The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-02-28
THE OREGON NAIL IN THE COFFIN
OF THE REPEBLIC.

Yesterday the electoral deadfalI conf
mission reached Oregon-touched it with its
eight crime cursed fingers, and linked its
name forever in the chain gang of states,
made up OF South Carolina, Florida, Louisi-
ana and Oregon. In each one of these
states there was an honest effort made 10
maintain law and give to the United
States an honest government-and
in each fraud has triumphed,
conspirators have succeeded in every in
stance in overthrowing law, truth and hon.
esty. In every conflict majority of the
electoral deadfall commission has decided
in favor Of fraud, perjury and desporism'
and in so far as such agencies can be said to
confer rights, Hayes and Wheeler have tri-
umphed. There is not an honest man in the
country at all familiar with the record the
conspirators have made since the 9TH day of
November whose soul does not recoil at the
catalogue OF crimes il contains. Under
Grant the country was Inundated by bride
taking, by peddling office for pelf, by rob
berry in every department of the govern
ment, by straw bids, by seeing the president
hobnobbing with thieves in and out of Office,
and by knowing that rottenness and fraud
existed in all transactions from president to
| the meanest radical scullion. The truth of
all this was clearly shown by investigations
of democratic committees and the peo-
pie said I'VE will right these wrongs
at the ballot-box." Patiently they bore
| the degradation. At last their opportunity
came, and most gloriously did they redeem
| their pledge. By a grand majority of more
| than 2660O0 votes they announced their
verdict. BY that majority the people de-
clared for reform and an honest govern
ment, and as certainly rs the popular major
| ity declared for reform, just as certainly
| did the electoral majority repeat the
declaration. But what of it? Oregon tells
the sickening story. All is stolen. The
republic is rihed of its priceless jewels. Per-
! jury, like bedizzend prostitute, haunts its
/ official robes in high places, and receives the
| recognition OF supreme court judges. Fraud
walks the avenues of the capital city
with stately step, for the electoral dead
\ fall commission has dignifed it. and point
ing to the chain gang of states as the places
where it triumphed, and TO the army and
navy as its appliances to compel honest men
to submit indicates its strength by the
official position of its patrons. Hayes
| is already manufacturing his cabinet
end when he steps into office over a
pathway certainly paved with perjury as
shell is paved with good intentions"
will take an oath and assume the duties
| of an Office To which he has
no more right than the devil or any other
hell begrimedifend. He takes the Office by
the potentiality of fraud and perjury. and
will be- in spite of the electoral deadfall
commission which indorses these agencies,
a crime clad and a crime damned intruder in
the presidential mansion. 1t is impossibl,
10 conceive of more crushing calamity.
The electoral deadfall commission has done
its work. The Oregon nail in the coffin OF
the republic was driven home by eight men
who betrayed their country for party