The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-28
THE Fh0,r.
nenn riatt on the Commission ana ssis
Arrest.

Arrest
Correspondence Cincinnati Enauifsfl
The true inwardness Of the affair IL as
little complimentary to the Democrats
as the Republicans. It is now o
generally recognized fact that our
Davis was returned TO the Senate to get
him off the Electoral Commission. /
doubt whether any understanding was
had with the |. l., as 1t was quite un=
necessary, He has been bitten with the
Presidential madness. and finding that
| bis seat on the bench was In bis way. he
gladly caught at on opening from the
Senate. This brought In Joe Bradley,
and the oonspirators felt oil right. They
knew Joseph, whose coat has been OF
many colors. principally dirt. He was
one OF the two who Grant put on the
bench for the purpose OF packing the
court In favor lof reversing Its legal
tender decision.
Still the fellows were not safe. The
decisions of the Commission had TO be
such indecent violations OF law that the
people through the House OF Hepresen-
tatives might yet make an. ugly Eight
and defeat the eonspirators In the fight.
| ing. This because Of the shaky hnans
eial foundations upon which The con-
spirators stood. Any, grave difficulty
/
securities, and o depreciation Of these
meant financial ruin to all Of them. DO
1t was necessary not only TO get the de-
eision counting Florida and Louisiana
| for Hayes, but 1t was also necessary TO
get that decision quietly accepted. To
this end negotiations were opened with
the Solid South. The oppressed white
men were promised their local govern.
ments Grant refused to recognizes eithef
Packard or Chamberlain while letter
from Hayes. pledging himself not only
| TO put Southern Democrat In bis Cabi-
| net, but gave every assurance to aban2
don the poor black man, over whom he
wept when he heard Of Tilden's cleo
tion, to the care Of his white brothers
shotgun and bullsdosefs.
| Our Southern friends, like wise men
AS they are, drove the best bargain they
could with the managers. Not content
| with place In the Cabinet and d reeog-
milton Of their local governments, they
stipulated for their Southern Pacific
| Railroad. This scheme Of Tom Seott's.
to benefit tho South little and him.
self good deal. would meet with
good deal Of heavy grading were Tilden
to be ihaugurated. All sorts Of efforts
have been made to get our one.eYed
ono to pledge himself In favor Of this
| internal Improvement. that, by the by.
ought to be made, even II 1t does strain
| the constitution and the public con-
science. But they were made in vain.
| There has been q decline here In Tilden
stock since the holidays. I believe /
can date the beginning Of the decline
and fell from certain day during the
holidays. when ] met certain party OF
Southern Congressman In New York.
The eulogies Of the New York states
man and Democratic candidate ceased.
ended-were never heard after.
And now you will observe that the
men who cry most earnestly TO submit
are the hot-headed. tiery.hearted ex.
Confederates, while tho Northern and
Western Democrats, who were supposed
TO be conservative, are loud in q call for
"wah." Mr.. Reagan, Of Texas, for ex-
ample, led the caucus in behalf OF
peace and surrender. OF course, he
was not influenced by the Texas Pacific
Railroad. Oh no. Certainly not.
/ looked at these gentlemen the other
| night when John Raymond was doing
Colonel Sellers" and when old "Mul-
berry" said II have been reconstructed !,
[ have shaken hands over tho bloody
ehasm / am In favor Of the old flag
and an appropriation, these gentle.
men looked ut each other and laughed
Significantly.
| Well, what are we to expeet2 These
people were not only conquered by us
when under arms, but since their sur.
render we have turned them over to be
plundered and abused by degraded car
petabaggers and brutal negroes in u
way that would have made death and
contiseation. at the end Of the war
blessings to them.
AFTER ME.
/ learn while writing this letter that
| Pappy Taft and Don Cesar de Bezoon
Cameron have been urging my arrest
| for inBtigating violence. and my office
| boy has brought me some anonymous
| letters Of the beware" style. So 1t
seems that 1t Ia all very well to gather
| In an army TO enforce an Inauguration,
but very bad to talk about punching
the heads Of the misereants who
| through their frauds have made an
army necessary. / have not yet said u
word about demonstrating any one
nor Is 1t likely will-but this talk
OF violence began on the other side
But 1t does grieve me to know that
Pappy Taft, all from my own town, OF
whom I have said 30 many pleasant and
endearing things, should thus urge my
arrest and consequent incarceration in
q bastile. Fortunately for me, the alien
and sedition laws have long since ceased
to exist. Well, there Is comfort In know
| ing that / can not be shut up with y.
Madison Wells, nor fed at the House
restaurant. That last would make me
get on my marrow-bones and plead for
pardon In the most pitiful manner.
ID. 2.