The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-12-07
Situation in Louisiana.

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quest VI lhe HresioehI' " "ithess tte pre-
ceedin2s OF the Returning Boards, &C., has
given statement OF the facts as presented
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'"s'oi A'cp"os''""' 'e SP0"A9 VI ''i0 "e,
turning Board OF Florida as composed OF
gentlemen of undoubted integrity. who will
t,;,,,ful,v and fairly ,i,cb.ro.. ,t,..;r ,,,,v
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'fr .Le law. " t''e SITUATION III LOUISIANA
the Repu6ttcon reports him:
or ~. situation there and of the ,oseih,.,
,u,en,. h.. sid. :. n,,i.,au., ,n, ~; n, ",
member has hpeu for many war; nnror;,,1
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md f,,,I M.nv y.,rs ,,,,, ,t,.. vii o,,,,,
rrv heard y, th. pl.ro,,.r,inas fr,,,. ,,,'...,
S,;,,,.ll wos c,ndi,.t,. far tI. IT,;,od s,.t.'
Srnate, when Wings and Democrats each
chartered u steamer and voted several hun
dred repeaters at numerous precincts along
the river banks, where they opened polls or
that purpose. You will recollect The Native
American murlerous election riots in New
Orleans. In fact with regard to election
frauds, the history Of Louisiana s,irpassps
that OF the city of New York. The State has
never established a reputation for good con-
science in elections, consequently the public
ought to be slow to form jud ..inent UPON
Louisiana in advance Of authenticated evil
lence. That in this last election tn ire has
been serious intimidation AID outrage to
prevent the Republican vote from b, Ing cast
there is no question. 1t is a question which
CAN OF ly be settled in the way provided by
he law OF Louisiana. The only legal tr-
hunal for determining it is the Returning
yI, apts .l IN tf,f "A FL, a.,
When found the law prescribes Judgment.
BY that Judgment we MUST abide as fully ;.s
ny the Judgment of any tribunal acting
within the jurisdiction prescribed by the
Constitution and hw.
There Is no question OF carpct-bagism
a!out this beard. All are of Louisa ma.
most OF them nativ' s. Two of them are
very able men, long and Hell known in the
State
( Mr.. Kasson finds. snec:allv. in tha North.
ern Democratic nrrss that The nuh,ic ,r. he.
ing mi.led by erroneous statements 81 to the
exact Issues in the di,nuted states VI.
said. s.rhe effort of the Dnmocr,t, Mi,
and South. has been to create a nrriIdic, in
advance against the entire action Of rhe can.
wasting boards of the three South .rn States
| in question. They have led the public to
believe that the Only question involved was
that OF fair count by the boards. The
| question Of Democratic frauds at the cleo
ton precincts has been suppressed by them
| This question lies Behind the count. There
can be no fair count without executing the
provisions of law for the detection and eim-
nation Of these frauds, whether committed
by one party or the other. In Louisiana the
Jaw is imperative. compelling the board to
inquire into the fairness OF the election in
the parishes. To assum. that the legal tri-
bullal provided for determining this question
is going to violate rules of law and justice,
is wrong in prnci. lie AMI not justified by
facts. Their duty Is the same as that Of the
public, which is to abide by the law and the
results ascertaIned in conformity Wi h the