Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-01-18

Correspondence OF the Grant oounty HERALD
WAsHINGToN, d. c., Jan Is, 1877.
The week.
II has been rather dull week in
Washington. Its history is given in
the title OF a popular novel --"W aiting
for the Verdict" South Carolina and
Florida have been abandoned by the
Democrats Cronn's red nose has
proved will o. the wisp instead of a
light in the window for s. t.; and
now, the whitening hopes of the coop
perheads, the Croppies and Conteder-
ates' are hanging, albiet dropping
around the cane brakes of Louisiana,
and an honest Republican majority of
$500, honestly and without fraud or
fear cast its November vote for Til
den as President and Nichols as Gov
ernor? Ii buster could do it, or lying
do it, or perjury do it, or chicanery
do it or if 1t could be done by rails
ing dust of technical discussions or
by OBTAINING the brave Republican
leaders of the South-the latchets of
whose shoes we Northern Republi-
cans are not worthy TO untie--or by
assuming virtues when they have them
not, they could blind the eyes and
shut the ears of the aroused Nation,
the desperate leaders of the Tilden
Democracy would not yet despair of
inaugurating their willy chief. But
what is the use of buster. when a
man by the name of Grant is here !?
Like Brahma he might proudly say !;
"They reckon I'll who leave me out. :"
Inaugurating Tilden by Force.
The Democrats held meeting here
on Monday. There was "heap big
talk" as the Indians say. Talk of
bringing 100000 "nnarmed' demo-
Gratis to Washington to inaugurate
Tilden next March. Talk of "des-
potism," and "rights," and "Consti-
tution"-by defenders of the Thugs
of Louisiana; by eulogists of the BAN
ditti of South Carolina and by the
rebels who fought tor four years to
destroy the Constitution and the
Union. Grant enjoys these explosions
He is the most placid man in Ameri-
ca. He means that the candidate
whom the Senate declares elected
shall be inaugurated and all the
buster of "writers and debaters" will
not move him one hairs breadth
There have been good Republicans
who have doubted at times his ca
pacity for civil leadership; but there
is no one now who does not believe
that he is the right man in the right
place to-day.
Southern Imbroglios."
South Carolina and Louisiana are
in precisely the same condition The
Hampton and Nichols govern
ments" rest on the same foundations.
They claim that (although they pre-
vented thousands Of Republicans from
casting their ballots) they shall be
recognized as the rightful rulers of
these States, because, on the face OF
the returns " they had the majority of
the votes. 1t is a demand that assas.
sination, Ballot Box stuffing, repeat
ing and returns signed at the muzzle
of the revolver, shall be accounted le-
ultimate methods of determining the
will of the people at a popular cleo
ton. That is the whole of it 1t is
plain enough. There is no '.mbroglio''
about it.
Counting the Electoral Vote.
There is a great deal spoken and
written about the constitutional mode
of counting the Electoral vote Life
is short one cannot study everything;
and there is no use in wasting time in
discussing technical issues. | knoW
that the leaders of the Senate-the
men on whom the responsibility OF
decisive action rests-are determined
that if the Report of the Senate In.
vestigating Committee in South Caro-
lima, Florida and Louisiana shall show
that Hayes aud Wheeler received the
righttul vote of the citizens of those
States, the Republican candidates will
be declared elected, and that they
| will be inaugurated on the Fourth oil
March. II it appears that Tilden and
Hendricks were elected no partizan
preferences will prevent their inau-
guration, The rumors of disaffection
are unfounded. Honest Senators will
act on the evidence presented to them
and neither the threats of demagogues
nor the prayers of partizans will
swerve them from the path of abso-
lutte rectltude.
Silver Currency.
An effort will be made to force
through the Silver Bill. There are
certain problems that enter into politi-
cal debate that are purely scientific
in character. They should never he
discussed in partizan spirit. Such,
for example, are the questions of taxa
ton revenue, the banking system,
the. tariff and the currency. The ISL
yer issue" can be briefly stated.
Coined money bears dual charac-
ter. Greenbacks, and all bank
notes, are merely representatives of
wealth. They are promises to pay.
issued by parties more or less com
petent to pay They have 10 intrin-
sic value. But gold and silver coins
are not only representatives of all
forms of wealth, but they are also a
part of the aggregate wealth OF the
world-a certain proportion of its
mineral resources Melted up, they
would exchange, at their full proper
tional value, or any kind of property
Their merit AS representatives has
been found exclusively in three dis
tinct qualities that they Sre easily
and economically divided into any
sizes and values; that they are porta-
BILE enough for the use of universal
trade; and that, as they have every
where borne an almost equal relation
to the wealth of the whole world,
they could be exchanged, when hon.
estly coined, for their intrinsic value
in any commercial country of the
globe. If gold and silver were uni.
Tho oopxa ralof.ua ,,al,1