and
small, the question was, What is the news?"
The report was set in circulation early in the
evening that there was an outbreak In Flon-
da, and that Governor Stearns had called
tor tor troops to suppress It. This spread
like wildfre, and, coupled with another
report that Governor Stearns had yesterday
telegraphed to this city that that State had
given three thousand majority for Hayes, it |
created intense excitement. The people |
won't stand it, was an exclamation heard |
on all sides. and everywhere the impression |
prevailed that the administration was deter |
mined to count Governor Iilden out To add |
to this feverish state of the public mind, |!
rumOr was started that riots were threatened |
in New Orleans and Charleston. The gen
eral impression was that the people and their |
liberties were threatened with great outrage |
at the hands of the Federal "powers that |
be, = and that the only result Of it all would |
be the disruption of the peace of the whole |
country. Il tell you what it is, said an ex- |
cited German to a crowd assembled at Con- |
cOrdia hall, in Avenue A, ''if anything of that |
kind is attempted, the people won't stand |
it. ] went to the war and fought it through, |
i l.,
want me, and to fight to put down the men |
who are trying to destroy the liberties of the |
people" Many persons did not hesitate to |
express the fear that serious outbreak might |
take place even in this city, if the painful sus
pense under which the public mind was la
boring We're not soon removed. The report /
that telegraphic communication was cut off /
with Florida, and that railroad tracks In that |
State had been torn up, was interpreted to |
mean that the Radical manipulatOrs of affairs
there were determined to prevent the sending
Of any further news III regard to the election
in that State Shortly after ten o'clock at
night the bitter feeling that prevailed was
greatly modified by the shouting of newsbOys,
who offered their extras for sale, announc-
me- that Louisiana had certainly gone Demo-
ratio by 1000 majority, and that Samuel J.
Iilden was beyond all doubt elected President
)f the United States. This intelligence, to-
yether with report that an announcement
lad been made at the Fifth Avenue hotel
hat the State had given Governor Tilden
10, 600 majority, brought great relief, and an
lour or two later the worldngmen, of which
he east side crowds were mainly composed,
-etired to their homes, hoping that the cheer
ng news they had received would be con-
irmed by later advices in the morning jour
lals. Similar scenes were witnessed on the
vest side. In the shops on Sixth, Seventh
Ind Eighth avenues conversation was confined
o the universal theme. Women entered INTO
he discussion with as much earnestness as the
men, and they shared the pending anxiety
,qualy with them. The receipt of the latest
news from the Everett house and Fifth Ave
luc hotel was more frequent than on the east
ide, and as each fresh piece of intelligence
,r some new rumor was encountered, its
and value were spiritedly dis
ussed. There was but one impression on
he minds of most men and women, and that
vas that Governor 1ilden was elected, and, if
lot cheated out of his votes, would be the
lext President of the United States. At the
anne time there was feeling of distrust that
he returning board in Louisiana and the
of the Federal and State au-
horities in Florida would make desperate
fort to defeat the VIII of the people and