The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-03-07
THE INAUeURAL INFAMY.

.consummated by conspirators IN the capltal
.city of the republic yesterday, March 5, 1871
The inaugural ceremonies by which Ruther-
ford b. Hayes was indicted into the office OF
president of the. United. States constitute
.the finale Of conspiracy as foul as was ever
conceived by men or devils. 1t does not
smatter that the conspirators made the occa-
sion one OF magnificent pomp; that the
.rabble might not see the haggard crime be-
meath the drapery; it does not matter that
lconspirators and their thieving and perjured
scoadjutors burdened the air with maniac
syells in testimony of their victory; it does
mot matter that there were thousands of up
turned faces along the avenues where the
pageant passed to welcome the usurper with
swaviDg handkerchief or to strew his way with
Flowers; it does not matter that wealth and
beauty contributed their share to give ecldt
Ito the occasion, for, Notwithstanding all
! these things the ceremonies were in honor
/ of the triumph of fraud. If Hayes could
have been inaugurated in some one of the
vile dens where the crimes which made
shim president were plotted and perfected-in
some mammoth cave where monsters of
crime hide themselves from the light of
3day; in some Cumberland gap that forms a
gateway to the banqueting rooms of thieves,
there would have been consistency
lin the arrangement; but it becomes
Ia part of the penalty the
nation has to pay that the
last act in the programme OF radical crimeI
should be in city bearing the name oil
Washington, the corner stones of which bel
aid; the queen city of the new world; the
sanctuary of strangers dedicated to consti /
|tutional liberty and the supremacy of law
Washington City has hitherto suffered from
the attacks of foreign foe, and shot
|and shell and. fire have left their i'm.
press upon its stately buildings. But
THE conspirators with their chief enter
the capital city disguised as friends, and
with weapons, the use of which is known
only to professional outlaws they enter the
sacred precincts of liberty; they force them
selves into the hottest of holes of her tenn
pie, and on the altar, where in the halcyon
days of the republic the Almighty was
pleased to evidence his approval, these
|conspirators offer a sacrifice of fraud
|and perjury, and with blasphemous
Hips ask divine direction. The con.
spirators proclaim that Hayes is in
|nocent No effrontery could be more I'M
'blushing. He has taken Office from the
hands of crime stained monsters and affect
ing innocence or ignorance, by base, detesta
BILE and damnable hypocrisy, adds insult to
Injury. He touches the high Office of piesi-
dent with unclean hands, and its dignity
,vanishes, its prerogative gems are sullied
land the diamonds of authority which
adorned it in the better days of
the republic are shivered at his feet
He refers to his calling ito the duties of
3'the great trust" Who called Hayes? Four
louisiana returning board miscreants
Called by United States troops sent forth to-
'control elections in his favor, and against
the will of the people. Called by fraud and
]perjurers such as meyer before blackened
the pages of authentic history. Called by
such men as Marcellus L. Stearns, Samuel
lib. McLin and CLAYTON A. Cowgirl, of Flor
/! ida, and William Pitt Kellogg. j Madison
wells, Thomas b. Anderson. E. Casanave
land j. B. Kerner, of Louisiana; by Oliver
1 P Morton and Zach Chandler Called by a
3hundred thousand Office holders, a large
1 per cent. OF whom have been stealing from
1.-THE government for years. Called by United
States marshals whose special duty it was
~. -, Ill q
Hayes to be president required acts of the
most unblushing villainy. These acts the
house of representatives have put on record,
/ and they show just what the ''call' amounts
to.
Hayes says, in commenting upon the stu
Iation of the south, that embarrassing ques-
I'tions meet us at the threshold, y but he is
careful to keep mum upon the returning
board question, which counted him and
Packard into office, and without which he
would now be in Ohio, and the country
! saved from the disgrace of his inauguration
Hayes is considerably troubled about the
color line, which he proposes to "wipe
1'oat." Just how he is going into the wipine
business he does not proclaim, but it is safe
ito infer that he will try the universal edu-
!scation" plan, as he isconfident that ''uni
3versal suffrage should be based upon ''uni
yersal education" Hayes is going into the
scivil service reform with yengeanc
land indicates that his policy will not regard
2as binding the services OF partisans who
worked hard in the interest of the conspira.
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Ito his party, and that in serving bis party
best he will serve his country best all this
when boiled down means that Grantism will
continue. and that thieves will have Q
rchance for the next four years. Finance
5currency and foreign relations are alluded
Ito. but nothing is said, for the good reason
THAT he knows nothing about either. Tn,