Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-12

| ton too formidable for MIN to control, and
had it not been for these troops Governor
! Chamberlain would be a refugee to-day, a.
| Governor Ames now Is from Mississippi. The
| President said, in the course of conversation,
| that he looked on the situation as embarrass-
| ing, TO say the least; a good deal of
| bad temper had been shown on the Dem
| oCratic side, and many were acting unreason-
ably They seem to fear that he was doing
what was right, and were abusing everybody
| for not yielding to their views. This struck
| him as strange considering the scenes through
which We have passed. Governor Hayes rep
resented the party that carried In the late
| election all but four Of the States that fur
nished means for the suppression Of the rebel
| lion, and Governor Tilden carried all but
three Of those which sought to destroy the
( Union. In alluding to frauds, he said the
majority for Tilden in the city of New York
was largeEthan his total majority in the en-
tire StasSrr-5ni WITT CITY yJnsrS crinSa5n
| perpetrate1, anf'%here there is large num-
| Der of men whe-have very little interest either
in the State or the Republic. In the same way
frauds were committed in the States of New
York and Connecticut. While it is true that
those in the southern States who gave Gov
ernor Iilden a majority were voters, many of
them voted more than once, but nobody
claimed that Tilden did not carry such States.
The same party that perpetrated frauds in the
southern States for Tilden, complain Of frauds
in Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina,
but if there had been no frauds In Mississippi,
North Carolina and Arkansas, these States
would have gone for Hayes and Wheeler.
The President justified the exclusion of IIau-
rens and Edgeheld counties from the South
Carolina returns on the ground that
GeOrgians voted in those counties fire.
quently, and cast more votes than
there were voters for the Democrats. Much
had been said about the use of troops, but,
considering the number of lives sacrificed and
the many political murders in the south, it
was necessary to afford the required protec-
ton. The President thought all was quiet
now in the south. and, so far as he could, he
would protect every one from violence. All
steps taken to this end had been duly con-
sidered. The President, in reply to remark
that 1t seemed the Democrats had abandoned
the idea Of impeaching him, said he would
advise them not to attempt it, for it might
bring out evidence which they would not ike
to see spread on the record. He would rather
trust the rebels than their northern allies, and
tried to say as much in his annual message.
He didnOt receive all the reports from the de-
partments in time, and therefore he was
obliged to leave out tof his message many sub
jects to which otherwise would have alluded.
He said, in response to a question, that he
would answer the house resolution, and in
form them why he sent troops TO the south.
Among other things, the President said, in
response to inquiries, that there were now six
or eight hundred troops in Washington. If
there should be any necessity for more,
he would order them hither We
should have peace, if we have to
fight for it. Some days he received five or six
letters threatening assassination, but he paidno
attention to them. A crazy man once follow
ed him six months, threatening to take his
life, and this person was, he believed, placed
in an insane asylum. When he first came
to the executive mansion he found a guard
placed there, but he Immediately caused it to
be withdrawn, and sent into barracks. The
President, in referring to the political COM
plicatiOns, said he had an abiding faith in the
people, as we have had one rebellion, and he
did not believe the people were anxious for
another, and thought there would be some
way out of our present difficulties.