Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-01-04

Thoss ofthe people who gave tho
least attens1oa to political matters
during the hpliAys. and can now taks
up just Nhere they left of, are in Hi
best condition to understand the sltua,
ton. The daily pspers supplied thu
usual amount of news from their cor
respondents whoare employed to write
their letters, and receive pay in pro
portion to the sensationalism and in,
probability of their contents. As the
daihss have to rely chiefly upon sales
Of their Journals by news dealers, they
are generally more anxious about the
extravagant headline than for the truth
Of what thes publish. It is a fact that near
ly all the political stuff palmed of for the
last ten days was the merest fabrication
OF these correspondents. Congress was
but nominally in session and did moth
ing whatever. The COMMITTEES in the
South worked along between times, and
what occurred in the these bulldozed
states as reported in the regular pro.
ceedings is all that there is to present
In South Carolina, the House com.
mi.tee has reported that Hampton was
elected by HOO majority, but concede
the electoral ticket to Hays. This is in
accord with the first rumors immediate.
ly after the election, and increases the
Hayes vote to 173, less the Cronin vote
from Oregon. The two governments in
this state have been moving quietly in
their respective channels. There was
no collision or compromise to bring
about the result in South Carolina. II
was simply fair COUNT which showed
that the Hayes elector, had majority
averaging 665, and that the whole
democratic state ticket was elected
This phase is infinitely more and more
disgraceful to the republicans than any
thing hitherto developed. The face OIL
the returns, including those from Edge
field and Laurens, produce this result
To accomplish the nefarious purpose o!
cheating the state officers out Of then
election, the dirty tools of lack Chan.
dler, pretended that the throwing out Of
these counties was essential to HAYES
carrying the state; by which means
they hoped to and did secure aid and
encouragement abroad. The action Of
the democratic committee strikes the
whole country in such splendid contrast
to the vile frauds Of the returning board,
that honest men every where are assert
ing their convictions and manfully
urging that Tilden shall have the state
Of Louisiana, where his majority is con-
ceded 10 be from 5000 to 1000.
In this latter state the work of the
congressional committee has been pro.
crossing very rapidly. The testimony
taken completely overthrows the whole
theory Of intimidation. Besides estab-
fishing that there was not as much as q
fsticuf in the state on election day,
they have accumulated evidence to
show that the plan for carrying the state
by fraud was prearranged by the cleo.
ton officers and supervisors. A circular
has been unearthed, directing the com.
missioners to send on the returns from
republican precincts and to throw ever,
obstacle ia the way Of those from the
democratic; which accounts for the
many delays in returns and the inter.
polated certificates found in packages
The scrundrelism here is so fragrant
that we cannot doubt the ultimate count
ing Of the electoral vote for Tilden anG
the final installation of the democratic
state ofdcers. Here, as in South Caro-
lima, both parties are running govern
ment, with all the taxpayers resolving
to sustain the democrats.
The supreme court Of Florida decided
every point in the mandamus CASE
against the republicans. The two re
publicans On the board at irst declined
to recanvass, but afterward Yielded
They managed, however, to throw gu
another county in tho place uf Baker
and again gave the state to Hayes. Thi
count was as much violation of thei
functions as was first, under the ruin;
Of the court, and will not likely amour
to anything except to give the state to
the democratic candidates for state
officers. The mandate of the court L
equivalent to giving the electoral vote
to Tilden, and We have full confidence i
will be enforced.
| Viewing the situation at large, tn
prospect is much more encouraging thai
at any time since the election. TIL
intelligent masses Of the North an
West have been making themselve
heard through their public meeting, an
the effect in certain quarters is yer.
visible. The joint committee appointe,
by congress to consider the vexe
question of counting and determining
the electoral vote appear to be gettm
on hariaoniously. 1t seems to be con
coded in advance that they will repor
the right Of the two houses TO decide al
questions arising out Of the count, an
will confine the Vice President to tn
narrow prerogative of opening the en-
velopes. How adherence to such
programme can result otherwise than il
the Inauguration of Tilden it is hard t
conceive. Should Louisiana and Florid
be counted, Tilden must be declare
elected. Should disagreement rejec
these states, the House will elect him
We see ne ground for apprehensio,
short of revolution, and this now seem
no longer probable, if, indeed, it eve
vas among the contingencies.
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