| Show 91 ri 91 partisanship OB OR FRAUD OR OF BOTH people of the united states are in an unfortunate condition because the politics of the country aarein a bad condition and politics are in a bad bondi condition tion olon because avro avre is BO much corruption amin the politicians lor for verily iniquity with them does doea abound en cn every band baud dorthi of this ibis there carbeno can bo no denial nor doubt it la 14 pa lelit lent ernt to every body who has eves eyes to and even the blind are well weil Y ell eli cons conscious clou I 1 of these damaging facts this ia a hurtful condition which may give way to a better but it must murt be acknowledged that the indications point decide decidedly idly the other way the whole union has been agitated many months over the presidential election and the agitation continues in the main unabated and with disastrous effiee effects ts on the coun arys prosperity for mouths the anxiety of uncertainty and suspense has distressed all those who take sufficient bunni clent elent interest in the affairs of the republic to let a matter of grave national concern interest them deeply the ultimate decision of the main point in doubt rests with partisans ns at best and in large part with corrupt men as is generally acknowledged As to the character of the two presidential candidates one is perhaps about as good as the other though they represent respectively very materially different sets of political principles the great question which candidate shall sit in the tho presidential chair for the next four years everybody is satisfied will be determined from irom a strictly partisan standpoint rather than on the real merits of the case and most people fear that the next president will occupy tile the white house by virtue of undoubted fraud at the bailot ballot box or in counting the votes or of some other disreputable resort this is certainly a condition of things very unsatisfactory to the tile true patriot very though it may be satisfactory enough to many of the loyal people whether hayes or tilden is the coming man apparently depends upon one al all ail I 1 important vote in the electoral college 1 whether the tripartite electo electoral ml commission shall give decisions that will favor hayes haes or orT tilden liden apparently depends on one all important vote in the co commission this is ji all anor am ii nate it is fin fortunate unfortunate that the division of parties in the electoral college should be ibe so close that one vote only will decide so grave a question as the presidential Cs efon sion it Is unfortunate that the arbitrating electoral commission should be so r qually equally divided upon grave nati national orial questions that one vote makes make all the differ ence in ultimate decisions ii it shows a very equal divi division tion gion of the people and their cepres representatives ves vea into two conflicting conflict ing lug parties part fes jes and a 1 country so divided against rolf roif itself self on the most important imports t bat rational hat national ional matters is certainly in imminent danger its very unfortunate tha that t the c lose close iose equality in the di division vision of th the I 1 electoral vote and aud in the vote of til the electoral commission is strictly of a partisan character eha cha because Be chuse it goes r to show that party rather than principle and equity is tho the ruling motive it is most unfortunate of all that there is too good ground to believe that corruption and fraud to a great extent prevailed in the elections and consequently consequents y that thai whichever of the two ca candidates shall bo be elevated to the presidential president lai chair one half of the people if not more wore will believe he has been placed there by fraudulent means if it hayes shall be counted in the democratic half hall of the people will believe that it is because of fraudulent votes and fraudulent counting by the republican lican ilean and consequently that he is not t the rl rightful president if tilden shall be counted in the republican half of the people will believe that it ja is because of fraudulent votes or fraudulent counting by the democrats and consequently that lie ie is not pot the rightful president whichever of these two men shall be placed in the presidential chair chili one half of the country instead of being forward to accord him all the respect and honor rightfully due to the federal executive who is the choice of the people through their representatives will consider him aa as a stupendous fraud so far as his right to tho presidency is concerned and lind consequently will regard ills his executive acts as really unconstitutional and illegal this ia Is very unfortunate and may result in the most momentous consequences there is one fine thing that would have gone far to quiet and satisfy the country but that does not appear likely to happen indeed it is almost if not t too late now for it to happen that one thing is for the tripartite electoral ector at commission slon sion and especially the judicial members thereof to have log two bon ti unanimous in their u upon pon non the disputed questions submitted ii to r glnn iino or if not unanimous to amye luli dered those decisions by a large laige majority or if not by a largo large majority by y a majority in which party lines were utterly ignored and in which the shaping of partisans partisanship hip bip had bad manifestly no influent influence ce important decision in the florida case the exact reverse was the case or at least so it appears pe rs aud and so the public at large largo tb thinks inks and the fair Inre inference inherence rence is that liy ill litwell li t twill vill be the the same in other decisions deci |
