The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-02-22
THE SITUATION.

In the Home journal Of the 2olh OF
January, allUdiug to tue Electoral
Commission, w said we did No., !N'
any snch gambling scheme, Bu' II
was supported hy nearly every Demo
crul in Congress, aud We Iril like lrnS'
:ng it. Aupn there was 50 mnclI eV
dpnre that Florida and Louisiana Ilad
zone Dcmucratlc-sO much glaring eH
idrnrr OF rasralitv on the part OF the
Rat c and Illegal Returning Board OF
LOuisiaua-that we expressed nh
bounded conf lpncQ that TiIdcn and
HcudIirks would be declared elected.
But we were mistaken. The Commits
sion was composed Of s Radicals an"
7 Democrats. Every member holh
took aud subscribed to the following
oath:
| solcmrly swear that | will importially
examine and consider all questions sun
mittcd to the Commission. 1T WUIvh 'ih
a mrmbrr. and Il true iudgmrnl ave,
thereon ayrrrublN to TIE tOisliIutionauU
the laws, 50 help me God,
VT eight Of The fifteen members wh"
had taken and subscribed to this sol
cmn oath voted under the lea of
''Judgrs' Mortou and Garfield for the
iuIlOWiug:
Ordered that 10 evidence will be %rrcriN-
ed or considered by the Commission
which wa, not -ubtIirlrd to Lir iolut" II
vrnliun OF the lNO Houses 10y the li'>I-
dent OF tue senate " itn the different GER
t~ilirHtcS.
Now, if every mcmhrr who voted
for This order dad not commit perjury,
:rcn there is no God. Verify they are
prrjurcl, pcrjurrd, peri rrcd! TneNr
infamous eight, hy n strict party vote,
declared the criminal certificate Of tn
criminal, and p"rjnrrrs OF the Florida
Returning Board to he the "trnc aai
lawful votes" Of Florida. Tuey refused
to receive n x, inlilla OF unllm ted cyl
deuce thai Louisiana had given owen
10000 majority for TIlIrn and Hen
drick,--tlml Gov. Wells had trIcd Ia
sell the Safe for "A large sum Of money
tia, the r turning Board Vas Illegal
IN that it lacked II mrmhcr "i having
the five + qrirrt lY law, and tha. tl''
four Who composed it all belonged tt
the Radical party when the law re-
ouirrl lIA, the Board snonld Nr com
posed Of mrmI"rS from both plrlirS
and Mat one of the mrInhrrs was
convicted Irl0u who had scrNrd a nm
in the pruilrnliurv. Aud these rjgll
RuliraI Julgcs have declared tina
UNcs i, Ct .ctrd. Morton WAS III
SPIDER. He fixed up his little trap AM
the Democrats walked into 1t, An,
TIlIrn has been cheated ont OF til
Presidency. after having received
tremendous popular majority and
majority Of the Electoral College. Til
first man born into the world killed hi
brother. And Christ was cru"lll 81
bat He came in order to die. An'
rood men have been burnt at the stalk,
because of their faith in God. An.
n .ro put Christians to death. An'
innocent women have been htllcad'
Ana conqnrr"rS have cnslavcd the con
qu"red. But never, in the history O
the world, considering the boaste'l en-
lightenment Of the age. has Il wors
crime been pcrpetrated. We 90 ne
see why the people stand it. We Il
not see why every Democrat in Con
prrss should not refuse to be bound h
corrupt, illegal decision Of eight per
iurcG men, who, in violating their col
tract and oath, broke the contract "
all sides. ii Hayes had any sense q
dcrcncy he would sc"rn to go into til
Presidential chair ly u trick 50 has,
so foul, SD ,lamnahlr.
W. have no heart to write of sue
an iniamy, Verify the Republic is o
the decline. A fatal blow has bee
struck al relrenrhment and reform
The people must be endowed with til
patience OF job II this infamous part
San decision does not arunse an lndil
nlnt fury IN their b"soms.