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OFFICOIAL JOURNAL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
VOL. II---NO. 77. NEW ORLEANS, WEDNESDAY, MARCIH 7, 1877. PRICE, FIVE CENT4 .
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SBY TELEGRAPH.
CAHINEt MEE FINU.
A Polnt of Etiquette Will Prevent Joe
Johlson IBI g Secretary of War.
Masoter Key, of Tennessnor, Will Acctpt
the Poutmalter (eneraildip.
Mortoel a Given I') Ithn Ilopo of Seat
ing Kellog~, and Will Fight
for Delay.
[Special to N. 0. Democrat.]
enWA5HIxNGToR, March 6.-It is now gen
erally believed that Gen. Joe Johnston
will not be Seoretary of War. The dif
aoulty seems to turn on a point of eti
quette. llHayes does not like to offer
him the placeo iulles lhe knows it will
be aoceptel. (eon. Johnston will not
accept nn appolntmont before it fa
formally tendleredI to hmn. The m.ittfor
is not yet dllluitely sett.ld, but the
chances are that Johnston will not be
$eoretary of War.
Senator Key, o Tennesso.'', lhis just
arrived. lie will aclept I ho Postmaster
Generalship.
The Morton cliotlu have discovered
that they cannot seat lKellogg, anti will
try to have the I'atter's credentials re
terred to the Committee on Privileges
and Elections for the sake of delay.
IBUELL.
LIAMAK SE TED.
The .enate Voltes Almost Unanimously to
Mcat Him.
Iellogg Will Net nt me l'w lvIe Votc4s, but
('nnot be Serted.
(Special to N. 0. Demoorat.]
WASHnINToN, March G. Lamar was
seated in the Senate by an almost
tnanimous vote.
Kellogg will get all tihe way from
twelve to twenty-two votes, but cannot
posslbly be seated. BtELL,.
e** -- - . ...
(Frorm On' Evcning Edition of Yo4terday.]
HAYES' SOU I ilEItN 1PtLIUY.
Morton and thie Radicals Have
Begun heir Fight
Against it.
They Will Vote to I nt lielhtgg, antd on
this roi.t the Fight will hiegin.
They are Not Ti'houtht trong Enough to
Ac coplh This.
[Specall to N. 0. O. Dmnrat.]
WAsmtNgTON. March ,.---The battle
over Hayes' ,olicy ha(s begun. Morton
leads off in tihe S'nate with a speech in
opposition to the seating of Lamar.
The next test will come on Kel
logg. A desperate effort, will be made
by the Radicals, under the lead of
Morton and Blaine, to seat Kellogg.
This is the programme by which they
propose to tlefeat layes' Southern
policy. It is not bhlheved they can
drum up more than twenty-five votes
in favor of seating Kellogg. The vote on
that question will be a test of the sup
port which Hayes' Southern policy is
to receive in the Senate. BUrELL.
[From Our Evening Edition of Yesttrday.]
LOUISIANA.
Hayes Immovable in his Support
of the Nicholls Government.
The Coring Fight with Morton
and the Car pet-Baggers.
tlayes Expects the South to Eup.
port him in his Southern
Polivy.
(Special to the N. O. Democrat.]
WA$nrIoroNT , Maroh G--The determi
nation of the Administration to uphold
.the Nioholls government is as immova
ble as was the purpose of the Republi
oans to inaugurate Hayes. The pro
gramme is to induce Packard to retire
voluntarily. If ohe refuses, he will be
-told plainly that he must take care of
himself. The theory of administration
is that Nicholls need not be formally
recognized, since he has not asked for
Weaognition. I)o not indulge in any
further apprehensions. The mainte
nanoe of our government Is an absolute
certainty.
Gen. Sherman is very anxious to have
Gen. Joe E. Johnston in the Cabinet.
8ehurz, a strong friend of ours, will be
appointed Secretary of the Interior.
Morton, Blaine, Logan and that crew
are already at odds with Hayes. The
earpet-baggers denounce him as another
Andy Johnson. Hayes will carry out
the plroImise made in his letterof aooeept
.a0ucest his . Helooksato
lng struggle with Mortonism and carpet
baggerism, a struggle that is soon to
come.
A genuine Southerner will have a
place in his Cabinet.
The situation is altogether rosy, and
saying this, I remind you I do not allow
hope to run away with judgment.
AI,nant C. JANIs.
THI INAURURAL.
The Opinions of the Press Upon It.
IN. Y. Times.l
WAUIsNOTOW, March G.--The New
York Tinme, in an article on the inau
gural, referring to the South, says: "It
is lmppssible not to admire the spirit;
it is petfeotly patriotic; it is free from
narrowness and partisan bias; it is en
lightened and it is independent. By
what precise methods Mr. Hayes will
carry his admirable sentiments into
effect it is too soon to say; it is certain,
however,that whatever they may be they
will be attended with grdat and com
plicated diffoulties, and that the coun
try will have to judge them with for
tearance an'd to wait patiently for their
fruits.
IN. Y. Hloratl.]
Th'le New York !Herald, in a ladling
ea#itorial, linds President IHayes'address
;vtis and satisfactory. It sees no good
reason to distrust the President's ability
to fulfill his excellent promises. Iuldol.
he will find It easier to koeep than to
break them, if they reflect the wishes
of the American people. It is but fair
to judge him by his ploedges; until he
falls to fulfill them he has evinced a
wisdom that would not discredit the
most illustrious of his predecessors. It
isthe clear duty of the country to sup
port him; oven the Democrats should
give him generous good words, us lihe
engages to do the very thiags they ex
pected of Tilden. The country need
not wait long to know the sincerity of
Htayes' promises, for the Southern ques
tion meets him on the threshold of hie
administration, and his pledges will be
soon put to the test. We believe he has
'Inlexibly made up his mind or he could
not have taken the strong ground he
has in regard to the Southern -States.
On the subject of civil service reform
he utters no uncertain sound. The
earnestness and resoluteness of purpose
disclosed will strengthen the I'resident
in public confidence.
[Natloul Riepublion. ]
WASHIINOTON, March 6.-The National
Republican has an article on the presi
dential policy, which has been carefully
prepared, and reflects the views of the
'resident in regard to the Southern
States. It says the South needs simple
justice in legislation, and in the on.
forcement of the laws. The fact is
Gov. Hayes appreciates, and he will
seize the golden opportunity now offered
him for incrtasing the peace and pros
perity of the American people every
where, especially those who have so
long been under a cloud in the South.
He will, uniloubtedly, in making his
Southern appointments, select only
men who live in the South, and are
identitied with its material interests
and respected by the people. In select
ing men for local Iledleral offices, he
will not hesitate in appointing Demo
crats when the best interests ol the
country and people will be subserved
by so doing.
Londoni PnpersP
LoNDoN, March 6. --Thie inaugural of
President Hayes which Is published
here in full this morning, has created a
very favorable impression.
[London limas.]
The Times says: The greater part of
it was of a character that might have
been well received by men of all parties.
[London News.]
The Naws says: Of course, general
principles do not help much to cool
angry passions which have been seeth
ing for years, but there is a time for the
statement of principles. President
Hayes' enunciations are excellent.
[t ondo.i Tr I')raph.]
The Tcl'feraph says: Mr. Hayes' com
ments on the election ordeal, which put
such a severe strain on tihe constitution, I
are such as become a President who,
from the moment he takes the oath of t
office, should belong to all parties.
On the whole we do not imagine that
even his candid opponents will corn
plain of the tone and temper of the ad
dress, which deals with questions of the I
highest. moment, primarily to America
and indirectly to all the world. t
Mr. Hayes speaks with the dignity I
and frankness becoming the chieft
magistrate of a great people, and points
the way-to ends which, If they can be <
accomplished, will redound to his honor I
and that of his country.
Memphis Opinion.
MEMI'lms, March 6.-The report from
Washington that President Hayes had
tendered ex-Senator Key the position of I
Postmaster General is received with
great satisfaction by all parties, not t
only as a worthy tribute to Mr. Key,
but as indicative of the conservative
polley of the new President toward the
South.
TWASINSGTON NEWS.
The supreme Court Adjourned.
WASIaNOTON, March 6.-The Supreme c
Court adjourned to Monday. t
Cabinet Gosslp. r
Gen. Hawley is pressed for Secretary
of War; Gov. Rloe, of Massachusetts, C
for the Navy. f
The following still remain certain: 1
Sherman, Treasury; Schurz, Interior; I
Evarts, State. Almost certain: Key, r
tor Postmaster General. t
TUB .BNATE.
Thae Debate on the Admission of Lamar. c
\VAsmHNoTON March 6. - Mr. Wallace, I
of Pennsylvaula, submitted a resolution d
that the credentials of L. Q. C. Lamar, a
Senator elect from the State of Missis- I
sippi, be taken from the table, and that t
he be sworn in. 8
Mr. Anthony moved that the Senate \
adjourn-rejected; yeas 15, nays 36, n
many Republicans voting with the o
Democrats in opposition to adjourn- I
meat. t
Mr. Blaine spoke in favor of swearing I
in Mr. Lamar, and said his credentials a
were entirely regular, and he was as
much entitled to be sworn in as he, Mr.
Blaine or any other Senator sworn in a
yesterday. F
Mr. Blaine has startled the Senate.
He thinks Piohback should have been 8
admitted. He favors seating Morgan
sad a Az I li~etI I- Cý IhIorton,
aqtowbat:-kwrq&4o
under his line of argument, Mr. Blaine
said that he had a resolution in his
hand which he proposed to offer when
the present case was disposed of, to
seat Kellogg.
Mr. Dawes declared in favor of seat
ing Mr. Lamar. Mr. Spencer is speak
lng In opposition. Hie has sent
to t;be clerk's desk to be read, as part of
his Ipeeeh, certain committee reports
on the Mississippi election. The pro
ceedings are on motion of Mr. Wallace
to seat Mr. Lamar. A conclusion will
hardly be reached to-day.
The drift of delte indicates that
Morgan, of Alabama, and Lamar, of
Mississippi, will be seated on prima
facie evidence.
An Extra enaelon Doubtful.
An extra session is becoming doubt
f.n The law forbids expenditures out- 1
e of appropropriations for comrnmissary I
and masters' supplies, but it is claimredl
to be allowable to batik on the future
for the pay of the army.
FOIIEIfI .
WARN.
The People of Ilun.la Want it.
LONDOr , March 6.---The .Stmattard'r I
disptolh fronm Vienna says: It, is semli
ofll,,,laly anuouneri here that, a cou lllil
of Ministers has Ieen hoel in St,. 'Petters
burg to consilder the report of (3otnt E
8chlouvalolT, the Itutsi ani Ambassalor i
to Englaild. It has been dcildl that I
the idea of granting lthe Port a lolng
litne of probliation cat nnot Ile serious ly y
dliscussed. The reports fromi the prov
inees wero laid befire tho (!zr, show- r
ilg that lthe people have no warlike
feeling, but wou lli prefer war to ia mre t
temporary settlement of the Eastern i
difficulty.
IIANATIEFF'# 'I'I RE:A *ON.
Who l4 to ire to the Multanll' Ieformll t
Ii:raIN, March 6.-The Emperor Wil
liam recelved (eon. Ignatieff yesterday.
Ignatieff's mission soems to be to inlduce
teto powere to cauose the Hultan to sign a
promise to carry out the reform within I
a stated time, or adopt the reform pro
gramme of the colifereuce should he t
fail to fuilill hls prom is. The question t
of who is to decide whether the Sultan
has really carried out his programmern
will probably be left undetermined. It is 1
considered probable that an agreeoment
will be offected.
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LEAVING TIEK WHITE IIOU4E.
Mrs, Grant ihed. Tear., pnd the Gen
rral Hireiumlc Giarrulou..
[:'pecidl Oireospo deneo Ciucnna i Enqoircr.]
WVAHI IN(ITON, March 1.--Mrs. Grant,
so says one of her intimate nassmlaes,
weeps now when she speaks of l)er ap
proachling departure from the White
House. the says she has hben very
happy there, and adds, as one of her
sources of regret in leaving, that she
has had more money wvhile there t han
she ever had before in her life. It is
hard, independent of the tender asso
clations one imust naturally have for a
home In lwhich the eight most iwplr
tant years of one's life have been pa-iem I,
to give up $50,000) per year "and found 1"
The preparations for moving out are
nearly completed now, and the family
purp'rose leaving the White IHouse on
Monday. The P'resident's own al
fairs are well known to be in a very
ball tav Ieuimeniiarily. It, was told by an
offloial in the Treasury a year ,go that
the President cons intily arntiietmted
his salary. It is known thatt he has
speculated and lost, and the I, sling in
vestments are believied to hiavo been
made bhihIlly under the inllulinree of
Tom Murphy, andl were in real estate
at Long Brarilh and In Now York.
President Grant has been less taci
turn of late, it wouldI senem, as he
recently told a lady this story of how he
was appointed to West Point. He gavo
It as an illustration of how slight a
thing ("not may move dissension bo
tween hearts that lovo") may Imake a
General and a President out of ia poor
country boy in "the land of the free
and the home of the brave." He said
his parents had a near neighbor in their
old home when he (Ulysses Simpson
Grant) wasa lad. The father of the future
dynasty of Grant and tie head of the
neighbor's family had a bitter feul, antd
were not on speaking terms for someI
time. The mothers of the two families,
however, did not take part in the quar
rel. One day Mrs. Grant (mother
of the present Chief Executive) met her
neighbor, whose name, being unknown
to me, I will say was Blan White.
Quoth the latter: " We are in great
trouble about our boy; he writes from
West Point that lie doesn't get on at all
there, and doesn't feel he is treated
just right, and he's all discouraged and
down-hearted, and wants to come home.
Now, Mrs. Grant, suppose we write to
tell him to give up, 'cause it doesn't
seem as if we can make him stay when
he says he can't get along; and, then,
how'd you like to have Ulyss put in his
place ? "
Mrs. Grant mere eagerly embraced
the proposition, but doubted if it were
feasible. Her friend said she would tell
her husband to write to their member
of Congress who had put their boy In at
West Ptiut, and tell him that as their
son would be withdrawn, they wished
Ulysses Grant to have the appointment.
"1'il speak to my old man at once,"
continued Mrs. White, "and tell him to
talk it over with yours." "But," de
murred Mrs. Grant, "they don't speak."
"Oh, never mind that," responded
cheerful Mrs. White, "they'll speak
fast enough if my old man gets your
boy into West Point." So it
proved, and the matter was ar
ranged and the feud healed. In telling
the story the President says: "When
they told me of my appointment I was
glad to hear I was going away fromn the
old place and see New York and other
large cities. I didn't love books, and
didn't care to go through the hard
study and disciplino at West Point, but
I'd never been away from home, and
thought I'd take the appointment anl
see New York, and if I didn't like it at
West Point, I'd run away. That was
my resolve, and from a mere boyish love
of adventure, I agreed to go to West
Point, and after I had got there, I
thought I'd just try to see it through, so
Ididn't keep to my plan of running
away.
,Btaub invariably comes up to taw, and sots up
to the adage that the devil takes tie hindmost.
In fact he is never behindhand. He has now for
sale. jul reoeived, at Goldhwante's bookstore
on xh.a= Alley, near the corner of Canal,
Frank .'s Iastrated nesperpa, Frank #
L~e's larnal, New York Ilsrated 14
trhe L Timeast sm all te lstNwsee j
5I1 rrrijrr lc
A SCATHIIN(G IREBiUKE.
Judge Black's l'werful Argument Be
fore the Electoral Commission.
A Covenant Made With Death and an
Agreerrment With Hell.
Mr. President and Gentlemen-I had
not from the beginning, and have not
now, any intention to argue this case.
I never heard the objections nor knew
what they were until they were read in
your presence this morning. It would
be presumption in me to attempt an ar
gument before a tribunal like this, and
on such a case as this, having had no
previous opportunity to consider it
which might put me in a condition bet
ter than the judges themselves. You
have heard as unoh of the case and
know as much about it as I do.
My idea of the duty which a coun
selor owes to a court or any other tri
bunal, judicial or quasi-judicial, is that
he should never open his mouth except
for the purpose of assisting the judges
in comrning to a correct conolusion; and
if he is not in a situation to do that he
ought to keep silence.
Besides that I am, I suppose, the
very last man in this whole nation who
should heI called upon to speak here an !
now. Evorybody has sullered more or
ioess by events and proceedings of the
recent past, siole by wear and tear of
conscielnce ant some by Ita leoop sense of
oppl'rossal and wrong. BUt perhaps I,
more than most other:, have frit the
conlctsioustnel that I have lost. the dig
nity of an American citizn. Like their
rest I am degraded and humnilated.
This nation has got her groeat big foot
in a trap. It is vain to struggle for her
cxtrication.
I am so fallen from the proud estate
of a free citizen, you have so subjected
and abjected me, that I am fit for
nothing on earth but to represent the
poor, defrauded, broken-hearted Do.
mocracy. And because I stiffer more
they think me more good for nothing
than the rest, and conclude to send me
out on this forlorn hope, judging, no
doubt truly, that it matters nothing
what becomes of me. I ought to go
gladly if anything which I can do or
say mlight have the effct of mitigating
the horrible calamity with which the
country is threatened: a President de
riving his title from a shameless swin
die, not merely a fraud, but a fraud dte
tected and exposed. I know not how I
would fool if called upon to suffer !leath
for my country. I ant not the stuff that
martyrs are mrade of. But if my life
could redeem this nation from the In
tamy with whlih shlie is clothed, I orlrht
to go to the grave as freely as I ever
went to omy bed. I see, however, no
practical good t at I can do, and it is
mere wakinets to complailn.
We have cortutin objections to the
counting of thisa Hayes vito from South
Carolina which look to me insuperable,
but I cannot hope that they will wear
that appearance in other men's eyes.
Perhaps the feeling which I in common
with millions of others entertain on this
siubject prevents us from seeing this
thing in its true light. But you are
wise; you are calm. You can look all
through this awful business with a
learned sljirit; no pa;ssionate hatred of
this groat frarl 1 can clond your Imn ntt,
vision or shake the even b:iance of your
judgmentr. You do not think it any
wrong that a nation should be cheated
by false election returns. On the coni
trary, it is rather a blessing which
Heraven iina sent us in this strango di:i
guise. When the omtlipotent Lie shall
be throned and sceptered and crowned
you think we ought all of us to fall
down and worship it as the hope of our
political salvation. You will teach uis
and perhaps we will loear (perhaps nort)
that under su.ch a rule we are better off
than if Truth had prevailed and Justice
been triumplhant.
Give, then, your cool cmnsideration to
these objections, and try them by the
standard of the law. I mean thelaw as
it was before the organization of this u
Cornmiission. I admit that since then a
great revolution has taken place in the
law. It is not now what it used to be.
All our notions of public right andi pub.
lie wrong have suffered a complete
boiulevernseme t.
The question submitted to you is
whether the persons who _ave these
votes were "duly ep bointe I." Duly of
course means according to law. What
law? The Constitution of the United
States, the acts of Congress passed in I
pursuanco thereof, the constitution of I
South Carolina, and the authorized acts
of her Legislature--these, taken 'all
together, constitute the law of the case I
be ore ou. I
By these laws the right, duty and
power of appointing electors is given
to the people of South Carolina; that is
to say, the citizens of the State qualified
to vote at geheral elections. Who are
they ? By the constitution of the State
in order to qualify them as voters they
must be registered. The registry of a
native citizen is a sine qua non to his
right of voting as much as the natural
Ization of a foreigner.
Now, the Legislature never passed
any law for the registration of voters,
and no registration of them was ever
made. No doubt has been or can be
entertained that the object and purpose
of this omission was fraudulent and
dishonest; for the Legislature as well
as the executive department of that
government has been in the hands of
the most redemptionluss rogues on the
face of the earth. But whatever may
have been the motive, nobody can doubt
that the legal effect of the omission is
to make the e'ection illegal.
That is hardly the worst of it. The
election itself, emancipated from all
law and all authority, was no better
than a riot, a mob, a general saturnalia,
in which the soldiers of the Unitea
8Hates army cut the principal as well as
the decentest figure. We offer to prove
--the offer will go upon record, and
there it will stand forever-that every
poll in Charleston county, where they
rushed into the ballotbox 7000 majority,
was in possession of the soldiers.
A government whose electiops are
controlled by military force cannot be
republican in form or substance. For
this I cite the authority of Luther vs.
Borden, if perchance the old-time law
has yet any influence. Do you not see
the hideous depth of national degrada
tion into which you will plunge us if
you sanett y this mode of making a
President T Brush up your historieal
memory, and think of it for a moment.
The mu whomyo elec in tishis wayi
6 46Mr~s a 01 =911i"rrf
·arwzo-l*
power as Caligula or Domitian, for
whom the pretorian guards controlled
the hustings and counted the votes.
But then we cannot get behind the
returns, forsooth I Not we! You will not
let us. We cannot got behind them.
No. That is the law, of course. We
may struggle for justice; we may cry
for mercy; we may go down on our
knees, and beg and woo for some little
recognition of olr rights as American
citizens; but we might as well put ut
our prayers to Jupiter or Mars. We
might as well sue in the court where
Rhadamanthus presides. There is not a
god on Olympus that would not listen
to us with more favor- [a pause; then
turning slowly round to counsel at the
other end of the table]--than we shall
be heard by our adversaries. We are at
their mercy; it is only to them that we
can appeal. You, gentlemen, unfortu
nately, cannot help us. You are bound
by the new law which you have made.
You are, of course, addicted liko other
people to the vice of consistency, and
what is done once must be done over
again.
In the Louitstiana case the people ap
pointed electors in favor of Tilden, re
corded their act, finished it, and left
their work in such a state that nobody
could misunderstand it.. But other per
sons, who had no power to appelnt, fal
sillied the record of the actual appoint
ment, pa~rtly by iain forg'ry and part
IV by irawd which was aso corrupt in
nlorals andl as void in law as any for
gery could bhe. You thought it right,
and legal and jllust to say that you
would not look at the record which the
people bad mlade; the forgery, the
fraud, and the corrupltion were too
sacredi to be interfered with ; the truth
rloust not he allowed to come in conflict
with the Imposture, lest the concussion
might, be damaging to somebody.
This precedent must be followed. It
is new law, to be sure, but we must give
it due welcome; and the new lords that
It brings into power must be regarded
as our "very noble and approved good
masters." Having decided thatolectors
were duly appointed in Louisiana who
were known not to be appointed, we
cannot expect you to take notice of any
fact similar or kindred to it in South
Carolina.
Then, again, the question of "duly
appointed" was decided in the case of
Leviseoe, an elector who was an officer
of the United States Government at the
time he was appointed, and continued
to be afterward. The Federal Constl
tution says no man shall be appolnted
who is in that relation to the Federal
Government. But you held (according
to law, mind you) that he was a lawful
elector and his vote a good vote. In
other words, a t thing is perfectly onstl
tutional, although it, bo in t very
teeth of a constitutional interdict.
Now you seeo why we are hopeless.
The present state of the law is sadly
against us. The friends of honest eleo
tions and honest government are in
deep desp'air. We onc(o thought that
the verifying power of the two Houses
of Congress ought to be brought always
into requisition for the purpose of see
ing whether the thing that, is brought
here is a forgery and a fraud on the one
hand, or whether it is a genuine and
true certiftliate on the other.
That time is past. lut while we can
not ask you to go back behind this caer
titlcate, will you just please to go to it ?
--only to it-not a stelp behind. If you
do you will find this to be no certifllate
at all such as is required by law. The
electors mnust vote by ballot, and they
are required to be on oath before they
vote. The certifllcate does not show
that either of those requirements was
met, and where a party is exercising a
special authority like this they must
keep strictly within it, and you are not
to presume anything except what ap
pears on the face of their act.
If anybody will cast back his mind a
little into the history of presidential
elections or look at the debates of less
than a year ago, he will remember that
Mr. Jefferson was charged with having
elected himself by means of, not a
fraudulent, but merely an informal vote
sent up from Georgia. The informality
was not in the certificate iDside of the
envelope, but in the outside veriflcation.
Matthew L. Davis in 1837 got tip that
story. It was not true, but It was be.
lieved for awhile, and It, cast great
odium on Mr. Jefferson's memory. It
was not an informality that was nearly
as important as this, nothing like it.
But one of the Senators now on this
bench referred to it in a debate only a
short time ago and denounced Mr.
Jefferson as having elected himself by
fraud because he did not call the atten
tion of the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives to that fact.
senia'ives LIo LuHL Iacu.
If Mr. Jefferson's memory ought to
be sent down to posterity covered with
infamy on the assumption that he in
his own case allowed a vote to be count
ed which was slightly informal on the
outside of the envelope, I should be glad
to know what ought to be done to those
who would count this vote which has
neither form nor 'substance, which
leaves out all the essential particulars
that they are required to certify ?
This great nation still struggles for
justice; a million majority of white
people send up their cry, and a majority
of more than a quarter of a million of
all colors demand it. But we cannot
complain; I want you to understand
that we do not complain. Usually it is
said that "the fowler setteth not forth
his net in sight of the bird," but this
fowler set the net in sight of the birds
that went into it. It is largely our own
fault that we were caught.
We are promised-and I hope the
promise will be kept -that we shall
have a good government, fraudulent
though it be; that the rights of the
States shall be respecte-d and individual
liberty be protected. We are promised
the same reformation which the Turk
ish government is now proposing to its
peoplo. The Sultan promishes that if
he is sustained in his present contest he
will establish and act upon certain
principles.
First, the work of decentralization
shall commence immediately and the
autonomy of the provinces shall be
carefully looked after. Secondly, the
people shall be governed by their natu
ral judges; they will hot send Moham
medans nor Christian renegades from
Constantinople down on them, but they
shall be governed by people of their
own faith. Thirdly, no subordinate
officer, when he commits an illegal act,
shall be permitted to plead in justifica
tion the orders ef his superior. How
mael we need exactly that kind of re
-? t lat ientry; and how gled w
r ought to be that our government if
I goTnk to be as good hereafter as the
They offer us everything now. They
denounce negro supremacy and carpet
bag thieves. Their pet policy for the
South is to be abandoned. They offer
us everything but one; but on that sub
ject their lips are closely sealed. They
refuse to say that they will not cheat
us hereafter in the elections. If they
would only agree to that; if they would
only repent of their election frauds and
make restitution of the votes they have
stolen the circle of our felicities would
be full.
If this thing stands accepted and It
the law you have made for this o-oe
slon shall be the law for all ocMaslong
we can never expect such a thing as as
honest election again. If you want to
know who will be President by a future
election do not Inquire how the people
of the States are going to vote. You
need only to know what kind of scoun
drels constitute the R-turnilng Boards
and how much it will take to buy them.
But I think that even that will end
some day. At present you have us down
and under your feet. Nv,,r had men
a better right to rejoice. Well mnayyou
say, "We have made a covenant with
death, and with hell lare we at agree
ment; when the overflowinrg scourge
shall pass through it shalll not ceame
unto us, for we have inado lies our re
frlge, and under falsehoodi have we hid
ourselves." But nevertheless walt a
little while. The waters of truth will
ri.e gradually, and slowly per
htaps, but surely, above the level
of these foul iniquities, and then
look out for the overflowing
scourge. "The refuge of lies shar
be swept away, and the hiding-place o
falsehood shall be uncovered ' This
mighty and puissant nation will yet
rouse herself up like a strong man after
sleep, and shake her invincible looks is
a fashion you little think of new. Wait
--retribution will come in due time.
Justice travels with a leaden heel, but
strikes with an Iron hand. God's mill
grinds slow but dreadfully tine. Walt
till the floodgate is lifted and a full head
of water comes rushing on. Wait. and
you will see fine grinding yet.
CAPITAL TOPICS.
A nerenade to IMorton, Followed by a
Prepared Speech.
Speoisal to St. Lonis Rlepablioan.]
WASHUINGTON, March 3.- This evening
IHayeb' body-guard of eadets from ol1
umbus took their band around to sere
nado Morton. Gen. Keerer, member
elo',t from Ohio, tendored the tanks oi
Ohio ltepublicans to Morton. He
praised Mouton to the skies, and in one
place he said that the people of Ohio
owed more to Morton than any other
man in Congress for the election of
Hayes and his suIccess in the .recent
contest. Morton's speech was carefully
prepared and was meant by him to
be semi-offloial for Iftyes. In a mod!
fl.d form he reassortol his former ex
pression that the P'resldent would be
controlled by the men who elected hin.
HIe referred to the conciliatory policy to
the South as certain, yet, he added so
many provisos that the assertion was
changed into a idelaration that the
former pioliy of Morton, Chandler &
Co. would be pursued in the future.
The serenade coming as it did the
speech goes to show that Morton Is not
by any means to be sent to the roar in
the Hayes administration.
There was quite a commotion among
those particularly interested in the
Louislana case to-day. Augur tele
graphed for a detailed statement of his
orders, and received in reply that he
must, to a great extent, use his own
judgment. When the report that he
was concentrating troops about the
Packard 8'ate-House was started the
Louisiana Democrats rushed off to learn
the meaning of such a movement. Sto
rles immediately got in circulation that
Grant had learned that Casey was not
to be elected and that Packard was to
be virtually recognized, that the Chan
ller crowd were in the supremacy with
Grant, and that hayes had been gotten
undiler control by the same clique. GeO..
Sherman says that the whole meaning
is that the representatives of both sidee
feel confident of iayes' recognition and
that they are trying to push him to e
hasty decision. Not liking this the pr]
oet heads of the government are merely
trying to preserve the latus qu, asthy
will probably have to tdo for a mom
after Hayes comes In.
VALeDICTOMRY.
The WasVhington Union Blds sed-WeY
to its rairons.
[Wshhington Union.]
The period for which the Unaion was
estabilsed by its beneficent and patri
otic founder expires to-day, and this will
be the last issue of this paper. We re
gret that the good work started by Mr.
Corcoran could not have been continued
by other citizens of the District inspir
ed by his example.
With the demise of the Union the
country losses a jealous guardian at the
seat of government, the Democracy a,
faithful exponent, and the people of the
Distrilt'a watchman on the tower.
In expressing appreciation of the sup
port and encouragement received we
cannot refrain from speaking some
words of conviction and comfort. The
struggle through which the party hase
passed will be found to have separated
the wheat from the,. chaff andl awakened
constituencies to the necessity of scru
tinizing both the hearts and heads
of those who are candidates for
their suffrages. The great fraud which
is to be consummated to-morrow or
next day by all the solemnity of an
official oath, will grow darker and more
hateful in the minds of the oteople as
time rolls on. It will be the battle cry
of every congressional and legislative
contest, and though dishonesty is now
triumphant its enjoyment of place will
be of short duration, and that brief
period will be characterized by the
penalties of bad conscience and ended
by the verdict of a disapproving people.
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