Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-01-18
The Situation.

INIT committee on counting the
electoral vote will be looked fol
with great interest, and tie coun
try will he disappointed if the com
Inittee do not arrive at some salts
factory conclusion. The war talk
has nearly died out, AID there ap
pears now TO be a disposition or
all sides 10 depend entirely upor
facts for the solution of the Pres
islentisl matter. 1t is safe TO pre-
dict that the President of he Sen
ate viii not be permitted to con
s,itute himself a Returning Bard
OF one and count in Hayes right
or wrong. This absurd pretence
is strongly opposed by HaIPer'S
Weekly and by many Republicans
in and out OF Congress. Senator
Conkling, and even Senator Blaine,
it is believed, will oppose it earn
estly.
Although this position has been
found untenable, it does not fol-
low that the band of conspirAtors,
headed by Zach. Chandler, have
given up the idea of putting Gov.
Hayes in the White House. Baf.
fled at one point they will seek an-
other and another, and will only
cease their efforts when President
Tilden is inaugura.ed.
No pretence is made by the Re.
rnblicsns that Hayes has major.
ity in Louisiana on the face of the
returns, and bat few Of iham think
he carried Florida. Nearly all Of
them, however, have worked
themselves into the belief that
the ballot can no longer interpret
the will of the people, but this
eau only be ascertained by a re-
turning board composed Of the
most INSCRIPTIONS partisans.
They are prepared to maintain
that if the States did not go Re.
publican they ought to have done
so, and the will must be taken for
the deed.
The confidence Of the Demo.
Gratis in the peaceable Inauguration
OF Gov. Tilden on the 5th Of
March is ppabated, but there will
probably he q stormy time in Con-
gress between now and the l4th
Of February, when, according to
The Constitution, the electoral
vote is to be counted by Congress.
The rival governments still
confront each other in South Car.
olina, but general determination
is expressed By tax payers, white
and black, TO pay no taxes impos-
ed by the Chamberlain usurpagion,
ard thus starve it ont. The faith
Of the people Of South Carolina in
the ultimate complete success Of
the Hampton Government is a
bout to be tested, Governor lamp.
ton having asked for the payment
Of ten per cent. of the taxes due,
in order that fund may be pro.
vided for the support of the char
liable and penal institutions Of
the State.
10 Louisiana, also, two Legisla-
lures convened. Kellogg's adher.
ents, upon the Returning Board'a
statement, declared Packard cleo.
ted Governor and Antoine Lieu.
tenan: Governor. The Democrat
10 Legislature, counting the votes
actually cast" elected Nichols
Governor and Wilt Lieutenant
Governor.
The mandamus proceedings ia
the Florida Supreme Court were
concluded by the return of the
csnvassing board declaring a ma
jority for Drew, the Democratic
candidate for Governor, whereuP-l
on the board was discharged.
Further action in regard to the
electoral vote is not yet matured. /
Gov. Drew was formally inaugu-
rated. The Legislature was or
ganized With democratic major:
ity in both branches.
nz 1t would seem little !
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