Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-05-24

FRIDAY MORNING. MAY "a. 1878.
THE COMING INVESTIGATION.
The panic of the Republican party over
the investigation of the Presidential Elec-
ton fraud, ordered by Congress IS quite
satisfactory. The Chairman OF their Con
gressional Executive Committee, MI
EU GENE HALE, Of Maine, has issued
manifesto in which he characterizes it as
s 'this new effort Of the Democracy TO IN
augurate anarchy and Mexicanize the gov
eminent by throwing doubts on the legltl-
macy of the title Of the President" and
calls on s'all who opposed the rebellion OF
1861 without distinction of party to rally
again to the support Of law, order and
stable government" and much more OF the
sort. The circular has excited some mlrth
in the nation and it fully deserved such
reception. None know better than MI.
HALE that there is no movement to I'M
pair the title of Mr.. HAYES. That is beyond
question, for whatever Of fraud ACCOMPANY
ed his counting in was by the action OF Con-
grsss ratifying the: result covered out OF
reach. The Democrats Of the country have
no such purpose, nor would they receive
the support of Southern Democrats for q
moment if they had, but their intention Is
to hunt out the frauds and expose the orl-
ginators of them. The originators OF this
investigation who we're not Democrats,
meant to impeach the title OF HAYES, but
the ball they started has taken an une1-
pected turn. As some of our readers may
have lost sight Of the occurrences follow
ing the Presidential election they vii! bear
q brief recital. Before and after the count
ing in of President HAYES the Democrat
ic party of the country which had carried
the Presidency by an electoral majority OF
twenty three, and popular majority of a
quarter of million, acquiesced IN every
proposition which promised peaceful So
luton of the difficulty. Though the be-
lief was unanimous that the counting in
was fraud perpetrated by the electoral
commission, it was conceded as compro-
mise of which the Democrats had gotten
the worst, but which they were bound in
honor to abide by. They took but one &C
ton regarding it and that was, before the
adjournment of the last congress, to put on
record in the most solemn manner reso-
luton declaring their belief that TILDEN
and HENDRICKS had been elected by the
people and HAYES and W WHEELER had not
been. That was the end of the Democrat
ic role. President HAYES commenced his
administration with the next congress and
the Democrats, though in a decided major
ity in the House offered no factious opposi-
ton to it.
But in the meantime what has been 60.
ing onP The New York ''Sun, journal
the editor of which, CHAs. A. DANA, who
was Republican and, we believe, an of
fice-holder under Republican administra
ton, made the re-opening of the Presi
Dental question speciality in its columns
filling them day after day with cries for it
sSoon, MONTGOMERY BLAIR, the old orig
inal Black Republican, introduced resolu-
lions INTO the Maryland legislature about
ssgiying effect'' to the electoral vote Of
that State, in other words crow-bar tt
prize open the title of Mr.. HAYES. Thi'
was offered by the Democratic senator
and representatives in congress, both o
whom disclaimed any sympathy with tn
movement. Speedily after this there cam
a shower Of confessions from member
of Republican committees in Florida AM
Louisiana, and Republican officers Q
election in those States, saying there ha
been fraud in giving the votes to HAYES
and giving minute details Of the transac
ton. Senator CoNKLING, of New York
the leader of the Republican party in tn
United States, then comes forward wit
the announcement that he has been
ever since tho Presidential election, in pos
session of facts that warranted him i'll de
nouncing Mr.. HAYES and his adminlstra
ton as accessories before or after the fact
in the fraudulent transfer of the votes Q
Florida and Louisiana from TILDEN. AM
lastly comes to the front Judge ALFREl
MORTON, formerly a carpet.bag judge o
Richmond, under the military government
in Virginia, who, with funds in plenty liza
been South, as special mail agent, we b,
lieve, and gathered up all the evidence tc
show that Florida and Louisiana wer
fraudulently given to HAYES. These ar
the men who have been laying the fuse, a
they thought, to blow Mr.. HAYES up
But the Democrats have adroitly changed
its direction, and it now rests under thu
prominent Republican leaders who en-
gineered the thefts, such as JNo. SHEER
MAN, Ex-Gov. MOVES, ZACH. CHANDLER
W.. E. CHANDLER, and others. instead
of the title of Mr.. HAYES being impeach
ed it is these gentlemen who are to be ru
in danger. The people Of the country will
have an opportunity to know some furthe
particulars about such messages as thos
that were flying by telegraph between
sseminent Republicans and the Return
ing Board politicians of Florida an
Louisiana. The reader will bear in min
that the dates are after the election ha
taken place-some of them as late q
twenty days after:
Tallahassee. NOV, q, 1878.
81. Chandler, Washington, D. c.:
civilian Robinson, in small cherries; prObabl
shall not need him; apples about twenty: best to
ready for any emergency.
W. E. CHANDLER"
The day before Mr.. Chandler described to hi
friend. Gov Kellogg, new kind of fever:
Tallahassee. Nov. q, 1878.
.Gov. W. P. Kellogg, New Orleans:
s'Cold reports here; doctors scarce; cotton feve
spreading; raining here. Answer
W. E. CHANDLER"