Year: 1877

The electoral vote has at last worked
itself out in the election Of Rutherford
/ b. Hayes for President. This Is the ab
solute condition Of things as il nov


stands. and in honor of the event. at va


rious places, including the National Cap


ital, salutes have been fred but the tur


moil goes on. In the meantime testimo.
ny showing the reign Of terror in the


South is accumulating and the case
grows worse and worse The desperats
attempt to prevent this result by the use
Of every available means Is so apparent,


that it cannot be disguised. Threats are


made from an enraged press and from


high officials, and what the end will be


remains to be seen. All our Church pa.


pers as far as we have noticed North and


South, unite their testimony as to the


condition Of affairs and the justness Of


the issue up to this time; and yet in the


face of the work of the Returning Board,


and the sworn testimony Of many wit.


nesses. the secular papers all over the
country catch at every straw. and are
publishing anything and everything 70
show the election fraud and to incite
the Nation into violent opposition to IT,


We assure our readers. one and all, we
have no desire to write a word which
would add TO the dangers Of the hour


but IL these terrible deeds Of blood and
these open violations of law have been
perpetrated, as every reasonable man
who reads must admit, this question is
no longer one of party. The violators
should be brought to speedy justice, and
when done all honorable citizens should
say amen. Eve.y fraud by whomsoever
committed should be punished Justice
demands every fraudulent vote cast.
when il is clearly proven, should be
thrown out IL il can be shown Mr.
Hayes has been declared elected by
miscount, or by a rejection of lawful bal
lots cast against him, his Inauguration
should never be permitted. IL on the
other hand, Mr.. Tildea has a majority Of
fraudulent votes or intimidation, il il no
more an election than to have marched
him into the White House at tie point
Of the bayonet Both fraud and intimi-
dation in the most open manner and on
the largest scale have been charged. The
victims have been named, the detailed
circumstances sworn to, and this in the
vicinity Of the occurrences The great
body Of the respectable and leading Jour
mails Of the Nation have published more
or less Of these facts and accept them as
true, and so il stands. In opposition,
nothing is said or done except to sneer
at these statements and brand them as
political lies. If these men have not
been murdered they are somewhere, why
not produce them2 IL these crimes have
been perpetrated by other parties and
for other purposes, why not show who
they are that did them and what was
their purpose? If parishes where it is
said no Republican votes were cast did
cast their votes, somebody knows il, why
is il not shown2 These statements stand
unchallenged. Even the Southern press
is mainly silent. 1t is only from the
North that a weak attempt is made. and
this only in unsupported charges Pain
ful as these things are to every man who
loves the welfare OF the Nation, this his
tory of blood and fraud is to-day the
great cancer Of the political contest of
1876. and in spite Of every palliating cir
cumstance will go down into the pages Of
our history.


The cry Of fraud is no proof OF fraud,
nor will threats intimidate the National
Government. Attempt at coercion by
mob violence can have but one end.
There are enough unbiased men in both
parties who will not suffer bloody fac
tions to lead them, 10 secure the inaugu
ration Of the legally elected President,
and we have no fears IL will take lit
tie time but the result is sure TO be reach
ed sooner or later. IL war comes IL will
come from the faction which inaugural
ed in lS60, and il will be met in the same
way and sooner or later with the same
result as then. For the present our rea-
ders may accept r. B. Hayes as Presi-
dent, and wait new developments. Swag-
ger, and threat. and sneer, will not
change the result.