The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-02-22
THE rNFAMY FINISHED,

lie lNfAMG t!N4SaGU.
The great high-cock-a-lorem eight
by-seven mule power National Over
turning Board, that took upon itself
a solemn obligation to examine the
evidence and impartialty decide the
Presidential case, has astonished
every honest and fair-minded man
and covered itself over with ignomi-
ny and contempt, by first refusing to
receive testimony establishing scoun-
drelism and fraud in the Louisiana
vote, and then voting her eight Elec-
torals for HAYES! And this virtual
ly ends the Presidential middle, and
by rascality, perjury and fraud, Mr..
HAYES is declared President for the
next four years, for after the confr-
nation of the Louisiana villainy by
the Eighties Seven Tribunal, there
is no one so idiotic as to believe it
will do otherwise in the case Of Ore
gon, the only State yet in dispute.
So ends The farce-so concludes the
fraud. The Cincinnati Enquirer in
commenting upon this grand swindle
says: "The country has witnessed
the fullness of the outrage. The
eight-to-seven continuance for sane
tioning usurpation-for giving stu
pendous fraud a certificate of good
character; for counting into the Pre-
sidency a man who has not been
elected; for forcing a party once
more into power owe violated oaths,
a broken Constitution, and by tramp
ling under foot the popular will-has,
practically, wrought out its infa-
nous verdict. The Electoral Com
mission in the case of the Electoral
vote of Louisiana decided, by the
chronic vote of eight to seven, that
the Constitution of the United States.
which they were sworn to obey.
should not even be read in their pre-
sence in comparison with the facts
to which they were sworn to apply it
Eight Commissioners that had taker
a solemn oath to ascertain who ha6
received tle Electoral votes of Ger
tain States, "~agreeably to the Con
stitution and the laws" refused t.
listen to any evidence which would
enable them so to ascertain in aecor
dance with their oaths. The settled
purpose of the octagonal perjurer
: surnamed a Commission, being t.
count in HAYES and WHEELER, OATH
or no oaths, Constitution or no Con
stitution, facts or no facts, law or nj
law, was, to the humiliation of tn
nation, and the everlasting disgrace
of the infamous eight, made plainl,
| manifest. The Constitution pleadet
/. to be heard; the facts begged to b
t seen; the plain letter of the Electo
raj Bill itself, creating the Commits
sion, asked to be considered-and il
vain. The usurpation which Demo
cratic stupidity made possible i
: practically completed. But there i
, a hereafter in politics. The Demo
Gratis in Congress, for the sake @
peace and to please capital-pusil
lanimously, as we thought, a victor
being won, invited a Republican Com
e mission to decide who should hav
p it. The outrage perpetrated by tn
Commission would not have bee
tolerated by the country if perpetrs
ted by the President Of the Senate
and its preparation by the Pres
dent Of the Senate was the onl
: hope of Hayes outside of some trick
like this Commission. But the mis-
/ placed confidence of the Democrat
in Congress does not excuse the pei
: jurers on the Commission nor the PAL
| ty at whose bidding their oaths wer
violated. The lying Eight are Q
little consequence, but the part.
whose political pressure babe tn
iniquity will be punished"
, The two Houses met in Join
Convention on Monday morning
when the Louisiana decision wa
read and objections made to tn
t same, signed by nearly every Demo
cratic Senator and Representative
The Houses separated and the Sen
, ate voted to sustain the report of tn
Tribunal by a strict party vote. TIL
House without debating the questio
/. took a recess until Tuesday. TIL
Oregon case will be next up and wi
be determined by the last of tn
: week, and thus will end the grea
Presidential steal.
A half-Ni tilted and intoxicated foe
l by the name of WELDON, was hire