Middletown transcript., 1876-12-02

EMBER 2, 1876.
, just perpetrated bv the Returning Boa
of South Carolina foreshadows simil
style of proceedings by the Returnil
Boards or other election officials of Lo
isiana and Florida, our country me
unhappily will have been brought wit
in range of the dangers and the anarcl
Of the Mexican system. There can
no safety where the law, as declared al
judged by the proper Courts, is treat'
with contempt and set at defiance an
on the contrary. there is every safety
our country SO long as the mandates
the Courts are obeyed and upheld uni
the Court Of last appeal is reached
There is but little room for fear that IL
decision Of this last will be ,anytbin
else than right The judgment Of th
intermediate Court commands the 10y,
obedience of the American until it is r,
viewed by the proper tribunal and th
judgment of the Court Of last resort
as loyalty accepted as finality. even
it be considered wrong. This is th
American system as distinguished frou
the Mexican system, where the decisio
Of the law is met by pronuncis
mento "-Phila Ledger.
IF IT SHOULD happen that the unfair
ness which seems to be practiced by th
Southern Returning Boards is prove
to actually exist, and Mr. Tilden
wrongfully kept out of. and Mr. Haye
as wrongfully placed in, the President
ial chair, and SO the government b
usurped by Republican schemers, wha
will follow? @
We cannot contemplate the results il
such contingency without a shudder
We have had one bitter taste of civi
war. but that occurred in the South
and that section suffered most. but th'
North suffered enough to satisfy any
ordinary people for one generation a
least.
Should civil war come upon US agar
it is in the North that its severest blow.
will be felt. and here it is where its dir.
est effects will be seen and realized.
If it is an admitted fact that a man
is, by fraud, made President. when a
majority of 100000 of the voters say be
shall not be, how can civil war be avert
ed /? Indeed what is there in our form
of government which makes it desirable
under such circumstances
The spirit Of freedom would in that
case have departed, and the hollow form
only be left to rs. all
The temper of the people as shown in
the press Of the country. is very quiet.
and the nation is thoughtful and appre-
hensive. IN. Y. Aduocote.
EVOLUTIONARY. The World tries to
set its readers right on the question Of
who they are who are indulging in
revolutionary" talk and practice just
now. We quote: 1saa siee -
"No good citizen will do anything
revolutionary But there can be NO
loubt that revolutionary projects are
,ow discussing. And who are now pro-
posing them? Let US see. From 1917
Up to 1876, it was the accepted theory
# the action by Congress that the pres
dent ofthe Senate is only an agent Of
Congress to declare its will in respect
o counting the electoral vote of any
contested State. From 1869 to 1876, it
'asthe accepted theory Of Congress that
t any member Of either body objected
0 counting any State, the President Of
be Senate could only count it when, by
concurrent vote of both bodies, he was
uthorized to count it. Now, if the re-
ubliean majority in the Senate refuses
ext winter to act upon this theory,
Ihich is half century old, but insists
pom reversing it, and upon reversing
in order to sustain a fraud in Lou
'iana or Florida or South Carolina, and
be House insists upon treading in the |
ID paths, which will be revolution
The Journal of Commerce. .-"If the |
ouisiana Returning Board would have
sople believe that they mean to play |
ir they should take more pains to
low that intention. The admission Of
70 representative members Of each
lrty merely as spectators Of the pro-
'edings' is but a small concession to
e demands of the public. Unless
cy mediate partisan injustice and
eachery, they should be glad to ex-
bit by every means a disposition to be
,partial and honest. They should
axe all their sessions open as the day,
lbject only to regulations for the en-
rcement Of order. Any secrecy Of
ssion or limitation of attendance, only
axes people suspicious of the motives
ersof, and adds to the excitement
1ich honorable men of all parties
ght to seek to allay. The refusal Of
9 Board to fill the vacancy in their
mber with Democrat-thus COM
ying with the Law which requires that
th parties shall be represented in the
'ard-displays spirit which bodies
for the result. Ii
The Pal Mall Gazette. an English
per-. in leading article on "Ths +.
ections in the United States" says: ,
he Republican party have been con-
sively beaten in the elections held
November 7th. and the people of the
lited States, have thus shown that
'ir anger at the open profession of j
itical immortality is not to be dissi-
ed BY party cries designed to arouse I
,ic. The D. mocratic candidates were s
successful SO much because the elec- q
. had profound confidence in the
inent fitness for executive power of s
I. Tilden and Mr.. Hendricks, or be- Il
lse they preferred tho Democratic s
" of State rights. the currency and e.
A. II A.