Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-11-18
The Election.

Court OF the OfalC otueiNu tue oodFu vi eao
vassers to proceed 10 a strictly ministerial man-
aer, canvass The vote and submit the same to
the court, n, iHai decision was made by the
court ia the matter Of the wrts OF maudamus
and prohibition sgaust the board. The board
siccijcd to admit FIVE gentlemen OF each party
10 witness the canvass. Thc count on the pre-
sidcn;iai vote was Immediately proceeded with.
Senator Randolph, Of New Jersey; Hon. Mont
gomery Blair and Hon. q. V. Fox lett Colum-
ba tcr homo yesterday.
Iu Louisiana the democratic electors nave
determined, iu case Of being couoted out, 10
meet and organize aud send their votes 10
Washington. The democratic members OF the
Legisla urc will also meet and recognlz" Mica
oils as The Lawful Governor. THUS, as 10 1917,
there will be two sets of electors, and, as 10
1873, the fraudulent State government VIII
have 10 be supported by federal bayonets II
supported at all ,,oe
Congress- lrou Louisiana, abc still member
# hat party, comes out over his own >lgua.
turc and acknowledges that Tilden and Nichols
have fairly carried the STATE. Mr. Blackburn
SAYS: "As the Oldest oative republican 10 the
Gulf States call Tor display Of mauly honor
ia this matter. Tidcn aud Nichols are EVIL
dcutly elected. 1t them be loaugurated' Ii
not. then lei US have another war and d eiec
| iora separation, or anct1er pocf OF recon
struciion The South, cspcc!2'y Louisiana,
csnuut i've a.; she has bGcu li9lhg iUi The pdh'
decade. 1t is mockcry upon human risatS
and an insult 10 al! true maihood TO say mat
she can.
One of the electoral candidates Oh the rcpub
llcan ticket 100 held federal othc9 Oh the day "t
the el.cuup-oue, Brewster, Surveyor On, OF
Louisiana, and another. Lev$ea, Uult"d
States Commissioner. 1t has asj transpirca
that IL the parishes OF West Baton Il usc and
Ioervi.le the names OF fiy" OF the ciec;ors were
truu. a. oversight omstie lrouI The rttu :
licau ticket This leaves these electors more
than thousand votes behind the rest OF the
ticket.
General George A. Sheridan, a promnen
Louisiana radical said last evening at NJ" W
leans that it South Caroiloa SHOULD 90 Tor IT.
den III his opnou The LOUISIANA Returning
! Board would give the Sale 10 l'Idcn ana
| Nichols.
The situation as to Florida remains urchaug-
ed, the democrats being still sailsh"d thai they
have honestly carried the State gu Doth the
ua iouai anu State tickets.
|
ems the suspicion OF 40 lDteutlon co The part oil
the radicals to manipulate the ballots.
The following call has been issued to the
democrats o! Ohio: NEARLY Two weeks have
elapsed since the presidential election. The
grave events that have trausplrcd within that
time make il evident to all that al attempt Is
| beog made to deicat the WILL OF the people Id
| their CHOICE OF chief executive Certain IRE
! sponsiblc men in power IN TIE Southern State
! g ycrumenls have cousplred with uUrthern pu-
! Ii, iclaus 10 keep by fraud what they io> by toe
I ballot 1t Is Z tine wheu the existence II the
! republic is impcrcd. We have Thought It cx'
ueduut TO cal maetlGg OF tie DEMOCRATIC
! state Central Commute &c on Wednesday, Nv.
| 80, 10 take iuto Consideration the dudes OF The
! hour. AL good cit.ZeuS who have the peacc,
! prosperity aud welfare OF then country at heart
! arc iuvi!cd 10 participate III the DELIBERATIONS
The New York News Of yesterday afternoon
| SAYS: "ihe evidence grows dag by day more
! alarming that the desperate men whC control
! the party in power are determined 70 so mould
the ei,c vral vote Of the three doubtful States
as to deea. AIr. ii.dcn, and thus uuiniy the
! sweeping verdict uf the people. The scheme
! has been lnsldlOusly planGcd, and 80 lDgecl0us-
! ly matureu that the cun-plrat0rs have grown
| defiant liz th>lr shameless cJuhicuce oil the sue
cpsstu consu.rmail1n o! the V'linlnF. Ny.
! Chandler aud Ill, mulon- stCuil no: deceive
themselves. The people have been made ia
M lar with various odiyu, forms OF usuriation.
They have seen States terrorlzed By military
! r lie 10 time of peace, the ballot box guarded
by bayonets and debauched by iIlegai Return
| ing Boards, but they have not until now scrl-
nusIy real I'D that evil liberty is 10 danger.
/ Ii those who arc pIotliug this treason would
look into the tac,s # the >urgiog masses who
j for III re than week have througeu pubic
uiaces to gather the latest ncws ana 10 discuss
The political SITUATION, they would see evidence
/ of iotense earueStness, aud GIight discover that
there is point heyuud which it Is pcrl0us to
tiff. with public tolerance. OF course, those
who regard Federal tic; he highest otjec; of
| human amhltloU, Will cross their legs uuder
! their dc, * cUmplaGently while the conspiracy
! that is to ccuut ihcm 10 goes Oh; and there Ray
| be those who arc made So cit Lulnatc by long
| prosperity IS 10 take ready COUNSEL OF cOnscr-
yatism, and be contcut TO sink even into the
m4shcs OF ii complete despolsin rather than TO
confront its advance with an earnest protest.
But the great liberty loving masses will 6ud a
way to cncck :he iusoicnt career OF those who
are triHtug with the peace and safety and honor
of the couutry. Let MIR. Chandler and his al
lies remember that those who sow the wIbd
shall reap the w!IirlHind.'
1t would seem from the following, taken from
the same paper, that The radicals arc not Ger,
tain that their lnqultrns proceedings Will be
quietly submitted to 10 York: "On We'd
uesday afternoon Captain Nicholson, Command
aut oil the Brooklyn Navy Yard, sept TOR the
captains OF the frigates Mnucso,a and the
| Colorado, aud the captain of small guuboat
On this station, aud held a two hours coulter
| euce with them. The result of the council Is
mystery. a, the officers decline to speak upon
the subect; but ii appears that it was OF war
| like nature. Ammunition 10 large quantity has
bceu placed on board the vessels OF war. he
marines Dave been given extra cartridges, and
special instructions for vigilance. Tie yard
watchmcu have been armed with uavy rcvolv
ers ami AMMUNITION for the first tiuc since
1865"
LEGITIMATE EFFECTS OF XADICALIsM.-A
specini Isl ,tch to the Charleston = Jews and
Courier, received at 2 c'clock p. yesterd sy,
b.f, rnl,rn6 iH.uocrst ws Sayaraiv hoot-