The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-11-30
THE SITUATION

lana, South Carolina or fIoiIua w
counted for HIM, Every honest man
knows that these three States went
Democratic, and prominent RcpubIl
cans up North are couccding 1t, Even
Ben. Butler says there is no DOUBT Of
Iilden's election, aud says there will be
trouble II Hayes should be counted N,
But the Democratic party throughout
the whole country, North aud Soath,
seem opposed to any idea Of war, and
are willing to let the people and the
Courts decide in rcgarl to tho base al
Temps Of Grants Infamous hcnchmcn
to get in Hayes by fraud, Why, in
Louisiana the Returning Board, COM
posed entirely Of Radicals-two white
and two black men, all OF low charac
ter-vas caught in a most shameful
attempt at fraud, On the oath inst, n
package containing the returns from
DrSoto Parish was brought out NY the
Secretary to he opened, The package.
was duly scaled and marked "Thc
Clerk SAID it had been received by
mail on the 18Th, and al entry IN ms
book showed that the package hat
come TO hand on the day mentioned,
1t was opened by the members OF the
Returning Board and found TO contain
the consolidated statement Of the 81
pervigOr Of the parish, Ferguson, the
returns Of the commissioners, taIIy
sheets, olo all IN due form. Attached
10 the consolidated statement were u
large number Of protests and a!lIdaYIts,
somc dated the 18th, others on the
IGlh, but what was the wonder OF all
present when a member Of the com
millcc present called attention to q
protest dated Nov. %, which was Mt
lached to the returns IL was one for
general intimidation, sworn to ny the
supervisor, Ferguson, before United
States Commissioner WOollcy on Nov.
25. The question vas then asked the
Board how could n protest dated Nov.
% q etinside of u sealed package which
had come from DcSot0 by mail, regis
tered on Nov. IS, unless the package
had been tempered with This was II
query which the members Of the Board
could not answer; they were dumb
founded. The clerk cssaycd TO answer
after a whispered interview with Ken
ncr. He said tina: two packages had
been received. one on the 18th and the
other on the 25th, and vas detected by
"A member of the Democratic committee
present, in the act of making an entry
ON his receipt book 80 rs to show that
two aud not n package had been re.
Lcivcd. After some delay another
package was brought aud found to
contain the supervisors consolidated
statement, the returns Of commissions
crs, but no protests or anldavits. No
one could explain the mystery. Judge
Stoughton sought to explain it, but
Senator Sherman said the fact could
not bo disguised that the returns had
been tempered With, 80 far as opening
them and inserting documents was
concerned"
This is only one Of many frauds of
the scoundrcls in order to count a
State for Hayes that went for lildcn
by at least 10000 majority. And
when we know that the Governors OF
Louisiana, South Carolina aud Florida
are all villainous mcn-despcratc Rad
Gals, 1bcnt upon holding power ut all
hazards-it n hardly be supposed
that they will scruplc Mt lying and
trickery in order TO count in Hayes
and themselves,
But are they backed up by Grant 7
What means the concentration OF
troops in and around Washington
Alexander Fl. stephens, who is now in
Washington, is much puzzled over it,
but says he cannot believe Gen. Grant
has any sinister motives. But where
he can find anything in Grants record
to base such Il belief upon is Il puzzle
to the Home journal. We believe
that history repeats itself, and that
there will be trouble. The Southern
people are patent in their suffering, but
the Democrats up North will not sure
" allow MS to be cheated and allow
Grant to "hold over"
What means this burning Of Gen
Hamptou's residence, after he was
fairly elected Governor ofSouth Caro-,
lima? The dispatch reads as follows:
"CoLrMnIA, S. c.. Nov. q.
"Gcn. lIampton's residence, 3 miles
from this city, was burned Friday last du-
ring the night. The flames burst stimuli
taneonsly ir"m all parts f the 5%nilding,
aud the Generals two sisters and two
young sons had barely time toescapc with
their lives. The library and articles of
certn saved from the fire Of 1865, when the
home of Hampton's father was burned at
the same time as his own, his silver and