Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-12-08
our New York Letter.
PoIITICAL-T THE MENZIEs Library FASHIONS
ETC.
NEW YoRK November 9th 1876

ETC.
NEW YORK, November 9th, 1876.
To tho Editor OF the Free Press and Times
Probably the most desperate set of men
that ever existed are the Democracy of New
York. The certainty of Hayes election has
maddened them, for they were near enough
the plunder to smell it, and to have it taken
from their very claws is little too much fcr
their patience. They do not propose to give
it up, and have already fixed up their pro-
gramme. They propose to deny the legality
of the election the Democractic House will
assert that there has been no legal expression
of the will of the people, and that conse-
| quently the House must, as III case of fail
ure to elect proceed to the election of q
President 1t will refuse to Join the Senate
| In counting the returns, and Will 90 on and
elect Tilden and inaugurate him. They
claim that be can be inaugurated anywhere,
and the House will recognize him as the
President, refuse to recognize Hayes, and
| will call on the Governors Of the States to
| recognize their government. That this pro-
gramme has been determined upon by Til
den, is shown in the fact that every Demo
| cratic paper in the city that is owned by Til
den had articles simultaneously, insisting
that if the three doubtful States were count
ed for Hayes it would be an usurpation which
no Democrat could possibly accept, and re-
| slstance By force was not at all dimly limited
at. And 1ilden's editorial bureau, which he
personally directs Is sending of articles to
picked Democratic papers in strong Demo-
cratic sections of the most infammatory
character, and calculated to Gre the Demo-
cratic heart. They reiterate the statement
that Hayes Will be counted in by fraud-that
Tilden will resist, and they call upon all good
Democrats to be ready to sustain him. Add
to this the fact that the rife clubs in the
South another name for organized militia
are $50, 900 strong, and that arms were sent
to them from the Democratic National Com
mittee, and some notion of their designs
may be formed. 1t has been established be
yond peradyenture, that the National Dem
oeratic Committee did send New York State
cannon at a merely nominal price to South
Carolina and that very large shipments of
muskets have been sent to the same parties
from this city. They either mean business
or they are indulging in remarkable game
of bluff. The Republicans all take it very
quietly. Grant, not buchanan, Is President,
and he knows how to stamp out rebelions.
He had one large one on his hands once, and
it will be n very small matter for him to mash
this little one. Despite the brag and bluster
of the Democracy Hayes will be inaugura-
ted if Ae is declared elected. and he Will
serve his four years. 1t is significant fact
that while the Republicans here insist that
they will not have the Presidency unless
Hayes is fairly elected, the Democratic lead
ers say nothing of the kind They have de-
clared in advance that the count must nects-
sariy be fraud, and that they Will have the
control of the Government whether they are
entitled to 1t or not. And as nothing Is done
IN Democratic circles except by the direction
Of Tllden himself, all this intammatory talk
may be charged directly TO him. II We have
any trouble he Will be responsible for it.
THE MESzIEs LIBRARY,
which vas sold at auction, taking five days of
last week. was one OF those collections which
give the ordinary reader new ambitions in
the world Of books. To give some ordiuafi-
ly appreciable idea ofits value to begin with,
the library brought nearly 81, ,u00at auction.
not one fourth It's real worth Some black
letter books brought over a thousand dollars
apiece being matter oftAree hundred years
old, and among the earliest specimens Of
printing IN existence but these would not
compare IN the sight Of enthusiastic Ameri
cans with the original Manuscript order book
Of Valley Forge. faded and the pages tender
with time. and handling, but preserved IN a
case of heavy morocco. There were many
specimens Of the earliest printing in this
country, but il any eyes save those OF book
collector the prizes Of the library were an
Ahbottsford edition of Walter Scott and one
Of Ruskin's works with proof engravings.
Such luxury Of type and deicacy of illustra-
ton sent the poor book lovers. who can
not afford editions at three and four hun
dred dollars, awuy saddenei, but glad to
have rejoiced their eyes with such elegant
volumes. Mr. Menzies had what had cost
him over $500 600 in his library and in or
dinary times It would have realized twice
that amount, for some of the books were the
only once extant, and were priceless Bat
books, ike real estate. have ielt the effect Of
hard times, and so the whole lot sold for
what collectors would call "a song. It is
understood that the owner was compelled hy
stress OF bad financial weather to part with a
collection that had taken lifetime to get
together.