Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-10-07


be very far wrong, and is not equal to
one-haf Of the whole steal; for it
does not include the value Of the road
itself nor the land grants, nor the
proceeds of the bonds TO which the
lien Of the United States was post
poned, nor the equipment bonds. As
this swiudle was the largest, so it was
one of the most ineXcusabIy base.
1t was perpetrated at a time when
the nation was swamped with dcbr,
when the people were loaded with
taxes, and when the most rigid ec)n-
omy was impera;iveiy required. All
circumstances, as well as the direct
evidence, show that it was no sudden
act uf tboughl.ess impudence, but was
wilfuIIv, deliberately and corruptly
prearranged and determined. There
is nothing to mitigate it; you cannot
defend it even by waving the bloody
shirt.
/ How did the Republican party
"punish b its own rascala in this case !
Not hair on the head Of any rascal
was touched On the contrary, they
were promoted. honored aud advanced;
the most gniitv Of them are now, as
they were before, the very darlingS OF
the party. Even that is not the worst
Of il. These swiudlers are periOdi-
cal!y swelling the colossal proportions
Of their crime by taking out of the
treasury additional millions which
they claim as the precious results "
of their original fraud They have
no better till, to them than a wolf has
TO the mutton he slaughtevs by moon
light. The legal remedy against these
cxaCtions i, so plain that Ignorance
alone could hardly miss it. But your
officers have found out the way not
to do it. They permit the govern
ment to lie down and be robbed semi
annually, by Il corporation which
Tilden would long ago have disarmcd
of its power, and whose criminal
abc;tcrs he would have swept into
the penitentary by scores.
You would have us believe that
HAYES if elected, will reform abuses
and give Us pure administration.
Your statement and that of other gen.
tiemen equally reliable, make 1t certain
that Mr.. Hayes bears an irreproach-
able character in all his private rela-
tions. | do not doubt his possession
Of that negative honesty which H. a
disgrace TO want accord him those
tame household virtues which en,itlc
him to the respect of his neighbors
and the confidence of his family (; but
he can no more stem the torrent 0I
Republican corruption than be could
swim against the rapids of Niagara
His whole history shows that he
; would not even make an eifcrt to dc
: so. He has been most happily called
"a man of tried subservieHcy."
A reformer in these times must be
made of stern material. lie must
have no connection with, and be un'
. der no Obligations TO, the authors o
the abuses which need reform. Abov,
, ali things, he must not have consent
{ ed expressly or implicitly to the com
, mission of the public wrongs which
: his du,y as reformer would require
b. him to punish. When he comes t.
| oppose wickcdness in high places, th'
, consciousness that be himself is 4,
A pari deliciO will make even strong
n man As nerve!ess as infancy.
e TO show how hard it would be 70
# a man Ike Mr.. Hayes to resist th'
l. worst orders Of his party, | will cit
5 case directly in point, and certainl,
5 within your Recollection as well a
e mine.
l. In the case of Mi:ligan, you mad
y an eloquent and powerful speech be
:, fore the supreme court for those fire.
u principles which |, at the same time
4. supported in my weaker way. lo
It showed me the indestI uctable right c
e every citizen to a legal trial; yo
C. proved that Magma Charter did nc
1t perish en- the battlefield you demon
n s,ra,ed by irresistible logic that th
constitution was as supreme after tn
e war as it was before you spurne
], with lofty contempt the idea that la
10 was extinguisbed by the victory (
ID the forces called out to defend it /; an
m YOU closed with that grand perora,io
d ON the Goddess of Liberty, which
Ir spoken at Athens in the best days
le her fierce Democratic" would haS
I'd "shook Tie arsena! and fulmincd ovt
IN Greece" These were not the WORD
as of paid advocate, for you had vo
ne unteered in the cause nor the suddt
~ emotions of a neophyte, for you ha
,r. read and pondered the subject we
or You spoke the deliberate conclusion
he of yonr mind, and there is no dou
ke that in your heart of hearts you /
do leve them to be true to this day.
TO- Yet when the reconstruction la
rs was proposed you suffered yourself
as be whipped in, and surrendered yo
as conscience to your party, aud vo'
NE against your recorded conviction
tic for a measure that puliified eve
les provision of the constitution, where
in ten millions of people were depriv
he of rights which you knew to be sacr
en and inaIieDable.
in If this was your case, what 81
lot serviency may not be expected fr'
oh Mr.. Hayes. when the party lash con
,ev TO be laid on his back? You are
or superior in every quality that hold
nal man true to his public duty. \
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