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Show THE CULMINATION OF THE CEN-ThNHUL CEN-ThNHUL BTBUGGLE. During the week previous to the election Mr. Murat Halatead of the Cincinnati Commercial addp-rd a public meeting in New York, and during his stay in that city w.s iUf-r-viewed by a, Graphic reporter, wi.o quoted Mr. lUUtad ai saying: lr 2e-w V,tk hnp.n V, Ko decDocrauc, the . rotmbility ,a thnt tfiir wouid be a dup-imc-n on ti;o ptt .,f Lh, r.jpubiicana t'j throw out th-j vuiti o' those vmLh'-rn l'jea wlm:b ware ca ried for "Iildcn by the mtimidfilion of ihe tiack. 1 have hrd tho fuggition mifcdcthatituf.'U'd b; nigral finju - y in Vice President Ferry an J IV-.iilnt Uru'. if tf.ey should c-ruent Uj itliow the electoral vote of tho tUU- to be tiat for the relorili..i of the s.jii thorn confederacy con-federacy whn they kriow thnt a rmjority of th people of tl,oa- s'.nt.;a had he n practically ditfratichi-hcd, and when thiy had in their tiandj trio legil proof ofthitt fflcL How, if the prntid-ntiu! action should turn upon the v.. tw of Bny M i-,i.i,pj, South (Jr-liu( Florida or L mi. Una, it wnu d be irnpig.'ii to avoid a dipcrn-e diapuU) h';t'':en tin? two l"j(lativn houtes of Uim (fovirrim"f,t. The Wiy ij already pr-p-r-d, by the dec; writ' ifjfia of republican a-aVrn, for il r. ir'-rry, ':t-iiF ':t-iiF vp-e-irnidfit, to sumi ihe e-i!i.-e rrsponjibility of c'JUTiimn th; eioctjrai voU). 'ihe house will nil, w aurv, Cori-ent to th . The n-xt thunf the poii.ioa of Prudent firnrd.. (jrfiril ii thy coiiitmnd-r-in-i tiiil of Ihe army ntui navy ol Lf.R LrnL;d hlHte, 'J m viry praclicnl 'I'te-tion wo-ild arir, whf'lhir in would it lain ,f r. Ferry in th nnnt. I iin'ijjm that tho wiyrit f in-ftrenew in-ftrenew i tli t im wo'jld. 1'nrhiris he W'fuld do it by preiamntion. iliat i-wtiatint'd i-wtiatint'd 8j Rnih Aiutifu nn repub-li';i repub-li';i a e cJifd ronnn--iniiiriif'ii. 'J fio it'iauon will bi ntfr-edirlv dilllcull, if not haardniH. 'Jnuhi) won d eorno upon uh in a more dm.fcjro'n ahnpe than it d id sixteen yT9 ko. 'i here ik a imri of Mi-xiean unn.tuw in the political air. Mr, I ralrilnruj'B supposition n to the prriid'-nti! clei;tion turning upon trie votes of two or Ihrco of tho southern r '.u irnrwii, llllij Jn lil(J canvass of the votes now beJug inivlc in Hjuth Carolina tho fltafo canvH?-ing canvH?-ing board cluiino tho right to throw out of tliQ returns forWHrdod U them Cf-r!ftifi county's or dHiricU giving derrnycritio m-tjoritiM, whero tiny cliiifn that demo';ratio fraud or in-tjrnifhitiori in-tjrnifhitiori prcvdil-jl Uj an extent which pr';v!(il.ud rpnblicana frrm voting, A dMpatch from (liifiilia UUU tit, U K lgfijU (winty, iit wltir.b tlif) irnit,;ritn f'l.iiffi o,50(j ionty, ,m ftrn;i)fy K.on thrown out by tho hoard. This ncliou in contrail d by the dejiir.cn.y L, (;rrlUnd thl tho board poM-w, oIlly millli(toriul flinc'-ions nnd hniio ahorHy to decide upon the regularity or ir- i regularity of the returns. Au application appli-cation has hGcn made to the supreme court of the state to restrain their exercise ex-ercise of tho power claimed by tho hoard to reject any portion of the votes cnnvtissed. It should bo said that the republicans republi-cans claim to have carried South Carolina for the Hayes electoral ticket and for Chamberlain, even conceding all the democratic returns, but their action in rejecting entire democratic counties shows their claim to be absurd on its face. Hampton's last dispatch claimed only 1,400 majority, ma-jority, and it was conceded that Tilden ran some hundreds behiud Hampton. The rejection of democratic demo-cratic returns apparently has but one object, the defeat of the democratic candidates for state officers and probably tho election of the republican republi-can electoral ticket. Florida and Louisiana will probably be manipulated iu tho same way and with the same result. It is the only method remaining for the unscrupulous unscrupu-lous party in power to perpetuate itself. Once out of the government it will pass forever from existence. Tho country will have no further uso for it. It must therefore force itself upon the nation, and steal the presidency, presi-dency, in opposition to the large majority of the American people, white and black, or die. Iu view of this state of aflairs the remarks of Mr. Murat Halstoad, quoted iu this article, are worthy of attention by the American people. peo-ple. Let ua suppose that it Bhall be clearly ascertained that Mr. Tilden haft bfipn nhcalpd pifhor nnf nf Ihn vote of South Carolina, Florida, or Louisiana by tho partisan canvas-ling canvas-ling boards, have the people any remedy under tho operation of the laws regulating elections ftud the machinery ot the government? Is the democratic house ot representatives representa-tives to be merely a sildnt witness to the declaration by the republican president of the senate of a president elected by an electoral majority clearly and plainly fraudulent? We presume this matter will be thoroughly investigated and that the presidency cannot b& stolen from Mr. Tilden and the democracy without the full knowledge ot the fact by the public. If Mr. Hayes has honestly won the presidency by the single electoral vote which his partisans claim no democrat will object to his inaugurating If not, it is difficult to believe tht the majority which voted for Mr. Tilden will permit the republican repub-lican candidate to become president of the United States at the liat of a few partisan canvassing officers in the southern ttates. |