The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-03-01
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Special Correspondence ofMe Enquirer.

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WASHINGTON, D. G., Feb, 20, 1877.
The corrupt conduct of the high Tribu
nal selected to adjudicate upon the fraud
ulent attempt of defeated faction to
seize the Presidency has created the Wild
est excitement that has yet visited the
National Capital, To this l added by an
editorial in Sundays Capital commenting
upon the outrage. The Republican Off
cials became excessively alarmed,o pre-
tended alarm, and the journals this morn
ing-Daily Republican acknowledged
orgau) and the Washington Nation-are
grossly indignant over what they insist is
seditious, reasonable and suggestion of
assassination. The Republican reprints
the following;
"If a man thus returned to power can
ride in safety from the Executive Man
sion to the Capitol, to be inaugurated, +,
we are fitted for the slavery that will fol-
low the Inauguration"
And wants to know, you know, why
the law is not evoked to punish the sedi-
tious and murderously inclined journalis-
tic pen-driver.
When that mighty law is appealed to
it had better deal first with Grant and
Don Cameron before furnishing the hum
BILE writer OF this. only imbodied in a
paragraph what President Grant had
more pointedly expressed in his army
order concentrating some five thousand
troops at the National Capital to enforce
the Inauguration of President who had
won his place through counting" Be-
fore questioned the safety of such pro-
ceeding President Grant had decided in
the affirmative. For the first time in the
history of our Republic it is found neces-
sary to line Pennsylvania avenue with
armed men and place artillery upon Cap
itol Hill.
When Mr.. Lincoln was first inaugural
ed riot was foolishly apprehended, and
old General Scott held company of
Marines, all the troops ever stationed
before or since the war in the District of
Columbia in readiness in their barracks
to quell such riot But the old patriot,
feeling the delicacy of his position and
not wishing to give civil ceremony
being the free choice at the ballot-box of
q free peope-a look even of being inter.
fered with by the military, kept himself
and his few men out of sight
How we have changed since that day |! |
Now an army is paraded upon the streets
months in advance and notice served up
on a majority Of the people that the man
not elected save through Returning
Boards that began in New Orleans bar
room and ends in the Supreme Court,
that such defeated candidate is to be in
augurated by the military, put that fact
in a few words and lol the wrath and in
dignation.
There is curious fact connected with
this affair." showing the conspiracy more
clearly than aught else After the act
creating the Electoral Tribunal, when it
was thought Justice Davis would be the
fifth Judge, Grant issued an order send
ing the troops from Washington. TWAS
believed that right would prevail, and so
troops would not be necessary to inaugu-
rate the peoples choice.
The moment however, that Justice
Davis, elected Senator from Illinois, de
clined acting as one of the Commission,
and it became evident that Bradley
would be their man, this order was coun-
termanded, and 1000 more men added,
with an arrangement that would make
5000 available. And yet these fellows
howl with anguish over my poor, little
editorial.
In this matter of assassination much
depends as to who is to be assassnated.
When the Presidents son and brother-in
law came to my house in the nighttime,
to seek fight, when, let it term
mate as it might, an invalid wife would
have been victim, the whole affair was
regarded by the Administration press in I
the most cheerful manner. 1t was re-
garded, indeed, as thing to jest about, {
It only meant invading the house of an {
editor and shooting him down or smash S
ing in his impertinent skull in the pres 7
ence of his family. That was all-the
mere pastime of she sweet Prince. But t
now to say that these men who have G
gobbled all, save the Presidency, shall be {
met with force in their violent attempt r
to deprive us of free Government and r
strike down every vestge of selfgovern-
ment, is regarded as terrible. 4
My language, however bears no such :,
as these fellows pretend to
fix upon it. There are other means of !
arresting the infamy that make it unsafe c
for the criminals than assassination. To {
lake up arms in behalf of our country e
and use them in open field is not assas- n
1ination, and these poor devils well n
know that that is precisely what / "
meant. v