Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-11-01


uently characteristic thing last week in
printing parallel column, in which he
gave ON one side the remarks which he
sandwiched into his attack on Mr. HAYES
such is the method of Davenport fairness
about the Eek Governor being "a good
man, who did honorable service" in the
war and "won respect as governor of
Ohio; but he omitted entirely his brutal
aud untruthful remarks about Mr. Hayes
as the fraudulent President over whom
hangs a dark shadow of crime, and whom
nobody honors or respects. He has found
out the public estimate of his outrageous
performance, and takes, as we have said,
an eminently characteristic way of attempt
ing to stand from under. His effort to
shield himself from public Indignation by
such means was so weak, so puerile and dis
ingenious, as TO excite contempt for man
who has not the courage either to stand up
to his original charge or to retract his ma
lignant attack, man fashion.
But, since he demands a parallel column,
we have given him one as above, and shall
he happy to repeat its publication as often
rs occasion requires For the benefit of our
younger readers-the Young men just come
to active life-we wish TO repeat, what our
article Of two weeks ago showed beyond
the possibility Of dispute, that the electoral
commission, which, for the purpose Of cast
ing obloquy on Mr.. Hayes, Mr.. Davenport
calls an to conspiracy, was conceived by
Democrats, introduced in Congress by Dem
ocrats, and carried through that body by
Democratic votes, the total vote in both
houses showing 1856 Democrats for and Is
against the measure, while only 80 Repub-
Leans voted for and - against it,
This, however, is not all the story. The
fact is, and no man can gainsay it, that had
the Democratic party allowed a free ballot
and an honest count in the Southern states
in 1876, the electoral commission would
never have been heard of, for Mr.. Hayes S
majority would have been a sweeping and
conclusive one The story of murder and
maraudng, of cruel whippings and MAIN.
ngs, of midnight terrorism, of men torn
from their homes, and women and children
left crouching in deadly fear Of their lives,
of the systematic use of the shotgun, the
lash and the halter TO keep the black Re
puhlicans from exercising their rights at
the polls, makes "A sickening page Of Amer
lean history and coming generations will
shudder, and crimson with shame, when
they read it, But, in spite cf desperate
and bloody work like this by the white
Democrats of the South, the votes of enough
of those states would have been given t.
Mr. Hayes 10 assure his triumphant cleo
ton had not the returns been falsifed anC
fraud at the ballot-box supplemented tn,
work Of the shotgun
1t was this which made the Democrat,
scheme of an electoral commission neces
sity, aud it was this necessity 10 which tn,
Republicans yielded TO save the country
from "A second civil war which the Demo
cratic party threatened to bring upon it
Even To this day by no means inconsid
cradle element Of that party taunts tn,
name of Samuel j. Tilden with cowardc,
because, in addition to the cipher telegram
iniluity, he did not give the word to al
army of two hundred and fifty thousand o
his followers TO gather aud seat him b,
force in the presidential chair
We have no wish 10 recall bitter memo
rics, or 20 revive the animosities of pain
ful chapter Of our political history which
not yet entirely thing of the past but $
long as Democratic editor is left, shame
less enough, stupid enough aud malignnn
enough to raise the cry Of fraud owe