The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-01-18
correspondence of the News.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


waning ior tue 'eruio' -ine o"'eitineu D9-
mocracy anu i"e one',,"eu " nc
lrue in"aruhess ol o. u anu iouis'una-Ah
honest versus ie1,i'',0a, 0''uit-o''ei, oo'u'
ana 'reenoacks-if ifio"ia'i'n' VI 'ne
cra'lc Nigsers' w.s,,x,-ox Ton IL 1877
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THE WEEK.
1t has been rather n dull week in Washington.
Its history is given in the title If popular novel
| "Waiting for the Verdict South Carolina and
Florida have been abandoned by the Democrats ::
Crouin's red nose has proved will o. the wisp in
stead of light In the window f'r D l.; and now'
~fnering hopes OF me '|opperheaus' 'ne 'e"p-
PIES ana tne oonteoera'es are hangine' ai'ei'
ofooplng' around the cane-oraAes vi Ao"iSiana
The question with them Is: now 10 persuade the
Nortn mat LOUISIANA win an honest hepuoncan
majority OF 29'cOo' honestly ana w1non' frauo or
rear cast us november vote Tor lllnen as frrsl-
oen' anu Ncnoiis as 1o'ernor II "'uster 0ouu
40 H. OF lying 40 IT, OF perjury no H. Ut chcanery
10 h-or II couiu oe aone oy raisi"s uus' oi
technicai dlscnsslons or oy oei eiamihe 'he ora'e
hePuohcan leauers o' 'ne oot'n-'he ia'che'S vi
whose 4hoes we Northern hepuoncans are not
worthy to untie-or II by assuming virtues when
they have them not. they conld blird the eyes and
shut the ears Of the aroused Nation,-'he desper-
ate leaders OF the Iliden Democracy would not yet
| despair OF lnaugnratlng their willy Chief But
what is the use of bluster, when man by the
li'l"e VI o'N' - iN' Dia'''-' NC iii'sii'
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iNA'sohAriNe riLDkN BIZ FORCE.
The Democrats held meeting here on Monday.
There was "heap big talk" as the Indians say.
Talk Of bringing l'o,hOn "unarmed" Democrats to
Washington to inaugurate Tilden next March.
Talk of "despotism," and "rights," and "Constitu-
tion'-by defenders of the Thugs of Louisiana;
by the rebels who fought for four years 10 destroy
the Constitution and the Union. Grant enjoys
these explosions. He is the most placid man in
America. He means that the candidate whom the
Senate declares elected shall be inaugurated; and
all the bluster OF WRITERS and debaters" will not
move him one hairs breadth. There have been
coed Republicans who have doubted at times his
capacity for civil leadership; but there is no one
now VINO does not oeileve mat he is the right man
III 'ne rlght place to-day.
SOUTHERN IMBRoGLIos"
Soutb Carolina and Iouis.na arc in nreciee,v III.
same condition The Hamnton and NicbolIs s.cov
ernmeptsu rest on the same foundations Tbav
claim that (slthouoh thew preven,ed tborsonds of
Republicans by fraud and violence from casting
their bsIlots, tbav shall he rsc,o-;zad ,t
fnl rpIers of thesa S,atss heconss o ,ha .s.oe -
the RETURNS ~ tbev hal the ma;,r;tv of vo,eo Il;
ademand tbs, assass;nations R,I,ot Ror s,rs;no
reueating and returns signed nj the mnzzla of ,bs
revolver sbau he accounted LEGITIMATE ,De,bod. of
determining the will of the naon,a a, ronpIor
election. That ia the whole of n II IA nIo;n
enough. There is M "imhrool;o,, .bopt 4,
i"e'e great ueal spoken ana written ABOUT
'lie in'ue oi counting 'ne ELECTORAL
'o'e iiio suor' one ciil"'' STUDY every 'hing'
a"u 'nefe Is no use III wasting 'lns III discussing
seO'iI'oai ISSUES A''''' 'hat 'he 'eaoers OF 'he
"o nie" on "no"l 'ne respou7ipiiity Vi
ue'''''e aotion ies's-are uelerniineu lnai Il 'he
i'epo's vi inc 0eha'e investigating Committees IN
o'utn Nafoii"a, r!oriua anu LOUISIANA snai' sho"
'ho' hayoe anu "n0cier recel'eu tue rlRhtiui VOTE