Year: 1876

parishes from making the requisite and
legal preparations for an election, and also
by ordering multitudes of arbitrary arrests
just before election day.


That is to say, the republican leaders must
not close their eyes to the plain fact that the
republican rulers of Louisiana, who have
managed the election and who are now to can
picion to the country, and that the presump-
ton of fraud lies against them by the open
condemnation of two republican houses Of
Congress. If you have convicted your SER
want Of theft you may reasonably watch him
while he is counting the spoons. The re-
of their own good repute and future stand
ing with the people, to lay themselves open
to even the suspicion Of partisan action in
the matter Of the Louisiana vote they can
not afford to shelter Messts. Kellogg and
Packard and their Returning Board. They
ton of Governor Hayes than rest under q
reasonable suspicion of having abetted or
concealed a wrong in Louisiana


But no sacrifice is called for on either
side. What the nation wants is a justa and fair
count; one SO just and fair that no sensible
man, of either side, shall have cause for
suspicion or dissatisfaction. For the rest
it makes but little difference to the people
who is President. Now that the election
has been held the partisan journals frankly
confess that their fears and threats of ruin
were unfounded, and that the country will
Hayes. We have no fear of the result. The
American people have both common sense
and patriotism. There are statesmen on
both sides who have enough sagacity, pru-
dence and love of country to take care that
this painful dispute is settled in way to
make the whole nation contented with the
result. Nor will the people forget to hold
in execration, as q traitor to liberty and to
the country any demagogue who seeks to
increase the embarrassment or to bring
about irregular action.


Close OF tho Centennial Exhibition.


The International Exhibition, by which
the American people sought to celebrate in
the most fitting manner the centennial of
their independence, and which began on the
10th Of May, closed yesterday. President
Grant opened it and he also spoke the words
which declared it at an end. All things con-
sidered the Exhibition was great success.
Even financially it far exceeded the expecta-
tions which were INDUCED in regard to it,
and as an exhibit Of the arts and industries
of all nations it surpassed any of
the great expositions Of, the last
quarter Of q century. The awards, it
is true, have not given universal satisfac-
tion, but this was not to be expected, and
whatever mistakes were made were more
than compensated by the general excellence
which characterized the management. We
can all the more readily overlook the short
comings in this respect because the great
purpose of the Exhibition was SO completely
attained. Our Centennial was in fact, as it
was intended to be, display of the progress
of the Republic in the first century of its
existence. Every State had something to
show worth showing, and on every hand the
evidences of skill, of art and of culture
proved us to be entitled to q first place
among the nations Of the world. 1t was
necessary in some sense to prove this to the
rest Of mankind. Even our English cousins,
who vainly tried to subdue the impa-
tient provinces only hundred years ago,
had cope to regard us as in some sort the
descendants of the aboriginal savages or as
occupying position scarcely superior to
them. All this feeling with regard to Amer
lea has been dissipated by the Exhibition,
and our place among enlightened nations is
at last fully and completely recognized.
Many prejudices have been dispelled, bet
ter feeling has been engendered, and we may
now enter upon the second century of our
national existence encouraged to persevere
as we begun and confident of our ability to
accomplish all of the great purposes which
are the end and aim of a civilized people.


SHOULD THERE BE ANY GROUNDS OF sus-
pIc1oN OF FRAUDULENT COUNTING ON EITHER
SIDE IT SHOULD BE REPORTED AND DENOUNCED
AT ONCE.


No MAN WORTHY THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT
SHOULD DE WILLING TO HOLD IT IF COUNTED
IN OR PLACED THERE By ANY FRAUD. EITHER
PARTY CAN AFFORD TO BE DISAPPOINTED IN
THE RESULT, BUT THE COUNTRY CANNOT AFFORD
TO HAVE THE RESULT TAINTED by THE sus-
pIcIoN OF ILLEGAL OR FALSE RETURNS


U. s. GRANT.
Tho Closing OF tho Centennial Loan


Exhibition.


Last night the most important exhibition
of art ever held in America was brought
to close at the Academy of Design and
Metropolitan Museum of Art after career
80 successful that it fairly astonished its origi-