Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-11-23
ALEXANDRIA,, Y a.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER =. 1875.

President and ICE President OF this great
country, and still the country is 10 doubt. MOT
in doubt as TO the will Of the majority, for the
voice of the pscpie has spoken unml5takably
in favor OF Mr.. Tildeu-nol in doubt az to the
person who is entitled honestly to the position,
for Mr.. Tilden has, Hithout dispute, one hun
dred and eighty four electoral votes aud allthe
evidence thus far before the country proves
that be has clear majority IN the States OF
Florida aud louisiana reaching, III the latter
State. we'll Up into the thousands. Still the mo.
mentous issue is involved in doubt, because It's
apparent that it is the purpose OF the republic
can party, against the will OF great majority
of the people against the vii! ct large MI
nority Of The republican party; against tue
will O. Mr. Hayes, himself, as we slneerely be-
lieve, to perpetratc y fraud upon, Dol only the
peonlc OF Florida ard Louisiana, but upon the
people Of the Uaied States, and BY .trsud, sus-
tanned. if reed lie y force, to declare the nom
inee Of the republican party duly elected Pres
ident Of the United States
TO charge that great pariy-the great par
ty of moral ideas, seriously roDtemp'ates SO
stupendous fraud is We are aware, very
serious matter, and we would not make 1t II
the evidence OF the intent and its partial exc
cuton were not of the most convincing charac'
ter. On the eighth Of November, the day at
ter the election, when the country at large had
accepted Mr.. Tildcn's election as az accom-
plishcd Tact, Dir. Chandler, Chairman OF the
Republicau Executive Committee aud Score
tary Of tho I0terlor, isiegraphei from New
York to Washington ,i:at Hayes has Que bun.
drcd and eighty five electoral Votes and is GER
,ainly clec:ed.' Il was conceded then as now
that Mr. Hidden hsu unc hundred aud eighty
four electoral vgtcs. Al. tie Information re-
ceived I'D to tnc latc .! taat dispatch and lad
before the people, gave them tho same assur.
apce that Eo,ii.. AMI Louisiana had gone dcE-
ocratc as that New i9!k aul Indiana had
chosen democratic electors. Private dispatches
from both States, and the Associated Press dis
patches from both c9ocurred il atowlug dem
ocra.ic victories ia boil. States. aad ucw, a!ter
the lapse Of more i'aii Two weeks, aad Whcn
every mcaCs has been Exhausted .~r procuring
accurate information, not one j0t CT title Or
evidence has CON. 10 light, or been exhibited
to the American peopia, even teadiag 10 Iui-
peach Tie tru!l! .! tue assertion that both the
States .! li2riia and Louisiana have given de-
c.ded democratic: maiorit1s. We say not one
lot or tide OF cvitIcnca Tue, there have been
asscr,orS AMI claims Of ,hc NOS, positive char
scte: made hy ITO republicans, but not enc
fa.; given ~ ii, PSI Il them. We ask that
the pecl,?a ..:,t. this Nl:s il Il n2t little re-
uarkai,i> that sIr. iiauicl, not 3niy without
eyiIe.ca. tn: 10 be ia2a ii all IL" evdencea
then accessible, Should. ia ti," eighth CT No
yemter, nave declared tia! t':oia states had
voted los DR. llayea Tho Offset WA appa
rent, and has been, as :ya hope will be, tho
roughly exposed Eg lore@tal!lag public
opinion, by inducing the belief that hlr. Hayes
Vas elected it became all the more easy TO con
troll The means by which that result was TO be
accomplished. Ii the people could be induced TO
believe Mr. Hayes elected they would be all the
less disposed 10 doubt the result oil chat action
Of Returning boards" which merely verified
that opinion Let the people also observe the
conduct Of the returning boards IN the con-
tested States. The rctur1s from The various
parishes 10 louisiana which are either official
O. fully SIS authentic a. thougl: ciilcial. show
majority for Eli. 1iIlen 81 about seven thousand.
A mere aggregation Of those returns by the re-
turning board would give The State to Mr..
Tilden by about that majority but says the
Board, when fraud or intimidation is shown
we have right uGIcr tie State law, TO cure
the effects of such fraud or intimidation, and
declare the true result Again We ask the
people to consider this matter, and ask them.
selves, FIRST could the democrats Ia Louisiana
perpetrate fraud, admitting that they desired
to do 80? We undertake, without tear Of coz
tradctiou, to assert that every precinct 10 that
State is under the control Of republican mana
gers that every ballot cast was cast under
their supervision, and bas remained under their
custody and control from that day TO this, be-
yond the reach OF the democratic party or any
member Of it. The charge OF fraud Is Idle
it is worse, it is contemplate. Now as to the
charge of Intimidation; and here again VIC ap
peal to the evidence before the American PEG.
pie, which is, after all, the great tribunal to
decide this mighty controversy, and We ask
where is the evidence Of intimidation 2 Can
i be believed; will it be believed that such |
wholesale intimidation was practiced as would |
destroy a majority O.; seven thousand votes,
Without one single authenticated instance Of
violence, or disturbance, or breach of the
peace Are the republicans in Louisiana such
,arss that thousands ale to be iotimidated out
# their rights, and not ooe found bold enough
o resist, or offer even that degree of resistance
bat would have amounted to breach Of the
,eaoe We cannot believe it. Where were