The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-15

thick skull the idea that UhamDeFlain WaH going
to be left TO his fate by Hayes, hs Immediately |
sought 10 make his peace with Hampton. The
latter consented TO All interview with Patterson |
more out oil sense Of grim humor than from any |
other motive, aud when Patterson cst1e Hampton |
enjoyed the scene In its ludiorous aspects %
ksenly az did any Of The lookersson. Patterson
made pledges Of iealty, 10 which Hampton listened
susvely, and which he accepted with queer sort
OF half amused, halfpitirul expression upon bis
good nstured face-rnueh 40 he might have &C.
cepted assurances Of distinguished consideration
from a burglar who had been captured in his
house, and who was now In the custody
OF the police on bic way TO Jail.
John was anxious TO make his peace with Hamp-
ton complete and II occurred to bis feeble mind
that IL would help him III Hampson's estimation to
denounce his late associate, Chamberlain, which
he forthwith proceeded to do. Johns interview
with Hampton was not long. The Star, thai af-
terncon, speaking Of 1t, remarked with grave
humor peculiarly its own, that "tbs interview
was very cordial on both sides, aud lasted as
much az fifteen TN nubes ]"
According to the best inform ation that can
obtain,
Johns "FEtbTy 70 HAMPTON
ias ed about twenty-four hours; but ~ that is
longer th n he was ever bsF,rs known TO msdi'
tate All honest association, we should give him
dua credit for II. but the next day he got apong
his old ssseoi es-Kellogg, Bill Chandler, fell
low named Painter. who is TO journalism what
John Ia to politics, aud The balance Of thai crew
and they told John thai he had acted the d--n
fool.
John didn't know but he had. However, II
amounted TO nothing, because he had made no
pledges that he could not easily go back on.
Then these fellows told John that he hsd been
too fast: that the whole situat IN had changed;
that Uhsmberl In had cote to New York TO make
arrangements to raise funds fof the purpose Of
resisting Hampton to the bitter end. and that the
sympathies Of the whole North would be with
Chamberlain
Thereupon, 40 som ss Chamberlain returned
from New York. John hsstened TO assure him that
he must take no notice oil what had passed
between himself and Hampton, and that he
tJohu) had never had tbs femotest idea OF
deserting hin tChamberlain). Ipresume Cham
bsrlain- who at least knows whes constitutes
! manhood and who whatever he may be, is not an
idiot like Jehu-~reoeved the latteis "pledges OF
fsalty" In much The same spirit "a Hampton had
done few days earlier.
In the meantime, however. the younger Pat
terson, whose name is "si," and who is currently
aupppsed TO be son OF John. had been going
about among the newspaper correspondents,
stating that he had the original of
AN ADDRESS 10 THE PEOPLE or THE UNITED STATES
sianed by Hampton. Butler, Conner and one oi
two other Conservatives, and by his father, John
| O. O. Bowen and others, on The part Of the "Re
pubiosns' OF South Carolina. SSH came to M
Saturday night and told me he had man at wo
copying that letter aud would be able 10 furBiHl
copies 10 the various news bureaux the next day
But ID did not come to hand. don't know tha
there is any such letter in existence, or tha
there ever was one; for / have nothing bu
| si Patterson's word for it, which is not generals
consider legal tender for fact. But If th'
letter ever did exist, and il Hampton intlustet
IL to young Patterson for publioas on. rs tho lat
ter told mo. then II was suppressed here at th'
instance OF John, who, betw cen the signing snt
the copying of 1t, had effected one OF his light
ming changes Of political base. But. ii 1t has
been publ she'd John would not have been em
barrassed, because no could easily have an
nounced to-day that he was liar yesterday ant
had new set OF views ready for 10. morrow--sn'
everybody would have believed him, 80 far q
yesterday was concerned.
Thus, having suppressed that lester-suppos
ing for the sake Of arg that 81 Patterson
word for il indicated its existence-John set on
TO aid the nigger Elliott in
HIS SCHEME TO RAISE FUNDS
TO enable the " Republicans Of Sou h Carolina
to "resist the Taxpayers rebellion" by the wsJ
notice as you go along, how admirably tba
phase OF Eiliotps chimes In with the rest Of ID
comody~this roaring farce entitled The Carpet
bsggers' Last Fraud, or the Dsliverance OF Sout
Carolina.
The Bill Chandler and Painter aforesaid mo-
put into Johns wooden head the brilliant MOTTO
that IL would be q cuto thing to go up to th
White House and solicit contribution TO tbs
fund Of E.liotps from Hayes himself So job
mme edataly went out upon the street and tol
, everybody he meteor at least every body VIII
would permit him to speak TO them in public
:, how he intended 10 go up to the White Horse an
BuLLDozE HAYES.
, OF course Hayes was apprlsed OF IL. Md q
when John went up TO the Executive iblIsio
the next day,
THE PRESIDENT WAS "vgRY BUSY
and declined to see him. At last IL o'clo, Il cam
and with 1t The news that Chamberains pr oppose
resistance" had flashed in the pan and thi
the taxpayers rebellion" was a success. job
glanced hurriedy over the afternoon psper whic
contained the news, and then underwent anoth.
metamorphosis.
. "Chamberlain was d-d sneak. His courae
|. had ali oozed out of him as soon NJ he got
u Columbia. Hayes had sold out the men WI
: elected him and was o Cd id -
u Aud he (John) would live to dance on his (Hayes
L grave. He would vote to admit Butler to Il
. Senate. He would do all he could to give Il
a Senate to the Democrats"-except resign; he ",
not quite mad enough for that. And so on Il
quantity. But the theme is tiresome. One
: eides get sore between laughing at Johns bu