The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-21


In his clcctipnccring speech at Mansfield,
JoHN SHERMAN exhibited the same fragrant
disregard Of truth and candor that he did
when. hurrying up fresh from the con-pir-
acy Of WELLS and hi4 confcdcratcs to steal
the vote Of the state Of Louisiana. he
| tried TO take snap judgment in the
Senate by the most daring misrcprc-
sensations Of the facts connected with that
mon-trous fraud He stopped at no fa-c-
hood 10 serve his purpose. and was repeat
cdly exposed by Senators who had person
ally witnessed the proceedings at New Or
| leans. and were familiar with the details of
| the iniquity
Referring To tho action of the Executive
! during the recent strikes Mr.. SHERMAN
said:
"Our small army scattered over the Western coun
tr, The last ou., ot Representatives had refused to
appropriate ior PAY or supplies To- the army lest tor
.oltl. It might Doe used IN state 10 put down domestic
/ violence
1t is not true that the army was scattered
over the Western country. A large force
was scattered through the southern States,
and, until the Christian soldier, HOWARD,
cried out for help against Chief JOSEPH.
/ lighting for his homestead and treaty
rights these troops remained idling at the
posts whore they had been stationed forpar-
tisan service. some of them during six or
more years. without moving from the places
they occupied.
Equally audacious and false is the state
ment that the House Of Representatives
" refused to appropriate for pay or supplies
to the army lest forsooth il might hc used
In a state to put down domestic violence
The facts of that day are too we'll known
To- be- perverted. The votes of Louisiana
and Florida had been stolen An Electoral
Commission had. A. far a. il was possiblcby
an unconstitutionnlac confirmed the theft
and declared RUTHERFORD b. HAYES prc-i-
dent. The fraud which placed HAYES in the
White House necessarily made PACKARD
Governor Of Louisiana. and CHAMBERLAIN
Governor of South Carolina. and SrFNRNs
Governor of Florida. one was logical CON
Sequence" of the other and A. between the
two. PACKARD. according to the false count
OF the Returning Board. had the larger
majority. HAYES was about going into
Office on this fraudulent award. and the
troops of the United States which had
boon used as the creatures Of infamou. Dep
uty Mar~hal- Turing the Presidential cam
paign, wore -tlll holding possession Of New
Orleans and Columbia. while the Republican
leaders were openly declaring that PACKARD
and CHAMBERLAIN should lie protected to
the fullest extent in their claims To- Office.
After eight years experience of military
rule in the reconstructed States. the House
oi representatives was unwilling to trust
HAYES or I" a'''p' IN" professions OF his
tradlng agents III ana out oi Congress. Inc
majority oet'rmlhen To exercise their CON
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@'itutIohai right OF defining the u" ana
NM, OF inc appropriations lor the support
oi the army. lhey' therefore, inserted Ia"
following section IN the regular OIL. which
II Will u" seen docs not tak" sides with either
OF lh' claimants III Louisiana, hut iorplds
the use ol lh' army Tor poNtlcal OBJECTS
's'c D. ratuo part Of hc money Appropriated hy TIL
'' '", ","' ~, W., '..'a, "il l,,'Dn ,,''Y ''
80. y, ~. % DO -,
iobc Go,crnro Of the state Of Louisiana Nar shall anv
of 'ai money u" applied IN support Of the claim the
rr..,l.I avon ".-..,.', V, y, '"'' 1,"'r
nr.u Nor of the two b.dic. clamn4 To- be- the Ic..n
tr' of 'ai' sat- rreSaei over respectively w C. e.
Of r.g,. WYNN. a '' , d., '' ,'"'
,'nri NJ Sat state 'l IN surror' ' tho aiu of JouN
L.'l>' 'n' "''''"''- Que the '"pfem' Court OF >a
"' N "h ana d" 1'' 'N' "l''h " any lf't'',l n The
N'"'" ir li'i states VIA 'h"' 800 'd state issued 100
N' 'i "n' ir th' -"p"r'" amy SUCH claims N0r -N'll
' ''''' '' 'f l' .'. 60 IT, N' N-'N )" N"l'li ' Ne
''"s' .r gre irnt 1T '"im or claims oi any SFie "oy.
crumcui shan have been duy r., ,Snni hv congress
Ana any f-,n ,u'nan- asmn,i ans of Tie provisions of
onr,, ~, ,,' ,,, '''' "l
ton not less than ave nor more than years
This Is the whole restriction contained in
the army bin, and it utterly annihilatos the
false statement in JONI SHERMAN's speech.
The protcncc that the prohibition interfrrc-
with the constitutional powers Of the TXocu-
tive as cummandcr-in-ohielo Of the army and
navy is unluunded These powers mr..
limited by the conditions iinpn-.I ON the
such an army ns the law creates He il ia
execute the law as Ii" finds IT, Congress