, 1876-12-02

new new system Of carrying elections by intintds.'
assert that there Ia no way TO throw out. os
thc score Of Intimidation, tie votes Of Legal
roters duly polfed, that docs not ADMIT and ID
y!te thts species Of sascallty. Is there any mols
q elcsttoneertng 90 inexpensive and coftsln -
popular With the elass who live by politiesl IL
there any mode which 40 clearly and completely
aqhverts the processes of popular elections, q
which 20 directly attacks She foundations Of our
Vnyernmcntf BIT, say some, It cannot pos
thc SUPERIOR beings Of tho North. MOI
a. TO tho danger Of admitting 10 evil preeo-
dent INTO cur system, obacrvc that the casa
now before ua has spread, to all !ntcnts and
purposes, oyer the sntt1e land, btnce upon IL
determination rests the whole Presidential cleo
tton. from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from tbs
lakes TO the Gull. Tho rights Of voters ia
Illinois arc as much bound up In It as though
the sss Bosr Ters sns Sga bsiee Return
slttiug In New Orleans.
Again, I AK, what il intimidation, ant, who Il
to Judge G Fl its Eetght n contested election!
has been committed, whether person hrs
voted who waa not entitled to vote,
whether poll has been altered after the votes
have been counted, etc. Theae arc all questions
opinion, Of gucsawork, Of uncertainty. In IT,
best estate, tho interference Of . Returning
Board In such cases takes from the tntimldAted
cass ths vsry tesuty the5 stana most r. need
their political action. It says to them: "Don't
go to TO the polls II You think you will be bull.
aozed.' or you apprchend loss Of employ
to the end Of the chapter; we viii mako ali right
" f9s9Eii1ng 1n9si1Sg:ne oat t1s yotes Of the
In tts best estate, when exercised With good In
tent!on, and proper motives. It Is q premium
on tim!dlty and 1az!nees,-a stigma on duigcncs
and self-rcspect. When exercised with other III
tcnttons and with diGeEeut motives, It Is tha
tton, dnd social decay. Il Is e war viii, our
cannot survive 4 e once gains lodemsnt there.
| Now let US take the worst caso Of 'hulldoz-
West Feciana Il elomsa thas the nesroes e.
! were IN actual majority In the parish. tts
admitted TINT the Republicans had the State
Government and tho local government; that
where, aud that plenty Of United States troops
we're therc, c,-ot u they wcrc not there 1t was tho
fault Of those who now claim Tint their voters
as the xcra ssd a ys ALL gss
| cause, with all these aids and incentives 10 DO
litical intrcpltS, they were still afraid to vote,
therefore the votes of those who did vote arc
the political party that takes its stand on this
| platform Will be "bulldozed" worse ut Tho
next election than any parish in Louisiana or
do not bcltcsc TINT Gov. uayes will accept
The Presidency on any such platform. II no
would, should regret that cast my vote for
hin. Il he would, do not sec how be- could
publican party, in tho tat.ered condition to
which the present Administration has brought
It, Is not able to gfrc its antagonist any aavau-
tages Of position in the next encounter
thlsSthe seating of = President BY means cans
| and appliances which undermine tho VERY proc
esses by which our Institutions arc maintained
| 1t would be impossible to conceive Of. De-
Intelligent, thinking, ,order-loTing, property.
holding classes, the party would melt away, aud
the Administration leaning on It for support
eoac Dpsss capao Il
confidence Of the country could accept a posi-
tion In Cabinet bottouu1 not upon tho
returua Of an election, but upon the
to the, return. themselves. With. u
succcssful aud united party at bis back, Gov.
Hayes might make shift to administer the Gov
csnlnent with Cabinet Of nonenttties, but In
the present state Of things be could not, aud hc
fB not likely tn lnd any other material to ntlyiso
aud assist film In tho emergency contemplated.
am much mistaken In nv conception uf Gov.
ayes Il he Is t1f to wv tnto the White
It IL painful 10 hear ehts question discussed, ns
though It we're . contested clection 1stwcen TWO
candidates for Alderman IN the Ninth Ward
| IL - ph44lHl IL gGHA kNAk QEAAAhC y vGt-
mont EIector was village Postmaster, therefore
franehised; thst because Nofth Caroiina
Electos was Commissioner to the Centennial
Exposition, therefore North Carolina Is 10 lose
purt Of her voice III the national election; thAs
since the Twenty.sccondJ Jufnt Rule has not been
re-enacted by the present Congress, therciors
sbom 81 esooses eou1s
the forms Of law must be respected, but these
are all p!ddiing objections TINT will be swept
out of the way like autump-lcavcs by tho breath
s pde1e pr onoa xeR hs po afs c the m
as we'll attempt to oppose the Inv Of gravttation
by wItchcraft as to settle this disputed Presi.
deaey by mere legal eouunds,ms. ~.
have scen .wo Governors and two Legislatures
At work In Louisiana ut the same time, two
Legislatures Ia AlabaIna, two In Arkansas, md
two Presidents and two Congresses would not
be an clIfyinE one but 1t would not be o long
step III adyaucc Of what we haya already wilt
nessed. Stress Is laid on the fact that Gen.
to to- h The law u for tie newly
elected President. to .take an oath
to support the Constitution Of the United states,
ny Law to administer oaths; aud, when hc bus
taken It, Gen. Grant cannot innnguratc him Or
lisinaugurate him auy farther. am not one OF
that tho disorder, confusion, aud uncertainty
growing out Of . doublo-barrclcd Government
would produce far greater depression IN busl-
ness than anything we have experienced since
the panic OF 1873.
1t'tho Republican party is ready to adopt in.
!u,idatou is an element In politics, and to sub
stituto tho Judgment Of Returning Donsda in
place of the votes legally polled, Z Is worse
party than supposed When joined the Liberal
movement iii 1B7a. do not think 90 badly Of 1t
as this. tluk TINT all the preacnt fusa d due
to tho anxiety OF holders for their places.
for which tbs great mass OF the party have no
sympathy, but, on tbs contrary, wcll-gTounded
contempt: Accepting Its defeat 10 manly way,
II It ID defeated BY true count Of the Yotes
prospect OF returning to power four years hence.
At all events, It will be !n position 70 take aa-
adversary. But, crawling Into the Presidency
ever the ruin and subEerston OF tho processes OF
popular electtous, II wtll ha aanlhtlated. It has
already received such harm az its wlsest leaders
eau with difficulty repair. NoRAcn Wu1xAs