Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-08-07
'rlre President COntradicted.

of Mississippi, writes the following letter 10 the
Nav York Herald:
beg to ask the publication of brief state
menl III reply to allegations concerning Msss-
sippi affairs. contained in the recent letter oil
The President Of the United States to the Gov
ernor OF South Carohua aud communicated by
him, with other papers, to Congress. They
are as fellows:
"Tbc sceuc at Hamburg as cruel bioodthirsy,
wauton, unpruvokud aud uucalled Tor az 1t was,
il Only repetition oil the course WhIcb has
been pur.ued in other Southern States within
b. last few years; notably 10 Mississippi aud
Louisiana. Mississippi is governed to-day by
officials chosen through fraud and violence,
such as would scarcely he accredited to savages,
much less to civIllz d and Christian people.
How long these thugs are to coutluue, or what
is to he the tiosl remedy, the great Ruler OF the
univcrsr only knnW7.
N.thing could TIC more uuprOvokcd and less
lust T. by the truth OF the Case, 50 Tar u. Mis-
si,s,pp is concerned, than this assault. AT
this mo!neut uud:r tho administration Installed
by the uemocfalio conservative party OF tho
SAFE as a result of the overthrow OF radical
ml-ruic III The cccuua OF 1873, tho State pre-
s.nis al, ulirXanplcd cUudl,mn OF peace, order
aud ubcu.cnce 10 law. The language OF the
President is, therefore, presumed 10 have ref
erencc to the canvass OF iasl year. Ills allega,
nous arc umply rciuted BY tt'c following facts:
Dur'r the CANVASS Governor Ames, who
wa, Jrotyc nt President Grant and was elect.
cl Governor over Hon j. S. Alcorn, another
r. publican, mainly by the patronage and lnfu.
and earnest Applications to the latter for troops,
| III N the oscnsihie prctrxt Of domestic VIC
! lcarc." The Pr1.ideut after mature consida.
ration If The Csc, refused to couply, for the
| REASON hat the Governor had presented 90
grounds which would warrant such interference
| py IN" United States authorities. TO make
| .uf1 that no opportunity for such Interference
should be lost the President dispatched spr
r.aI agent to Mississippi, after Governor Ames
| had made his call for the troops, charged with
| the duty Of invest lgating the condition Of al
| fairs. This agent remained in constant inter-
course with Governor Ames, at the capital OF
| the State, tor weeks before the election. He
| employed Il sklliul c1rps Of detectives, aud was
| vclant in the performance oi his trust. lie
was required to report to Washington when
ever occasinn Shnuld arise to justify interior
eucc hy The President 10 preserve the peace
and secure Il fair election He failed to find
snah Az opportunity, and SO reported to the
| PRESIDENT Thus WE have not only in the re
lusul OF the Pr .>ideut to furnish troops at the
cali Of Governor AmeS. but 10 the action Of his
| nwn we'll informed and accredited agent. who
was on the spot, com l"tc rcfutaton Of His
| ExcrlIcucy statement. ga the day Of the cleo
ton this agent wa domicllcd at the capital OF the
! State as he had been Tor We, Ks, where u military
post mas been established siuce the war; The
trocus wcre held ui ;adiDcSs 10 move 10 any point
where the" Sc. ices Mi ght he required to pre-.
20, 2e the peace, protect he voters aud secure a
| fair election. 1necuuntyir which this garrison is
! locatnd HIS "a colnlcd voting majority CT l 500
| AT the prccirr,s = dioned Immediately under
tho. Guns Of The garrison lsrgc NUN hers of col
| ore, people who had hitherto been controlled
| By the ca:pct nag Politicians won't to the polls,
| npd with open tickets in their hands, voted Tor
| the reiur:.: candidates. The county was carried
| for this ticket by 81 najorty. Under the
circumstances, it cannot be- assumed that the
result WAS due to violence nor could it have
| been due to "lisud,' inasmuch rs the entire
election machinery was in the hands Of the rad
| icals Il WAS simp revolt OF the people, white
| and colored against the pronigscy, fraud and
| consequent decentralization which had slgnsfzed
the rule OF the political adventures who, by the
aid OF the administration, had seized the state
government and welded it ttc sci fish and cor
! rupt purposes In addition - e facts before
| mcnt. oncd, exposing the injustice Of tho Presi
I
| Ia mcntlon that ha has IN his possession letter
rom rniorcd ex-senator t. tvnls, of Mississppl,
y republican, positively declaring that the etec
ton W.. fair, md that the republican State sd.
ministr.tion had caused Ms defeat by It's own
| mi,conduct and also letter from the prese IT
| Attorney General of the State, republican, Mt
| trlhuLlng the lit 10 the same caus might
add that the republican predecessor of that 9TH
I Ger a gcntIcm:l of TALENT and Endorsed by his
party with domination on the Hayes and
Wheeler electoral ticket III december, 1874,
predicted that the Illustration, corruption
snd imbcciity ol ih" republican State author l.
tics would bring defeat "1d disgrace upon them
and their parLy. The prediction WIS verified.
| The party WIS defeated. Governor Amcs h IN
| self resigned Under chr ~ges which had required
| his imreachmca Another State oticisl was
removed on conviction of bribery, I'D still an
| othe" fled the > TO TO avoid punishment tor
| forgery aud enlightenment upon which charges
| judgment Of rieitura + recently been render
ed against him i'm the circuit court of the county
! in which he resided.
| have said that no State could be more free
| from violence ard disorder than Mississippi
| Her people Of both races are content and happy
| in the prospect OF 3 brighter day since the ex-
| pulsion Of corruption and currupti0 lists from
| her 81 ttc government. Under the malign in H.
rpr, of radical leg alton O-O.U. acres Of land
had been forfeited by the owners TO the State for
non payment of taxes The property hssis OF
| the Stat, hid been reduced III six years near y
| $50 u 1908. Industry VIZ; Frustrated and the
| earnings OF labor we're consumed by taxes,
which touched the point ri cuntscnLIon. Now
vii this is changed. I he reform Legislature
without impairiny the efficiency OF any branch
of the nublic service, has reduced expenditures
more tnan one third and reduced taxts proper
tionate!y. Good feeling cNIsts between the two
races. Both feel secure IN the possession of their
rights 50 long ~ this .Late o. ;silars continues to
exist The ref0rm Legislature has faithfully re
deemed It's pledges TO dispense justice equally
To cl: ses, aid there is No complaint in con-
sequence of the result of the election except by
the discarded clliceholoers, who brought upon
themselves their %n punishment. 1t is conf
IDENTIFY believed If " the State will cast her cleo
toral vote for the democratic candidates for
President AMI Vice President to prevent n rccur-
renee ri the evils III radical mlsrulo ard or, :
sgripton TO restore the fraternity OF tie sections
al; t. assure IN era OF prosperity for tho whole
country.
The Indian War.
Advices by the way Of Bismarck have been