The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-11
AN HoNrsr COUNT OF THE VOTES as
"CAGT"


IAN HoNA'I 0VyEL CE 1hA Noi1" 90
We "c'"'''''| 'Ii"'on'' - ,N''
l'''''" V''''',o o. -i'H,poi!'i' "0
'iA' ils'IV't '"'t '-- NH.Vl '"' PVVP'e
'5 expressed III INC l'.lot poA' can 'InlS
- te mlIe MANIFEST ny an Houc'' count u
" the v les "s cast Nhie 'h-re Is some
thing o' i2rceln t''- 'Spi'selon' IAN hohes'
" count OF The woes az o1si,' there's mucl
i.7lc OF can. Il d" one o. lLoao "shtter-
ln- ail'es "h'ch 'ich'e tie ear
oat M'i'A 20 ihlclilSail man N DIS soUei
SetS-7 "ili suts2iloe to IN It's entirety
White we all want "an nonesI u oi th'
g vo,ts, wien We aid TO il, 'as cat, W.
eNp;-ss q great deol more lhRn we meat.
an hOu.st count OF the vote rs cast Is OFT
jl!hE' and ~ boncst count OF the vote
''aee = c}st is altogether another thing.
lee tro1blc IS L>ui-iant and IN some OF
the olAer southern states, Ia two-ioid. Ih'
democrats Will not give Us an honcs' vo'e.
~" tae republicans, as represented by the
&c uThlog boards, VIII not GIVE Us an non
ts' count. Ihe or&ln OF lhe returning
uoifd was rs an onsat TO ulshohest votes
Wb'c we believe IL tull, falr and Tree eIcc
tIons' we nave no sympathy WIN mat Ia"
which on account ot the Intimidation o.
orc or more voters, oiec 'Ae IhroWlhl
CUT ol the vo'e OIL "hoIe ptecilcl' palIsN
or low were SUCH Il IA" nlorec IN yer
hoh'' mo Fo'o OF me town o. hutl8nu' loi
pfeslltnL might nave peen lDfo"h ou''
Tor 'Aerc Was loIClo!5 IulIuli0"lon u I
c'i)rel CHE Il 20 prevent us Vo'lh% II ac-
c2'dance with MS CONVICTIONS OF rs nc La
been hired t. vote. Ia inc peculiar s!tda-
lion OF The southern states, at the timt
OF lccon5.fuc'!oh' Euch powers as ulose
granted, or Gained 10 be granted, 10 the
returning boaId q LOUISIANA may nave
been necessary. Even now they may BE-
nec95-ary, but their possession has opene6
the dor TO tic most gigantic frauds thai
have cyer IisYaaed the history Of Ameri-
csa p%1i'ic'. Votes have been rejected
up,a ali l.vits, Manufactured and perJur-
cd, that a reign of terror existed in place
where subsequent proof has shown that the
day .oflelcctIon, and the weeks preceding
it, were as quit and peaccablc as in any
northern country tom; and votes hav,
been counted which were never cast, upoI
aflllvit, Of ac,itious persons that they
we5e prevented trom voting through intim
id,tiop, c. ercion and terrorism. Aud the
result Aas been, "a, eaid by William a.
Wheeler, George r. Hoar AID William p,
Eye tro years ago, that - in the state OF
Louisiana there is a governor in ofict
" who owes his scat 10 the interference o
"tic rational power, which has rccogniz
cd hi. tile to his Office. not by reason o
q" any aseertainmeui of the facts by lega
4" process, hu has based its action softly
" on the illegal order Of a iuuge. In th'
"semc state there is q legislature, onC
" branch Of which derives its authority
d" par,ly from the same order, the ether be
"ing organized by q majority VINO havl
d" been established IN power Ivy another in
" reference Of the national government
" ana winch majority derives us Ute, no
" from any ascelt7inment Of the facts
% but from the certificates Of u returning
"b31ri which has %misconcoiyed and OK
" cecded it's legal authority"
But because the returning board Of Lou
isiorq, aa Mr.. wheeler and Mr.. Hoar say
IS ui5oouctigcd and exceeded its legal au
A." Inorty,' or because, a3 Mr.. Foster an,
Phelps say, their action WAS 'arbltlery
unjust aud Illegal IL no reason VII.
taefe should BE WIS lrantc demand 10
" an hpna.t count al Tie votes "s cast.
80 one b0t tie most 'ntaa'iy intense 0
olteT plfus"lS prttends 10 uphoId or Just!
y Ting action Of that returning board IN II
cr1''e'y' 10 one but similar point
oi4ns on tsc other side pretends to belieY