The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-01-19
Will the People Stand 1t ?

The commit ees appointed By Congress to
investigate the elections in South Carolina,
Florida and Louisiana, haYe not ported to
Congress, hut the result of their investiga
tons, as gathered by the press, has already
thrown such food Of light upon the sub
iect, that he who runs my read the story of
The deep-laid plot to deprive the American
people of President of their choice
The wicked cNbal who are engaged in the
conspiracy, have grown boldcr and holder,
rs the ilimsincss of their assertions that
Hayes was elected is shown. They have
abandoned the claim that he received q ma.
jorily OF the votes in Louisiana, but insist
that the electoral vote of that State should
BE- counted for him, on the ground that his
supporters were inundated and prevent
ed from exercising free choice. The tesli
mony before the congressional committees,
such as the reports OF army officers and other
rye-witnesses of the election-many of them
kepublicans-prove the absurdity and false
ness OF the charge. On the contrary, the
weight of reliable testimony establishes the
fact that of the class of voters who are sup
posed to be peculiarly susceptible 10 inlim-
dation--the negroes-many of them were in
hmdated by the Republicans and actually
prevented from voting the Democratic ticket,
which they desired to do.
In the case of Florida the Courts have de-
clded in favor of the Democratic candidate
for Governor, and he is to-day peacefully ad-
ministering the affairs of his State. Nothing
has been elected TO provetha the Democrat
ic cl ctors ran behind the State ticket any
more than usual, and the same count which
showed the election of Governor Drew, be.
yond doubt established tbs election of the
Tilden ticket.
In South Carolina there is room for doubt
AS TO the result of the election for President
but none whatever as to the election of Gov
ernor Hampton.
Giving the Republicans the benefit of the
doubt in South Carolina, no reasonable man
can come to any other conclusion than that
Governor Tilden is entitled to the electoral
votes of both Louisiana and Florida, which
WIN thc 1Ot uHulsputcI fOicS CpuCtutu w
him the day alter the election, gives him a
majority of twenty-thrce electoral votes over
Hayes.
The Radical managers know this full well
They arc not SO blinded by partisan preju
dice as to be unable to see state of facts us
clear as MONDAY. Nevertheless, to retain
their grasp of power, hey have deliberately
engaged in conspiracy TO defraud the people
Of the victory won by them in the cause OF
Reform on the 18th of November.
1t is q historical fact that the American
people, while quick to resent personal af.
fronts, will bear with the utmost patience
the greatest public wrongs, so long as there
is any legal tribunal to which an appeal Cali
be made for redress. This national charac
teristic has led The Washington conspiralors
tobelieve that the people are indiferentlo or
approve their actions, and therefore they are
moving forward with increas ed boldness and
audacity toward the contamination of THEN
schemes
The people, it is true, have been palienr
thus far, but there are evident signs of res
lessness now. As il is becoming more anu
more apparent thar Governor Tilden has
been fairly elected President, there is n grow
ing disposition expressed all over the coun
try, that he shall be inaugura,ed. No pa.ri.
otto man, Republican or Democrat, can desire
the success Of his party at the risk of the free
institutions which have cost so much blood
and treasure to establish and perpetuate
The limit of endurance may be overstepped,
and the preservation Of the country be n
greater consideration than the success OF
party,