The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-18
Special COrT0SDOD0GDCe,

HefrosPect,re rers OF the campaign
Tile uitimatum If tie SM fnst-
Mass meeting at Washington, its
characteristics AMI its aapudemt
demands-We gamblers ia Con-
gress-,Somc things .tair inrcs
tigation wW show-Con3ressionai
The arrest Of the alleged Treas
my robbr-Ret,un Of an abscond
ing real estate agent.
WAHrSGToS, ID. c., Jan. II, 1877.
From the first movement of any
man, intriguing for the nominal
ton of the Democratic National
Convention, Tilden's trail has been
visible all over the States and
Territories of the Union. His pres
cnce was felt at st. Louis through
the compact oOteric of personal adj
hcrcnts, men thoroughly versed in
all the chiezlncry that has rendered
the oder from Tammany Hall polt-
leans an intolerable stencil in the
nostrils Of the nation. John Morr-
isey, eminent only as prize fighter
and the most successful gambler of
the age, was able by an unlimited
disbursement of money to override
the opposition and protests which
were found and heard in almost
every State delegation, and carried
his point. There was Immediately
established the bureau of political
information, otherwise known as
the "bureau Of nincompoops,' y
which supplied the Democratic press
with data for the campaign. A
few hours after the close of the
polls on the 7th of November, Mr..
Tildcn was found short Of one vote.
Immediately the press of the party
which had been guilty of the most
atrocious murders and tortures in
hundreds of cases, and ola general
system of outrage and intimidation
in almost every State Of the South,
inspired by the Liberty street con-
Germ raised a simultaneous shout of
fraud and corruption on the part of
the opposition. They were joined
by the party orators, similarly pre-
pared for their allotted task. Work
ing by stealth and in the dark and
while the attention of honest pco-
pic was diverted by this false cry,
the familiar tricks in Vermont,
Wisconsin, Nebraska and Oregon
were resorted to to supply the lack
ing vote. Wcith the lapse of every
twenty-four hours then success has
appeared more hopeless, seeing
which, secret methods have been
abandoned; and under the direction
of the '.burcau" all efforts have been
concentrated upon the one purpose
ofbuil-dozing AMI intim;datins the
nation.
The ultilnatum-Mr. Tildcns
peaceable or forcible Inauguration
was authoritativcly put forth by
the Democracy assembled for that
purpose OH the 9Th inst from the
State Capitol of several members
Of the Union, in strict accordance
with the programme adopted months
ago, in case they failed in more
pacific measures. OF course the
symmetry Of the demonstration
would have been serious had the
District Democracy remained silent.
No similar extent of territory any
where within the National borders
can produce so large u number OF
men longing for public plumber as
can the District of Columbia. They
have fiocks here from every section
of the country and from over the
seas, and have been waiting for
many years for the suspicious
hour of compensation and revenge.
They have endured the abstinence
cnjoined by the peculiar conditions,
not as good soldiers, generally, but
with abuse, rcviling, profanity and
threats. The character of the mass
convention gathered at Fords Opera
House may be readily appreciated,
Those expressions of the speakers
smacking loudest Of gore, were the
most heartily applaudcd. A luton.
&c renegade was the most impatient
for blood Of any of the speakers,
and he was proportienaly popular
Those men known about town as
the most ferociously inclined, who
sworc loudest in their defense Of
the Hamburg butchers and of the
outragos that have indelibly stained
the Democracy since in the late
campaign, were selected as the
officers to imparta proper tone to
the proceedings and give character
to the meeting.
The summons to surrender, con-
tanned in the resolutions, were not
unlike those sometimes heard dur
ing late war. 1t was virtually to
tho effect that if you Republicans
move out and give us your places,
We will permit you to evacuate
quietly; but give us any Of your
sass" so as to exasperatc us and
VIC shall not hold our selves rcspon.
si5le for the fearful consequences
because tho dcspised Democracy il
drcadfully in earnest. Utter one
protest and wo will incontinently
"siow" you up, utterly devour you
and we hereby wash our hands o.
the blood that is upon your owl
heads. IL was notification t.
transfer the adjustment Of thu
President Succession from the hand,