Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-22
The People will be Satisfied with
no Result that is 0utride of the
Prescribed Forms of Law.

Two weeks have elapsed since th,
election, and yet no result that is &C
cepted as correct has been announced
There Is no general doubt as to th,
resul, in any of the States excepting
Florida, and Louisiana.
Both parties claim the States named
AID both parties have published state.
ments that it is alleged have been taker
from announcements made st the re.
spective polls on election day, pretty
much as announcements of results a,
the polls on election day are made in
Pennsylvania.
The difference of the two statements
i, what has created the excite,nen,
among certain classes of men.
Ali are now awaiting the official an
nouncement, which may not be given
within number of days yet.
They have a certain time to announce
them in, and within that lawful time
they viii be announced.
Because there has been no official
announcement within the time pre-
scribed by law, is no reason why men
should become excited and act like men
who had lost their senses.
Ii by some reason the announcement
of the result of the election In Penn
sylyanIa should be such that il would
require the official announcement from
Harrisburg. where the vote is TO be
fuaily counted and declared, would the
people of this Commonwealth and the
people of outside, or other States be
justifab.e ia becoming excited over it
to such degree, as to declare, that a
civil war must grow out Of the excite
ment or result
Would not the men, themselves, who
made such declaration, after the sober
thought had regained its ascendancy,
feel ashamed of themselves
There is no great moral question that
has its life or death at issue in the elec-
tion Tor president, and if, in that
election, frauds have been perpetrated
by either one party or the other, in the
States in dispute, or other States, or in
Congressional, Senatorial, or Legisla-
tive districts, the laws for the punish
ment of such cases made and provided
in every State and district should be
enforced.
If there are cases of fraud, the par
Ties WHO have committed them are not
large in number, and the men who are
guilty of such work, or who have man
aged such work, are cursed in the hearts
Of the great mass of the people, regard
less of PARTY.
All this froth that has been blown
over the country as thistle down, is the
work of gamblers, and politicians who
are in off e, and politicians who are out
of office and who want TO get into Office,
and the mass of the people have had no
part aud parcel in it, and the bad men
who have been doing their utmost to
raise them to state of excitement
that would warrant them to plunge
the country into war, will find that the
people have better sense by thousand
fold than the .o-called leaders.
The Republican party cannot afford
to viii by anything but fair meaus Any
attempt at fraud. even if it succeeded
for time, would eventually put it ont
of power for all time to come.
The Democratic party cannot afford
to win by any but fair means Should
it win ~ fraud, its lease would last
only till the next election, and then it
would forever sink out of power.
Neither party dare strike a blow TO
keep out or to get into power. The
people have their rights, and have the
courage to maintain them.
They are watching the work of their
servants, and no hair splitting processes
can deceive them.
They will be satisfied with no result
that is outside Of the prescribed forms
Of law.