The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-11-16
The Aaministrat ar upon Tut

That controller OF tue ssIeparIHentsso vi
Living In the GRANT Cabinet, cid ZAcK1
st,aA NDLEa, is not satisfied With doing oil In
his power TO bias public opinion, and keep
up the spirit Of the Radical party by spread
Ing his lies about the election ali over the
country; but he must undertake to- put
shackles upon 4Ishe trufh to prevent any.
damageshe might do his operations. he.
now charges that the telegraph lines are
under the control Of Democrats, and that
dispatches prepared by Republicans are.d de-,
tanned g sometimes for days, y and atheir
contents divulged TO members soi the OPP
posite party" There isi no truth In the
assertion. Both charges are false. aa.s 81, s..
CHANDIER makes his charges especially
with reference to Florida, where his son.
WiLLilM 3. CHANDLER, is semitic work the
Radical plan TO the best advantage, and he
and Governor STEARNs have employed the
telegraph very actively for their purposes.
Tie, wires have worked as faithfully for
them as it has for the Democrats. And the
charges brought against the industrious
telegraph-operators are ameaily menda-
cious." They, are made with the view OF
impressing the public mind with the idea
that the telegraph is partisan; and thatmuch
| Radical Neutrality-suspicious. name for Rad
1 ical lying--had been prepared that had not
been promptly transmitted. This is intend;
dto bias public opinion in favor, OF wronged
and injured Radicalism ! They thus calum-
Mate body Of most reliable and faithful
elegraph-operatorsto make a false impres!
sion. ~ ,,.'.9's 80, .,t,.:, =,
The elcction-returns sent on! the Demo-
cratic side are prepared by responsible gem
tlemen, and those known as xsAssociated
Press" kilograms are prepared by the AS
4 ISOLATION. The Telegraph Company has
nothing to do with it. The charge that any
preference is given to one party over the
other, or that the messages OF either are de-
layed unnecessarily, is a lie, It is a pity
that a Just, indignation engendered by this
calumny could not express itself by a
retributive shock through the wires them
selves. ~, .. &s''
This system of lying, directed and in part
operated by CHANDLER, is very cunning.
With the employment OF the cypher, both
he and GRANT have been telegraphing to the
Federal officers, military and civil, and the
Governors-C CHAMBERLAIN, STEARNs, and
acknowledgements doing the bulk of the
work, Why so much secrecy about mat
ter Of public concern? When was it ever
known that secret messages were sent by
q the Federal Executive or by members OF
the national Cabinet about voting and count
ing votes fol- President? Never before, I'M
less by the present Administration, which
devotes its whole power and influence to the
accomplishment Of party objects. 1t has
taken the election under its control, and
failing to secure majority of the people in
favor Of extending the vile rule OF the Radi-
cal party, the manifest purpose is to do all
4 they dare do to defeat the choice OF the peo-
pie. .-tlg. a.,. st:"
+ TACK CHANDELIERS work has been cum
n!ngly directed lie has filled the land with
kilograms that Florida, and South Carolina,
and Louisiana have given large maiorities
Tor HAYEs-the purpose being to confuse
the public mind and prevent the appre-
hended explosion Of public indignation at
rascally frauds of the returning boards.
The Federal Administration displays q
4 vindictiyeness and determination that no
thing but fear Of public opinion can check.
The whole nation now looks to the action
of the returning boards Of the three dis
puted southern States with intense interest.
II they can be prevented from usurping
judicial authority, and thus the power OF
excluding returns at will,-or, in other
words, themselves making an election-a
great victory will be gained. That is pre-
cisely the present issue between the people
and the personal and arbitrary Radical Ad-
ministration.