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TIE ELECTORAL FRAUD.
JUDGE BLACK's REILLY TO MR. H. n.
STOUGHTON.
The stcuah.cn Article In the North Amerfcaa
Review for October Plainly DeaIt Win.

IL irrcslstiblc. will try TO correct that mistake
| by showing that. II there be defence for the
Great Fraud. you decidedly arc not the person
to make 1t. Doing this mainly for your owR
edfcation, / address you directly.
separate your personal invcctvc from YOUR
discussion OF the case. though they are 30 mixed
MS 10 make separation difficult, and will con-
slider your objections to my view of the subcc<
| MS IL they had been expressed In becoming and
| decent language.
You think. as your political friends in general
think. that after the decision Of the Electoral
| Commission against us. we ought TO submit in
silence and not vcX the victorious party with an
appeal TO the tribunal Of public opinion. We
have submitted The proper representatives Of
| both parties agreed to leave the dispute to q
body which they constituted for tho purpose Of
settling IT, We could not refuse to abide by tho
award without being guilty Of bad faith. We
do not now assert the Injustice Of il with my
viowto reverse or modify it. You need not fcaE
the stability Of that award. however iniquitoua
| you may know IL to be. You can enjoy its fruih
In perfect security and We the people will on
our part perform the VOWS which we have
vowed before the Lord, however much II MAJ
be to our own hurt"
But to acquiesce without protcst-to confess
| tacitly that the wrong Is right and the evil q
good-that is out Of the question In DISCUSSING
| She whole subject with great panncss Of speech,
we not only obey IN impulse. hut perform q
duty For this | will give some reasons. and
| take the chances Of making you comprehend
| them.
WHY IT CANNOT DE CoSDoNED
In the first place IT concerns the regulations
Of nearly all the public men Of the present day.
You and are too obscure to be noticed by his
| tory. but the great characters of our time on
both sides will go down to postcrity clothed with
honor or covered with infamy according as
| hos bnx Ia, 10,
stop II. Remember. there WAS n fraud and Q
very gross one, committed by one party or the
other. II the stat" Of Louisiana chose Kellogg.
and the other candidates on the Hayes ticket for
Presidential electors and the Democratic poli-
ticnns. knowing this. did. nevertheless deny
the truth and fabricated false return for Til.
den. which they persisted to the last in trying
| 10 pass for n true one. they We're a combination
| of most redcmptionless rogucs and il will te
| recorded ms an nggravnton of their crime. that
| when the righteous majority Of tho Electoral
Commission crushed out their falsehood they
| turned about and with calumn ous accusations.
| charged their own guilt upon their innocent
| opponents. The converse Of these propositions
is also true. II the Tdon electors were duly
chosen by the people. and the Republican lcads
ers in and out Of the State altered the returns.
falls ncd the records. and constituted II countcr-
f"ii Electoral College, whereby the people ui the
Sat" and the Union wcr: cheated out Of thd
President whom they hud legally elected ty
large majority then II Is only anticipating hiss
tory To say that al who aided. allotted, aud on:
courased that onrpce ought q be classed
among the worst mnletnctOrs OF the age Sce-
inc the grent interest that hangs on this qucs-
ton is Il not ihirly worth our while 10 give ii a
fun examination while the fucts are yet fresh In
| tho memory OF mon
| Another consideration thorc is which makes
n public appeal upon the subject not only
proper. but absolutely nercssary II our cOnyic-
tons nro not founded in total mistake. The
undersiond % the c case ciected Jy' an oVerwRsln-
ims 4,pHar vn,, =, H., nn y n2r,y OF A. a. lcast
defeated iho legally c4uressod will q the people
an H. S'ce and by msens Of talss toS@ps ,p.
mon. Thc dcr.siou ofthc Electoral Commission.
,ites a repetition of it, and YOU undoubtedly
,rN rcpeat it, unless YOU are in some way de-
n rP sSeS Nw 6uSse rS T Trdmotc & 5SU SSr rus 40
uior. -t- as VOL as ours If W. prevent YOU
Try ng this Kind oi foul play over agnin. 10
that end th best. ns wen - IN" kind means
isaif. andn frcc critici-m II the commission,
which should have robuked it hut did not
Hor JUDICIAL TRnuNAI.
| You deprr,ate rvrry expression from any
quarerwnch is calculated to, lo~rn The conh-
| d"urr ol the public IN the judicial authorities.
aal ihmf tgerciors. tha tnG EI..'onl cgnY:
} 'ilorson said that l'aousy of ru'tr-. not conf
d.nr' wa ile yinnr ui Nh true 'i' Z ms Gl T. re-
TINS applir- To- Judg s. as wr.i n- other oilncrs.
qnsw,ryou y rayingi ihat N" El"ioral Com.
hohay' likronc. II was political hndy orgRn-
| itri FRA Spn'nl OCCASION. tp drtrrminra a par
pr,itIi'cs:'' and It per. rm'd the Junction ,ls-
-ieucd To il by dsrogarding tho law oi the case
nd'ncc we nave in such tribunals, the nct-
tor; indeed. Il rcasonabl" rorard for the safety
ol our q, ri lmporiant rights E.pures tlAt wa
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