Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-12-09
IEXANDRIA, VA.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER ..

The round turn BY which Governor Grover
hronpht no the radicals, though JUSTIFIED by
sverv circumstance attending the ease, was SO
opportune as to lend dramatic effect to the
affair, and makes hin one OF the most proml'
cent and popular men 10 the country. The
fraudulent schemes Of the radicals had been
managed 50 aaro!tly, and had terminated so
successfully, that they imagined they we're s.
euro 70 the possession OF the power and money
If the country during the rest of their lives,
for as cunning men they we'll knew that lease
of four mere years would euable them 10 SO hr'
range matters as 10 make tia: lease perpetual
So certsin were they OF this that in the exube-
auce of their joy they fred salutes, and became
!, generous thai the President promised Mr..
Hewitt he would recognize the conservative
legislature of South Caro!ius as soon as 1t could
myster a cousti;uiioaa! majority. In the midst
of their hilsgi,y aud good feeling, however, and
like the sound ii the oaauon's roar at the brus'
sells bali comes The U:egaa nomtshel, aud
presto ali trel1 ca:t!es lie upon the plain.
The New York Herald says The news
from Oregon puts the republican party IN a
nosition resembling that OF the donkey, re-
nowned 10 fable, 7Sho found himself between
che two bundles CT nay. lssaenar 10 strong
ass COUGHING down between two burdens
namely. Oregon end Florida, the extreme
Northwestern and the extreme Southeastern
State. the mere certificates are to Do re-.
parded as conclusive the votes Of Oregon must
he admitted on that footing as we'll as the votes
Of Florida. IfCongre5s has no authority to 60
behind the certificates authenticated by the
State executives the one democratic electoral
vote from, Oregon gives MIR. Tilden the .equl-
site one hundred and eighty-ti7e, and he must
be declared elected. 1t, on the other Rand,
Congress can 80 behiad the certificates aud de-
eide on their validity, Hayes may get the one
disputed vote In Oregon, and lose the votes OF
either Florida, Louisiana OF South Carolina.
Whichever horn OF the dilemma lssachar'
couohing down between his two burdens, may
take, the result threatens to be equally fatal:
r. the mere certificates are held to be tnal
T;den's election is put beyond question; but,
If the origin of the certificates Gao be lnVestl-
v.ted, and their genuineuess and legality re-
viewed, there is no certainty that Hayes Will
retain the electors! votes which have been SO
long in dispute. The republicans have great
deal more at stake 10 this controversy as to the
6nality of the certificates than the democrats.
They need all the votes Of the three Southern
States aud all the votes OF Oregon to give
Hayes majority, wheleas the democrats are
safe if they get either the one Oregon VOTE or
one vote from any OF the States which lave
been so keenly contested If the republicans
refuse to go behind the certificates Illder Is
elected; if they consent to 60 behind tue certl.
lca,es they may lose the Hayes votes IN the
South. The republican, donkey stands between
these Two bundles OF hay; they are 10 diem.
ma between Oregon and the South, with an
equal danger OF being gored whether hey &c
cent one hora Of it or the other.