The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-09-22
THE GREAT FRAUD.
N Ohio Paper Tclis Why II Is No, Forgiven or
Forgotten.
tFgom The Cincinnati Sun }

(fTch 'hc Cincinnati SUM-
A Democratic contemporary, which is
disposed to take an extreme view of tho
matter, says it is to be hoped that the
trustees of the Tildcn library, when it is
established, will mako some provision to
exclude Rutherford b. Hayes from the
privileges OF the muMiiiccnt establish
mcnt 1t even declares that "IIayes
would be likely to steal the books which
he late President Tildcn provided for
the benefit Of the people" We quote
this mattcr--a specimen of much that is
current IN pri4.. to show that the in
dl&nation over the fraud of 1876 has not
died out. General Hayes is most re-
spectacle citizen Of this State against
whom, personally, we arc not disposed
to rall. lie was an excellent soldier and
acquitted himself well in the civil Offices
which he held in Ohio. AS a Rcpubli
can, he felt himself better than his par
ty, but the force Of circumstances car
rlcd him along with his party into the
greatest wrong that has ever been per
pctAtcd under II republican form Of gov
ernmcnt. General Hayes is, unfortu-
natciy for himself, the personal repre-
sentative of the most rpscally fraud
known to q hundred years of politics
Even his soldier record his unassailablc
private character, and his digniiicd be-
havlor III Ohio politics cannot save him
from the disgrace of 1876.
Many of our Republican contempora-
rics seemed to think that the death of
Mr.. lildcn would stop the cry of
fraud. y There was degree of Hcpub
t!can sclf-congratulation on this point
that bespoke consciousness of guilt.
The demise of the Democratic candidate
OF 1876 seems only to have intensified
the Democratic feeling. Mr.. Tildcn,
though man of splendid attainmcnts
and especial value us a leader, was sec
ondary consideration. 1t was the Dem
ocratic party TINT was dcfraudcd More
than that, 1t was the voice of the people
that was stitlcd. The Democratic re-
mcmbrancc of the rascality of 1S76-77 is
not buried with the mortal remains of
the Democratic standard. bearer. The
monumental theft which postponed the
nsccndnacy of tho Democratic party in
the government for eight ycars-which,
III other words, drowned popular acclaim
for two administrations will be purticu-
l0riy preserved in tho minds Of Demo
Gratis as long as one of the principal po-
lltical thieves still undertakes party bur
glary in Ohio, and as long as another of
tho INSCRIPTIONS visiting statesmen" is
gloriticd as 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 Il. Noycs 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 pcrsisting in debauching the
ballot box. Since tho work of rs, in
which they were so cmincntly success,
full, they have won Presidency by cor
rupting the State of Indiana, and in 1884
t"cy flooded every voting precinct in
ONO with corruption fund They eyon
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 a mob
of criminals to intimidate peaccable citi-
zcns and murder the regularly consti-
tatcd officers of the law. The Demo
Gratis have ground for complaint. A
diurnal acclaim for generation of men
cannot wipe out the awful record.