The Republican journal., 1876-11-23

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intelligent Maine man that all attanabe
blessings Of life lie close about him, and
can be had for the gathering
Csrpet-bags to the Rescue.
There is 4 sIuaIIy and sinister appear
ance about the reports from Florida and
Louisiana which Indicate that ut all haz-
ards and ali disregard of decency and JUS
tice the Hayes electors are to be declared
chosen in those states, and thus, added to
South Carolina, give the Republican can
didates majority of one To have con
test 50 close in the choice of those high
officials is alarming to thoughtful men,
but when the result turns upon the vote
Of a state like Louisiana. and that result
controlled bya returning board the frauds
and corruptions of which are notorious,
the aspect is startling 1t will not be Il
pleasant thing to contemplate the inaug
uraton Of a President, while the ceremony
is guarded by troops, and more that one
ti''4i VIZ NphHti III tISIN plpICSI llIiSl
Il fraud and the rule OF an usurper.
Carpet baggery has long been synony-
nous with all that is lvaricous, traudu-
lent and knayish. 1t fastened upon the
postrate south as vultures prey upon an
exhausted and detenceless creature. The
plunderings and outrages that the people
of those states have undergone is beyond
belief Hitherto the triumphs of carpet
baggery have been local, and the conse-
the South But now il undertakes il ma
tional victory. Republicanism in power
at Washington having tostered and pro-
tected carpet baggery in it, weakness,
that bad conglomerati@n now propose, to
furnish the pretence by which Hepubli-
canlsm shall retain itself in place and
power, nted they standardized they
fall Ii Mr. Hayes comes to the Presi-
dency, he will come as the child of this
disreputable parentage There have been
carpet bag Governors carpet-bag Sena-
tors and carpet-bag Congressman. Are
We now to have a carpet bag President?
The terms vi twenty five United States
Senators viii expire next March, The
successors of some OF these have already
been chosen Powell Clayton the no.
tOrlous Arkansas carpet-bagger who kept
the people OF that State under military
subsection when elected by the aid Of the
military Governor, will be replaced by
Democrat. John A. Logan will find it
hard to be reelected from Illinois; j
Rodman West, tie notorious Californian
carpet Dagger. will not again be returned
at the point Of the bayonet from Louis
iana James H. Acorn will be succeeded
by a Democrat III Mississippi treliug-
huysen will, OF course, give way to a
Democrat in New Jersey; Robertson will
be succeeded by a democrat in South
Carolina Nj. {. Hamilton, Republican,
will also give away to one Of the follow
ers Of lilden in Texas All the resent
Democratic Senators whose terms expire
on the 4th of March Will he reelected ex-
cept Kelly, of Oregon.
When there was, a few Years ago, a
dispute similar to the present one in
Louisiana, concerning the returns OF the
state, the Democratic candidate tor Gov
ernor, McEnery. was counted ont, and
Kellogg seated by the most outrageous
fraud There could be no mistake about
this, for the fact was acknowledged by
prominent Republicans. W. A. Wheeler,
the present Republican candidate for Vice
President, was on Il Congressional Com
mittee that investigated the matter, and
gave his official opinion in these words
'TnE RESULT OF IT'S WORK WAS TO DE
FEAT PERSONS WHOM. ON THE RETURNS,
THEY SHOULD HAVE DECLARED ELECTED,
AND 10 ELECT PERSONS WHO SHOULD MOI
HAVE BEEN DECLARED ELECTED"
And now Mr.. Wheeler will get his elec-
ton, if he gets it at ALL through similar
acts of the same board
One of the first things Congress should do at
its next session is to call Il convention of the
best men IN the country to revise the Consttu-
ton and thus engr;lft into the organic law of
the land the results OF II hundred years of ma
tonal experience. New York Graphic.
An excellent suggestion that should re-
ceive early attention The lapse of il cen
tury has revealed hidden dangers to the
body polite and disclosed weak places in
the structure. An ounce of prevention, in
dangers to the government, is worth a
pound of cure. 1t is the first duty of pat
riotism to make the fundamental law such
rs to secure beyond all question equal
rights, Justice, and its own perpetuity.
This is from the Cleveland Plandealer:
In England 4 soldier in uniform is not al
lowed to appear within two miles of the
ballot-boX yet in free America Grant and
his party to elect Hayes have sent United
States regular soldiers to the south to take
charge Of the ballot-boxes-not to protect
them, nor to secure free election, but to
elect, if possible, the Republican ticket.
The Republican party is in favor of bayo-
net rule
There will be five contested seats in
the Maine House of Representatives, viz
In the Wilton, Orland, Sullivan, Burling-
ton and Richmond districts.