The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-12-22

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10 tie PresideBf I have received reliable
\ telegram from Columbia stating that the niNtv
thlrd member holding certificate from the Sec.
! presided over by speaker Wallace which is
therefore, organized In accordance with the re-
quirements Of law. ~ stated by you.
Onthe same day Hewitt sent him another
note, as follow:
have tus. received a later dispatch saving
That the supreme Court Of South Carolina mas
pronounced its judgment, and declared Inc
House presided over by wallace % be the legally
constituted House Of Representatives and thai
Mackey 10 private person, not Speaker or la
any respect an officer OF the legisat We body.
The President said, with reference In
these notes, that he did not think, after his
free conversation with Hewitt, that the lat.
ter would make Use Of what he said for the
purpose Of defeating the party which the
President represented. When Hewitt and
Senator Randolph called on him, several
days ago, he informed Hewitt OF the con-
tents OF dispatch he had received from
Gov. Chamberlain, and the reply he made
TO IL, and intimsted to Hewitt that ne
thought his confidence had been abused.
Hewitt denied that be had sent 10 Columbia
such n dispatch a. that mentioned The
President then repeated To Hewitt the subj
stance OF the dispatch in reply To Gov.
Chamberlain, as 10 the report current In
Columbia. Senator Randolph then produced
dispatch from Gen. Hampton, In which
he ssit that, III the President would recoO-
nize the Wallace House, and withdraw he
troops, be would do every thing possible IA
preserve the peace. The President re.
marked that he looked upon this as niece
~ impertinence on the part II gen. Hams
ton, In telling him what 10 DO: thai
the sending Of troops 10 south Carolina Was
la obedience To the call OF GOV. Chamber
lain, the danger there being too Formidable
for the authorities OF the state 10 control:
that organized rifie-cub-, REPRESENTING
Gen. Hampton. were IN the CITY - Colurn,
bia, and that IN the Federal troops should
be Withdrawn there would be peace, bur il
would bc the rest OF death. senator Ran.
dolph then explained that the President
should not think that Gen. Hampton sought
To advise what Ia do. and that the dispatch
which was shown 70 the President was a
reply 10 one that senator Randolph had sent
To Gen. Hampton In respOse 10 a question.
The President said be had never Instructed
Gen. Rugsr 10 place troops IN the state
house, but that was the way Gen. Ruper
understood hi, orders. The troops were in
South Carolina, the President repeated, in
obedience 60 the call Of GOV. Chamberlain.
% suppress an Instruction too formidabje
for MN IN control, and, had 90 not been for
these troops, Gov. Chamber iain would be a
refugee to-day, IS Gov. Ames now is from
Mississippi.
The President said, in the course OF the
conversation, that be looked ON The situation
as embarrassing, to say the least. A good
deal OF bad temper had been shown on the
Democratic side, and many are acting nm.
reasonably. They seemed 10 fear that he
was doing what was right, and were abus-
Ing every body for not yielding 20 their
views. This struck him a. strange, con-
sidering the scenes through which we nave
passed. Gov. Hayes represented the party
that carrisd IN the late election all but four
OF the states that furnished the means for
the suppression Of the Rebellion, and Gov
Tilden carried all but three 81 those which
sought 10 destroy be Union. In alusion
10 frauds he said the majority
for Tden in the City OF
New York WAS larger than Ms total minority
In the sntir. state, and In which eity much
crime is perpetrated, and where there j. a
large number OF men who have very little
interest In the State or the Republic In
the same way frauds we're committed in
the States OF New Jersey and Connecticut.
While IL Wa true that those in the Southern
States who gave GOV. Tilden majority were
voters, many Of them voted more than once:
but nobody claimed that 1ilden did not car
~ such states. The same party that per-
petrated frauds in the Southern states for
Tilden complain OF frauds i'm Florida, Lou
isians, aud South Carolina. But n there
had been no frauds 10 Mississippi, North
Carolina, and Arkansas, those States would
have gone for Hayes and Wheeler.
The President justified the exclusion OF
Lsurens and Edgefeld Counties from the
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Georgans voted in them frequently. and
east more votes than there were voters.
Much had been said about the Use % troops
but, considering the number OF lives sacri-
feed, and the many political murders in
the south, IL was necessary To afford the re-
quired protection. The President thought
that all was quiet now in the south. and.
80 far a. he could, he would protect every
one from violence. All step, taken TO this
end had been duly considered.
The President, in reply 10 a remark that
il seemed the Democrats had abandonment the
idea Of impeaching him, said he wou 4 ad-
yise them not TO attempt IT,. for
IL might bring out evidence
which they would not like TO see spread
on the records. lie would rather trust the
Rebels than their Northern allies, aud he
had tried 90 say a. much in his annual mes
sage. He did not receive all the reports
from the Departments In time, and there
fore he was obliged to leave out 81 his mes
sage mapy'subjects TO which otherwise he
would have alluded.
He said, In response 90 question, that he
would answer the House resolution, and in
form them why he sent troops 10 the south.
Among other things, the President said.
in response to inquiries, that there were Coz
or so troops In Washington. II there
should be any necessity for more, he would
order them hither. 1--WE should have
peace, In we have TO fight for H..
Some days he received I'VE or six letters
threatening assassination, but he paid no
attention 10 them. A crazy man once fol-
lowed him six months, threatening Ia take
his life, and this person, he believed, was
placed in the insane asylum. When he trst
came TO the Executive Mansion. he found
military guard there, but be Immediately
caused IL TO be Withdrawn aud sent into the
barracks. The President, referring 20 the
political complications, said he mad an abid-
ing faith In the people. A. we have bad
one rebellion, he aid not believe the people