The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-06-05
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THE REPUBLICANS AND THE
bsilaa 5saam FRAUDS. ems aid, 4,

Bo1He 90 not wonder that the Repubf
;icans in Congress sllouldghaveI put
upon MI. Hale, ofMhine,ithe respopd
ssibility ofasigning the wild and un5
wise address which they issued to,
day to the country. To describe a
resolution looking to the investiga7
ton and chastisement of frauds3upon
the electoraivote, and to measures
which may etfectnally prevent the re-
petition of frauds upon the. electoral
vote, as an attempt to e"inaugurate
anarchy and Mexieanize the Govern
ment, = is to excite the very clamer
and confusion which those who thus
,misrepresent the ACTION of. the Dem
.nera:ic majoritypretend to deprecate.
& Language of this sort jars sadly.
with tile clear and emphatic ,leclara-
ton Of a Republican Congressional
Committee of investigation in 1869,
that "the power to punish 'frau'ls in
choosing Presidential electors BY tIle
voters of the States is essential to
tic national existence, and inlleres
In the supreme, government In
1869 a political body Of. partisans,
the Union League Club ofNew. York,
conceived the impression that the
electors who in 1865 ,had lscast the
votoiofthc great State'ofNew York
for Horatio Seymour hail bccn APP
pointed ''by votes frada'ilently or ILL.,
legally cast in The city and state.s' -
Upon the representation" ofthis club
the Republicans in Congress institui
ted an elaborate investigation, The.
alleged frauds had not become, nqpe-.
ratiye upon the /, Presidential title,
because Grant had majority of all
tile aIvotes independently lpf'4 New
York; hut MS the Republican MAJ oriL,
ty of'the committee very truIy said,
ain view of the great wrong perpe4
trated against republican institutions
and Of tie possibility that similar
frauds in one great, city may t,some
future time determine Presidential
election and ,endangerr the peace Of
the countrys it is! ofsthe 5highestjm-
portance that Congress. now fore
warned of the danger, may ascertain
if there be a remedy, and it not,
speedily provide one.' ''o'i 1e9q3 )
Z Has remedy against this danger.
Since been found or provided" CersI
tainly not, if the allegations Of Sena-
tor Conkling as to Louisiana and Of
the Chairman Of the Board Of State
Canyassers as to- Florida are true
and substantial. All that Mrs. Pot
ter's resolution iaimsIato accomplish
is to carry out a. measure (which a
Committee Congress
in 1868 truly pronounced to be of
.@the highest Importance Isethat
measure of less importancesonow
when, as majority Of the people Of
this country believe, the absence of
q proper "remedy" against this dan
ger in Florida and in Louisiana has \
actually resulted in the elevation of
a candidate to the Presidency "by,
votes fraudulently or illegally cast2pa1
The authors Of the Republican ad
dress charge the Democrats with
sitting all inquiry into attempts at
bribery in Oregon and South Caro-
Iina,''' Oh. anywhere else. There GER.
tainly is no warrant for this, charge
in the effort Of the Democrats to
present the specific case of certain
alleged operative frauds specially BY
ITSELF. There should be mo- warrant
given for it, and doubtless thereswill
be no warrant given for it, byany
hesitation on the part of the Demo