Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-02-09
POLITICAL.

final decision Of the Electoral count is against
TIlden he will not accept tho result, but will
commence the biggest law suit Of the cen
turY to obtain the Office of President.
Wendell Phillips in recent lecture at
Chicago, takes gloomy view of the Iuture
He denounced the Electoral bill and declared
tina. the Legislators had forgotten 1851 and
betrayed us E: If Mr.. Tilden goes into the
White House, he said, " the spirit Of the
republic is gone. 1t will be Government.
but not the Government of the Constitution.
1t will be the Government oi the revolver IN
the South and rum in the North"
Judge Matthews, in his argument before
the Commission, on Saturday, made this
neat hit " Il is. Mr. President and gentle
men, Fortunate feature OF your legal Con
stitution that you can make no mistake. 1t
was a quaint saying of Selden in little
essay on Papal councils, treating OF the doc
trine that they were enlightened by the
presence Of the Holy Ghost, that he had
generally found that the Spirit dwelt in the
odd man
The arguments before the Commission
show that the Republicans skilfully avoid
ed the trap set tor them in Oregon. That
famous nan@uvre, it was supposed, would
give the Democrats either chance in Louis
lana and Florida or certainty in oregon
But the Republican position, as now stated,
neither asserts tina. the certificate OF the
Governor of State is final nor admits the
power Of Congress to question the validity
of State return. it puts forward the
claim that Congress has power simply to
determine which set of Electors has be-
come clothed BIZ the forms Of law with actual
ineumbency and possession of the Office. In
other words. it is the verdict of the Canvas
sing boards, not OF the Governor, which it
holds to be final. The Democrats, on the
other hand, seem to be placing much more
reliance than was expected on the Florida
case, and, in view of the action favorable to
the Tildcn Electors taken by the courts, the
Legislature and Governor of the State. insist
that "the mower must exist in the State to
-, :. g.,
coiie'' ''' e'i'''e"'' d 10 '"pea'n - AZ.
fraud or iaisehocd.' This Is point OF
which the Democrats cannot avail them
.o,vss :, the case n, yo,;s;ana where the
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llden Electors nave haa no oHic'a' 'ecos'i'-
ton.
liz is suggested that the reason WHY Mr..
Tilden substituted Field for Hewitt. as his
noliticsl MANAGER. was that Hewitt refused
10 have ANYTHING to do with the attempt TO
buv nm the Louisiana returning hoard
~ n.., g d. H., hoaa
portunitv. Friday. to demonstrate the up-
sel6sbpess Of their retrencbment by reducing
their own salaries. Mr.. Holman appealed to
them TO take this action in order 10 prove
IN the nconIe tbs. tbev were nc much in
favor ot reform AFTER lection ne before Rut
a, oncs ,bere was general Democra,;c nro.
,ss, ao,;n,, ,b;s ..tTo.cent ecoromy " and
i ,ras nrer,rbeI,,;ncIr doro,,sJ Ths-e i
ma ,elr;rc rbot an election dav NAV br;ng
c,,,b Wbat wac IeC,rc ..yetrencb,nen,
.n5 ,.f,,,n" ia now ..,wo-c.r, ocono,nv ),
:, -.
men MI dawes oneree niS amehuuieh'
20 Tue Eiee'orai oii', restraining inc coniinis-
sion from reviewing me action Oh the
returning poarus: Mr. thurman repheu'
win mueh warmth, tnat IL WIS uagSer
thrust at the near' Vi ene Diii anu ne
auueu lhat' WIN sucn u limit upon It's Juris-
oictich' me olii ~oGia mol ge' pem i
vote IN eitLer enanDer. MI oonkAns also
nas w, onIn ono OF ,ba honaS ns oam,on,;on
hn, tba xsrv marrow Of !, {" TboSo and
similar indications are taken 10 mean that
the Democrats will insist on going back of
tho ra,, rms and that ,bev will have Renrh-
H. ~, -, tho Cor,,n;,s;or
llcan help On tne NoHinlssion.
Co.. WaIIs, ,xnlo,a.;on ,f h. la,,or 30
Wv eiH sAP"""0" VI MS iSNei "
Senator EST Is tnat some Time ~iorc the
counting Of the Electoral vote of Louisiana.
l. (yyaIl\ 80, ,,,roa,hod h. n ,,,,b.. sc
ne i"eASj was aPpioaeneu ny n"nioer vi
Democrats who Iutlmated to him that he
could make a fortune If he uonld Secure ,te
State for Tilden and Hendricks. AMONG
those who so annroacbed him was Duncan
F. Kenner, one of the best-known Demo-
Gratis in New Orleans. who told him dis
tipctly and in exact terms that if he would
have the State counted for Tilden be would
be Maid 5000 600. This offer Gov. Wells.
who is a man of large property, refused in
the most positive terms. After it was made.
however, he became alarmed for the safety
Of the Republican cause and the triumph of
Justice in Louisiana, and he sent by Mad
doI to Senator West the letter to warn the
latter gentleman of the efforts which the
Democrats were making 20 illegally capture
the vote of the State.
The most spsnicious rortion of the letter
from Gov. Wells of the Louisiana Return;no
Roara m Senator IVES. nrodpced bv tho viz
nos Maddor on Saturday was tbe fellow
inc
l.. me, my esteemed sir, warn YOU Of the dan
ger; Millions have been sen, here, and will be used
il viii he mno..Ss ssr sg ns rTun
other individual ts arrest It's productive results.
be gentleman presenting thi letter is iuly aware
freely to Iienas. And act promptly, or the re-
suits VIII be disastrous; hint TO the wise Strict
m 1870,
~ w. s - u' "nu 'estiueu 'iia'
~ "'.-' me- I'm 20 a,'ei 'ne ie'urh
u '.inoH p".; ar'o '.'Aueu' unuer Gross
eAan Fam, en oa.u'uay, tna' nc slhoied
SUM ven. ir.o pai-iopnis cohsiue'-
ao'e' any W. ''1hs WIN "oHah VINO
was no. MS "e
In 6incial circles at Washington. it Is no
secret that President Grant was one OF the
n,s. 20 Ilse'er anu w ~ eDnuoinh tne innaei
ny " 10y anu "'eei, 'n TUE part Oh
Certain i'e''p,"An 7en"'or'' Nor Ii IL al
Se'iet '''a' ireSluen1 Grant mas neeh ready
:? n'..p. onu en.otce '"e obstruction o, Tue
Io',> '''u.ion =, "H''n ail, ,ne eail'eI rfeSi-
uen'n va it, It p.3'iueu Iniy uhe Sen
a,e ~o"'' D. ~ ,St, ~ ~. 'ea'nliss o. lhe
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,sr 81 ,bs iaw, or 10 CnaD,,., " o"e p.
- g, ha. -,aa1;In -. ,sI u nu1
-, 80. 70 E. ~ .L ina '''a, 'ho !
Ssnai,r, Was es,er,i.i % ,hn na,.i"r Di',a"
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