The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-01-11
ISHNIDATORS GETTING IN TEgIR
iir D WORK.
Threatening Letters 10 6OTernsF
Hayes ReeeISed By Every AaII-A
sample Letter from . "ROman,' . FOR
the Information or the skepIicaI.

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CoLUACbUs, o., January 3.-As the
prospect OF seating Mr.. Tilden in the
White House becomes smaller by de-
grees, and beautifully less, the friends
I OF Democracy and reform manifet
their dissatisfaction by an increasing
hum Der Of threatening letters to Gov
ernor Hayes. Such letters reach the
Executive office by every mail, and
as a part of the routine business Of
some of the attaches of the office, are
kept together duly classified and Ia
beled Assassination" They come
by due course Of mail, and are from
different sections Of the country.
They are of course anonymous In all
cases, and usually bear evidence Of
some attempted disguise of the hand
writing of the sender or Of the adop-
| ton of an assumed character. The
following was received to-day, and is
the latest manifestation on that sub
iect:
"SF. LOUIS, No., Dec. %, 1876
Governor R. B. Hayes
"The writer Of this, though strAn-
ger to you, means not 70 be imperti-
nent or officiOus, but with all due re-
speet would suggest that you heed on
this occasion what 3 tCOHldn has TO
say to you, which is to withdraw your
name as candidate for President Of the
! United States. Governor Tilden has
fairly beaten you in this election, and
you and every one else knOlOs positive
" that the whole Southern people
would of course, under their eristing
political circumstances, naturally vote
for the Democratic nominee for Presi-
dent or State officers. You may be q
good man, Mr.. Hayes, but we do not
want you for our President. You
know, sir, that were it not for the im-
ported Radicals in the South, who in
fiuenee the negroes voting the Repub-
lican ticket, and threw out the votes
for Tilden, and left uncounted all the
Democratic precincts; that were it
not for these fiagrant facts and frauds,
Mr.. TiIden's mAjOrities in all the
Southern States would have been
overwhelming. So, now, Mr.. Hayes,
IL you are, in fact, honest and just,
ana wish others, as the public, to be-
lieve you so, come right out and say
you will not be pulled in office for
President by the Radical toe line
perhaps to be pulled out speedily-or
be carried in through bsyonets. 1
don't wish to I-n-t-i-m-i-d-z-t-e or
bull-doze' you, my dear sir, but would
Just remind you that We SOutherners
once said we would not have Lincoln
for our President, and we did not very
long; also would have You recollect
one BiLEes Booth, and that there are
others of the same ilk left behind
"A word to the wise is sufficient
"Your wife and children may need
you, and, if you know your own best
Interest, you will give up being
President now, and will come oOf
boldly, braVely and squarely to tie
front and declare you will give wy
to the man who 80 clearly won ne
race, and will do it at once, my Gear
sir, to quiet the country for youraWn
safety, for you will not he President
this time, tnat is certain: /: so do DOT
allow your partisans and dlsnonest
party 70 deceive you into chat belief
| Their whole aim is lucTS for them
selves and to further veat their spleen
Rpon the already oppressed and out
Isved Southern people. They (yOur
party) care nothing for you person.
aIIy' INIT want vsu for their tool and
as = passport to keep them to more
and CONTINUED villany. Your with
draWal at once, for the sake o. peace
and to save bLoodshed, and perhaps
many pOble lives, as well as to render
Justice to the man that all are salts
fled was fairly elected, and whom a
majority of the people, both North
and South, prefer to you, assuredly
would, my dear sir, win you fame and
entitle you to the eulogies OF the
world. Therefore, do not allow your
self to feel the least embarrassment In
taking such q step, for you would be
honored for it by the worthy and no.
ble-minded.
sin conclusion, l will add, that
none save the author Of this has any
knowledge of its being written. And
though at present a resident OF st.
Louis, she belongs to the extreme
South-a citizen of poor down-trod-
den Iouisiana-an eX-rebel slave
holder and ex-rebel, and in our pres
t-pOlitieal-cause, pugnacious
I tUidolU.n
The pugnacions widows letter !
/ have given, following closely its
Italics, capitals and punctuation. 1t
seems to sffOrd an admirable plat
form for John G. Thompson's militia
muster next Monday.
Besides the anonymous letters
threatening him, Governor Hayes fre-
quently receives others from friends
who give warning Of anticipated at
tacks upon him. In several instances
SO much of detail is furnished as to
the designs OF persons nArlc5 and de-
seribed as to leave no rooII to doubt
the entire sincerity Of the writers
whose signatures are in these cases
not anonymous, hut genuine.
The Senate was not in session to-
day. Tue House, by q party vote
adopted the Senate joint resolution
/ for Joint convention to witness the
count of votes cast for Secretary OF
State.