Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1877-12-22

volved doubtful and difficult 9ues-
ton Of law on which there were
different opinions and judicial an-
thorisies seriously conflicting. That
Gov. Grover decided it honestly
and recording to his best judgment
there can be no doubt in the minds
of reasonable and fair-mir deo men.
The presumption that he acted with
all due fidelity to the law is mach
strengthened by your assertion that
he was guilty of'f'loathsome fraud"
Your abuse Of any man is power
ful evidence in his favor.
SAMUEL j. T1LDEN.
In like manner I take your dia~
tribe upon Mr. Tilden and the
New York Democracy. I know
nothing Of the matters you refer to:
but I do not. believe word you
say. Remembering your monstrous
falsehoods about Mr.. Buchanan;
seeing the large, loose and lavish
mendacity of your charges against
myself, and Applying the maxim,
taksus IN uao faksus N omnibus. ! can
only regard yonr abuse OF Mr.. TIL
den as strong proof that he Is a
just. upright, and honorable gen
tIeman. Thus you furnish NE with
cheap and easy mode OF prais'ng
him. The chosen chief of the ma
ton swin6.ed of his right does not
| want any eulogy from me. But if
am called upon to show the
grounds of his title to general re-
spect and admiration l need not
describe the irreproachable walk OF
his private life or his high public
career-his brilliant elcquence or
his solid judgment-his tircless
struggle against corr upton in the
city Of New York or his beneficent
administrator Of the Government :,
it is enough thai I simply show
your attempt TO defame him: for
that itself is decoration OF his
character.
MEssRs. FIELD AND CARPENTER.
Your fling at Messrs. Field and
Car penter is hardly worth notice.
Far as they stand above your reach.
you attempt to malign their 2eotdves
for opposing the Great Fraud;
those of one you pronounce to be
mercenary. and Of the other mixed
and mysterious" They belong to
a class of men who act habi'ually
upon motives which must always
be a mystery 10 you. for you cans
not comprehend them. You chuck
lie over the fac: that their logic and
cloqucnce was unsuccessful. That
is proper enough.
The decision of the commission
ers gave to stupidity and fraud a
great triumph over the honesty aud
ability OF Messrs. Field and Cars
penter; ard in this triumph you
have an unquestioned right to re-
joicc You add that their joint eff
fort before the commission was a
not inefficient aid in preparing the
mi.ds of their auditors for the Jn-
diclal result which followed" This
seems to mean that either f. ON lack
Of faithfulnes- or want Of caraciiy
they injured their cause b. plead
ing it.. But you would scarcely
presume to prononnc' such a .jndg-
meLt on men whose superiority ov~
err yourself is so marked and so well
known. One othe: construction Of
your words is possible. The com
missioners were the auditors, and
their minds were prepared to de-
eide in favor of the fraud by the
mere fact that Messrs. Field and
Carpenter, Republican lawyers.
appeared in opposi ton to it. Did
the commissioners iudu ge feeling
so unworthy Did they prostitute
their judicial functions 10 satisfy it?
Certainly no reasonable man can
ever believe thas without authority
much better than yours. Bat most
probably you had no meaning at
all. 1t is mere drivel, and only
furnishes another proof that when
your masters at Washington intrus~
ted you with the defense of the
great fraud, they put the business
into most incompetent hands.
IS. BLACK.