The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-11

NOW TT LOOKS ~ THE LTGHT or
LST.IBLISHED FICTS.

il u the Act Of Patriot or n Part of n Driih-
crate Plot 10 Dcfraud the People, Zach.
thnndieT- Cipher Telegram to Grnnt-A
Very significant Circumstance Explained.
WASHINGTON, Nov. l0-The instructions
70 Gen. sherman In regard to the disp sition of
troops In Florida and Louisiana. tclegraphed
by the President from Philadeluhia, are not In
Grants usual laconic style. When 1t was neces-,
tary, In December. 1872, to employ Federal
troops to nullify the choice Of the people OF
Louisiana and Impose Kellogg uuon the long
suffering citizens Of thit state. the commands
Of Grant were issued in the following laconic
manner:
S b. TicIard tnped states N1rst1i, Ne,r ori'rps IN.
lou t. enforce & e decree. aud mandates ~ me
aud Gen Emory viii furnish you with all necessary
troops for that purpose.
Again 10 January. 1875, when the legally elect
ed Legislature u Louisiana had been turned
out Of the Legislative Hall at tho point of the
bayonet. and Gen. Phil Sheridan 10 dispatched
to New Orleans to assume command Of the
ID epartment Of the South, no instructions were
deemed necessary beyond the mere statement
that he should assume command II he deemed
Il proper so TO do. a few DAYS later, when
sheridan, In a telegram to the Secretary Of War,
suggested the y ssage Of an act Of Congress
declaring all the white people OF Louisiana, who
we're opposed TO the usurper Kellogg, TO be
banditti, so that they might be tried by military
commissions, the President through Poet
master Belknap, responded in memorably
terse despatch as follows;
Gen. r. H. Stsrt tan. Nsc DrisIus H..
Your tecer m received Too President ami III Of us
course
why does the President deal In platitudes on the
present occasion, when directing the move-
ment OF troops to he used ~ projecting the
integrity (i) Of the baliot-bO what occasion
was there to speak Of the desires" Of either
OF the candidates for Presldentr The m,n on
I..laH
terson. to come south, evidently realizes the
fact ia Il puotc sentiment Will no longer brook
ukases like those issued in 1879 and $50 to the
Federal officers Of Louisiana then IL was only
the people Of Louisiana who were to be the Inn
mediate sufferers, but now forty millions ars
directly Interested; hence the specious form III
which the order for the Illegal use OF troops IL
clothed. There are certain facts which must
be consideted along with the Presidents
Instructions to Sherman IN order to enable tie
general public 70 properly appreciate Grant
Of the votes cast IN Florida AMI Louisiana. Ga
"Wednesday, Nov. :. the day after the election,
Zach Chandler teegraphed to Grant In cipher
us follows;
From present Indications Tllden has with New York.
New Jersey Connecucni Indiana and al tae southern
!st eecsor.l votes We are eosndeat q holding ihs
prn states.
This translation Of the cipher message may
not be literally correct but that II h suDstan-
sally ana very positive. II was communicated
% penteman Dy one OF the atttcnei of the
received. and reported to your rrespon-
dent. simultaneously with the cipher dis
patch to the President, kilograms Ia cipher
we're also sent to United States Marshals and to
Gov. Kellogg, In uisiana, az well AS to the
Chairman of the Repuollran Committee In
Florida. An examindtiOn Of the recOr Of the
Western Union Telegr phi office In New York
will establish the truth of this statement. Now,
up TO lhursdIy afternoon there had been
no telegrams from the radical leaders about
acts Of violence IN any VI the Southern
states. On the contrary, the country was =
~
ipatches that there nd not been a single dis
turbance throughout she entire - IN on
election day. but immcdi tely following
Ca indlers cinher communications to US
President AID radical too,s m Louis
United States Marshal Pitkin. Gov. kellogg, ana
pumont, Oh rman u tue radical committee Of
been DESTROYED in several parishes aud rious
other Outrages perpetrated by the Democrats.
On lhursday morning, the Western Union
their Wires bad been disabled In Florida by
severe storm. which had also injured the rail-
road along whicn tneir wires ran. bis was not
an unusual event. telegraph wires are often IN
jured 10y storms but tue next day me
asse r"'t that the teesrsph wIris and
a railroad train had oren ku kluxeI,
and tnat the object was to assist IN tue per
petra,i1n Of Democratic frauds. OF course TINS
WAS so Silly That no Intelligent man was de-
ceived by II; bnt to any one acquainted with
the politics of Florida, II must have been SUI
pTemely ridiculous. Inc counties along the
only railroad IN tn u State are the radical strong
holds, ana the returns from them hdu peen re-
ceived before tile accident TO the telegraph
wires. There was no wa, In wnicn any frduus
could have been perpetrated In the counties
along the line OF tue railroad Dy Democrats
hence there could be no object IN cutting Oh
communication with tn section OF tue state.
Bat another significant circumstance remains
TO he related. GOV. SIC rms OF Fluridi has here
tOfUTe had relations OF an Intimate character
win or TWO persons in this city whose atiiia-
tons are Democratic. 10 one Of these persons
Stearn- teeRr iphed on urlvate business last
Wednesday evening WITHIN an boar after this
eh we'd ~ DemOpr4t le ~ "A
told b. Gen. lbcucK the substance of IL. Tho
tact tn 1 SteaTns was IN communication with a
DemOcraL IN Washington was instantly tele-
graphed to Chandler in CIPHER, aid last night
B.bcOck ana B-iknap left on the train for the
south, taking the sleeping car which runs
through To Weldon, n. g..
Now, the heels Of all these occurre noes
comes Grants instructions to Gen. SHERMAN,
published this evening.