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"CLEARFIELD REPUBLICAN,"
pbiusbbb Rvaav widmiid&t, ar
QOODLANDER & LEE,
CLEARFIELD, PA. ' . ! .
Tli largest ClrcwlatlMi ruiy Nwapper
la Krth Ctutrvi Ftniujlvaufau
W a- :
Terw of Sub.wript.on, '
tr paid Id advaaoe, or within I aontha....)9 (W
If paid aftr ud before monthe 9 60
If paid nftnr the eipirMtoa. of month,,. B 1M
,i Jtatys ot Advertising, ., . ,
Traneient advertieetnenta, par auanf loUneaor
a, S timea or last 60
For eaeh aujbiequent loaertion 60
Alminiitralon'and Kxoentors' notices t 50
A adit on' nottoea J (0
Caetione and Katraya ....,. 1 60
ltiaaolation notieea 00
Profeeeionai Carda, II di or leia.l year...., A OA
Leal aotloee, par lino 10
YKARI.Y ADVKRTISKMKNT8.
I ijiiar 18 00 eotnnn b 00
lauaraaw 15 00 I oolomn.... 70 00
liuara. JO 00 I 1 eolnmn 120 00
t NOETl B.-LKB, - 1
1'ubliabera.
Card..
s.
T. BROCK BANK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
i CLEARFIELD, PA.
Office In Court llotieet 1 ' ) ,fMy
rT".r. ; --r
WW. M. MOCCLLut-gM, PROD. o'L. IVCK.
McClLLOlClI & BICK.
W ATTORN EY8-AT-LAW,. ,.
Clearfield. Pa.
All legal buinra protnptlf attended to. Office
on Second arrest, ia thw afuonlo building.
J.'. ' "" - jeaia.'rt
W. C. ARNOLD,
LAW & COLLECTION OFFICE,
2 ft
Clearfield Counu. Pi-Dn'a.
T5y
SV. WILSON ,
ATTORNKt AT LAW,
Olrea aec tan eeet 'it Veiteia Hotel luilding,
oppoaiw Court jloues. 'tt,
eept-V77. CLKAKFIh'Lb, PA.
TBOf. R. RUBHAT.
craci eoatioR.
MURRAY & GORDON,
ATTOtfNEie ATvl4 W-
CLEARFIELD, PA.
profile ia Pio't Opera Iluuja. aeeuBd toon
FRANK. FIELDING,
ATTORNMrA X I' A W ,
I leal Held, d'a.
Will attend to all bueinora eutroated io hia
promptly and faithfully. Janl'7 I
WILMAR A. WALLACB. lAYIP L. IRtta
Bianr r. wali.acb. John w. waioLar.
WALLACE 4, KREBS,
(SuAoreaore to Wallace A Fielding,)
ATTORN EYS-AT-L AW
jaol'Tt Clearfield, Pa.
..... r,
toaara a. H'BNAtLT. btRt w. 'ctRitr.
MoENALLY & MoCDEDY,
ATTOUNEYS-AT-LA W,
: . laartioU. Ha.
Laffal bBtloeia attandrd to prowpttf wtthj
aialil. umoe or Bood fftreori anaro to rtrsi
Natioaal Bank. jan:l:7
4.-.: f -rf- a -r -
:.G.,R.J BARRETT,
Attornky and Counmelor at Law,
ci.harfikld, pa. -
Hiring raaifrnad hia Jmlftaahip, hiu raumad
lha Draet 00 of tua Ur tn Ala old omco ai iviear-
Aeld, Pa- Will alt and the nuarU of J0raon and
Klk eoDtiHei when artactall; retaimd in oonnation
vttb raaidant ooni4. jam 1 1
' - A. G. KRAMER,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
Real Eitata and Collectloa Aarnt,
H.lCAKI'IKl.l), PA.,
Will proaiplly attcad tu all leaal boalocM aa
truitrd to hia ear.
-0Saa ia Pla'a Opura Houw. Janl'7.
- H. W. SMITH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
' Clearfield, Pa.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
, , Clearflfld, Pa.
pfOKM la Old tt'.it. rn llotal Lulldiof,
ornffr of tfaaoltd and Ifarkat VU. I.bot2I,Ab.
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORN KY AT LAW.
Clearfield, Pa.
ej-Ofjra la the Caart Uoaia. Jyl 1 ,'7
I) k IIAGEHTY,
ItKALKKR III
HARDWARE, FARM IMPLEMENTS,
Tinware. Nnlla, aVc
aagl,77
PfeiBd Strrtt, rirarflplj, Pa.
JOHN L-CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Vnd Real iMata Afreut, ClearHeld. Pa.
00a, aa Taird .traat, bot.Chorrj A Walnut.
erUtp,lfull offara bl aarvloeaia olllni
iBd aajiaf land, io Clearfield aod BdJolaloR
leaatlM ; and witb aa aiporieneaot overtwent?
feara aa a eareayo, fjattara aiaiealf that be aaa
reader aatlafaettoa. . Feb. l;'3:t(.
J.
BLAKfi WALTER8,
REAL ESTATE BROKER.
AND nRALBR IB
Saw Ifog und Jdmiibor,
' ( ' ' ". CLKAKFtELP, PA.
orel drabaai'l Row. fj r ' l:J5:71
..J. J . L I NQ L E,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
I II Oaeeola, Clearfield Ca., Pa. y:pd
drJQT. mSan'sT
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON,
LUTIIERSnt'RU, PA.
Will attend profeaaional ealla promptly. augl0'70
, dr: t;j. boyer,
PHYSICIAN AND SUKOKttN,
.1 OOna aa Market Street, Ctrarneld. Pa. '
VOAee beam to IS a. ai , aad 1 to I p. b.
K. M. SCUEURER,
hoMflsorATHio HfYtrttiiAN, "
Olfioo la realdcReo oa Market at.
April 14, IMJ. "t . Clrarliold, Pa.
DR. J. P. BUROH FIELD,
Ute flarg eon of the Sfld Heglmmi , Penntjltanln
VohBteert, having returned fron th Amy,
effara hit profaeatonal aerleea to theoltlaena
I L'learBeld OouolJ. .
aaPr.rAfei,Udkllf nroraHl attoofleo tf
Ofliea on dteond alreel, former Ijoeoupied lj
Dr. Woodi. larVM
DR. k B. VAN VALZAH,
CI.KAftKIKLI), PENN'A.
OKKICKIN MAOSI,V'UIW'(
" pm- OBr houra-From U to I P. M.
n ..Jd.l,l7o.r
V7ILLIA1 kvireyftt,'JuTic
M ortaa Poacb ARBirwiTaaaa, LUalllER
CITY. oaaHaae aaada aad aioaoy praaaptly
Hid ever, Artielca of ajtreeraoot and deed, o I
Mreyanoe BeaUy aaaane aad aarraated oor.
rait or ao akaaa l J"-"'1 HJj'"
JAMES. H. LYTLE,
l Kratter's llulldlna;, ClraiBeld, Pa.
heeler la oierllel, rolalai, , Vejoteblea,
Frail.. Fl.r.r, Feed, eta., etc.
eprlOa.tf . f ' '
HARRY SNYDER, 1
BAHIKK AKP HAIRDRKSflER.
Ilhop oa Market 81. . oppn.lt. Co.rt lloaaa.
A idaaa towel toe awey eaeMraar. . . -
. t ' , !. . I "
Alao maaafaelarer of
all Klnda af Ariklaa an Maaaan Hair.
ClaarieK, Pa. may l, la.
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TOUN-A. STADLKR., ' . ; ,,
0 tAXKR, hartal 1. tleaattavi, H.
Freak Dread, Ruek, Rolla, Ploa aad Cakae
a hand or made to order. A (eoeral aeaortmoal
X CaaleeUaaarlea, PraMa aaa MaU ra eto.k
ae Creaea and Oyatar, ia are ana. Ralooa aeerly
Ppuoila Ike poatoBea. Prleee aoolerata.
alarck I0 7J. '
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GEO. B. GOODLASDEIVPrepiietoT
VOL.. Vl-VnW NO,
Cards.
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Juatioe of lha Peace and Scrivener,
' Car.wenetille Pn.
Be. Collections auaja and money promptly
paid over.
Mill'Tltr
RICHARD. HUGHES,:
JI STICR OF TIIK PEACE
roa
Ittratur Toirnthlp,
3 ' 4 . Owla WlUa P. O.
All offleia! boalnoia antraated to bim will bo
proenptly attended to. . nich?. '7fl,
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
; 1 V ! i ' Alaa l
' ' OE5BKAL ilfclWilANDIHE.
S RKAHAWToy, Pa.1.'
AIo, eiteaaiva aranufecturor and dealer In Biaar
Timber and Baaed Lumber of all kinde.
' Jaar-Order, aalielted and all bllla pmrntitf
REUBEN HACKMAN,
H out e and " Sign I Painter !. ?nd . Paper
Hanger,
i " IttarU-lil, Peuu'a.
fcev W HI exwute Jobe In hia line promptly end
In 'Workmanlike nianu,r. - . afr4,47''
L i ..,; c;d
U. ti. h ALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
( ' NftAM CL.KARVIKLD, PRNN'A.
aI'umpi ajwftra on band ad mad tn ordal
n abort nottoa Piroi btmdaa nocaaWr (rnai.
All war wrnutad to rafidar JitliioU,.a. mJ
delivered irdeatrtd. my25:lyi)d
E.WBIGLER & CO.
DKA1.RBB IK
S Q,U AR ET IMBER,
aBd manulaolurora of
' ALL KIMMIOVHAWl l) 1,1 Mltl.H.
I 7'7i CLEARFIELD, PKNN'A.
- JAS. B. GRAHAM.
Vl -1 . a dealer it) 1
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
SlllNilLE)!, LATH, A PICKETS,
:I0'73 Clearfield, Pa,
WARREN THORN,
HOOT AND SJ10E MAKER,"
Market !., Clearfield, Pa.
Id the ahop lately oooupied by Frank b'bort,
ana door weal ol Allegaany uouae.
ASHLEY THORN, 7
ARCHITECT. CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
Plana and Fpeifteati'ina forulalicd fir all kimla
01 auililtnira. All wora tirai oiaaa. BiaiP'OHnia-
ina a apeeielty.
f. O.
addreaa, Clearfield, Pa.
Jao.l7-77tf.-
R. M. NEIMAN,
SADDLE and HARNESS MAKES,
. Rumbargar, Clearfltld Co., Pa.i
Koepa on hand all kind of flnraeai, Saddlee,
Bridlei, and Hone Kuruikfaipg Uooda. Kepairing
priuptlj at ten tied to.
Knuibarger, Jan. 10, IS77-tf.
)
JAMES MITCHELL,
nr.ALan ia
Square Timber & Timber Land,
jell'7J CLEARFIELD. PA
J. li. M'MUllHAY
WILL SUPPLY YOll WITH ANY ARTICLE
OF MERCHANDISE AT THE VERY LOW KHT
PRICK. COMK AND BEE. ,, l:o:7Sy:l
NEW WASHINGTON.
Livery Ntable; 1 H
THE anderaigned bega leave to Iniorm the pub
lie that he la now full; prepar-' to aoeouiiiio
date all In the way of fumiehinr H..aea, Uaggiea,
liaddlea and llarneaa, on the aborteat notice and
en reasonable term. Heatdenot on I.ocuit street.
Wet ween Third and Fourth.
(JKO. W. flEAttilART.
T1ear6eld. Feb. 4. 174
SN YDE R,
PRACTICAL WATCIIMAKKR;
ARD PRAI.KR t ' -L
Watclies, Clock and Jewelry,
Oroloel'e (, Jforiaf Aef, )
(-i.karivii:li. pa. -
All kind, of repairing In oiy line rrnmptly'-at.
Hided to. - April 3.JH
KEW BOOT ANDSH0E SHOP.
The underaixned would (nfurm the public tMat
ha haa removed hia Root and Hboe Sliop in the
room letrlj or e pied be J. Dearlng, in Hbaw'a
How, Market it reel, where ha U prepared to at
tend to the tfitnu of all who nee-l anvthiitg in Ms
line. All work dona by bin will be of the bert
aiaterlat, and gaarantaed 1 be Iree-alaM In vry
rea(eet, Kepatriiif prompt lj attaiid''4 to. .aAII.
kind of Lenther and hbue Finding" ftiraaie.
- JOHN SClilliKKIU -Claarueld.
Pa.. Jul 18, IK7T Km. 1 ' ) -
Clearfield Nursery. ;
ENCOURAGE JIOMK INDUSTRY.:
anderrlicned, Laving oatabli-hod a Kerr
, errj en the 'Pike, a'ub half we; betwseq
Clew fit-Id and Curwi naeille, ia prepared to fur
nub all klnda of FKlilT lltLKb, (itandard and
dwarf,) KverKreons. fihruliberv. Urapa Vines,
Uooieherre, UwUm Ulacliberr, titrawljcrrr,
and Katpberrr Vinaa. A ao. Kilwrittn Crab Treea,
Qalnea, and early aearlet Kkabarb, aio. Orders
promptly attended to. Addrear,
7 J. l. WtfIHT,
leplO AS-) Curwenwllle, Pa
ANDREW . HARWICK,
Market Hti-eet, I leorflold. Pa.,
BANtlACTI'BKR Aitn't'tALRR IB
HARNESS, FADDLES, BRIDLES, COLLARS,
aad all hlada of
hors rvMitftmiia coons.
A full atoak of rjeddlere' lUrJw.ro, Hru.hc
bHni
Combe, lilaakata, Rnbea, ale4 alwaye on
and for Bale at lha loweat eaab prioca.
All klnda
of repairing promptly attauiled io,
All kiada of bulea taken in aaohanga f n har.
aaaa and repairlag. All kiada of barnee, leatbar
kept oa baud, aad for aale at a aaueli prolll. .
ClearaeM, Wan,. IB, lain.
E. WARING'S
LAW BLANKS
For Rare tl tke ClrerffebJ Rkirat.ira
. t ' -. .A .
The mo ad C'wtv;rf hi'rUt of iai'ia
aWNaifldaVef. -
Tbeae Illenka are aotlea op la eaprrior alyli.
ara af uailora aira, aad frxi:sH at rary low
garoa far eaab. .
i Calf at Ike Rafrlrlli'aaJ raW'ariJ teiiiaj
then. Ordrt kr ail promptly tiled. ' i
A od re.., lltrgDl.ANDEReVIiKRl
iafy IS, IUTT M. ; ; BtowUH Pa.
JOHN 'TROUTMAW;'
DEALER IN . . '
FURNITURE,
Jl ATTltKNSKM, .
.. . AND '
Improved Spring Beds,
MARKET STREET, NEAR P. O. 'J "
fbe uaileraign Bega laaro to laform lha ellle
aaae al t'learBoKi, ana e p-... B
ha kaa aa band a er eeaertaieel of r uruUare,
,k aa Walaal, Ckaaloal aad I'aiatod Ckambei
o..,im. P.rlot Balua. RMllning aaa fcataaaioa
Cbalre, ladiel'aod tleau' Ewy Ckalra, tba Per
forated Dra'ag aad Parlor Cbaire. Cana Baale aad
WVadaor Okaira, Clolbaa Rara, Btep aad ta.
Ilaa Uddara, Hat ftaaka, Rerabbiag Iraabea, Aa
M0ULDINO A MB PICTPm rnMKs,
eoblng (lla.eee, Caromoe, la., wklok woald
"i'fr '"T.'liN TRO-.TI.Ar..
S. I.
2,517.
NOVEMBCfl,
Wbrn thlrtte blnwa do light float
About tba fianttira belUl,
And abrilla (be bawk in a parting note,
And creep ( the froit at ugtt.
Then billv bo 1 tbtiuj(h I aing m(
And whlitla aa I mar,
There eomta R-.ln the old heart pain
' Tbraagh all tbo llielutig Juv,
. Ia bif h wind oreaka Ike leafleaa treat .
And node the fading fern j
The knot la are dan aa inow-e)oBla b, 1
And ootd tba auo duna burn.
Thn hu, hullo! Ihouffh calling io,
i eannot keep It d:iwn j
Tbo lean arla unto inr ejrpa,
And tliougbu ara abill and brown.
Par in tbe neilara Juaky atulea,
Whet lha er ifround-rine wearp. '
The artrid;e drum! funereal rolla
Alioretlie iallrn IctTci.
i And blp, hip, bo t though c bearing ao,
It ililli on nhlt the puin ;
Pit drip, drip, drip, (turn bare hratioh tip,
. , 1 tear lha iwal year'i rain.
So ditv the ebtd eows ft-on the hill.
Ami cull tluj rt e)irt in f
1 And let their ftampinf etatter M ' '
Jlie harn with waiwing dia.
An.) ho, lijlk. bo 1 tlinu)b it is o.
That wa no more niay roan, . '
We mill will find a cheerful mind
Anutid the Are at home !
-(! L- f Vieefino1, in Atlantic ionlitg.
Till-: KLEVTOUAL. FRA UD I
Jl'!M;l? III.At'K'H HI.PI.V TO
ti. VI. F-TIIIKillTOy.
AIM.
TIIKBTOIMIIITOJI AKT1C1.R IN TUB " NOIITI1
AMERICAN REVIEW " FOR 0CTO11F.R
PI.A1NI.T DEALT WITH.
To tin Hon. K II'. Utoughlvn :
It 1 do not reply to your arliclu in
tlio lust nuiiiiwr -ul'iUa Xrlk American
HeeU ic, you will remain under llio de
lusion Hint your urnini'iit in itrtHinli-bit-.
1 will try to correct llmt ininutlio
L'T Hhowinj; Hull if thure be a defense
iiir lite fji'uut Fraud, you decidedly aro
not the puibon to make it. Doni thin
niuinly lor your own edification, 1 ad
tlrcnn you directly.
1 Kcimruto your peraonul invectivo
Itiimyiiiirilmt iii-HiiMiol' lhocnHe,tlii)iii'h
lliey ui'D so mixed aa to make separa
tion difficult, and 1 will consider your
objections to my view ot the rubjuctas
il tliev uiiu Deeii expressed in becoming
auo necent lantniai'C.
You think, as your political friends in
rreneial think, thul utter tlio tletii-ion
ol'lbe electoral cominiasioii DL'uiiist us.
we oii"lit to submit in silence and not
vex the victorious party with an appeal
to the tribunal of public opinion. Wo
hum submitted. Tin proper repre
sentutivcs of both parlies agreed to
leave the dispute to a body which they
constituted tor tbo purpose of settling
it. v would not reluao to abide by
the uwnrd without being guilty of bad
faith. We do not nowassertthoinjuxtico
of it with any view to roverse or modify
it. Ion need not tear the stability ot
that award however iniquitous you may
know it to be. You can enjoy its fruits
in perfect security, and wo tho people
will on our part "perform tbe vowa
wlucb wo nave vowed Ix loro Hie l.onl,
however much it may bu " to our own
hurt."
But to acquiesce without u protest
to conlcss tacitly that tho wrong is
right, and the evil a good that is out
ol Ihcqnoslion. In discussing the whole
subject with gloat plainness ol speech
wo not only obey an impulse, but per
furin a duty. For this 1 will give some
reasons, and lake tho chances ot malt
ing you comprehend tbem.
In tl)0 first place, it concerns the
reputations ol ueurlr nil the public men
ol the present dny. Yon and I aro too
obscure to bo noticed by history, but
the great cbarnctersol our time on both
sides will go down to posterity clothed
with honor or covered with ifllamy, ac
cording as they liavo been trying to
rurther tho lraud or slop it. itciuum
bcr there mis a fraud, and a very gross
one, committed by ono party or tho
other.' If tho State of Louisiana chose
Kellogg and the other candidates on
Ue jiuyos ticket for I'resideulial elec
tors, and tho Jlcmocratio politicians,
knowing this, did, nevertheless, deny
thi) triilh und lubricated a fulso return
for Tilden,' whieh they persisted to the
lust in trying to pass tor a true one.
tbey were a combination of most ro
deuiptioiiless rogues; end it will bo re
corded, as un aggravation of their
crime, that when tho righteous ma
jority of tho electoral commission
crushed out their lulsehood they turned
about and, with ralttinnintts accusations,
charged their own guilt upon innocent
opponents. The conrerso of these
propositions is also true, 1 f tho Tilden
electors were duly chosen by the peo
ple, and the Republican leaders in and
out of the Htalo allured the returns,
falsified tho records and constituted a
counterfeit electoral college, wboroby
thu people ot tho htate ami union were
cheated out of tlio 1'rcsidcnt whom
they had legally elected by a largo
majority, then It la only anticipating
liistory to say that all who aided, abet
ted and encouraged that ollense ought
to be "classed among the worst male
factors of the age." Keeing tho grout
inturest that bangs on this question, is
it not ftiirly worth our while to give it
n full examination .while the fuels aro
yot fresh in tbe memory Of men V I
Another consideration there Is which
makes a publio appeal upon tbosubject
not only pro) tor out absolutely neces
sary, if our convictions are not loo tided
in total mistake, lue candidate to
whom yon are opposed was; as wo un
derstand thu case, elected by any over
whelming popular vote, and by a ma
jority ol at least twenty' throo in tho
elcclorul colleges. 'Hut yon ilcfcitled
tho legally expressed will of tbo people
aad tho .States, by means of false tokens
and (liver oovinptta practices, contrary
to' the law nod against the moral sense
of all lionost men. Tbo decision of the
.electoral commission, by making tho
franH- pcirtertly ucecMsful, Invites n
nrpelillon of it) und J oli undoubtedly
icii.repeat it, unless, you aro in some
way deterred, Now, the Nation will
not submit to another such outrage.
Wo 'promote Viinr true Interests as well
us ours II WoT prevent jon from' endan
gerirlg tlio peso of tho country by try.
ing this kind- tit font piny over again.
To that otid th boat, as Well as tho
kindest, means I know of ia A complete
exposure ol tho fraud Itself, and a frco
Icrllicirjm of the commission, which
should have rebuked it, but did not.
: 1 You deprecate ercry expression from
any quarter Whieh is calculated to
kiosta tbo coufldenue of the puldie in
iheiidiciul authorities, find Ihink.there
fore, llmt the .electoral commission
should ho Vcr tcnoVrlV dealt with.
Mr. Jefferson snid thai jealousy of rulers,
not cntilidenoe, "'us tho rirtne of all
true ciur.ena of Itopublir. Without
slopping to consider whetbor this ap
plies to Judges, as utlier ollieors, I an
sweryou by paying that the electoral
cotimiisiiion -was iiot judicial tnbanal,
and did not behave hkoone.i. It we a
poUicul body nrgiiniriod lor a special
occasion, to ueiormiiw. purmuiai
quuslion, "acoordiag to tlio oesi oi its
prejudices;", and it performed tho
functions assigned to it by disregarding
the law of tho case and shutting its
eves to the JttoU. iTho loss conftdonoe
. I I- , L - t.n. t .
wo hsve in snrn inminaia toe f
CLEARFIELD, PA.,
indued, a reasonable regard for tho
safety of our most important rights re.
quires that wo should hnvo nono at all,
You aro welcomo to tho admission
(if yon think it will do you any good)
that 1 look not only with contempt, but
witu abborronce, upon tbo special tri
bunals which liavo disgraced tbo his
tory of oisr race on both sides ot tho
Atluutio, including the star chamber,
tlio court ot high commission, all mili
tary and occlostuHtical commissions, and
all commissions for political nurnoscs.
If 1 could rovivo in this generation tho
stern hntrod which our fathers fell for
thoso dnngorous enemies of liberty and
jusiice, l would bo a great Dcnolactor,
ana you would never get another com
mission of any kind to uphold fraud,
to sanctify persecution, or to oppress
mo innocent.
Yon tako violent exception to my
use of the word "conspiracy ,"asnpplied
to thoso unlawful proceedings which
resulted in defeating .Mr. Tiden's largo
majority. Ofcoursoyou prefer your
own ciiphemistio phraso, and call it
taking " a political advnntago." Hut
1 cannot sco wherein my term is wrong.
Your objection is like that of ancient
I'istol to tbo word steal, lor which bo
wishes to substitute convey.
To say conspiracy, fraud, or any
thing else which implies that your
friends in Louisiana and their allies
were guilty of crime, is in your opinion
coarse and brutal. Your refined tusto
lias been deeply offended in this way,
not only by nio, but by tho wholo De
mocracy wherever they have written
or spoken on tho subject, either in Con
gress, before the commission, or olrso-
whore. Tho impoliteness, of making
tho accusation has been uniformly
heightened by tho rough boldness with
which it was proved to bo truo, and by
tho " blistering words " with which it
was denounced, rerbupsali the Dem
ocrats wero wrong to some extent. It
may be that wo ought not to have
spoken out in harsh terms of censuro,
or said anything to disturb tho serenity
of tho knaves who did us this terrible
injustico. But if you aro not altogether
blind you must seo that ibis was, in
our situation, simply impossiblo. Hero
was A great Nation which had siifl'ercd
by misgovcrnmont more than any other
under tho sun hor property taxed
almost to confiscation her industry
crushed to the earth her public do
main squandered away her best citi
zens starving by tbo hundred thousand
in tho midst of plenty whieh their own
labor had produced, while corruption
was revelling in high places and fatten
ing on tho general distress. Tho peo
ple determined to retorm tho adminis
tration of their publio afijirs, and re
store thuirown prosperity, by choosing
rulers whom they could trust for thul
purpose They expressed their will to
that effect legally, constitutionally, and
peacefully, and they wero defeated by
an impudent swindle. Is it any won
der that tho great heart of tho Dcmoo
racy swelled with indignation ? Even
if their feelings found vent In langungo
too passionuto, you ought to remember,
with Burke, that "something must bo
pardoned to tbe spirit ol' liberty."
1 concede, howevor, that no feeling
ot resentment will excuse us for charg
ing a conspiracy where nono existed,
or fraud where nono was committed.
Eten If wo wero wronged, that does
uot give ns llio privilege of applying
terms which do not express the real
nature ol tho unury. We can justify
our words only by showing that wo
uso them truly, in a souso authorized
by the law and the common spcocb ol
the country. OlhorwiBe our language
is, like aomo of yours, more vitupera
tion, disgraceful only to thoso who utter
it. Accepting, therefore, tho omt ito-
bantli, let mo bring your attention to
certain facts well and puniiciy Known.
It is proved, if human testimony can
provo anything, that the people of
Louisiana did, on tho 7th of November
past (1870), duly, and by regular bal
lots, make an appointment of l'resi
dential electors known to be in favor
of Tilden and llondticks, and author
ized them to cast the voto of the .Stale
It is just as clear that tho appointment
made by tho people was set at naught
by a kioss falsification of tho records
and returns of the election. This was
effected by tho corrupt agency of cer
tain local officers, combined with oilier
persons in and out ot tho btuto, who
incited them to it, abetted them iu it,
and helped tbem to clothe tho cheat in
what they said wero tho "forms of
law." Is it a misnomer to call ims a
conspiracy 1 That offence is defined
as a combination of several persons to
accomplish an iinlnwlul purpose, by
concerted action. How con you get
your friends outsitlo of this definition 1
Persons acting in this way aro always
treated us conspirntors. ami by tbo law
of every civilised country in tho world
they aro severely pnnish.ed Tuko
one simnlo and actual caso oulot thou
sands that mielit bo given. Divers
dishonest men at St. Imis combined
to defraud tho United Stales of their
rovenuo Irom distilled spirits, and they
diil it by a preconcerted series of (also
and deceptive returns which certain
publio officers confederated with them
pusscd oil' as true. This was held, and
justly held, to bo a conspiracy, and somo
ol tbo parties to it wero sent to mo
ponitentiury.
Perhaps you do not seo the parallel,
but the analogue is perfect, except in
this : that in tbo caso which you de
fend tho object of tbo combination wus
to cheat tho people out of their right
of eell governmeiit, while tho purposo
of the St. iouis conspiracy wus to rob
tbem of their money. If this makes
any difference, it is greatly against yon,
for liberty ia more precious than gold.
In the judgment of tbo virtuous and
wise men who won tho Independence
and built up the institutions of this
country, the privilege of choosing our
own rulers was infinitely tho richest
part of the groat inheritance they left
us. With a lull prico in blood and
treasure they bought this freedom for
tholr children, antf I do not know one
tolerably decent American who would
sell oven his singlo right on any torms
whutuver. At the critical period in
the history ol Louisiana whieh occur
red lust year it was especially valuable
to hor people, for it furnished them tho
only legal, peaceable, and safo measure
of relief from the exactions of a most
corrupt and oppressive government.
The successful scheme to cheat those
people out of their votes for Slato ofll
cera and Presidential electors is, tliero
loro, a crimo of the greatest magnitude,
and one which require a cheek of solid
brass to defend it without blushing. Il
is far worso than a conspiracy to steal
any amount of publio money. Run
ning erooked whisky for a life time
would be an act of white-robed inno
oenco in comparison.
Tho ultimato object ol this crime
gives it a general aspect revolting in
tho last degree ; but its features, when
soon In detail, aro hideous beyond ex
pression. Some returns wero entirely
suppressed, and othera wero altered ;
vote actually cast wore thrown out,
and others put In and counted which
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1877.
wero known not to have been polled.
Thu whole proceeding was full of liilse
pretences. Forgery of tho most im
portant documents wus a part of il;
perjury and subornation of perjury at
tended it at every Btep. Shul'l theso
things bo lorgotten or abandoned ? Do
you expect tho cheated people of tho
.Milion io say, nue tlio eight commis
sioners, thul this is as good a way as
any to elect a 1'resiuent t
Ono of your allegations is that I in
tended " to convey the lalso impression
that tho formation, of tho commission
was tho result of a Republican con
spiracy to fraiidultntly elect a Presi
dent and Vico President ;" and Judge
Bradley, taking yOtir word for it, has
made himself interesting by a publio
coinpiuini ot uiu uglily to Himself, l
Hid uot say this or anything like it. Un
the contrary, 1 relurred to tho commis
sion as being proposed in certain difil-
enl. cirrumMaml'S io avoW the-ttnrrgrrm
winch miibt spring Irom a continued
and final disaireument between tho
two 1 louses, and as being accepted by
the Democrats in tlio belief that justice
would bo done, and an Honest decision
rendered against tbo fraud. In all this
there is nothing about a conspiracy in
tlio formation ol the commission. 1
do not know that you misrepresented
this point wilfully. It is one of your
characteristic inaccuracies liko that
which charges Dante with tho inde
cencies of the Doeameron.
No; the conspiracy was not in tlio
formation ot the commission, but in the
frauds which fabricated and returned
thoso bogus voles. Tho commission
ref used to verily the votu and ascertain
whether the electors that sent them
up wero duly appointed or not, and in
this it bitterly disappointed tho friends
ol truth, and grossly violated tho wholo
spirit as well as tho letter of tho law
which gave it being. Whether this
was mere error or something worse is
not for mo or you to determine ; but
tho general judgment will, no doubt,
adoj t the ehuritableviewwhich 1 have
given, and suy that the faculties of thu
majority were too much benumbed by
party passion to sco the facts or under
stand tho luw.
You claim that the certificate of the
returning board gave you " a political
advantage." In this you lire certainly
right. A party sued for an honest
debt bus a great advantage over his
creditor if ho can produce u f ruinliilont
or forged receipt upon the trial. The
ailrantnge becomes dacisivo it tho tri
bunal trying tho causa is willing to ac
cept tho fnlso paper, givo it the effect
of a truo one, and permit tho plaintiff
to bo cheated out of bis debt. But
would it bo right, legally or morally,
for the debtor to take, such an advnn
tago ?
S'our technical argument in favor ot
the fraud deserves notice, because it is
almost your only attempt at rcuooning,
and becauso your conclusion would bo
lair if your premises wero Bound.
You declare, in broad and unquali
fied terms, that too American people
have "no right to elect their own Chief
Magistrate " that no such right is im
beililed in tliot'unotilulion or ulsowhere
that, on the contrary, " tho trainers
of the Constitution wero careful to ex
clude from tho people the right to elect
tbcirown Chief Magistrate." 1 admit
thai Ibis, if tiuo, ends tho controversy
in your favor ; for it cannot have been
legally wrong to defeat tho attempt
which tbo people mudo to excrciso a
right from which they wero carefully
excluded by tho Constitution. But
this opinion of yours is a total miscon
ception, and will not bo adopted by
any human being who has tbe faintest
idea of our institutions.
You put your proposition with even
more directness and speuk with un
wonted precision when you say, as you
do on the sumo page, that the people
of Louisiana and Floridatiavo not tbo
power to appoint electors of President
and Vice President. This goes to tho
root of tho matter. It proves logically
enough that the election nt which the
Tilden candidates wero fixed upon,
chosen, appointed and named as elec
tors, was a Micro abortion a vain effort
to perforin a function ultra virsx and
merely void. Tho returning hoard
and tho electoral commission wero
justified in treating it with contempt.
Ot such un election il was no harm to
falsily tho records ; for in thoir best
estate they had no value or validity.
To forgo them was no crime, for it
prejudiced no right.
But is it true that the people ol Lou
isiana and Florida have no power to
appoint electors 1 i'otl deny the pow
er of the people to appoint becauso
that power " Is by tho supreme law ol
tho bind (meaning tho federal consti
tution) vested in tin) Stales to bo exer
cised in sin h manner ns the legisla
tures thereof may direct." Now tlio
legislatures of two States hnvo direct
ed that tho power shall be exercised
by tho people, on J this makes their
right as clear as if tho legislative en
actment had been textually inserted in
llio Constitution ol the United SlUcs.
No argument is necessary to make this
intelligihlo to a man of ordinary senso.
There is the Constitution ami there uro
the laws ot thu Stales; "he that runs
may read," though, untL'r tbo circum
stances, I suppose 1 must not allow my
self to puy that "a fool cunnot err
therein."
It is hardly possible to imngino any
thing moro "preposterous tliuii your
notion that these laws which givo llio
power of appcintiner t so dihtinctly,
and so exclusively to tho people do lint
givo it to them becauso a returning
board is authorized to collate the voles,
add them together and nscertain what
choice the people liavo made ; that tho
power to inspect mo record oi mo
election nntl certify tlio result is the
power elect; that tlio right ol the peo
plo to choose their Slate officers und
presidential electors is only tbo power
to scntl up names to tho returning of-
ncer wno may cnooso inem or i-cjcci
them at his pleasure; Hint when the
people have mndo ono appointment
anil tho returning board unother, tbo
latter is tho duo appointment, and tlio
former no appointment at all
I will not troublo you with judicial
decision on this point, or with argu
ments derived from tho established
canons of construction, for tbey would
mnko no impression on your mind.
I lilt, A think 1 can singger you ny cu
ing tho authority oi loose migiiiy jur
ists and statesmen who until recently
ran the government of Louisiana so
much to your admiration. Allofthem,
without exception, and "without dis
tinction of race, color or former condi
tion of servitude," conceded tho exclu
sive right and tho unqualified power
of the pcoplo to appoint elector, of
President and Yice President for ihoir
Slate. This concession was not only
mado in words, it was avowed in ovory
not they performed, from the begin
ning to llio end of their domination.
Whi n Kellogg and his asncistes wan
ted the appointment of eleotors, they
acknowledged in a thousand forms that
tho people alone could givo it. The
returning officers I hemselves never de
nied tbo power of tbo ponplo to choose
and appoint whom thoy pleased for
electors as well us for Governor, Lieu
tenant tiovernor and other State ofll
cers. Their certificates, whether fulso
or truo, did not protend loproprio vigore
an appointment, htcry one ot theso
papers purported on Us lace to bo a
niero declaration of llio appointment
previously made by the people. Nocnn-
didato who obtained one of them over
undertook to uso it except ns evidenco
ot a pro existing right derived from a
populur voto in bis favor. Tho mon
strous doctrine that tho returning
board could Creole title to an elective
ofllco wus never oven broached, unless
to bo univorsully condemned as unten
able.' Il is a pity that in your long,
frequent and ullcclinnuto intercourse
wilh the negrocBand carpet-baggers nt
Xow Orleans you did not pick up a lil
tlo knowledge of constitutional law.
--Katlrrrrr t -HaneV awy.yuatiliaaxia ita
tbo luw fur those who did this deed,
you must leave thorn without an oxeuso
or Und ono in the fuels of tlio caso.
Your demurror is a preposterous sham,
and you must answer over, Wns tho
truo voto of Louisiana counted or not?
The great fundumoiitul fact which
undorlies all others in regurd to Louis
iana is that tho Stale, by her qualified
voters, choso and appointed tho Tilden
electors in due and legal form. Tit s
is proved by evidenco clear and decisive
enough to strike all contradiction
dumb.
In lebs than two dat's after the elec
tion it was known nil over tho country
that in Louisiana thero bad been a full
poll und a heavy majority for Tilden.
Very soon alturwurds tho ofliciul count
mudo and recorded in tbo several par
ishes by Republican officers of tho elec
tion wero brought together, and tho
oxact voto ol each candidate wus ascer
tained. Tho figures could not ho made
to lio, and all panics agroed that tbe
majority for llio Tilden electors aver
aged nearly eight thousand. Now, re
member, this was a public act not done
in a corner, but transacted in tlio face
of the world; and the uncontradicted
report of il carried perfect conviction
along with il. Upon evidenco of this
kind tho most important fact in llio
history of tho uiiii erso wus accepted
true in all parts of tho earth immedi
ately alter it happened, and lor more
than eighteen centuries tlio moc pow
erful minds in Christendom Ituve stak
ed upon II lliuir highest interests in
Ibis worltl mid their salvation in the
next. But tliero was other evidence.
Committees of Congress wero sent
down, charged wilh tbo special duly
of inquiring into tho matter on tho
ground, and they reported tho Iruo re
sult of tho election to bo us previouslj
staled, that ia to say, 7,Gi9 majority
lor Tilden. Even that is not all. The
original documents and records show
ing what the voto was, as actually
counted by Republican commissioners
of election, authenticated by their
sworn certificates and verified by the
oaths of many credible persons, wero
produced bcloro Congress nnd boforo
tho electoral commission. Theso wero
conclusive Drools : they wero submit
ted to your inspection, and, if you do
not know Irom them that a large ma
jority of the peoplo at that election
voted for Tilden electors and the Dem
ocratic htuto ollieers, you nro wholly
unfit for your business, lint you do
know il, nnd cannot deny il without
totally destroying your chnrnctor for
common veracity. Forced by tbe ir
resislihlo strength of the proofs, yon
admit, or (to uso your own words) ns
sumo that the mnjoriiy for the Tilden
electors was 1 ,f!!!l. So, therefore, that
is setllod. '
Thero is another point of fact that
is also established. The majority for
tho Tilden electors was mado up by
tho voles of legally quitli lied citizens.
1 do not suy this merely because the
reception of tho votes by the proper
election officers was prr ee an adjudica
tion in favor id tho voter's right, but
for the further reason that tho election
nt all tho polling place was in the
hands and under tbe complete control
of the opposing party, who would cer
tainly not permit any Democratic voto
to go in if they could legally keep it
out. Besides, tlio llouso committee,
when they went to Louisiana with
power to send for persons and papers,
could not find anybody not a carpet
bagger or a Custom House officer
hardly enough to assert that the Dent
crate had polled illegal voles. You
have not denied, and I supposo will
not, that tlio majority of 7,ll,"iH, whi-h
you admit was east for tho Tilden
electors, was cast by properly qualified
citizens.
Another thing: tho election was
frco and peaceable. Tho officers re
ported no disturbance. Every polling
pluco was maimed by policemen, deputy-marshals
und soldiers in tho inter
est of the carpet-baggers, and all of
them testily that there was no vio
lence of any kind which culled for their
interference. Tbo same is truo wilh
regard to the registration. That there
could liavo been no force or intimida
tion at other places, or limes, which
kept peoplo away from the election is
proved by tbe large number that came.
The voto was the heaviest ever polled
in theStnlc; and Inrgeriii proportion to
llio whole population, us ascertained
by tho census, than in most other
Slates where all tho exertions of both
parties wore used to bring out their
last mini. :
Tho necessary result, briefly stated,
of all facts known and proved is this :
lliitt the people of Louisiana, having
the undoubted ptfwcr to choose their
own electors, did regularly, duly and
legally apM)int the Tildcu candidates
upon a full poll, nt a freo election and
by a largo majority ; anil tho persons
thus duly appointed by tho peoplo
wero exclusively capable of cssting
tho presidential voto of the State. It
followed, as the day follows tho night,
that the count ot tho eight electoral
votes Irom Lotiiiaiia for llnycs wits a
litlso count.
Hut you fiy that tho officers of tho
returning board, by Virtue ol certain
judicial power contbrred on it, could
dislrnncbiso me majority, nunoy mmr
act ot appointment, and virtually take
tbo power of i boosing electors Into
their own linnds. This brings its to
another distuned jucstion of law: Is
tho returning board' law valid nnd
binding, or a moro nullity btouuse of
it direct and palpal'1. iwhiv with
tlio Constitution. Jrel us look.
Of course neither you nor anybody
will deny that dislr'.nthisement ol a
(Veo cllir.cn is a severe punishment re
served by tho penal law fur tho most
inlamous crimes. To inflict it is an
cxerciso of the highest legal authority.
Tho judicial power in Louisiana I ex
clusively confined by the Slato Con
stitution to certain cuunicratod courts,
nnd tlio returning board i not one of
litem. Therefore, un net of the liegis
latum which givo to snch a board
dy judicial power to punish rny per
son for iiiy offence, is clearly void.
But in addition to this, It is provided
by tho fundamental law of all free
NEW
Suites, including Louisiana, that oven
tho courts or magistrates capable of
holding this power shall never exer
cise it except upon formal accusation
and duo conviction, after a regular
trial before an Impartial jury. Now
the legislative act which you assert to
bo constitutional gives tbo power to
punish by disfranchisement to the re
turning board, which is not a court,
nnd authorizes it to pronounce sen
tenco of disfranchisement upon all tbo
citizens of a parish at onco, for un uet
of violence not committed by them
selves or by nnyot them, but by some
body else whom tbey may never hnvo
seen or heard of. liven tho fact that
violence was committed by other par
ties is to bo ascertained, not by a trial,
but by inquiry conducted in secret,
behind the backs of tho parties, on cx-
parte statements of their political cno
mica. 1 ho sentenco is to bo corned
WBuaiastlaaaly aul.lhouKlk.it huvo lho
eltect ol remanding tho w hole people
ol tho btuto back to a hopeless bond
ago from which they nro struggling to
bo Ireo.
Such a law you declaro to bo con
stitutional and valid I Thora is not a
ball-grown boy iu tho country of uv-
erugo understanding that docs not
know better. I cunnot help but be
lieve that a littlo reflection would have
saved even you from tbo shame and
folly ot making un assertion so desti
tute of all sense and reason.
But you go further. Yim not only
aver thul tho power of the Legisla
ture to puss such a law cannot be
doubted, but you declare that tho Su
premo Conn of Louisiana bus adjudg
ed il lo bo vulid, that is to sav, con
Bistent with the Constitution. This is
extremely injurious to that court, and
il believed, it would destroy all conn-
deuce in tho integrity of its judgments.
Knowing something of its members, I
tuko leave to say thai they are utter
ly incuptthlu of making u decision ul
once so falsely and so absurd. In fact
they did not. No caso ever came be
fore them involving tbo question, and
no dictum over fell from either of ibcm
which could givo the returning board matter of fact; to wit : Whether Kel
or ils owners iho least hope of being : logg and his seven associates bnd been
sustained ns a constitutional body.
This falsification of a judicial decis
ion to uphold llio power of tho return
ing board in fabricating election re
turns has a curious history. In No
vember lust, -Mr. Stanley Matthews, in
a letter, said that tho Supremo Court
of the State bail decided tho returning :
limir.l hi tit nt n In ltd it na.t il n I in m.l II..!
wus immediately picked up by nine i
Louisiana lawveis who told him in a!
printed pamphlet that it wus not true, I
und asked bim with crest politeness j
to correct the error. Ho wns silent,
but tho visiting committee reasserted
in its report substantially the sumo :
thing. Again it wits met w ith loud
nnd emphatic contradiction. Never-
tiiciesa, -nr. niicrman in tho oenato ui-
terward reaffirmed it and had tho
temerity to hold up a book of Louisi
ana reports in which ho snid llio de
cision would bo found. Thoso who
for want of lime or interest in tbe sub
ject did not exumino tho report were
in somo sort compelled to believowhat
wns affirmed about it by a Senator
who professed to hot'e carefully mid
it, and in consequence tlio reputation
of tho Louisiana Court suflcrcd se
verely for a while. But the misrepre
sentation Boon became known for what
it really wns, nnd it was again thor
ongbly exposed as you very well know.
Now, after all this, hero you are nt
tho samo work again, parading anew
tho citation proven to bo false half a
dor.cn times. Tho patient pertinacity
of Pope's spider, reconstructing its web
as often as it was swept away, is tbo
figure that tils your case; 1 will not
quoto the lines lest they offend you by
their coarseness.
You transcribe a passage in which
you tell us that tbo court has decided
the validity ol tbo statute ; butyoti aro
careful not to mention tho caso or tho
book from which you tako it ; it is
found, howover, in the caso of Bonner
vs. Lynch, on pngo 2t! of the 25th
annual. There is not in that passage,
or in that case, or in that book, one
word that alludes in the remotest man
ner to the constitutional question or
tho power ol tho Legislature lo pass
such a law. Tho case, being examin
ed, shows thut no such point wns rais
ed by tbo record or discussed by coun
sel or adjudicated by tho court. Tho
aitln nnosliitti was whether thn f-nnrl. '
bad authority to reviso tho proceed
ings of tho returning board and cor
rect its errors'. Four Judges concur
red in tho opinion that, inasmuch its
no slotuto expressly gave them that
power, thoy could tako no cognizance
of thu subject, Iiir wunl of jurisdiction
ratione materia: You might just as
well cite thut case to prove the consti
tutionality pf Iho reconstruction law.
You claim that this sumo case nol
only establishes tho tuiHiliti of tho uct
creating tho returning board, but tho
conclusive effect of its action ; wbere-
as, ill liulli and in fact, the court holds
tho direct contrary, and savs that a
certifleato of the board is merely prima
facie evidence in lavor ol tho person
wiio gets it. How, indeed, could too
court havo done otherwise, see
ing that that statute, itself declares,
totiilnn vrrlis, that the certifleato shall
be, not conclusive, but prima facie
merely ? And hero it ought to bo noted
that where you profess to set forth,
tho prevision of the hgislutivo net
which makes tho ccrliticutu ol the
hoard evidence, you garble it shame
fully and alter it lo muke it fit your
assertion that It is conclusive by cut
ting out tho wortls which declaro it to
bo only nri'mit facie.
I am not sure that you have made
these misstatements with malice pro
iensu.
11 Tlal wrong la wrought fb: want of thought,
Aa wrll aa want of heart."
You utter whatever comes upper
most if il seems to servo your purpose,
without stopping to consider whether
it Is right or wrong. Added to this
you havo Iho dangerous gill of talk
ing on a subject yon Know nothing
about just ns well as if you under
stood it. This combination of mental
qualitL's gives yon a matchless skill st
blundering:
"Aa expert dlrera to tho bottom fall
Booaer thaa tboea who eaaaot awlm at as.
fo, by Ibia art ol writing witbont tfatnaing,
Yoa have a atrange alaerlty ia ainklng."
Besides this, tlio obliquity ol your
moral vision prevents you from seeing
either facts or principle a thoy are
seen by others. You havo no doubt
that Vt ells, Anderson and tho two mil-
lutlocs, when they corruptly altered
and fulsified tbo election returns, "ex
ercised a Wise discretion.'' Tho man
ifest sincerity with which you make
your confession of this singular faith
marks you out lor tlio niiesi man mat
could havo been found to servo the
Oreal Fraud by blaspheming llio Con
stitution of s tree Blalo, mtitiiatmg
her statutes, and imputing to her
judge absurd decisions which they
never mado.
Hut let that pass. Wo will now as
sume that the roturnlnn hoard was a
TERMS-S2 per onnut: ia Advance.
SERIES - VOL. 18, NO. 10.
, constitutional body vested with all the
j power you claim for it, and also that
its certificate is conclusive. Does il
follow that its action Is binding, if it
bo fraudulent? No: a tribunal with
jurisdiction ha no moro power to com
mit fraud than a private cilizen. A
judgment, of the Supreme Court of the
1,'niteil KlfltcR tinnrt n mailer fdclil'lv
within its nthority is utterly void it
tainted with corruption. No papor of
any kind, no ofliciul certificate, no
deed, no record, cun weigh a feather
in tbo scale of justice, if it has been
concocted in willful lulsehood or pro
cured by actual deception. Such a pa
per or record when produced in cvi
dence has precisely tho same proba
tive forco as a forgory ; neither moro
nor less, in saying tins wo aro back
cd bv the good" senso nnd honesty of
all mankind, and by rules of luw that
aro universally urccpted. Nobody
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No Republican counsellor met it in ur.rctid-what yon probably never look '
gumontwhon tho Democratic counsel 1110 troublo lo look at tho reports
set it forth; nono of tho eight respond- ""Kioto Congress by Messrs. Potter,
ed when all the seven presented it. t'0"tcr, H heeler, Pholps and others,
I'.vfn vnu with nil vniir "stinmrn i,b,n. I which establish tbo facts incontostibly.
rity iu sinking," cunnot get down low
enough to contradict it.
Any court, any legislative body, any
commissioner or arbitrator, who re
ceives a paper known to havo been
fraudulently mudo, and gives it tho
enect ol a truo ono, or adopts it as tho
foundation of a judgment, or allows it
to prejudice any opposing right, com
mits a most scandalous outrage upon
luw and justice. Tho principle which
excludes a document tainted with that
kind of iniquity is fundamental, axio
matic and necessary to tho safety of
all rights, publio ns well as private II
j is of universal application, imprcgnu-
oie, unavailable, without variableness,
or shallow of turning. It stands now
as it has stood sinco tho beginning ot
. . " 3
tho world
"Wli'.le aa tie marble, fountlird aa tbo rock,
Aa broil and general aa tlie easing air."
The electoral commission was con
stituted with authority clearly defined
to determine a certain controverted
July appointed electors by tho peo
plo ot Louisiana or not. lo main
tain tlio nllirinutive side of that
issue the certificate of tbo return
ing board was uloiio relied upon,
Tho
iglil comniisioners,
oguinst '
: the solemn protest of their seven ,
brethren, accepted that certificate and ,
held it to bu food, nnv conclusive !
proof of Iho fact averred, although it
wus. and llitv knew it to he. not oiilv
tainted, but saturated through and
through with the most atrocious lraud,
and therefore as corrupt in morals und I
Is void in luw ns tho nakerlrst lorgcry
that ever was. made.
Thus it enmo to pass that this great
cause, involving the litlo to the high-
est oflico in tho republic, was deler-
mined falsely upon evidenco which no
justice of tho peace would receivo in a
suit for tbo price of two sheep. In
ono of tho regular courts ot tho coun
try upon a trittl for land or money,
the moro offer of such evidenco by
counsel knowing ils real character
would be extremely dangerous. It
would not only bo rejected, but the
guilty counsellor would bo punished,
not in tho sumo way (for thero is a
technieul difference), but on tbe same
principle, that courts punish Iho titter
anco of counterfeit money. To pol
Into tho administration of justice by
passing talso and fraudulent docu
ments upon a court is indeed very
much worso thun "shoving the queer"
upon a shopkeeper.
Of courso tho wickedness of all this
depends on tho scienter. Involuntary
ignorance would bo an excuse. But
tho corrupt character oftbis certificate
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was known to ull tho world, and be-
ing a public fact, tho commissioners as
well as every body clso wero hound Id
know it; besides that, tbo evidence
was exhibited to their eyes ; their re
jection of it assumed it to be true;
and tbey expressly ruled, Hint no
proof ol fraud, however clear, would
diminish tho valno of tho fubo paper
in their estimation. So lar as 1 am
informed tbey have never pretended
lo bo ignorant of tho fact that this
voto wus tho offspring of a fraudulent
conspiracy, nor hnvo they denied the
luw which makes it void for that rea
son. Thero is, thcrcloie, nothing for
it but to leave their reputation for ju
dicial integrity, ns Bacon left his, "to
foreign countries, to future ages, and
to men's charitetlle. speeches"
Tho eight commissioners and the
counsel on their side tried to Irnmo n
weak excuse for this dereliction of
duty by reasoning thus: Congress gave
tho commission no power but what the
two houses might hureexercised them
selves; tho two bouses had no author
ity lo reviso election returns from any
Slute; ergo tho commission must re
ceive a fuise, fraudulent and void cer
tificate us it il wero a real return, true
nnd vnlid. In this syllogism the pre
mises, major and minor, are unsound,
and the conclusion is a non sequ, ,r (.iflucil.nn mnrd,r stories of Sher
Congress has power, clear nnd tin-1 ,un ftmJ lShrmn my d.inution 0f
qiiestiotiablo, not to revise tbo action , lhoM, i( n , lrntl, cmn.
o the State authorities lor the purposo ; mitu,( n(1 of n.fjnn,,. whi(.,,
of correcting their moro errors, but to !coul(, iulli(lh tll HnJ dld uolmy
ascertain whether a paper pretending i lll)cum' , exnreaaion of these sonti-
lo be
n return is a real return or a i
fraud. If tho two houses nro tocoiinl
tho votes, they havo tlio verifying
power which enable them tu dolor-
mine wliul are voles and what aro i
not. A lraud or a lorgcry is not a
vote. This verifying power wns dele
gated lo the commission with diree.
lions to ascertain by it who were duly
appointed. The majority did not de
cline to exercise tho power; they as
sumed it, took it and executed it, but
they misused nod nbtised it so ns not
to verily hut to falsity tbo vote.
Y'ou invoke tho namo ol Judge
Church, tbo present Chief Juslico of
the Stnlo of New York. If that dis
tinguished, upright nnd learned gen
tleman is on your side of this contro
versy, I admit that tho (ircnt Fraud
has a most poworful friend. But your
claim that lie Incurs your doctrine is
priuni facie evidence that bo is against
you ; for, iu citing authorities you aro
nothing, il lint deceptive Yoiigiveusa
singlo sentence, which yon say is his ;
but yon do nol tell us whether it is
Irom a judicial opinion, a published
letler, or the report of nn oral conver
sation. Knowing "tho sin that doth
so easily besot you," 1 venture to sny
thut Ibis quotation is in some way
fulse: cither you havo made jt out of
whole cloth, or torn it from its con
text, or clso mado an application ot it
which tho author never intended. Let
us look nl it. .
ion makothethicf Juslico say that
"tho aulhoiiticalion ol the election ol
presidential electors, according to llio
laws of each Slato, is final and conclu-
m.v, i.ii-i iiiii. n.viu vi!-m uu
lo go behind them." This sentence,
wilh it badgrnmmarandopaqiienessnf
expression, is not like Judgo Church's
clear and accurate style. But he may
havo Raid that the results ol an
election honestly authenticated by the
' proper authorities ol tho State, accord-
ing to its luw nnd the act of Con-
I ,,tua l.t I ti Iim aw.rwntAtl aa final
and dVisivo of all antecedent dispute
about it. Thul is no doubt hi opinion
und 1 firmly buliovo bim to bo right on
this as on other questions of law. But
does it follow thul a fraud or a forge
ry may bo regarded as a proper au
thentication? liavo the two House
f.f f 'oriirreee wlirrt thev enmo to count
twecn a true paper aim a papor vom
tor manifest corruption? Ask Judgo
t liurcu tosny for your comlort and as
sistance that Congress or any other
tribunal may lawfully receivo, and
treat us truu a false paper, known to
ttive been concocted in willful fraud.
Jlnsleud of grutilying your wish, (io
will muke the tunderesl vein in your
heart ache with his contempt.
Many poisons aro ot opinion that
you did not writo llio article to which
your name is appended. There is in
trinsic evidence that certain parts of
it wero not produced by you ; lor in
stance, the defence of tho carpet
baggers, whieh certainly nobody but
one of their number would make now,
sinco tbo administration at Washing-
j t,,n deserted them, and
Prom tbrlr ruined furlunre tlielr familiar, allok
away."
But you aro made lo appear us a be
liever in tho virtue of the knaves who
almost desolated Louisiana by their
exactions, tajed properly to a point
that made it almost worthless, issued
innumerable millions of fraudulent
bonds, reduced public securities to for
ty per cent., patronized larceny all
ovor tlin Kll,t0 4ml lu,t 11,0 P00!''0 10
I"10 protection of no law but lynch
'l'l,a w'nlt'r coulJ not 'Kn0r6
these enormities, for ho manifestly had
express admiration and respect for
theso unmitigated scamps, and, fncilo
as you are, I wonder that you submit
ted lo it. They might havo spared
'"a degredation. Vn il not
enough for you to bare said that tho
rascality of tho returning board was
' tho exercise of a wise discretion ?"
You, or somebody for you, have un
dertaken lo repent tho amazing argu
ment that the returning board and tho
electoral commission wore right in
disregarding the popular vote and set
ting usido tho election in Louisiana
(freo, full nnd fair though it wus), be
cause numerous murders bad boon com
mitted in tho Htuto during tho period
of carpet bag rule. It wasollogod that
ll.ni.n,.,.,!,, 1,1,1 luian nl n. An ulna A
ily for years at tho awful average of
about four every day, und though tho
perpetrators of them were well known,
tbe publio authorities hud not taken
measures to punish a single one. No
body was bung, or tried, or oven ar
rested. I did not bclievo this story.
Il wus denied on good authority and
supported by no crediblo ovidenco.
But I insisted that if it was true tho
peoplo wero right in turning out offi
cers who suffered such a Btuto of things
to exist, twid electing others who would
protect life by a luitlitul execution ol
"'o laws. It did seem to molikoa new
species of moral insanity lo sny that
lh0 law-abiding nnd honest citizens of
tho Slato should bo disfranchised
bo-
euuso tbey bad cast their votes against
officers who, besidos being public plun
derers, bad taken nwuy all security lor
life by permitting four thousand mur
ders in threo years to go ontirely un
punished.
Upon this you assert, or at toast sign
your namo to an asBorlion and publish
it in a magazino as yours, that 1 admit
ted tho perpetration of the murders re
ferred lo; that 1 justified '.hem, alleg
ing Hint the Mate dovernmcnt teas too
weak to punish or prevent them. This
represents me as tho most inhuman
monster on earth. A man who would
justify tho unprovoked assassination
ot tour thousand peaceable and help
less persons, including women and
children, on tho moreground that tho
government was unable to prevent it,
would not hesitate to commit murder
himself whenever ho could do il with
impunity. This odious charge is press
ed upon me explicitly, and ropoalcd in
many forms through several pages of
violent denunciation. Now, mark my
answer well. Tho man who wroto
this part of tho articlo which passes
lor yours is a buso impostor. Evory
opinion, thought and sentiment ex
presfed by mo is prtvisely the reverse of
what ho imputes to mo. I pronounced
the Btory of the four thousand murders
what I did then, nnd do still believe it
to bo, a sheer fabrication, got up to
order for partisan purposes. So -far
from justifying those murders, I de
clared that if such outrages had really
been committed, the carpel-bag author
ities of tbo Sluto bad mado themselves
infamous by thoir failure to punish
them. Furthermore, I averred as mat
ter of fact, and showed it very conclu
sively to bo truo, that the Slate Gov
ernment was armed with physical pow
er amply sufficient to enforce tbe law,
preserve tho lcuco and protoct life.
All ibis I snid, not in doubtful or ob
scure langungo, but so plainly that no
man wilh intelligence one degree above
that of nn iJiut could misunderstand
me.
Tbo direct, straightforward menda
city of this effort to defame me it lit
erally wonderful. I speak soberly and
without passion w hen I sny that I
think there is nothing liko it on record.
No reader will bo able lo conccivo tho
grossness of it without comparing your
article at pages 225-0 7, with mine at
pages II In 11. Even then he will not
understand it unless ho looks narrow
ly ul the passages which tlio writer
pretends lo copy from mo. They are
all fraudulently changed and altered. My
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from the passagesqnoted
Diseonnec-
ted sentences are picked oul from dif
lorcnt places, inutiluU'd, tiansposed and
then joined together as il 1 had writ
ten tbem continuously in that order,
whereby llio whole senso and mean
ing of my words is perverted. I am
mndo out to bo an apologist lor mur
der und mob violence, just as you
might prove from tho Bible Hint thero
is no Cod. This is uot an indictable
forgery, but many a man has served
out his term at Sing Sing, who would
scorn an attempt to ruin bis noighbor
by the Iraudiilenlmukingorallerulion
ui a paper wriling lo tho prcjudico of
his character.
Conei'inf next trri A.
A lady who consultod hor physician
al most daily, aliont somo imaginary ,
ailment, and who liked to talk with
him on a great many subjects, becauso
he wus a witty and charming man, on
ono occasion asked to ho excused an
interview. Tho doctor, thinking tho
servant misunderstood tho message,
requested his arrival to be announced
a second timo, but tho lady said that
"alio was grieved at being obliged to
deny herself tbo pleasure of his com
pany, fifW7ii.v A. kyi eery ill."
j ..jr.. d(!ir , .... MjJ a mt,er lo
hc. , 10 .1(t., nunii pBto
, Tor some tnrkey, "this is tbe fourth
j.jmoyou have been helped." I know,
,notlt.ri" nplni the boy, "but that
! turkoy me once, sod I want to
square with him." Ho got his
i,UrkCV.
The truest help we can render to nn
afflicted man is not to tako hi burden
from him, but to call out hi boat
strength, that ho may bo ablo lo bear
the burden.