Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-03-27
The Americas People Never VIII
COndOne FFaud.s

The American People Never VIII
COndone Fraud..
The Reform movement is sweeping
everything before it. Since the memora-
BILE evening when the old gentleman
came out on the front stOop, bareheaded,
and requested the people of New York
to mark the wrong-doers of 1878 with in
dignatiOn, and never, never on any ac-
count to condone Fraud, the Democratic
party, having got its bearings, as it were,
has made splendid run. A good cry
was what it most wanted. That frag-
ment of the party included in the crowd
at Gramercy Park on the occasion referr-
ed to Immediately dispersed itself
through the city and began to shout,
The American People never will con-
lone Fraudw Mr.. Manton Marble re-
piled ~Never." "!as loud as he could, and
then set to work to burn his cipher-keys
and construct letter on the Ark and
Sheehinah of our Self-Government, by
way of keeping up the excitement. Mr..
Smith NJ. Weed attended the Democratic
State Convention as a representative of
the Reform sentiment of the party, and
made a stirring speech on the necessity
Of purifying politics and never cOndon-
ing Fraud. The wave of enthusiasm
rolled Southwark. The declaration was
echoed from the Chesapeake to the Rio
Grande, enforced with many a sounding
oath, that the American People would
never condone Fraud; and, so swearing,
the chivalry took down their shot-guns
and proceeded to cOnciliate the colored
vote. The presses were run at full speed
in the production of tissue-ballOts, lest
the voters should condOne Fraud by in
advertence. Niger risings, otherwise
called Republican meetings, were hastily
broken up, lest in the confusion of poll
-ical debate something should be done
that could be interpreted as condoning
Fraud. Persons in Louisiana and else
where who seemed obstinately bent upon
voting the Republican ticket were saved
from cOndoning Fraud by being killed
beforehand. There was no resisting such
generous ardor. What with rifles, pis-
Jols and tissue-ballots, the Republican
party in the South was entirely suppress
ed, and those of the victorious Democrats
who evaded the penitentiary rushed upon
the National Capital, shouting, "The
American People never will condone
Fraudr'
Then came the investigation by the
Potter Committee, which spent nearly a
year inquiring into the history of the
Presidential election, and discovered that
an organized conspiracy existed in the
family of the Democratic candidate to
purchase the electoral votes of three if
not four Republican States-a discovery
which led the Committee to declare with
great emphasis that the Democratic can
didate was an innocent and injured man,
and that the American People would
never condone Fraud. While the Com
mittee were drawing up their report, the
rest of the Democratic Congressman
were raising riot in the House of Repre-
Sentatives, and threatening to stop the
Government if the laws to prevent cheat
ing at elections were not unconditional
ly repealed; and now in order to effect
that purpose they have compelled the
calling of an extra session, at great eX-
pense and annoyance to the country
there must be free fraud at the polls if
they have to smash the whole machine
to secure it. The first incident of the
new Democratic Congress is the seating
of Democratic member from Florida
who has been declared not elected by the
Florida courts, and for cheating in whose
behalf number of Everglade politicians
are now serving a term in jail. Their
next operation, it is said, will be voting
themselves mileage for travel they have
not performed. And then they will be
ready to appeal to the country on the
great issue of condoning Fraud.
Meanwhile the old gentlemen in New
York has not been idle. He has made |
the most effective preparations for the |
next campaign. In anticipation perhaps |
of the repeal of the election laws he is |
about to revolutionize Tammany Hall. |
Officers accused of Illegal exactions have |
been warned that they can only escape |
punishment by using their political infiu-
ence for the benefit of Mr.. Tilden; for,
as that gentleman beautifully remarked, |
THE American People never will con-
lone Fraud-never, never, neverp And |
80 the cause which embraces the largest |
md holiest interest of humanity, the
cause of pure politics and free ballots,
goes on prospering by absolute trust in
moral forces, in the people, their voli-
ions and their power" Y. Tribune.