The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-11-25

oi f,uoV, anu i've 8iiueA electors nav
: a majority Of over 1900. This is ou
ing to the fact that the names {
five Of the Hayes electoI
were not printed on RepubIi
can tickets in four parishes. The Re
farming Board met yesterday aud re
organized, electing Madison Well
president. They propose to count ii
The Hayes electors and the entire Re
publican ticket, and Will do IL ia spit,
of the NortherH sentiment or oppoai
tion here. There is intense excite
ment here, but suppressed. The iG
preston is that the Northern Demo
crats won't stand it. r. \. W.
NEW ORLEANS, November lI.-Tht
following explains itself:
To the HaRsrssIes Jes.n sherman. STANLEY
u itheNs, James 4 Gafteid, v. d. Kelly
Jair a. Kass "a, f. W. stoughton, C. ir-
win Dift, ] h ysn AIien, Eugene Hale
NJ. :. Qaay, william caInback, r. r.
Soses, 500 f. Stevenson, Johu CoDurn,
]. A. Chapman, ". K smith. Abner Tsy-
ior. j. Il haven, J, NJ Beardsiey. e. q.
Fsrwell, cqaifland Parker, sidney Clark,
j. c. Wilson:
| GENTLEMEs--We are in receipt of
yours to our letter OF the 18th inst, in
! which you inform as of year determi
nation not To confer with US for the
purpose OF exertlng such Influence as
We may possess in behalf of such a
| canvass OF the votes actually east AT
| the recent election in Louisiana as by
/ it's fairness and impartiality shall com
inand the aeqaleseenee and Respect of
all parties. We sincerely r%gre, this
| failure of our attempt To secure the CO.
| operation of all the citiGens from other
! states in the fartheranee of The pun
pose which, as we supposed, had
| brought them hither at this juncture.
We regret it all the more because your
refusal to confer and cooperate with
Us appears To be based upon serious
| rnisapprehension of the language, no
less than the spirit of our eommunjeR-
ton. 1t eau hardly have escaped
result to be obtained by the cooperative
action which we sought 10 bring about
was simple reproduction OF the lang
uage of President Grant. at whose re-
quest we understand you are here, in
his recent order to General Sherman
That language was deliberately, Used
no doubt. In the act about which, as we
conceive, there can be no dispute,
the first and most essential perq1isite
TO an honest aud just declaration of
the results of the recent election iu
Louisiana is a fair and impartial can
vass of the votes actually cast. And
it seems to Us that you do the president
| great injustice III surprising that ne
| speaking afvotes actually cast, he meant
to inelude votes illegally cast, as you
certainly do us injustice by the
| imputation of desire TO insist
upon so narrow aud vicious an
Interpretations. In our Judgement
the expression of votes actually
east, of necessity designstes votes ie-
gally east, and as a consequen ,e of
sGeh votes only, did We desire to sc.
cure fair aud impatial canvass. We
beg leave To say therefore. that you
are mistaken in the belief
that we sought Dnduly to narrow the
basis on which We invited your CO.
! operative action; and you are no less in
error in sttributing to US a purpose to
interfere with the Legally constituted
authorities OF this State in the dis
| charge of their dut les = In claim rights
and 20 arrox ate TO ourselves powers
oar let! er We were fully aware thar
| both ihs organ izati.D and the action,
! Whether juiieiai or ministerial, of the
Resurai,e Bard Of Louisiana were
hsona amy sutha!;tive c.ntrnl from
4 without, aiid that it would be the
height at arrogance and folly u at
tteUpt To alter The laws of State oi
which We are not citizens, or to ohtrude
our Interpretation of these laws upon
those whose duty it is TO administer
them; but We had supposed, never.
theless, that there was an IN.
nuepee which might be right.
fully exer,ed even citizens of this
ffepnblic who are strangers in this
State. and We had taken it for granted
i that your presence here In response IL
the suggestion of the president " as
Fecognition of this fact. We had
supposed that il WIS net improper fol
US to remind the autborities of thi.
State, by our mere presence at least
n that there are certain rules of fairnes,
and justice which underlie all consti,
tutions and laws, aud upon whose
observance must depend the acquies
cence Of the people OF all parties or
/ the declared result of the Louisians
Il e1eetiosi- rules such as these: That nc
Sne ought to he judge In his owl
i case; thaf the decision Of any contes
iought not to depend upon the mer.
, argument OF one OF the parties thereto
!, that before such q decision Is mad,
both parties ought TO be fully ane
4 fairly heard that all questions of law
q ought to be decided in conformit,
lwith It's established general prin
f45pies, and that all question
: 1Acts npon evidence duly presente.
! weighed under the rules which
j nfs Of universal recognition in tn
Estates Of this Union: that the trial O
: ali causes involving public interests a
81 least ought 10 be public, and that al
( rttEe proceedings resnrted to for th
pufls poses of determining the issues ii
j Tbs present electoral contest asght, +,
-4fheir manifest impartislify, to disarn
! the suspicion thai the forms Of law
-lbAve been perverted for the yiolatiol
81 III spirit
> In this connection We may be pc,
!. mitted 10 ohserye that while undoubl
Iettiy, - yau ~. = ssduIous incalcatio
!, snd cultivation Of the habits Of obe
q 5ieuce 70 The forms Of lsw 10 vital /
81 the preservation OF consultations
J, iihHty, Il 10 no less impol
j tast that refusal to yiei
i | eueh obedience be not provoke