The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-09-22
THE GREAT FRAUD.
An Chic Paper Tells Why 1t Is Not Forgiven or
Forgotten.
(F:cm tic Cinc:nnstj SUM-

(F:cm tic Cincinnati SUM-
4 Democratic contemporary, which is
disposed to take an extreme view of the
matter, says it is to be hoped that the
trustees of the Tilden library, when it is
established, viii make some provision to
exclude Rutherford 3. Hayes from the
privileges Of the munifcent establish
ment It even declares that 'sHayes
would be likely to steal the books which
the late President Tilden provided for
the benefit Of the people. We quote
this matter specimen of much that IS
current IN print-to show that the in
ignation over the fraud of 1876 has not
died ont. General Hayes is a most re-
spectacle citizen of this State, against
whom, personally, We are not disposed
to rail. lie was an excellent soldier, and
acquitted himself well IN the civil offices
which he held in OHIO. AS q Republi
can, he felt himself better than his par
", but the force Of circumstances car
ricd him along with his party into the
greatest wrong that has ever been per-
petrated under o republican form of gov
crnment. General Hayes is, unfortu-
nately for himself, the personal repre-
sentative Of the most rascally fraud
known to a hundred years Of politics.
Ever his soldier record, his unassailable
private character, and his dignifcd be-
harior in Ohio politics cannot save him
from the disgrace of 1876.
Many of our Republican contempora-
rieS seemed to think that the death of
Nj. TIden would stop the cry of
':fraud" There was degree OF Repub
ican selE-congratulation on this point
that bespoke q consciousness of guilt.
The demise Of the Democratic candidate
OF 1876 seems only to have intensified
the Democratic feeling. Mr.. Tilden,
though a man of splendid attainments
and especial value as a leader, was Sec
ondary consideration. 1t was the Dem
ocratic party that was defra1ded. More
shan that, it was the voice of the people
that was stified. The Democratic re-
membrance of the rascaity of 1S76-777 is
not buried with the mortal remains of
the Democratic standard bearer. The
monumental theft which postponed the
ascendnacy Of the Democratic party in
the government for eight years-which,
in other words, drowned popular acclaim
for two administrations-win be particu-
larly preserved in the minds of Demo-
Gratis as long as one OF the principal po
litical thieves still undertakes party bur
glary in Ohio, and as long as another of
the unscrupulous visiting statesmen is
gloritied as a Senator OF the United
States from the third State in the Union.
We need scarcely specify personally for
our Intelligent readers.
The man who reads as he runs must
recognize Edward T. Noyes as the origi-
nal of the first picture and John Sher-
man as the man who sat for the second.
The Republicans complain about con.
slant Democratic reference to the fraud
OF 1876, but keep the feeling OF distrust
alive by persisting in debauching the
ballot box. Since the work Of Is, in
which they were Sc eminently success
ful, they have Won Presidency by cor
rupting the State of Indiana, and in 1884
they flooded every voting precinct in
Ohio with corruption fund. They even
undertook to smirch the record OF the
rural districts of the Buckeye State for
honesty in elections, and in Cincinnati
they carried the day by organizing mob
Of criminals to intimidate peaceable citi-
zens and murder the regularly consti-
tated officers Of the law The Demo
Gratis have ground for complaint. A
diurnal acclaim for generation Of men
cannot wipe out the awful record.