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Editorial
June 14, 1878
Public Ledger
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
What is this article about?
The New York Sun editorial mocks predictions of bloody revolution from electoral fraud investigation, noting a peaceful shift in public sentiment against figures like John Sherman and Stanley Matthews, with no business harm observed.
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Not Much of a Revolution.
New York Sun.
The tramp of armed men is not heard; and yet the committee on investigation have made tremendous strides toward establishing the electoral fraud, the proof of which it was predicted would bring on a bloody revolution? John Sherman and Stanley Matthews are already virtually destroyed, and not a gun has been fired-not a sabre drawn. What a bloodless revolution! There has, indeed, been a revolution in public sentiment, and that is all. People in general were hardly prepared to behold the de facto secretary of the treasury come so close to pleading guilty that a near-sighted person could not see the difference. Where is the stagnation and injury to business which the Hayes papers were so glib in predicting? They are not perceptible in the great commercial metropolis of the country, nor, as to that, anywhere else. They exist in the only place they ever have existed-in the imagination of the timid who fear the right. A revolution absolutely peaceable -a revolution from fraud and chicanery to truth and justice- need have no terrors to a free people. All can now perceive its safety.
New York Sun.
The tramp of armed men is not heard; and yet the committee on investigation have made tremendous strides toward establishing the electoral fraud, the proof of which it was predicted would bring on a bloody revolution? John Sherman and Stanley Matthews are already virtually destroyed, and not a gun has been fired-not a sabre drawn. What a bloodless revolution! There has, indeed, been a revolution in public sentiment, and that is all. People in general were hardly prepared to behold the de facto secretary of the treasury come so close to pleading guilty that a near-sighted person could not see the difference. Where is the stagnation and injury to business which the Hayes papers were so glib in predicting? They are not perceptible in the great commercial metropolis of the country, nor, as to that, anywhere else. They exist in the only place they ever have existed-in the imagination of the timid who fear the right. A revolution absolutely peaceable -a revolution from fraud and chicanery to truth and justice- need have no terrors to a free people. All can now perceive its safety.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Crime Or Punishment
What keywords are associated?
Electoral Fraud
Bloodless Revolution
Public Sentiment
John Sherman
Stanley Matthews
Hayes Papers
What entities or persons were involved?
John Sherman
Stanley Matthews
Committee On Investigation
Hayes Papers
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Investigation Into Electoral Fraud
Stance / Tone
Supportive Of Peaceful Revolution Against Fraud
Key Figures
John Sherman
Stanley Matthews
Committee On Investigation
Hayes Papers
Key Arguments
Investigation Has Made Strides Toward Proving Electoral Fraud Without Violence
John Sherman And Stanley Matthews Are Virtually Destroyed Without Bloodshed
Revolution Is In Public Sentiment Against Fraud
De Facto Secretary Of Treasury Nearly Pleads Guilty
No Stagnation Or Injury To Business As Predicted
Peaceable Revolution From Fraud To Truth And Justice Is Safe For Free People