New-York tribune., 1876-11-22
THE LOUISIANA BUSINESS AGALN.
A LETTER FROM MR.. ALBERT sTIcKN

A LETTER FROM Mr.. ALBERT SI1cKNbY.
To the Editor OF the Trtbuhe
SIR: | am somewhat surprised at finding IN
print this morning in THE TRIBUNE a letter Of mfne
written Noy H. aud which should, think In fairness
to me- have been printed then, or not at all Anymore
surprised ai reading in editorial article stateen
that nnlly tho Laws OF the State of Louisiana
and an intimation that / am one Oh CLASS Oh
men who are doing whateVer they can to
kinde the flames OF new civil war
You are pleased very kindly TO the language Of COM
pliment toward the opening OF your editorial re-
marks. But intimation that gentleman Is " DONG
whatever he can 10 kinde the flames Of civil war;
Is very serious charge. which may do hin very
serious inury. and sheud bc made only very
certain evidence. You and these or your
readers who not my personal friends
neither know know anything OF my personal
history, But had & honor to serve In the Union
Army during war. and rendered such service as my
years and experience allowed to the best OF my abity
For testimony on this point should not need to 90 fr-
ther than the files OF THE TRIBUNE My friends, who
know me, would smile IL they heard questioned either
my loyalty the honesty of my devotion 10 'he DoNer
ment.
You will search vain in my letter for anything In
the nature Of argument for the nullifcation OF
law" OF state Of Louisiana, either on the ground
"that it docs not please me- or on any other ground
Nor will you find in my letter word TO the effect that
they may This is not the time TO discuss the WISDOM
Of the laws OF that State
What said and all said, was this That TINS keturn-
ing Board had the power under the laws OF Louana 10
canvass the votes for Presidential electors tha On
previos occasion, with evidences OF any frauu or I'D
timdation with no evidence that single individual hae
wrungfuy voted or deprived Of his vote, this Re
turning Board had by mere classification OF the records.
couned out the candidates elected and counted
in the candidates who not elected IL citizen OF
the State OF New-York falsihes tte money obliga-
fion uf a private individual, we call the oneiise
by the ugly name Of forgery. and send the OF
fender 10 the State Prison. These members OF the
Returning Board had been fasifyng the records OF an
entire people; they had not tanpcred with money
obligation for few dollars. but by the mere stroke OF
PEN had created legislature in defiance OF The VIII OF
peoe 10 make its laws. 10 the opinion that these
memoe1s Of that Returning Board who had on TINS
frer ocraso, rcyced In the pleasures of sovereignty,
we're not respects honest and estnable men, Ana
troo, The sayin that they were honest This you had
sald For 1 mad read IN your issue oi Nov IA these
words: =, L., 4, a. ,.,-,r
are bound 70 say the pS'T%pon S Da Epsed II iaSGr scI
thus lar il alleged by Democrats that these officials have
As far A. my experience goes you cannot make dig
honest public servants honest by calling them so And
"a lar a nov recollection goes THE TRIBUNE Vas not
the habit of saying that II looked Tor bOnest hioh
far a my Judgment goes tue policy which IHF fkBuNE
shuud ard Mr. Kellogg and lbs Trends iu Lou
Mr. Tweed and hs friends in New YORK, and for using
which il gained the respect aud gratitude among Others
Iycntured IN my letter 90 intimate the existence OF
doubt IA NY mind the sincerity OF The members ol
hc Republican, Ioarl in Inviting eminent citizens 70
NewIOrieans witness the canvass Of the vote did
the l7th OF November believe to he substantially
decided that The would hold It's sessions IN secret
80 did vou W. both formed orr Deici from the tce-
grams that appeared that morning III lhE ihiBush' t
Moreover, yoa approved this decision OF the board
which you and then assumed To DC suhhtlhlaly lae'
And my assumptions TO the probab" action oi we Re
l..sUVtI
your own. and which were formed entirely on me me
.'.std"'i 2ist Of Noge6cr "maEns up your nud
eodpg to L9Tr y % That The very able
niri.er OF your sian who wrote the comments on my
ccr had omitted 10 read either my letter or your own
Issue Friday lnst. rannot imagine that he iails TO
rad ma TItIRUNE. compelled 10 suppose, there
fore that IN this he has followed IN. cldha ma Ah
u criic.murycr 10 read the book until aie you nave
written the review. Bat let recommend him. nE IT,
ny letter. take now even better coui-hot 10 read
That am one OF the geutlemcn who are advised ia
your article migrate fo Mexico Al once, cinoi Tor
your oourts~y. II that n,lyco given my
chcfest for not following would be nt shou"
thereby l0-r tie pleasure sct ana tl' $50, a u"
fncut strive to gain, from diliy reading oI mt
JHIEUsH. Very respectfully, Albert shIhALf'
Aeic- lark. N0y. Il, 1876.
III pas a little hard that. in the short interval be
tween The writing aud the publication Of Mr. Stick
neN!s letter the bottom should bc knocked ont OF 1t
by the action of the Louisiana Returning Board IN
doing the yory thing he said it would not do.
But really nc ought not to hold us responsible for
thnt Neither ought hc to complain of delay IN the
appearance of his letter man who has a comnu-
nication, a column more long, cmbodying not news
but political discussion. printed, IN these crowded
times, ia the third issue ol TIE TRIBUNE after IL
was received, should blame himself rather than the
paper. II the march OF events has meantime upset
what he had 10 say.-Mr. Suckney can have no ar
gnmcnt with us as to the past misconduct OF the
Louisiana Returning Board. We think just rs III of
il AS he does. But We don't propose to assail 1t
now until It does something wrong. It's very
we'll perhaps 10 hang for shecpsicaiing but always
best 10 wait till the sheep has been stolen. When
ever this Board clearly docs outrage justice in the
present case We invite Mr.. Sticney 20 avail himself
Of the columns of The TRIBUNE to thunder his de-
nunciations OF it.-Edl