The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-18

Among the resolutions concoctcd 10y Mr..
BLAINE for the Maine Republican Conycn-
tion. is one in these words

tN'll, ~ blit III lil'St NtIuS
"r,nth-Thc states OF south Carolina. Florida and
Louisiana fairly CARRIED by The Republicans at the
Nny, elect. In 1870 state ani national cst-
AMI the undoubt,d nsht OF President iNts and Vice
President WntfuK To tho electoral OF those States
was affirmed hi the highest and most impartial tribunal
that could he organized under the authority OF the ma
toual Government. tribunal Ia which the Democrats
Ia both branches u Congress their d"illoratc
sent fot the p'm~ rauc party now t"rasc The cry of
fraud l. both unnan, ana dishonest ani II persisted IN
must he accepted indication that the party. m its
mad desire Tor power willing to incur all hazards VI
anarchy and revolution
No man knows better than Mr. BLAINE
that these declarations are absolutely UNI
true in every material respect. All the de-
vclopmcnts since the Electoral Conspiracy,
make the facts more clear and conclusive
that the great fraud which was organized
Immediately after the returns made the cleo
tion of Mr.. TrLpEN sure was deliberately
planned in advance of that result, and with
Il iorcknowlcdge on the part Of the chief
conspiraturs that the defeat of Mr. HAYES
was certain. The vilainies of the Returning
Boards in these States were necessarily
parts of the plan. but they were supplement-
cd by acts OF more Responsible persons, that
made the crimes of WELLS, ANDERSON
STEARSs, CowGILL, and the rest appear
mild by contrast
The eight by seven Commission was not
only square violation of the ConStitu-
tion, but apart from this II was far
greater iniquity than the iorgeries, frauds
aud fabricated returns, which were furnished
to order and for II price in every case, by
money paid down, and subsequently by
Federal patronage which HAYES has lib
IA hos Il.t to-,
tiyos, and Judges of the supreme Court
formed that tribunal, and the majority
of them did their work with an infamous
alacity and uniformity, which elevated
their confcdcrates in the defraudcd States.
No event has happened in American history
more calculated To Justify alarm and to
cause the prOfoundcst misgiVinge, than this
scandaluus and unblushing fraud, by which
II great majority Of the people and Of the
Electoral Colleges were deliberately cheated
out OF the Presidency.
And because we propose 10 make that
fraud odious rs danning crime, to hold il
up to the youth Of the coAntry as warning
for the future to exert every constitutional
means to expose and punish it, and 10 treat
the bcncfciarlos Of il as men wholly undo
serving confidence or respect Mr. BLAINE
and his friends dcnounce this just and mod
crate treaImonta Us an indication of a willing
ness to incur all hazards of anarchy and
revolution They refused to approve the
policy OF the Fraudulent President, aud in
this very resolution they substantially con-
denim it, by declaring that the State tickets
were elected by the same vote as the ma
tiOnal, and thus censurc HAYES for holding
office and rejecting PACKARD and CHAMBER
LAIN with as good II title az his own. In
other countries this fraud would have been
ful means OF redress, and will continue to