Middletown transcript., 1876-11-18

sway the will OF the whole America
people and defeat that will as expresse
at the polls. What truth there may
may not be in the report we cannot,
course, say, but it is said that this ma
has openly boasted that the vote of Lot
isiana shall be counted in for the Repul
lican candidates. These words ma
not have been uttered by Kellogg, bu
is it too much to expect or believe ths
. man who stole the government Of
State will use every means in his power
without regard to right or justice, whe1
backed by armed forces Of the Unite'
States under the command of the sam
uuprincipled officer who supported hi
usurpation in 1872, to retain the powe
in the hands Of bis own party and mel
Of his own stamp? Full we'll he know
that the accession Of the Democratic
party to power will bring with it an in
vestigation Of bis acts and perhaps de.
served punishment of his misdseds and
crimes. By just and honess count oi
the ballots polled at the voting places
10 the several parishes Of the State it il
shown that the Democratic candidates
received, at the recent election, major
ity amounting to some 5000 or 10, 600
of the popular vote of the State. These
returns came, verified by the election
judges Of the parishes, and are, SO far,
official and correct. Yet despite this
notorious fact, the Republican leaders
still declare that the State has gone for
Hayes and that the Returning Board
will so declare it. And this they call
justice! It is their idea Of fair and
honest elections-in the Southern States.
Such outrages would not be attempted
or tolerated for second in the North.
Their policy, or plan Of accomplishing
their ends. is, as is openly threatened,
to reject the vote Of certain parishes and
precincts on the grounds Of fraud and
These charges are sus-
tanned by no proof; no investigation az
to their truth or falsity has been, or is
being. made /; no witnesses are produced
to substantiste them, but the Board as
suming to themselves the character and
prowess Of judge. jury and witness. de-
clare their intention to throw ont ballots
Of lawful voters on such grounds. These
men must have but poor opinion Of
The spirit and temperament Of the Amer
can people if they think that they (she
people) will calmly and coward ac-
,uiesce in such wrongs, ard a
passive submission to such wholesale
md fragrant violation Of the righs. ss
eemed his dearest privilege BY the
American citizen, Of choosing their rul-
re By the exercise Of the elective fran
,hise A very large majority Of the
,itizens of the. Union have declared, at
he ballot box, their preference for Mes
RS. Tilden and Hendricks for the Off
les Of President and vice. President Of
he United States, and, unless they have
ost every particle Of the spirit inherited
rom the men who rebelled against the
yrannies of Great Britain a hundred
,ears ago. or that which caused them to
ight out the great struggle Of 1865,
hey will not tamely yield to a depriva-
ion of the fruits Of their victory at the
'olls, by such means as are proposed to
'e used in Florida, South Carolina and
louisiana. The usurpation Of illegal
uthority by Kellogg and Sheridan in
S72 was committed against the people
t Louisiana only, but the repetition of
uch an act in 1876 will be directed
gainst the people Of the whole United
'tates And it might be we'll for these
nen to pause in their course and think
that may be the result of their rash
nd inexeusable acts. God only knows
1hat is in store for this country if these
nen persist in their unlawful and pre-
attempts on the rights and
iberties Of the people.