The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-18

Hayes the propriety OF getting out Of the
country as soon as practicable.
The Judge comments on the 5 to z
fraud with all his accustomed vigor OF
language, and the unanswerablc force Of
his statements, as we'll as his biting sa
tire, puts the finishing touch on poor
Stoughton, who. doubtless, teels sorry
that he eyer provoked the controversy.
II is hard TO defend fraud without ems
ploying the weapons OF deceit and false
hood. which Stoughton has so literally
used In his North American article, and
for doing which Judge Black lashes him
numerically. A sample OF the Judges
article may be seen in his com a'nts on
THE LOUISIANA CASE.
The great fundamental fact which un-
derlies all others in regard to Louisiana
Ia that tho state OF her qualified voters
choose and appointed the Tildcn electors
In due and legal form. This is proved
by evidence clear and decisive enough to
strike all contradiction dumb.
In less than two days after the election
II was known all oyer the country that In
Louisiana there had been q full poll and
a heavy majority for Tilden. Very soon
afterward the official count made and Ie-
corded In the several parishes by Iepub-
Iican officers of the election were brough.
together, and the exact vote OF each can-
didate was ascsrtained. inc iigures
could not be made to lie, and all parties
agreed that the majority TOR the Illden
electors averaged nearly. S,WO
Now. remember, this was public act
NOT done in \ corner, but transacted in
the face OF the world; and the uncon-
tradicted report of it, carried perfect con-
tradiction along with 1t. Upon evidence
of this kind the most important facts in
the history OF the universe was accepted
as true in all parts Of the earth immedi>
ately after it happened, and Tor more than
eighteen centuries the most powerful
minds in Chrjstendom have staked upon
it their highest interests in this world
and their salvation in the next. But
there was other evidence. Committees
Of Congress were sent down, charged
with the SPECIAL duty Of inquiring into
the matter on the ground, and they re-
ported the true result Of the election to
be as previously stated. that is to cay,
z $3.50 majority for 1ilden. Even that
Is not all. The original documents
and records showing what the vote was,
as actually counted by the Republican
commissioners of election, authenticated
by their sworn certificates and verified by
the oaths Of many credible persons, were
produced before congress and the cleo
toral commission. There were conclusive
proofs; they were submitted to your In
spection, and II you do not know from
them that large majority of the people
at that election voted Tor Tilden electors
and the Democratic state officers, you are
wholly unfit for your business. But you
do know IL, and can not deny 1t with
out totally destroying your character for
common veracity. Forced by the irre-
sistable strength of the proofs, you admit,
or Ito use your own Words assume that
the majority for the Tilden electors was
1859. So therefore, that Is settled.
There 10 another point OF tact that is
also established. The majority tor the
rllden Electors was made up by the
votes Of legally qualified citizens. ] dc
| not say this merely because the reception
Of the votes by the proper election officers
was psr &c an adjudication in favor OF the
| voters right, but tor the further reason
that the election at all the polling place!
was in the hands and under the complete
control OF the opposing party, whit
would certainly not permit any Demo
cratic vote to 20 in II they could legally
| keep 1t out. Besides, tho House Com
lmitiee. when they went to Louisiana
witii pv"os ~ s0,rd g.. rn-.nns and nm
pers, could not find anybody
carpet Dagger or Custom House
extraordinarily enough to assert that tn
Democrats had polled illegal votes. Yol
have not denied, and l suppose will not
that the majority of 1869, which you al
nit was cast for the Tilden Electors, wa
cast by properly qualified citizens.
Another this: The election was free an,
peaceable. The officers reported no dis
turbance. Every polling place was man
ned by policemen, deputy marshals ant
soldiers In tho Interest of the carpet
| D0Rk0Tb, AHu III VI thciH tCotiiy thht uict
was no violence of any kind which Gale,
for their interference. The same Is tru
with regard to the registration. Tina
there could have been no force or intlmi
dalton at other places or times, whicl
kept people away from the election,
proved by the large number that came
The vote was the heaviest ever polled Il
the state, and larger In proportion to tn
whole population, rs ascertained by tn
census, than In most OF the states wher
all the exertions of both parties wer
used to bring out their last man.
The necessary result briefly stated, o
all the facts known and proved Is this
that the people OF Louisiana, having tn
undoubted power to choose their owl
electors, did regularly, duly and legal.
appoint the Tilden candidates upon full
poll, at q free election and by large ma
jority; and the persons thus duly appoint
eli by the people were exclusively capa
BILE OF casting the presidential vote OF tn
state. 1t followed, as the day follow
the night, that the count Of the elgh
electoral votes from Louisiana for Haye
was false count.