The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-14
A4ouisiaua.

The Democratic committee which visit
| ed New GrIe1nj has made a report to The
Chairman Of the National Committee
| They say that in order to choose the
| 1850 Democrats md 2,UlA Republicans
| statement at the Commissioner OF Re
tnrn8 'ho"s u majority Of from six to
| nine thousand tor The i'ilden electors.
i he report say
The evidence taken on both sides as far
as II has been acceptable to u.s. dlscoses
state o! lawlessness in certain parishes,
not IN the State generally, about the cause
Of which the parties are not agreed. The
| Democrats attribute it to the nctlicency
and mbecility OF the state government,
which they aIlege to be II usurpation,
resting wholly Tor support on the Federal
army, without the confidence or respect
OF the people, and without the disposition
to prevent Or punish crime which they
can perVert to political uses Such il
state Of thing, rs might be expected has
| led TO disorder, and in some instances to
the most shocking barbarities
The Republicans, on the other hand, at
tributs the lawle ssless to hostilites of the
whites against race, and as largely due to
politics.
In summing mp the situation the report
say:
With the law and facts before us, as has
been disclosed by the action of the Re-
turning Board, we do not hesitate to de-
clare that its proceedings as witnessed by
us were partial and unfair, and that the
result it has announced is arbitrary. lille
gal, and entitled to no respect whatever
Fifteen years ago, when Fort Sumter was
fired upon by men who sought Il disrup-
ton OF the Union, Il million of patriots,
without regard to party affiliations, sprang
to its defence. VIII the same patriotic
citizens now sit idly by and see the repre-
sentative government overthrown by us,lr-
patton and fraud9
Shall the will Of &C, 900 600 OF people
conslitutionally expressed be thwarted
by the corrupt. arbitrary and illegal ac-
ton Of an illegally constructed returning
board in Louisiana, whose wrongful ac-
ton heretofore, in all respects similar to
its present actions, has been condemned
by al! parties? 1t is an admitted fact that
Tilden received Il majority OF quarter of
u million of the votes cast at the recent
election. This ma Iority is ready and will
ing to submit to the rule of the minority
when consttnlionally entitled to demand
such submission. but is it willing that by
IN arbitrary and false declaration of votes
IN Louisiana, the minority shall usurp
power? These are dark days for the
American people when such questions are
forced upon their consideration.
II it We're true, as some insist, that
| neither the white nor cOlored voters have
| i'll all instances been afforded an opportu-
NIFTY to give free expression to their wish
Is at the ballot box shall we, by sustain
ing fraudulent and illegal declaration
of votes cast, stitie the voice of the mil
lions OF voters who have freely expressed
| their choice, and thus seek to correct a
great wrong by committing another, I'M
measurably greater wrong? Can we
sanction such action of the Louisiana re-
turning board and therefore form prece-
dent under the authority of which party
once in power, may forever perpetuate its
rule, and so end constitutional liberty?
Shall such be the fate of this republic at
the beginning Of the second century of its
EXISTENCE, IS tlie lnoinenLouS question now
presented for the determination of the
American people?
South Carolina Electors Discharged
COLUMBIA, Dec. II. Judge Bond of the
u. ). Circuit Court has delivered Il decis.
ion, discharging the Board of State Can
vassers from custody, on the ground that
the Supreme Court of the State had no
jurisdiction
The excitement over the mysterious wild
animal still continues in South China. A ,lav
or two ago man was chopping in the woods,
when he was startled by the cracking of the
undcrbrush near him, as though the mysterious
animal was getting ready to make Il meal on
him. lie was so frightened that he did not
stand upon the order of his going, but ran for
dear life, and did not stop till he fell exhausted
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