, 1879-02-15

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i:ad'eatisn ia notr sfaptd NTH nm e,nphnf's admir-.
fng ef no CARL a. to lfs meaning. thf hfxt Ho"fs
Eilt not bs ur1nntzt1 IA u Democratic ho1B."
:" Tho Radical programme. fully rcs"lrod npot
and completely calculated, Ia thsa: To carry MI
four Ut tho California districts hY tho MD Of acor'
rntton fund md tho Election law. 10 bny or of'oo
with cha'smanahtps and Executive PATRONAGE MI
Independents. Nationals. and Gacnbacicss clccsed
to the next House, and hnalty to !ndict cons'ct
and impsison under tho taw sascn DcmotFaste
ncn,bore. Tho mon selected for thfA treatment
nrc KlHa Of Louisiana. md fiUth Of Fior!da. who
nrp ntrcndy nndcr Indictment; ELAN f 'o"isiana'
BitEtiEr ns Alnbnma, CnssEn Of eonth Carolina
CHALMERS pf Mssitafprf, nna one other, 10 10
cAoscn ont Ut three or four names nn!cr consider"
alton BY Ito Chief reefcct Of tho National Police
ttnicr our present Imperial form Of Government
DEyENs. Thls IL all wo haso to offer. We hope
tho Democrats In lilo 1lousc will fully consider
what they arc doing, and wlat the consequences
Will 10 bcfuro they net. and ne rtptdt u fhf Con.
0rts1 passts fAs appropriation blHs ffde'nf ne
E7<et'on iap nartntd'rd, Me Speaker and Commit
ftt Chairtnta Of The ntri Aoase Hlh nos Do Demo.
crats."
Wns there ever d Btrongor dofonse of tho
wisdom mud necessity Of tho Election law
than this furnished Ly tho organ Of those
cloctod by fraud and villainy7 1loro Is tho
full an.l flank confession tint soyen PERSONS
returned as mombers-oloot to tho noxt House
OF Congress aro subject to indictment; TINT
they know their guilt, and expect not o9y
10 bo Indicted hut convicted, nntoss lilo law
call DO repealed in Tho meantime, So wo't
known arc tho facts Of tho fraudulent olcc-
tions and Of the guilt Of the persons returned
rs elected, that tho organ at Washington ia
enabled to give tho names Of six cortain to
DO convicted, leaving tho question Of prose-
cutting othors at the discretion Of tho Attor-
noy-Gonsrnl. Was there ever moro dis
graceful avowd7 Tho ropcal of law
pantshing criminal elections In demand
cd as an Immediate necessity, be-
causo II tie low bo not repealed before tho
Courts can havo time to Try tho guilty par
tics thoro will bo enough seats omptiod be-
foro tic meeting Of Congress to destroy tho
Democratic majority, md defeat tho election
Of o Southern Democratio Speaker Of the
House Of Representatives In MI tho tiB.
tory Of corrupt, degraded, AMI dishonest
politics, nothing so infamous as is here OPEN
ly confessed was ever disclosed II any por-
son in tho land has any doubt ns to the char-
actor OF tho so-cn1lal elections held last fall
iu tho South, this confession of guilt
by aovon mombors Of Congress-, and this
confession Of their certainty Of conviction
upless tho Inv bo repealed, ought to satisfy
the most iucreGulous. But wllnk a roason fol
the repeal Of tho law Tho repeal is dc.
mandcd on tho plea TINT unless tile law pun
iBhing fraudulent mud dishonest elections bt
ropaaled before tho time for tho meeting o1
Congress-, savon members~e!ocs will be con
victol aud unable to tako their soats. Tht
fact that tho crimo has been committed, aut
tllat seven members returned as elected t
tho next House aro go notoriously guilty tin
thoy aro certain to be convicted Of ono O.
tho highest crimes against public liberty, ii
nosualiy urged as the imperative roaaon 10
tho immediate repeal Of tho law.
Thoro is, however, no oscapo from this sit
untion. Tho Election inv will not 10 repoal
od so long rs President HAYES romnins il
Office, mud If tho Democrats niako the repoa
Of TINT law test III tho prcgdoutial cloctio,
of 1880, thou tho election of Republican
President mid Congress in tint year will in
suro not only tho pormanonoy Of the law, In
Its rigid enforcement in tho futuru.