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Show I ! Tiik liti-L'uLJ'.'A.s'.i are naturally ver; 'jariious that the deniocratic partj V o j iuid tii row itself away by eumt fo-Ji.-.h action in regard to tiio com "; plaitjn (jf the presidential count anrj J, the declaration of the vote. Such i demonstration would bo more va!u ";fible to the republican party than tin . f.'.aceable inauguratiun of H iyes; ii !j vduld divido tiio democrats ace . eoahlo their oppoueuU to aieume tin war power, on the crane that the 'nation was in peril. The cround I guined by the democracy at the last ; i election would be lust, and the Hayes J administration strengthened by springing an i-suo that would make t'.ie hideous frauds of the election a secondary evil. There is no danger, however, that the democrats, in Washington will lose their heads at this time. They have acted bo far with independence and firmness, and they will continue to do so, placing tho party upon the national records in an invulnerable- position. |