The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-01-04
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NPROMINEssr 'REFUBLICAN's PRorEsg
. AGAINST HIS PAnTY's pRpdstsIsfEi! !;

NPRoNIEEi.r REFUBLIoAN's PRorEsg
AGAINST HIS Panty g PRoGsdeaMEia5 3
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.Ms. Horace! Whit, J, .sditnr5 of. the
CdicagO Tribune forisomecyeafsi before itI
becati,e an organ aS the radical ieleihenti
Of tha Republican party Writes as fellows
to that pupeP: 80 iIxi7If l.fH i.1YdI ixri.
ANY result of.the ,pendiAg Presidentie.
election wiIiuh shall be reached without
thTsn To- tho rproecssts under which our.
elections a.e, held and our institutions
Iaintaineduwill lot ouly be 5acqniesced
in by thepeople bur welcomed by the
larger portion of both political .5,arties.
Any result. wkici, shalt he reached by
undermining those procesecsY .gill tlta
fraught with poril "tol the country aid
will bring conaigni Punishment upon ahe
party guilty Of 80 sIate efiiii5.G Il ii ',i'
Among the processes by which our in.
stitutions are maintained, thciiinost, i'm
portant lin that Of FREQUENT popular elec-
ti0ns,i and the;mos5 important of these is
the PRESIDENTIAL eleotion. 4. We arc now
brought, for the first >siu,e, to IA state of
facts which 9fsreatenss tuN substitute, In.
place Of popular elections, the views OF u
returning board This / eali q threat
ened subversioh of the process by which
our institutions are maintained, in com
pariscn with which the election of Hayes
of Tilden ia of no consequence.
Whether Hayes or Tldon be elected, the
people can, within four'lyears, resume
their prerogative Of choosing another
President, provided The process OF declar.
ing their choice has mot been tampered
with. They cauuCorreot any errors that
may have been cemnittbdi meanwhile by
Hayes;or '1ildeni provided the system Of
popular elections FemainssI, But III -1he
process hiss been tampered with, and! the
system itselfundermined, then anything
may happen. The American Republic
may become as unstaple, and property
hero as uinsecure, qand enoial disorder as
unbearabie, los ino Mexico or Venezuela.
We are told- that the interference
oflso Returning Board in Louisiana 10
necessary en- account of the intimidation
of voters. !: Is PFo1ireiy this interference
which challenge IS q subvewionl of the
processes by which our institutions are
maintained: IL proposed to ehrow out
the vote of A b becauBe G Dis, supposed
to have intihaidated E r. Al It 10 only
necessary to make this the rule hereafter,
and to secure its general radoption,r in
order. to dispeuBe with elections entirely.
uf thirty seven Returning Boards. In
timidat;oi will become tho only eleme at
ofany value in politics. ; Instead of dis.
cussing 'the civil service, the currency.
the Inst war, or the next ono, the ioffics.
seeking claas will confine themselves
wholly to- inl midation. Al Intimidation
will multiply like grasshoppcrs, and in g
short time ravage the whole land., - ..
assert that there is no way to throw
out, on the score of intimidation, the
votes Of legal voters duly polled, that
does not admit and invite this species of
rascality. Is there dhy mode of election
eeriug so inexpensive and certain as this
Is there any mode so likely 10 become
popular with tire class who live by poll,
tics7' 10 theirs any mode which so cIearlt
~ and completely subverts the process of
popular elections, or which so directly
attacks the foundation of our govrnment? !?
But, Say some. It cannot possibly SPREAD.
It Is too 'absurd and contemplate to find
lodgment among the superior beings of
the North. Not to cucumber this article
with didactic reasoning as to the danger
ofadmitting 80 evil precedent into our
system, observe that the case now be.
fore'Gs has spread, TO all intents and pur-
poses, over the entire land, since upsn its
determination rests the whole Presiden.l
tial election, from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, from the lakes to the Gulf The
rights OF voters III Illinois aie ss much
bouhd up in it as though the case were
awaiting decision ..hefGre q Returning
Board sitting in Chicago instead Of one
sieting in New Orleans. I''i-' - z.
/ Now let tisi take'tIie ,yOrst case of "bullI
dczing" that anybody can bring forward
thai G West Feliciana. Il is claimed
that;th0 degrees were an actual majority
in the parish. Il is admitted that the
Republicans had the State government.
and the. local government; that Repnbli-
can supervisors of elections were every
where, and that plenty of United States
troops we're there, 'or il they were not
there it was the fat,lt Of those who now
claim that their votes were intimidated.
Nevertheless, it Is alleged that the
negroes were afraid to vote And be.
cause, with these aids aud incentives TO
political ihtrepidity, they were still
afFnid to vote: therefore the votes of
.hcse. who did vote are To be thrown out.
I venture to predict that the political
party that takes its stand on this plat:
.'sl! a::es!" ;==-;:.n=es ==;.s=es i:ss a the
next . siestiot, than nyparish' in Louisi- :
:.Idofhot'beIiese that Gov. Hayes will
accept the Presidency Oh anyi such piat-
form: If ne would, should. regret
that T. cast my vote for him. Ifihe
would, I do not see how he could
oarry1 on. ths' government aftetwasds.'
The Republican party, In the tattered
condition To which tlae present. admins.
tration has brought it, is'not aBle'to give
itE antagonist any advantages Of POSITION
III the iieztt 5fic:tsjiiii if1 bu, o
Stress; is i5idd on the'fYct that Gen.
Grant 1filk See oHayes duly ihaugurated.
;c:::;' :A:::: ecf is=::s;:::s.:c:.
tas law is for tI:e newly yelected President
to take an oath TO support the Constitu-
tim Of the United States, and this he can
DO beiore any person authorized by law.
to 'adniiuistet oaths aud, when he has
taken.it, Gen. Grant cannot inaugurate'
him or disinangurate tiniahy yfafiker!:pI
ani'not one'of thbse who think that the
present dhanciah crainp 10 due to pnliti.
cal causes but i SaTps6e that the disorder,
cOniaslad and.uticeftaihty growing out oI
O double barfeled government would prol
duce-far gteateF depression In business
THAN anything we have experienced since
the padic 6fllS78.i.' j.'n i'lua-y -.YSit
ifithe nRepublican party is ready TO
adUpsiotimidation as an element in poll.
tics, and to substitute the judgment of
returning boaraa in place OF the votes
legally polled, it is worse party than I
surprised wheu Joined the Liberal
movement in 1872. l do not think 80
badly'of it as this. think that all the
present fuss 10 due to the anxiety of
oihce-holders for their places, Tor wilicn
rae @nk fawx... ~ a.. A.