Excerpt from The Electoral Vote: Speech of Hon. J. W. Stevenson of Kentucky, in the Senate of the United States, December 6, 1876The present hour, Mr. President, is too full of real peril to the eu tire country for leaders, on either side, to attempt to seek any party advantage by in¿ammatory appeals in advance to the partisan pas sions and prejudices of the people.I am, sir, as you know, a life-long democrat of the straitest sect. I acknowledge a ready allegiance to the just behests of legitimate party discipline, but I solemnly declare, that, if I know myself, I will go as far in the support of all lawful and constitutional measures for the prompt inauguration of that man as President of the United States, who has legally received in the late election a majority of the votes cast by all the electoral colleges in the several states, whether that man be Rutherford B. Hayes, or Samuel J. Tilden.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.