The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-01-26
G. F. HOAR.

The New York Sun, with that bitterness O
feeling which often pervades its columns ha
8 the following to say about Mr.. G. F. Hoar'
on Louisiana Affairs and his personal tenn
, permanent ......
There would have been no trouble in re-
gard to the report Of Mr.. Foster, Mr. Phelps
and Mr.. Potter but for the meddling and
partisan spirit Of Mr.. G. F. Hoar, who hap.
pens to be Chairman of the Committee. As
soon as he knew the report was unanimous as
to the facts and the conclusions his 'efforts
were directed to persuade Mr.. Foster to re
treat from that position, to deny his own con-
victions, end to falsify by evasive silence
what he had seen with his own eyes and learn
ed from'tLe best testimony.
Failing in persuasion, he tried to intimidate
him by threats Of party prescription. By
trlckery and his power as chairman, Mr. Hoar
succeeded in keeping back the report for
more than week, in order to get the Presi-
dents dlsiDgenuous message first before the
country, with its notorious misrepresenta-
tons. Finally, by a compulsion of major
ity vote, he was obliged to yield, and the
truth got out notwithstanding his attempt to
suppress it.
MIR. Hoar belongs to class of agitators and
strife makers, who would not be content even
II their own demands were gratified to the
last letter, and whom Wendell Phillips at the
North and Robert Toombs at the South prop
erly represent He does not want peace and
reconciliation, but rejoices in discord and ex-
element With narrow and b'goted mind
running in an old groove, and affecting SEN
timental philanthropy, he is not content that |
the negro should enjoy equal rights with the |
white citizen, but insists that he shall belong |
to a preferred class, and put to rule over the |
South because slavery once existed there, |
and he would like to visit the sins of the |
father on the children.
He is an advocate of the policy of hate of
persecution, and of centralized government
by which the States may be held in colonial
vassalage and the President may exercise the
power OF a despot with unchecked control of
the army and navy in the execution of his ar
bitrary will Incapable of broad grasp in
public affairs, all his thoughts run in one
direction, and no testimony however clear or
convincing can overcome his small and vim
dictive preiudices
For these reasons he assumed to set his
personal feeling against the report, and to
lrrOgantly dispute conclusions which were
by evidence that he had not even
'ead. When all his devices came to grief,
md exposed the bad motive Of this malicious
opposition, then he determined to go to New
Jrleans personally and to make report to ,
uit himself and the Administration, who's
lumble servant lie glories in being. !
What the character of that report will be is
llready foreshadowed. He might as we'll
lave written it in Washington, for according :
o the declaration Of the President and his
blowers, they are better informed about Lou S
siana at the capital than the people of the
State where the outrages of kellogg, Casey, !
Packard, and their confederates, are perpe-
rated.
Mr.. Hoar was elected to Congress in 1872
" majority of 1884. Last fall he was chosen C
gain by the skin of his teeth with only 462 9
majority to save him from defeat When he
) charging intimidation as cause for the de- p
ection Of white and colored Republicans in
be South and attempting to demonstrate it
y comparison Of votes, perhaps he will ex-
lain how 1922 Republicans came to be intim-
lated in his district, and how Massachusetts, J
hitch gave Grant ma ority of "A, 2l2 in 1872, T
lrned over and gave CASTOR 1882 in 1874. 2