INS (tLF-HNSR
U .. FJL2J, N. C., D\:c. 2G 1876
*. r I.tUKKIt, Kililor.
AltfKT "SETTLING IT."
Their is n great deal ofslrtlli-w talk
going dii in riui ne * papers about
Ihi* election btuiness which betrays a
fundamental ignorance of t tic |»i iuciple
on which our government is founded.
Indeed we know ot one or two
ne (vsptipers whose editors luight
wi'li aiivantage rend lite (JwWTuition
of lie United States. Miid|follow that
with some simple elementary work
wn law These able paragraph wi iters
■re always seizing the occasion to
declare that tomelliiiig or other
"settles it." Some Democrat whof-e
heart is a little 100 warm lor the
safe.y of his head mutter? threatniugs
about war ami struightwav these
youths ri-e up and say with oue
voice: "That settles it." The souutry
will never allow a p'rlv to gain
control of are country that threatens
war upon it." Or, ii gome such
action is taken as that of ilie Covers
nor of Oregon which tiieso youths
think inconsistent with Ilieir slim
notion oi the law, though it is the law
in jfc'ngland and Indiana and Ge-v.
Grover declares the law in Oregon
ffity nil bounce up again and say:
••i'hal settles it. 'J he people will
never allow th« country to pass under
thec#utrol of a party whicd resorts to
measures like that."
May we venture to remind these
able pai ngraphists that the campaign
is over? It is n.» longer a question,
is to whom the country trill entrust,
the Government; the only question,
to whom has the c'.uutry entrusted
it? The American people have no
higher duty lUan to discover to whom
the votes cast at the recent election
awarded , the victory. If that
duty is not honestly performed and
Congress joins in tho conspiracy of
the Uelurniug Hoards to reverse the
ballot boxjp, a crime will have been
committed from which our good
name as a nation will sutler for
hundreds ol years, and which nill
debauch and demoralize our whole
people for generations to conic.
And the man who does his best
to make this result possible by
talking flippant lousence about thia
thing "settling it," or that thiug
'•settling it," wlieu tha only thing
that can settle it is au houest
of ihe rotes commits a ciime which
he will lira t« repent. No matter what
may be the spirit i.i which either
party meets this crisis tho party which
has acbeived au honest majority of
the electoral votes must be given the
Presidency. Tue Democratic party
has showu no such spirit as is charged
againai it. When it Is remembered
that an attempt has been boldly begun
to cheat them out ot this victory,
their forbearcnce and moderation
are seeu to entitle them to a graud
place iu our history. Let evary citU
zeu show the same soberness ana
wisdom and all will be well. Let
us meet this crisis not only with a
peaceful IU.IIII. but with the dignity
that the ocoa&iou i.tiinands.
LOtIaIANA.
A Republican Decline* to be Counted
in— Wa* fairly Defeafal acul Will
not Accept th» Position.
The following letter was forwarded
to J. Madison Wells, president of the
Louisiana rnturuiug board, by Mr.
John J Long, who was couuted in
as representatve from the Parish of
D® Soto:—
DE SOTO PARISH, -La.,
Hon. J. MADISON WELLS, President
Louisiana Returning Board;—
I have learned that your honorable !
body has returned me as elected to
the lower house of the legislature
fropi the Parish of De Soto. Permit
me 1 to reMiro my thanks for th* honor
conferred, but at the same time per
mit me to say that I am unwilling to
accept the position. lam a repuK
licau the firm eonvictiou that
the principles of that party are the
best for the whole country.
, NO INTIMIDATION IN DE SOTO.
It is also true that I was the regu»
lar nominee of the party in tho par
ish of Do Soto for tho legislature, and
did more than any member of the
party in that parish to organise it
and advance its interests; but, sir,
knowiug as I do that I was fairly de
feated at the |>olls, no iutimidation
or fraud having beeu practised by the
opposite party at auy precinct in the
parish, so far as I have been able to
ascertain, after a thorough investiga
tion, my self respect will not permit
me to accept the position.3 hope
you will pardon me for taking a Jstep
thit, at first glance, m\y be though I
calculated to cast some discredit upon
the party witli which I have allied
myself, but 1 am a planter not a poli
tician; all my interests are here; but
sir, I cannot believe the good of' the
state or national re-pw bLcan party fan
be promoted by veturniug, as elected
a candidate so deal 1,. tLfou-teJ my
self.
THE RKsKOK-.lliKE.
In fact, I atn convince ! tli.it, very
much of the disturbance that has pre
vailed throughout the state for se.vei
al years past is justiy-atlribiitabie to
the fact that, in many parishes men
not elected by the pnoplu have been
returned  lectrd and maintained in
offlce by the p.»\v.:r of til.* g >verniu at
I must Lciieve that vou and your a -
sociates ha e been grossly deceived
as to the ii.; i.titi in wi.i.-h tho late
canvass and election in I'«8wto was
conducted, and as to tho i«*ull.
Very' respectfully,
JOHN J. LON-C.
OKI DA,
TALAHASSEK Dice 11.
The slate government of .florid*
seemi to be safe. The Legislature. it
is now dicovered, despite nil the
throwing out of thp democratic
counties, is democratic by five in the
senate and four Ji. the, house. This
will stop the stealing ami jobbing.
I had u talk with Guv. Drew (hii
morning and he said:"l aui the
governor ol Florida! I lnve been
elected by a larger majority thau
CLa laec ol the returns »ln>\vea T i am
not going to seo the people oheated
OU t of their choice. ~
t WILL 11 E INAraUUVTEB.
. on the Zlh of next January I Yon
may depend oil this. 4 '
Tho Legislature, both bonne and
senate, will rj of course not recognize
Stearns, the bogus Govei nor, and this
will virtually settle tho matter. If
necessary, hiwover, Drew will oust
him by a writ of tli; courts which is
easily enough obtained in the lace of
t.ie frauds by which Steam* was
counted in. The legisla.ure will take
care ot its own members the house
of its own coi gressmcr.
A new and distil ut fraud was dis>
covered by tUo congressional com*
mities. In tbl poll list at precinct
thirteen in thia county it was
discovered that seventy-two nunc* of
imaginary votes had torn luacfted
to cover 72 double votes Hint had beeu
dropped iu the box. This fUct was
known to the democratic managers
beforu the canvassing board and
proven before that bonrd by affidavits
as there was not allowed an ora''
examination. Ihe boartl disregarded
it however. The committee will
make a case of fraud against Florida
that will compel rejection by. the
house.— Charlotte Obsever
A Washiutfton dispatch to the Tri-.
bane says: ThoPresideut 4 iiicouvcrba-
tion with n friend this afternoon said
that thus fai he had received no offis
cial in Tor (nation ot any unlawful
movement in ludiatia or elsewhere.
He lias seen occasional reference, in
newspapers to political agitation in
certain sections of the country, and
has received information to that eflect
trom other unofficial sources. The
administration ho said is not
iusonsibo to the necessity of vigilance
whether these reports are ti no or
false with reference to the Indiana
excitement. The President thinks
that should It spread the loyal semis
inent of the majority of the people of
that State aud of the whole country
will have iulluence enough to prevent
outbreak.
Tho President said further that it
is graty tying to observe the conset-.
vativo spirit shown by many of the
•Southern leaders, ami lie feels assured
that the satoe disposition will
ultimately prevail all over tho land,
and be believes that the men who nro
now deposed to incite civil war are
•illy tho>e wl.o liar. even thing to gain
and nothing to logo in the events of
such a national calamity, if the
emergency does arise, the President
said he sliould uot hesitate to execute
Iris constitutional autnoriiy. It is
iK>t his desire to force upon tho peo
ple any particular person, but he
will see that the man declared to be
elected aa his successor is placed in
possession of the government. He is
not judge of the election but when
the question is determined his duty
wil be plain. Gen. Grant taid before
aud since the electiou he had used his
executive poweisconferred upon him,
he will conliuue u.itH the last moment
of his responsibility. He does not
think that a government which has
withstood the sehock of nearly four
years battle will now fall before the
clamor of a mob. The power of the
President to call out the militia of
the States in event of aud attempt to
resist the inauguration the President
legally elected is que which Gen.
Grant will not hesitate to use, should
and occassien arise. He said that it
as hit recollection during riots in
New York in 18G& a portion of the
national government of the
Empire Stat.fr t wai called out
t*y t!iu direct authority of
'.he President, and cooperated with
the regular United States troops in
'he suppression of the disturbance.
SOITII ' '.KOLINAr
Hampton is organizing IHS govern
mcnt of ihe state, and Chamberlain is
living to p rev out it. It is said a
in'orial will l>e presented to congress
by the Democrats setting forth their
grievances and asking the recognition
ot the Hampton government asessen
tial to every interest of the state and
tier people, it is also said that Cham
berlain contemplates the forcible main
lainance of his pretension*, and that
lie hypes thereby to provoke a c >lii
lisionaud thus furnish a pretext lot
placing Ihe state under martial law.
the congressional committees are
busy with their investigations, and
are bringli g to lightthe most flagrant
frauds and falsification eomnaittod
Ivy the returning board. Everybody
knew they e*i*ied. Such knavery,if
we except the board* of Florida aud
Louisiana, was never committed by
any one in position to cheat and dc*
Ipjud tne people ot their ballots.
I'l/OHIDA
The investigation by the congress
sional committees is being industrk
ously pushed forward. In one pres
cinct alone there were seventy two
oouble republk>au tickets put in the
box, an 1 names were to reps
Vesent these seventy two fraudulent
votes. The liouse committee has
ha J beioie it the greater number of
ihosc whose name* were found on
cne poll book to represent these »ev»
enly two votes, and notwithstanding
they are all, or nourlv all negroes
they have, to a man sworn that they
were not at the precinct in question
at all that day, and proved that they
voted elsewhere. We can't undertake
to particularize each item of fraud,
but give thin as a fair sample. This
illustrates the prompt and full obe
dience to Chandlers telegram to count
Florida lor Hayes, and that money
and troopa would bo turuished.
THE ONLY WAY HATES CAN BE
COUNTED IN. —It is alleged by Rjptsb
licuus that the Senate alone will Oj.en
and count the electoral vote. Taat
body has never assumed so much
power heretofore and one thing is
certain, it has no authority from the
constitution for audi an ectiou. It
has been the custom ever since the
earliest days of the .Republic to do ike
counting in the preeeuee of both
Houses aud we piefnme that this
eastern will not be departed from,
Ac the case sot stands Tilden hat a
majority under tbe bread seala of the
states and if Hayes is counted in,
it will be doue by a ravolutiou of tbe
Constitution, the custom, tbe laws and
the precedents that have hitherto
regulated the counting of the electoral
votes. Nothing can bo clearer
than this.—Cbaalotte Observer.
[ JFYow the N~. Y. Herald, Dee. 19.]
ADM 111 ABLE BEHAVIOR OF
THE SOUTHERN LEADERS.
It can 110 longer be said that the
repiesesentatvve uven of 'the South
are Bourbons, if the name implies
men who "forget nothing and learn
not Ling," No political leaders ever
evinced a better aptitude for profiting
by experience. The wisdom,modera
tion and loyalty of the Southsrn
menibeißot Congress and other expo
nents of Southern opinion in this crit
c«il hikl exciting conjuncture ought to
be met in a siiiii ar spirit by the
ident and by all good citizens. We
attribute this praise-worthy attitude
to the manliness of the Southern
character, which has always scorned
trick, subterfuge and bluster,
1 fWrm the N. Y. Sun, Ihe. 10.]
If the old maxim, that the receive
or of stoles goods it as bad as the
tliii'f, remains in force until March,
Kutherford B. Hayes cannot mount
the stejKS of the Capitol at Wash«*
ington and deliver his inaugural ad*
dress as President, without] seeing
millions of scornful fingers poiuted at
hiui from all quarters of the Union,
nor without hearing of in
dignant voices muttering in his ears,
"There stands a receiver of stolen
votes."
i [from the JV. Y. Sun Dee. ISh]
Up to tha time of the elaotion the
bloody ahirt of the laat war was wav
ed in all directiona by the tools of
Grant; and ever sinoe then the bloody
shirt of another threatened war l»ws
been waved by the same handa.
Is the country fco be forever con
trolled by this sort ot thing? Are the
memories of the wars of the past, and
the menaces of the war in the future,
to be torover used as the means of
party .success and the cover for po
litical crime? -
TWO (iOVKBKOM,
S*ATB OF SOOTH CAROLINA,
EXETICUVIC CIIAMUKR >
COLUMBIA, £>'. C'., Dec 18. '7B. )
Sue: lyas Governor of South Carox
fina, chosen-bv people thereof, hav
ing qualified in accordenco with the
Constitution hereby call upon you
as m? predecessor in the office
to deliver up lo me Ihe great sal o|
the State together with ilie possession
of the State House, the public record*
and other matters and tiling* up-,
pertaing to said >ffi :c .
Respcctiuully,
Your obedient scrva nt,
W A I)K lIAMI'TON.
ToD. 11. ClI/.M»KUX.
STATU or SOUTH CAUOMNA,}
L\L.TL 11H. (,'IIAMHKU. >
Columbia, S. Doc. 18, 1876. J
DEAH *K;;: I have read ilie c«»ni>
municalioii in which yon call upon
inc to deliver up to vo» the great seal
of the State, &c. I do nut recognize
in yon anj right tojmake the foregoing
demand and I, thereby refuse compli
ance therewith**
laia' Sir yon ob't sert't.
CHAXBIWIIH.
Governor oE South Carolina
WAUI 11 AMTTOH, ESQ.
TAB QtsTion SKTTBD —We noticed
on the the premises and before the
eyes ot a prominent Republican of this
tr>wn an ardent Hayes man chopping
down the Hayes and Wheeler flag
pole erected here during the cams
paign. We understand the purpose
was to cMivrrt It into a hitching rack.
No bitaof it were sought/or watch
chat ins walking canes, 'or other me*
menfoe*.
W* guess the Republicans have
given up now if not, why do they turn
their flag siafl to a horse rack? Why
was ii so unceremoniously hacked
down? Why wu their not a scramble
tor peiefs ol it? Haves is beaten and
who cares for him or bis old flag poles
now? So goes the world t Such is
life!
In South Carolina the Democratic
House, the one declered to be the
legal house by the Supreme Court,to«
gclher wih the Democrats in theSen>
ate elected Genl. M. C. Butler |United
States Senator. This election accords
lug to the constitutiou of the State and
the decision of the Supreme Court it
legal.
One fudical in Louisiena that
makes soma preteaftion to honesty,
liead the letter of John J. Long in
another column. When the mana
gers of a party-get so bad, and com
mit frauds so gross that one of their
own party refuses to take place under
their count ii is about time to give it
up.
The Democrats carried the Citj of
Tallahassee Fla. at the municipal
election a week ago, for the first time
since the war.
The inmates of the Lunatic Assyl
urn in Columbia S. C. are starving,
and the superintendent says must be
turned out, unless something is done.
The appropriation for last year
not been paid.
Gov. Hampton ofS. C. has served
notice on the banks not to pay out
any public monoy except upon chetks
signed by himself.
Geu'l Bartiett of Massachusetts, a
brave federal soldier during the war,
and a just man afterwards, died on
the 17th ofthiß month.
Fanny Davenport ]■ said to be a
very fne swimmer. Swimming is
an art that all ladies should acquire.
It inspires courage and it saves soap.
Moreover nothing is so uncomfortable
just after a steamboat explosion as lo
find yourself in the water with a
frightened woman who can't swim
clinging to your lag.
Gov. Hampton has served notices
on the baaks ot Columbia, notifying
them not to honor any. drafts or
checks issued by Cardoza,' Chamber*
lain, or any members of the usurping
government.
The Observer o! the 21st UJI:
The platform in the State House
Square la ready tor decorating,
and will reoetre the Appropriate
drapery and lettoeninlng Saturday
under the management ef onr Raleigh
ladiea.
The stealing of hoi sea and mulee
in Mecklebui-g county is so frequent
that the Obeereer concladae that an
organized band of bone {thieves are
at work there.
■f"' • ; y>
Capt. Nat Atkinson of Buncombe
county got a reward for his exhibU
tion of, apples atthe centennial.
Ohio and Indiana Democrat* have
colled conventions of all in their re**
pective states,who believe that Tilden
and Hendricks have been honestly
elected, to assemble on the Bth of
January to take snch action as may
be deemed) necessary to preserve the
ballot and mantain the rights and
liberties of the people.
In the United States Senete.
Wright of lowa introduced a bill for
the establishment ol * court to try
contented efeations in the offices of
lVctfdsut and Vice* President.
The Patriot says, an ergsatiized
band of some twenty detectives left
Giensboro lately with wagons and
camp equipago to scour the country
for illicit distilleries.
Quint Bryan who was serving out
a sentence to the peniitentiarv tor
highway robbery, has been
pardoned by the Gov. upou cons
ditfou that he leave the community in
ten davs.'
A telegraphic Hue to Fayetieville is
nearly compleNt i
i— P
Dr. H. H. Staples ol Greensboro
died on the 12th of this month.
IVIUUftR COVKT
AUaaute Osaalr,
JaewjliSvVinci'nt and Naiioy Mari-.y.
Aialest^
Lavinia Murray, Francis Brro-vning.Hay
wood 11 cAdaius, Sabina Albright, Hay.
wood Teer and Emetine his wife^
SUMMONS FOR RELIEF.
(SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS )
State of North CaroWna:
To the Sheriff oj Alamance County
—Greeting
You ure hereby commanded to snramoß
Lavinia Murray, Frances Browning, Bay
wuod McAdama, Subina Albright,Haywood
Teer and Eveline his wife the defendant*
above named if they be fonnd within your
cout.ty to appear at the office of the Clerk
of ihe Superior Court for the county of
Alamance within twenty five day* after
the service of this summons on them ex
clusive of the day of such service, and an
swer the complaint which will be deposit
ed in the office of said Clerk wiihin ten
days from the date ol this summous: And
let said defendants take notice that If they
• ail to answer th# complaiut within that
time the plaintiffs will apply to the Court
for the n lief demanded in the coMplatnt.
Herein fail not and of this sominoni
make due return.
Given under my hand and seal of said
I Court, this 16th day of December 1876,
W. A. ALBRIGHT,
Clerk of the Superior Court,
Alnmance County.
Graham A Graha.n >
Pi ®. Attor. f
In this prt.ceeding It afpearing to the
«atuifhction of tha court that H»y wood
McAdama is a fton-rraldent of the Ute.
It is ordered that the service f thtae
* una mens herein, be upon «
Eiayweod MoAdimeby pnblicatio for ei*
weeks la Ttta Aula stas GLRAMK • paper
published in the towit of Graham ■O.
This tie 18th day of December f' C
W. A. ALJBUfcH ,
Clerk of th# gfriprrior Court,
Alamonce County.
COCNTf,
fa Ik* laptriar Coart.
/nines E Boyd assignee of"
James G. Moore —Bank-
rupt.
IHaintig,
Against
Floyd Davidson and wife • Summons
Bailie, W V Moulitomerr
and wife Anna, Joseph
P Albright and wife A- (
manda, John W Jordan,
Jane Shoffucr.
Defendant*. ,
£t ite of North Carolina,
To tke Sheriff of Alamance County r
—Greeting:
Ton are hereby commanded to summon
Floyd Davidson and wife Sally. W V Mont
gomery and wife Anna. Jo.-eph P Albriirht
and wife Amanda .John W Joidau. Jane
Shoffner the defendants above named, II
thev be fonnd within your county, to be '
and nppenr before tlte Judge of oar Superior
Court, to be held for thu County of Ala
mance, at the court house In Graham, on
the second Monday before the first Monday
of March 1877 ana answer the complaint
which will be deposited in the office of the
Clerk of the Superior Court ot **il county,
withl'i the first three days of the ffcext term
thereof, and let the said defendant* take no
tice that if they fail to answer the eon,plaint
within the term the plaintiff will apply to
the court for the relief demanded in the
complaint.
Hereof Ml not, and of this summons
make due retun..
Given under my hand and seal »rf said
court, this Stat day of November 187 ft.
\Y. A. ALBRIGHT, C. 8. V.
Alamance County.
In the above action it appearing to the
satisfaction of the court that John W Jor
dan and Jane Shoffner are nou residents
this Btate said defendants bclnic re*iiei t*of
tne Btate ot Pennsylvania. It is ordered that
publication of this summons be made In the
Alamakc* Glean ek lin ieu ot personal
service.
W. A. ALBRIGHT, C. 8 c
Jfov. 80th 1870.
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