The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-11-24
The Disputed States.
[From the New YORK SUN. !


The States that are now In dispute be-
tween the two political parties are three,
namely, Florida, Louisiana and south Car
Olina; all OF them, IL will be noticed, south
ern states, and all OF them since the war In
the possession Of the Republican party.
There can be no moral doubt now these
three states have now voted. They must
all have gone Democratic by ample msjori-
ties Of tue people. because there 1. no
reason why they should not have shared in
that general reaction which has successfully
wrested from Republican control All the
other southern States. In this general re-
action Louisiana, the worst plundered and
Outr aged, perhaps, OF all, fully Joined four
years ago by choosing Democratic state
Government by large popular majority.
This Government was, however, overthrow
Oy fraud and force. The fiTst agent Of the
conspiratOTs, who bad previously been n
power, was the sO-cailed Returning Board,
body consisting Of five members, who
assumed not merely 10 canvass the votes OF
the State but 10 alter them and reverse
them al their pleasure. In ls72 this Board
pretended 10 canvass the returns and 20 de-
clare the result, although there were actu-
ally no returns before them; but the peOple
Of the state refused 10 submit 10 their de-
cisiOn, A. the United STATES Senate has since
repeatedly zone in refusing 10 admit the
claimant OF a seat In the senate whose claim
grew out OF declaration OF the same Board.
President Grant, however, sent down SOL
diers % Louisiana. who enforced the decla-
ration Of this Board by turning out the law
fully elected state officers and installing
those whom the Board had selected. This
Board j. now 10 pass upon the returns OF
the present election; and, although. as We
have said, there j. no doubt in the minds OF
intelligent men 81 either party that the vast
majority Of the ballots cast In the state is in
favor u Iildcn, 10 l. believed by the Re-
publicans that the declaration OF the Board
will be IN favor Of Hayes, and IL l. upon
this expectation that the Republicans setup
their desperate assertion that Hayes i
elected.
Next In importance il he state OF South
Carolina; and here, too, there il no reason
20 believe that the state has not followed
the example % ali the others by giving =
majority m favor Of tiis Democratic candi-
date The canvass on the Democratic side
has been conducted by Wade Hampton, an
original Union man, well known 10 all the
people Of the state, colored a. well a. white,
and IN whose personal character all have
the highest confidence. The Republican
candidate, Chamberlain, il carpet
Dagger from Massachusetts,. and the
people, reduced 10 extreme poverty.
A. they are, naturally revolt sgainst
continuing him IN power. II
Is true that Gen. Grant. violating the law.
has sent troops there 10 Oyerawe the elec-
tors and compel the timid 10 vote with the
Republicans; but this outrage has been met
with such fOrbearance and prudence that IL
has not produced the effect designed: and
Hampton and Tilden have been voted for
by = majority Of the people. This result.
however, Zach Chandler and Jay Gould, AZ
this moment the leading spirits OF the Re-
publican party, propose TO set aside; and
this expectation il one OF the supports on
which the assertion that Hayes will be de-
clared elected has 20 rest.
In Florida the case differs somewhat
through the addition TO the people OF that
state OF considerable body OF naturAlized
citizens, Cubans by birth, who have been
drivento our shores by the civil war in that
Island, and who have settled in Florida,
where they can most conveniently pursue
the manufacture Of tobacco, 10 which they
were trained al home. A great effort has
been made by the Administration 10 enlist
these Cubans in support Of the Republican
candidates, and one among them, 4 man
who had fed from the city OF New York on
account 81 crimes in which he had been
detected here, such A. fraud and forgery
was appointed 10 Office by Gen. Grant
and was nominated a. a Republican candi-
date for Congress. But this attempt TO Sc
duce the Cuhans failed. They know too
we'll the unfriendly conduct Of the Repub-
licAn party toward their native country; and
they have voted for the Democratic csndi-
dates. A large proportion Of native citi-
zens have also voted with them, and the re-
suit IL solid Democratic majority in the
State. This, however, Mr.. Gould and Mr..
Chandler likewise propose 10 reverse; and
every application OF bribery and fraud will
be attempted 10 effect this purpose, because.
unless they can succeed in IL, Hayes can not
be declared elected.
This, then, IL the sum OF the case. There
are three disputed States. To declare
Hayes elected he must have the votes of
them all, but Tilden is elected by the vote
Of any one Of them. This renders the
problem OF Gould and Chandler difficult
IL but one state were in dispute, their sue
tess would be more practicable; but 10 car
BY all three, through fraud. il a much more
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