Daily Republican., 1879-11-18
Not Parallel Cases.

tho state 60vernnou'
the decision of the people at the palio'
box. as only retaliation for what 'he
Republicans did in the last Preslden''ai
election in the States of Louisiana fiori'
IA AMI South Carolina. In short they
novs,y: "Chickens are coming hon Q
tn roost.n Persons who indulge in
this kind of language are generally the
most biggoted kind o: partisans or they
are entirely ignorant Of what they are
talking about.
There is no parallel whatever be-
tvsen the cases, and they are only
made to appear parallel as an excuse
,or the rascalities of the Democrats not
only in Maine but wherever they carry
elections by fraud. In the last fresi-
lsptial election there never was a fairer
eouut by the Republicans in either Of
the disputed States mentioned. In
Sonth Carolina, notwithstanding Ham
burx Butcher Buffers shot gun army
that massacred colored.. Republicans by
the score at Hamburg and Ellenton, the
State was fairly carried for President
Hayes according to the count OF both
.;dss. OF this there is no donbt what
ever, though at the same election through
an unparalleled system OF murders, in
timidations and outrages Hampton, the
rebel brigader, who afterwards broke
all his solemn pledges, was also
elected. It ia true the cry Of fraud was
raised by the Democrats who committed
the fraud, and who tried afterwards to
buy up the electoral vote Of the State
with Tilden's money, but there never
appeared the least scintilla Of doubt ol
the State having cast its vote for Hayes
BY few hundred majority, when If the
election had been fair one, free from
intimidation and the most unheard o
outrages, the State would have giver
HAYES a majority of 25, 900. In Flord'
the same cry of fraud is raised, and th'
R.publicans are blamed with stealing
the vote of that State. There can b.
no doubt that the vote there was yer,
close, but the most careful analysis O
it should remove any reasonable doub
that Hayes had carried it by some tW
hundred majority, where if it had nc
been for the intimidation of Republ
eaps in some of the counties, the msjol
ity would have been at least two thou
sand.
But Louisiana, how about the vote
that State We'll, Of the votes ailowe
to be cast in that State, there was a
apparent Democratic majority Of som
5000 votes. 1t is we'll known, hoWeve
by Congressional investigations no
thut majority was obtain~d. The no
ribIe massacres If Colfax, Of IL
Mechancs' Institute, OF Coushatt
of Red River and Ouaohta al
still fresh in the memories OF the h
puh,ican of that State. Threa,eae
on every hand because of their Repu
licanism, beaten, maltreated, outrage
hunted like beasts through swami
and wilderness, obliged to tax, reful
in painless forest, prosecuted wit
cruelties without name, shot in col
blood and left to die in inaccessib
places, the Republicans did the be
thew could and trusted to the COVER
ment to have their wrongs righte i. Ha
pily the far seeing statesmen OF Lou
lana, had a proviso placed in the ne
Constitution of the State, which ga
10 the returning board who counted Il
votes the power of throwing out Il
yot. of districts where violence vi
usel to such an extent that lair vO
eould no. be secured. Was this n
right? Under this provision the vot
Of several districts which had with
their limits large Republican major
tie, but which reformed large Dem
cratic majorities because Republican
were shot down il they attempted
vote. ware thrown out of the count al
thus the State was given to Hayes as
should have been and would have bee
by Is, 900 majority at least, if an ope'
free and fair election had been he'll
There are no fair unbiased men wi
will not say that was right. Ever.
thing was done in a strictly legal, lay
ful manner, and President Hayes VI
awarded the vote Of the Stat3 becau
il honestly belonged to him and Il
law was rigiily adhered to in giving
10 him. 1t is not likely that dem
sogues and small souled politicians VI
evsr get done talking about the Lou1
lana fraud as they call it, but sensih
men can see nothing wrong in the ma
psr in which the vote was given
Hayes. These Democrats who are
tempting to ovsrturn the will of L
people Of Maine on the plea that the B
publicans "stole the Presidency"
th.y commonly call it, will find th
that they are but preparing an engi
OF de- tructioi for their own party. T.