The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-02-08
Ti.H STU ALTON.

And sulI the Presidential complira-
ton continues Undecided bat il APP
pears favorable to the men vino were
elected President and Vice prc.i dent,
by the people. for, lit SHOULD turn on,
that the Electoral Commission decide
cg "nst the power Of Congress To 80
brHiUd the action OF n Governor or
Returning Board, thcn ridden and
Hendricks would he elected by one ma,
jDrjty ON account Of the Que Demo
cratic vote Of Oregon. Bat it Is 80
paIpab!o that fraud was Contemplated
and carried out BY the Radicals, in or
der to secure the States Of Florida.
South Carolina and Louisiana; it is 50
palpablc that Gov. Stcarns, Of Florida,
vas u consptrator; that Wells, of
Louisiana, offered to give an honest
count Of the vote in that State provided
he could get $2O0,00O, and failing to
get that amount from d. f Keuncr,
Actually threw out 10000 votes hich
Yildrn and Hendricks bad received -
wc Say that these things err so
palpahle ;hat there can hc no objection
by any honest man to the gong behind
of certificate, from Governors, and
Returning Boards made up Of three or
four ~purchasabIc, par,izan villains.
The Radicals in Congress know that
T. 60 behind such returns from Louis
lana and Florida, wouId he to iiud ont
the facts, and these facts would show
that those States Icnt Tor liIlcn and
Hcudricks, thus giving Democratic
candidates a still larger electoral ma
iority. Hence it is that the Radicals
are between the upper and neither mill
stone. In ordrr to avoid Scy!Ia they
must run up on C%harybdis. II it
should be dcciled, according to Nor
ton, that we camno, 90 behind the Ger
tiiratcs Of Governors, thea the vote
Of Oregon elects Tildcn. And so tn"
matter stands, Aud we feel sure that
Tildcn and Hendricks will b. our next
President and Vice President, and The
wicked men who have conspired to dc
feat them after the people elected
them, will go down in history az the
most nagjtious Of their age.
The ease is in the hands Of the arhi
traitors If Florida is given to the
Democrats, the case Is settled and Til
den and Hendricks 90 in. If the vote
of that State is thrown out, Mr.. Hayes
case is gone up, for he cannot get
votes enough to give him the office M
der any circumstances. If Florida
should be given 80 Hayes and Wheeler
they will only have male one step in
advance, and must secure all the other
disputed States in order to win. The
only iinality about The Florida vote is,
that if the Democrats get it their
whole ticket is elected, or if it il
thrown out their President will Ger
tainly go in. and both their candidates.
may 90 in. Florida does not present
so strong a case for the Democrats as
does Louisiana; 50 if it should not he
decided as VIC want it, there will be no
need of being disheartened If, rs
we have before stated, 1t should 20 for
Hayes on the ground that the arbitra
tors cannot go behind the Governors
certificate, there will he the same dill
Guilty about going behind the certificate
of the Governor Of Oregon, and the
possession of the requisite 1855 votes.
But little doubt is entertained that
Florida will be either given to the
Democrats, or thrown out altogether.
In the latter case the number Of clecto
raj votes would he reduced, which
would still leave Tilden master of the
situation.
We can safely say to tue readers of
.he Home journal that We feel as sure
that Hayes and Wheeler will not be
"countcd in" as we feel sure that the
earth ~revolves upon her axis. And
u hearc beats happily in anticipation
OF the good times coming" under
Democratic rula