The daily gazette., 1875-01-09
THEbclBINsT BACKING OUT.
SENATOR nAYARD's SPEECH.
Republicahs Despondeu,.


Correspondence of the y. Y. Herald.
WASHINGTON. Jan Sth. 1875.
There are rumors this evening Of
stormy Cabinet meeting to-day. The
LoIiisiana affair was fully and very free
ly discussed, and is said to have occupied
the. whole. session. The president, it is
asserted, heard some very plain speeches.
No detiniSe purpose was arrived at.
THE MINISTER'S INTERVIEWED.
'The members of the Cabinet this af-
teffioon, in answer to questions asked
them individually, for public inforlna-
tion, as to their judgment Of the New
Orleans affair, made the statements which
follows:
SECRETARY FISH INoUIsITIvE.
Secretary Fish said;
II was not consulted, nor did see be-
fore they were sent, the two dispatches
Of the Secretary of war to General
Sheridan, saying that the President and
all the Cabinet approved Of his proceed
ings, ,..,..
SECRETARY BRIsToW WAITING.
Secretary Bristow said:
"The despatch sent TO General Sheri-
dan by the Secretary of War saying that
| the President and Cabinet approved Of
his COURSE was never seen by me until |
| saw il in the newspapers, and had net
been called on, therefore. to approve or
Idisapproye Of it As regards. the break
| ing up OF the meeting by General de
1robriand, there is no official iufcrma-
tion here of what occurred. Steps have
been taken to obtain exact information"
| SECRETARY BELKEAP TAcTruRE.
| Sacrafary Ralknan said
| Il will not say a word on the subject" "
SECRETARY RoBEsoN sUBpUED.
4 Secretary Robeson said:
""you may say in answer to yonr ques-
ttions that Secretary Robson says he Is
"A law abiding citizen"
SECRETARY DELANo ABSENT.
Secretary Delano left for the North
this morning. In conversation ycster
day he expressed himself "a satisfied
with the course of events in New Or
.'tleans and with Secretary Bnlknap''
ldespatches, and he had confidence tina
the President was pursuinga wise and
necessary course in the South.
: THR POSTMASTER GENERAL 'DEPREcA
TORY.
The Postmaster General said:---
J ~ never saw the dispatches of tn
Secretary of War to General Sherida
y saving that the President and all OF tn
Il Cobinet approved of discourse until
b. saw them in the newspapers.
4 REPUBLIcAN DEsPoNDENCY.
This conversation portrays pretty az
cnrately the condition of the republ
can mind. They very naturally wis
+ to retrieve their defeat at the last cleo
!, tion. Fcw of them really hope to d
l it; but the more hopeless they are tn
less they are inclined to break with tn
President or to do anything whic
would "split the party"
:, THE NORTHERN STATES UPON sHER
( DAMS ACTS.
i Any excitement involving bloodshe
e, in the South now would come oppo
Il tunely 30 cover up or cause to he 10
4, gottfi the outrage mt New Orleans.
y There is abundant evidence tina
Ie deliberate attempt is to be made b
d the Presidents adherents to saveSher
It Gan harmless against reproof 1t isa
.s ready asserted that he did not ord,
r, turc and they add that he meant real
nothing by his "banditti" tlespatcI
that he has IL. llasty temper, and I
on.
MI SENATOR BAYARD's SPEECH.
In the Senate the event of the d,
lv was the very able speech of Mr.. Ba
!; ard He spoke for over two hom
ri tcmperatcly and logically shown
yb the unconstitutionality of the rcce
11J acts in Louisiana, and their danger
,r. thf country. His speech rose far abo
mere party lines, and had the merit
sides Of thrusting directly at tnc ms
,,t Question, which is not the. condition
S. theSouth but whether unconstitutiol
-" ,,Ia and violent'remedics can help or bet
M "f it, After Mr.. Bayard closed there "
o general discussion, in which Il nu
~ "' her OF the ablcst men ON both sit
~ ~ took part and that very vigorously
~ ~ Senators Merton and Gordon had