The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-01-23
From the Cincinnati Enquirer, 18th inst. ]
The Plot ExDOsefi,

Aue ftOt EApOSeu.
A little light is being shed on the
truly loyal and republican methods OF
The Republican party, its methods Of
conducting an election after the election
is over 1t should be remembered that
ON the morning OF the Sth of November,
the day following the e'ec'ion, the elec-
ton of Mr. Ti!den was universally con-
ceded The Chairman of the Rcpubli-
can National Committee went to he'd on
the night OF the election confessing de
feat The history of the 9th of Nov
ember is interesting reading. The pos
sibility of stealing Presidency imme-
diately occurred to Zach Chandler, w.
E Chandler, and the. corrupt Republi-
can gang They went to work The
Chambers sent, in hot haste, dispatches
to every State which there was possi-
hility Of stealing, imploring the Repub
lican managers Of that State t., save the
State for Hayes and Wheeler As q
part of the programme, when it could
not possibly be known how several of
the States had voted, and while the
Chambers were begging for information
from the close States, and urging on the
theft even Of North Carolina as mat,
ter of necessity, the liars were telegrs,
phing TO the country that they had posi-,
live information that the disputed States
had voted for Hayes -
Mr. Clanccv. the late stenoerapher of
the National Republican c ,mmitlec, was
examined Yesterday. He read from his
notes original d ats of some OF the tel
egrams sent by the Committee on the
8 h of November The sinister mean
| ing of them. all is, and was, evident
! Here is one to Governor Stearns,. o;
Florida, signed by oae of the Chambers :
Grave Importance attaches to the
Electoral vote Of your State, and we in
vite your most careful supervision of
all the officials RECEIVING, counting, re
turning and canvassing the votes Of ev-
! cry localitv.p .ssi,se ~ s755leT 4
The hint conveyed IN this is upmista.
kable. G. Sernor Stearns needed no ure,
ing to carefully supervise this business.
His own political fortunes were at stake,
and he woull naturally take as much in
terest in himself as in any one else =
But he was told by the National Repuh
lican Committee, after the votes had been
cast undcr Republican auspices, for the
most part, that Craze importance attach
ed to his securing the Electoral vote oJ
that State His personal interest as s
candidate was insufficient o. the same
day Z.ch Chandler telegraphel General
Martin at Tallahassee, gnifcantly =
I'VE are absolutely certain of 1S5 vote:
for Hayes II yoar State Is safe, and TIL
den is sure of HE rest" NJ palmer in
timation could have been given that they
must have Florida, with or withon
law" But, notice, a copy of this dis
patch was sent also to Louisiana, t
South Carolina, to Oregon and to Cal
fornia Oae of the dispatches to Flor
ida said P"Spare no pains, nor proper
expense" This is like Chandlers dis
patch saving: money and troops viii
be furnished" But fearing that ever
with the three Southern States, Florida
Louisiana and South Carolina, ther,
would be failure to steal tue Presiden
CIV, it was thought best to prepare to stea
North Carolina, and accordingly, on th,
same day, the following dispatch wa,
sent to Thomas B Keogh, Chairman o
the Republican State Committee o
North Carolina, signed and dictated b.
Wm. E Chandler:
"NEw YORK, Nov s, 1875
Too friends Of yours leave here at
o'clock this p, m. Meet them at tue de
Ipot at Raleigh" -.
What were the s.friends" to do? I
can easily be guessed, and i, would b'
well to have those "friends' summoned
as Witnesses Another telegram wa,
sent to North Carolina on the same day
conveying the same meaning: .'Don'
give up your State until the remotest re
turns come in" On the same day lei
ter was written by W E Chandler I,
the Chairman OF the North Carolina Re
publican Committee, saying: ave trus
the latter North Carolina will turn out
when the returns are all in, to have goD
for Hayes. II, however, it has not, an
the State is close, and there has been in
timidation or fraud on the part of Dem
ocrats, zoe trust that yoar Republica
Governor ioiH not sive any certificate t
the Electors. The Governor of Oregon
is Democrat, while North Carolina i
the only close State necessary to tn
Democrats where we have Republica
Governor" -..f.s....s .s......-
Some Importance was attached to.
Governors certificate on the S,h Of Nc
vember. This is only little light; bu
here is the evidence, plain and indispu
table, that the Republican managers de
4 Iliberately issued orders after the vot
had been east to countin for Hayes tn
States of Florida, Louisiana, Sout
4 Carolina, North Carolina, Oregon an
California, no matter how they had vo
ted. "Get i'm the votes was the man
} date The country has seen how faith
i fully it has been obeyed Let the in
vestigatior continue. Who now doubt
that handsome majority of Tide
Electors we're elected were known, b
the Chandlers and the Republican man
ayers, on the 9th OF November an
since, to have been lawfully chosen P
John Sherman said, eight years ago.tha
the Republicans would count out Ne'
York il necessary. To such high.ha haGd
ed outrages, SO clearly shewn. the pee
pie will not submit.
: EF The Times says that the electors
votes will be counted by the President G
the Senate, and "the sooner the countr
reconciles itself to the solution of exist
, ing difficulties the better" The countr