The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-02-15
LORD, SAVE US!
Florida Counted for Hayes and
Fraud.
The Land of Fraud IS steCt to
Count
We'U hear ssO more till den
A1ld If 1T goes like Florida,
We'U hed9. 40 more IiLde7s.

And If 1T goes like Florida,
We'll hed9. 40 more IiLste7l.
The Electoral Commission held
secret session last Friday from IL
A. II. TO 81 P. NJ, discussing the
Florida case, finally counting in the
Hayes Electors by strict party
vote, the radicals all voting to sus
tain the count of the conspirators
and the democrats all voting to sus'
tain the vote of the people. The
eligibility of Humphreys was not
made a question, as the proof clear
ly showed him eligible. The fol
lowing is the substance of the de
cission:
l. The Commission exercising
the powers of both houses under
the law, and having examined all
the certificates and papers referred
to them, find that they have no au-
thority to hear evidence oliundi, or
in other words, to hear evidence
outside of the certificate of the
Governor of the State of Florida,
founded upon the determination OF
the Canvassing Board of the State
as to its vote.
2. The commission could not
consider as evidence any act of the
Legislature or court in determining
whom the State had appointed as
Electors after the day said Elec
tors gave their vote.
8. In regard to the alleged incl
igibility of f. G. Humphreys, there
was not sufficient proof that he held
office on the 7th OF November.
The decision of the Florida vote
does not necessarily involve the
Louisiana vote, as the questions
are very different. The apprehen-
sion is that the republicans upon
the commission have demonstrated
their fixed pupose to count Hayes
in at all hazards. Ifso, the gravity
of the situation, the solemn oath
they took, their reputation as men,
the heretofore assumed inviolability
and purity of the ermine of Supreme
Judges-these are all draggled in
the dust of disgrace, and putrid
partisan motives are substituted
for righteous principles. The dis
grace to America is complete, and
even the reversal of the Louisiana
vote cannot redeem it. The deduc-
ton is that our fathers were fools,
our constitution a faithless, futile
fabrication, our government a mis-
cradle failure. Villains may de-
fraud us, despots may Cypress US,
conspirators may crush US, rascals
may ruin us, and there is nothing
but Heaven to defend US. The
democrats are respondent, not be-
cause they have not case that APP
peals even unto heaven 20 pass up
on its rectitude, but they fear only
the partisanship that is so manifest
ly the impelling motive of the Com
mission. We append the following
from the american:
1t is possible for q man who has
teen defeated in court to have his
own option still and to believe
that he has been foully swinGled by
his antagonist. That is precisely
the frame of mind of the Democrats
and of all honest Republicans con-
corning the vote of Florida. There
are Republicans no doubt who bon
estly believe that the vote should
stand us it appeared to be cast &C.
cordIng to the regular certificates,
Notwithstanding alleged fraud.
There may be such men. None
can doubt the fraud. We have
now lost the vote of Florida, and it
will be very dear gain for the Re
publican party. The loss of Florida
is not so serious as the vote by
which 1t is given to Hay es, indicat-
ing a strictly partisan division.
There is yet Louisiana, involving |
very different questions, and in some
stronger than Florida, and |
Oregon will prove nut too hard
for the most astute Republican to
crack. In any event they cannot,
with a show of decency, fail to re-
ect Watts vote, and they may be
Inclined TO think that a very fair
about which there
would be some disappointment to
10Th and some gain to both, one
having the President and the other
he Vice President.