Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-11-24
POLITICAL NOTES.

POLITICAL NOTES.
The table of States, as classed By their
votes in the Presidential election, shows the
North and the South again arrayed against
each other. Yet every one knows that were
the colored Republicans allowed to vote as
are the Democratic whites in the Northern
States, without other fear or pressure than
that of the laws against fraudulent voting,
il would be very different table. No Dem
ocrat even, who remembers or will admit the
position of his party before, during and since
the war, in reference to the slavery question,
can honestly claim that these thousands of
negro lambs have all at once agreed to be
down with the Democratic white-league
wolves.
1t is stated on very good authority that
neither of the three tables prepared in ad-
vance by Tiden, Morrissey. and another
prominent Democrat in New York, con-
tanned on the Democratic side Florida, South
Carolina or louisiana but Tilden's table
contained Wisconsin 1t is there that Tilden
has been disappointed and has really lost
his Electors.
The President, within few days, has Ie-
ceiyed number of letters from the South
threatening his life if he shall do anything
to secure the Inauguration Of Hayes
The Springfield Republican deyotes ano;h-
or column to an attempt to defend ITS
treacherous political course. 1t will require
good many columns to make any fair per-
son believe that it was honorable or honest
in its course.
New Orleans dispatches say: The returns
from forty out of ffty-seven parishes have
been received. These show about 5000
Republican majority. There will be con-
tests in at least twelve parishes.
An address to Secretary Chandler, signed
by Gen. F. c. Barlow and other well-known
Northern Republicans now in Florida, gives
their reasons for holding back returns. 1t
is, in brief, that while the returns from the
Republican counties are all in and cannot
be changed, they fear that their publication
would only give the Democrats hints of the
extent TO which to raise Democratic MAORI
ties not yet reported, 50 as to give the State
to Tilden. They believe that Florida is
rightfully for Hayes.
Gov. Hayes says Any man fit to be
President, or even a candidate Of great
party for the cfiee, would prefer to be
counted out by fraud, rather than be count
ed in by fraud Of which there is a reasonable
suspicion"
The St. Louis Times Of Nov. litb, says :;
1--WE will either have Tilden or a fight The
Radical party can risk It's last collar on
that"
Two years ago Mr. Tilden was elected
Governor Of New York by plurality Of
50 goo, at a time when the Tamueny ma
chinery was not organized u give him more
than sc 900 majority in New York and
BROOKLYN Now with a fraudulent majority
of Il 900 in those cities, be carries his State
By only so 900 lie has 10 reason 70 be
proud of the verdict of New York.
Among the bogus dispatches the Demo
Gratis are attributing to Secretary Chandler
IS the following
"Hon NJ. L. Stearns, jacksonville
FLORIDA must be made Republican.
Troops ard morey will be furnished
~ CHANDLER.
To suppose that Mr. Chandler sent any
such despatch Is to suppose that he is fool
as well as knaye. But the talk about the
matter has provoked the publication of every
despatch sent by Mr. Chandler TO Jackson
VILE. OF course there j. no such despatch
in the list.
If the Electoral College stands lSj to ISL
and one Of the Hayes votes should Tor any
cause not be thrown for him, there would
of course be no choice by the people. The
election of President would then GeyOlye up
on the House of Representatives, and that Of
the ice-President upon the Senate. The
result would be the election of Samuel j.
Tilden as President and William a.
Wheeler as Vice-President.
The point Is well put by the Providence
Press, when il SAYS that If Mr.. Tilden Is
fairly elected he will be inaugnrated without
opposition; and if Gov Hayes is fairly elect
ed be will be inaugurated in spite Of oppo-
sition.
And now it is reported that six Southern
Presidential Electors were rebels whose dis
abilities had not been removed, and who are
as ineligible as if they had been post
masters.
The Chicago delegation to New Orleans
report that the State legislature will be
Republican on joint Ballot, with some
members to spare. and that, though close,
the Presidential vote will surely be Repub-
lcan.
They have a way of running up Demo
cratic majorities in Georgia which it Is re-
freshing to contemplate. The majority has
has been raised from Is, SOS III 1872 to more
than SIS 900 and would have gone still higher
if some of the voters had not been patriOtical-
ly engaged in voting in Florida and South
Carolina. In Wilkes county the vote was
l,l39 for Tilden, and for Hayes
The Republicans have gained another
Congressman in Massachusetts,. The Board
of Aldermen, as a Board of Canvsssers, took
action on the recount of votes ordered in the
Third District (Mr Pierce's). and decided
in favor of Hon. Walbridge A. Field, Re-
publican, as against Benjamin Dean, Demo
crat.
The Utica Herald mentions the following
| illustration Of the reform" tactics Of cam
paigning A prominent Democrat of Utica
is telling as upon Governor Tildens author
| ity, that the latter sent $500 600 into Ohio
to control the election, and was called upon
for $50, 900 more, which he refused to send
because the State had received enough, and
was safe.
The New Orleans Bulletin, Democrat. on
the 10th inst, reported Democratic ma
jorities in counties heard from, 10000; Re-
publican msjorites in counties heard from,
$4,000; net Republican majority, 1000. As
for the remaining counties the Bulletn de-
clared that only an official count could set
tie them but made light of the danger of
fraud by the Returning Board, declaring its
belief that there were not FIVE men in the
country desperate enough to tamrer with
the returns