Middletown transcript., 1877-03-10

where every voter would have had the
right to have helped to settle the diff
Guilty.
No this boon was denied to the peo-
pie, the learned and grave statesmen,
judges. lawyers, senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress assumed to them
selves the right to settle the matter in
dependent Of the masses, just as the
learned men in Europe, settle matters
in empires and kingdoms, aad our, or
this American presidential case has
been pending now near four months,
and finally on this day the 4th Of
March, let the democratic party be
cheated out of their presidential candi-
date, which they had fairly and hon
estly elected The democrats had the
House OF Representatives, and could
have elected Tilden and the Senate
might probably have elected Wheeler.
But no, an extremely smart set Of dem
ocrats 10 their own estimation assisted
or acted with republicans to get up
tribunal composed Of FIVE republicans
and five democrats from the Senate and
House, and five United States judges,
when every man with the least intelli-
gence ought to have known that the re-
publicans would have at least three out
Of the FIVE judges, and then for demo-
Gratis to have no written stipulations to
60 behind the already rascally return
ing boards OF South Carolina, Florida
and Louisiana It was political suicide.
Speaker Ferry of the Senate could have
done no worse, and for men calling
themselves intelligent u s. Senators.
and saying that Edmunds agreed ver-
bslly to go behind Returning Boards.
and democrats taking his word and
having an sgreement part written and
part verbal An illiterate forester could
not have done worse. Have not demo.
Gratis learned what republican promises
we're before, that We now should pay so
dear for it, the loss Of President p
This l hope will be lasting lesson to
the people Of this country, not to trust
the great stake Of President Of forty
millions of people to one judge and be
Jerseyman.
Will people never learn any sense 2
who are Judges and Congress : human
beings with the same loves and hates as
other people and the liberties Of this
country are not worth one curse if they
depended wholly on the same set of
learned self-assumed great men who
have had this disputed Presidential
question in charge since the 10th Of
November and the masses of the peo-
pie should take this matter in hand and
demand of their servants in Congress to
pass a law that the next President
should be elected BY ballet Of the whole
masses Of the country, just as the
masses of State elect Governors. We
have had enough of Electors and Re-
turning Boards The ballot hereafter
should be demanded by the people,
That would clear the Presidential ques-
ton from any danger of civil war, or
the Office from being filed by any i'm
poster through fraud These gentle
men who suffered themselves to be
cheated and their party 10 lose their
candidate for President after being
elected, have gained a very unenviable
to go down to posterity.-
The country is great, and the people |
and can stand it for four
years, then by ballot wipe out all Re
turning Boards, Electoral frauds and |
farces. The rights of the
masses, nominations by ballot and the
will Of the majority; then at farthest
three or four days after an election it
will be known who is elected Not as
at present, four months agony and
poW-woW by senators, representatives, |
judges, lawyers. doctors, returning
board farces, and finally BY the decision |
Of one Jerseyman There ought to be
a day set apart for humiliation and
prayer, thanking God for not sending |
an earthquake and finishing US physi-
cally as well as mentally. The noun
tain labored, however. and brought |
forth a mouse. SAMUEL TOWNSEND.
Townsend, March 4th. 1877.