The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-18
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ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
70 THE DAILY LNTELLIGEN0ER
Reply 10 the Republican Com.
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Reply 10 the Republican Com
'ito7I s7i 10 Inittee. a5l-'5hiAHea
NEW York, November 1.-THE He
ads New Orleans special says: TIL
Democratic Committee at one o'clock thi
morning, had preparedla d reply TO tn
Republican letter Of refusal, which, ]
substance, Is as follows:i VIZ ''''S''n'
They admit no official power or righ
to interfere with the internal affairs o
the State OF Louisiana, but that they ar
here atthe request ofian organization 0
the great political party, where they mee
representatives. Of the opposition, select
ed by the President himself, for the sam
purpose, rs he saysin his army order 70
the sake Of seeing anihonest count Of Ii
vote actually cast. They assume this q
a mutual object since the question
has, Ebecome q national aohe, 2and
they insist that the people Of tn
United States can only be. satisfied with
fair and hoaesti count, and further ltha
proper respect should be paid 70 the fac
that the people Of the United States hayl
elected Tilden by o majority OF nearl.
800, ,000-ignoring the negro vote by /
majority Of over 100000. i'.-'-''. '''l :. .
1nfeply toIthe statement that the Vic,
President was the authority 10 count TIL
votes they take direct Issue, and asser
that Congress itself, consisting Of thl
Senate and House, has been solely invested
with such power; that for 80 years prece
dent has established this right; the Senat,
invariably. appointed one and tht
House two teilers, to whom the duty ha!
been delegated. They emphatically denj
that the Constitution Of the United State
ever contemplated delegating such
grave and arbitrary power 10 any one In
dividual, and that the right and respon
sibility belong to Congress itself. They
also deny that the Returning Board O
Louisiana can be trusted with the manip
ulation OF the returns Of the election
having been already virtually set aside
twice by reports Of Congressional com
mlttees composed OF the leading Repre-
sentatives Of both political parties; once
by the rejection Of officials decided tc
have been elected by the Board; th'
more so because the Board, as at present
constituted, Is precisely the same, with
but one exception, iticonsisting Of two
United States officials and one candidate
iorofiice at the late election. - Fat b
Hoping little from the Republicans
the above Is more In the form Of Q
protest than q letter, but the Democrat.
assert their intention TO appeal for ant
demand q representation at the ofReial
count, and are equally Grm In tho ex'
preston Of their belief In a successful
issue Of their efforts. It is very evident
that they intend to stick 10 the last, and
will exhaust every remedy before defeat
WASHINGTON, November ia priY
vate telegram received from ex-senator
Osborn, dated Tallahassee, this morning
asserts positively that Florida has gone
for Hayes and Wheeler, and a dispatch
received at the Republican headquarters
to-day makes the same claim in regard to
Louisiana. D ".F nas
NEW ORLEANS, Novemberi17.
TO Tie Hons. John Sherman, Stanley Mdtth
etrs, J.. a. Garfield, W. d. KELLEY, JOIN
A. Kasson, Z. ". Stou9kton, @. Irving
Dily, j. II. Van Allen, Eugene Hale
". S. Quay wa. r, Cumback, E. F.
Noyes, JOB E. Stevenson, John COburn
Le.0 Wallace, Joha Tattie, n. A. MeGreaO
. J. A. Chapman, WA. r. Smith, Abner
Taylor, s. r. HavOa, J. NJ. Bsardsiey,
c. D. Earwel. CourtIaadt PdrkeI, Sydaey
Clark, 10 Wilson. Ufi ad9oE
GENrLEMEN-We are in receipt toi
your answer 10 our letter OF the l4th
Inst, in which you inform us Of your de-
termination not 10 confer with US for the
purpose Of exerting such influence as VIC
may possess In behalf Of such q canvass
OF the votes actually cast at the election
in Louisiana as by-i fairness and i'm.
Partially shall command the acquies.
cence and respect Of all parties. We
sincerely regret this failure Of our at.
tempt TO secure the cooperation Of the
citizens from other States In the further.
anee Of the purpose which, as we sup
posed, had brought them -hither at this
juncture. We regret II because your
refusal 10 confer and cooperate with us
appears TO be based upon q serious mis-
apprehension, Of the language, no less
than the spirit Of our Communication
1t can hardly have escaped your notice
that our statement OF the result 10 be at,
tanned BY the cooperative action which
we sought TO bring about was a simple re-
production Of the language Of President
Grant at whose request we understand
you are here, in his recent order tc
Gen. Sherman. hatlangnage was deliber'
ately used, no doubt, IN view Of the facl
about which, as we conceive, there car
be no. dispute, that the first aud most
essential prerequisite to an honest and
just declaration OF the result Of the re.
cent election in Louisiana, was q fair and
impartial canvass Of the votes actually
cast, and III seems to us you do the ,Presi.
dent great injustice in supposing
that Ia speaking of the. !" votes
actually cast, heI meant, to Include
votes Illegally cast, as you certainly
do usB injustice by the imputation
Of desire TO insist on such narrow and
vicious Interpretation. Ia our Judge
ment the expression s(syotes actually
cast oi necessity ,designates the votes le'
gally cast and, asa, consequence Of such
votes only, did We desire to secure a fair
and impartial canvaSs. We beg leave to
say, therefore, that you are mistaken in
the belietthat We sough tunduly % narrow
the basis on which we invited your CO.
operative action, and you are no less In
an error in attributing to Us purpose
to interfere with the legal authorities Of
the State IN the discharge Of their duties
than to claim the right to arrogate to
ourselves powers which we do not pos
sess. In writing our letter we were fully
aware thatibothithe organization and the
action, whether judicial or ministerial oi
the Returning Board Of Louisiana were
beyond any authoritative control from
without and that 1t would be the height
Of arrogance and folly TO attempt to
alter the laws OF a State Of which we
arc not citizsnS, or to obtrude our. inter
probation Of these. law. on those whose
duty II 10 TO administer them; but we had
supposed, nevertheless, that there was
an Influence which might be rishtfully
exerted even by citizens ofthis Republic
who are strangers In this State. We had
taken 1t for granted that your presence
here in response TO tho suggestion Of the
President was o recognition Of this fact.
We had supposed that 1t was not I'm.
proper for ID to remind the authorities
Of this ssate, by our mere presence at
least, that there are certain rules OF fair.