The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-04-01

In thu r01oU7 : vontured 70 offer
ma 4, alton, EprnsW o ~ ny
,wn VIEW MtlIit T. irprcss theu
rith sor y n4ou P' h-t ! cou't,
mon our B. u.JcrNtiC leadership. IN
Xxi. most slgnally failed, Seeing
mat the resolutions reflect d no ones
Jews but my OWE, wi hdrow them,
and did not put them 10 che vote. Mr.
Hewitt kindly assured me that he
thourht il likely such resolutions
might I've needed come time in the
f1tllre sud retained them, but returned
them to me at my request after the
prest victory I the electoral com mis-
sion They are as follows;
WHEREAS, At the election for presi-
dent and vice presid ent Of the initial
states, on the 7th OF November 1876,
samuel J. Tilden and Thomas a. Hen
bricks received for president and vice
president respectively, IN the state OF
i.onisiana n majority Of the elC 1tofs
and in the State Of Florida majority
OF the electors, and ~ the State OF
south Carolina u majority OF the
electors; and
WHEREAS, The officers appointed
by the laws Of said States to examine
said returns OF said elections and give
certificates OF election TO tbs caudi-
dates for electors receiving majority
of said votes, aided, encouraged and
supported by the army OF the United
States, sent hither by the president,
have falsely and fraudulently issued
certificates of election 10 the deteated
candidates in each Of said States and
WHEREAS, Said Samuel j. Tilden
ond Thomas A. Hendricks received
more than quarter of q million mo-
ioritv Of the popular vote n majority
of the States, and a majority of the
electora. having received 2O3 electoral
votes, while rutherford B. Hayes aud
William A. Wheeler received each ll6
electoral votes; and
WHEREAS, by the false and taudu-
lent certificates issued by the corrupt
returning officers of Louisiana, Florida
and South Carolina, an attempt Is be"
ing made by the president and his adj
ADMINISTRATION, who support and sustain
said corrupt officers with the army OF
the United States, to cheat and detraud
the people of tie United States out OF
the election, 80 msde by them, in ac-
cordance with the constitution and
laws, and in the exercise Of Their SOW
ereign rights, and
WHEREAS, The president has over
thrown the Legislature of South CARROLL
ma, by the army, and is concentrating
troops in Washington, to overaWe con-
gress, and, If permitted, TO dispense
them at the point Of the oayonet
should their action not be in accord
ance with his wishes. Therefore
Res01rcd, That we the representa-
tives Of the people Of the United
States, vet free and independent, APP
neal to them irrespective of party, toI
accent the issue rendered, and decide
for themselves, whether OF not they
have the right 60 elect president and
yice.president of the United States, or
whether. they will surrender that
right to corrupt returning boards APP
nointed by the creatures Otthe @umn
istration, and supported in their wick
ed and nefarious designs by the army
in the hands Of the president.
Pcs0lued, That we appeallo all the
people of the United States, who are
attached TO the institutions OF their
fathers, ami who desire to transmit
tho blpsaiugs of me9'gOVernment 20
their children, to assemble IN Their
usual places Of public meeting, and,
utter their solemn condemnation OF
the high-handed crime against their
liberties, and their fiNl and g1SUeroth9
dcfcyB7indtion to stand 6y their cOaSti,
tuition and their Inherited yightS nj CgeIYI
hazard, and 10 the last CCtrcMty,
Rc80hcd, That Samuel J. Iiiden and
Thomas 4 Hendricks, having received
moi-rlty of the popular vote at the
ballot-boX; majority OF the States,
and a majority Of the electors duly
elected; are Of right, entitled to be in-
augurated AZ president and yico.presi-
dent OF the United States, and to be re-
spected aud obeyed as such, and that
nil persons engaged in conspiracy, to
defeat the expressed will of the people
of the UniS, d States, and to place over
them officers, whom they have de-
ieated, are guilty of the preparation
Of "A grave crime, and deserve, rs they
viii receive, the unqualified oondem-
nation of the American people"
These resolutions we're drawn hurrl-
ej,y on the spur OF the moment. They
ar, inaccurate, 80 far as they claim
South Carolina for TiIden. 1t finally
turned out for I4afes, by "A small ma
iurity. But the resolutions shadow the
policy, W ID have pursued. II the
Democratic %@ders had stood RIM,
and been faithful to the tru ats Of their
constituents, have not u shadow OF
doubt. but that Mr. Tiiden would have
been president to-day.
Shortly after the meeting OF con-
gress, Governor Grover OF oregon,
issued certificates to two Repuollcan
electors, and one Democratic elector'
As they only had one majority with
the three stolen States, this strategy OF
Governor Grover, transferred that one
from Hayes to Tilden, aud was a
regular bOmbshell, that lifted all their
plans into Il air, and with them
went, all their scrupuIouS reverence
and regard for States rights. Now they
,ypro compelled 10 change front, ana
they did Il boldly in the presence OF a
zoe, they condemned and disposed.
Now, they said the action OF Grover
was fraud, and they would not re-
gard the great seal and the governors
certificate as final. Away with States
rights. The vice president, when he
comes to Oregon, will count oil three
for Hayes. On the Democratic side
when Oregon was played, ana did not
win. it gas Che last scene in the play,
aud the curtains were rung down. Ihe
TflIen-Hewitt policy, 1f moral sua-
sion, now vanished into thin air' the
Western Democrats, who had been
preparing for the worst, were sending
messages continually TO Washington
They were growing more aud NOR
indignant. Their utterances were deci
dedly warlike, aud they meant them.
Morton. the Molorh lof the clan, was