New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-03-27
now TpEY nAVB AWAY TTLDKN,

The public has been greatly puzzled 70
imagine Why the plenipoteutiary Of Mr.,
Nichols at Washington has never made
known the text Of that document by which
the Federal government was bound to
recognize the Democratic usurpation.
The powers Of the plenipotentiary seemed
ample, the representation in Congress
seemed to do his bidding, and to keep in
the background until the scheme was
contaminated. We are beginning to be
skeptical as to the existence of q written
obligation to withdraw the troops from
Louisiana as the price of the presidential
election. Our incredulity is as great as
that of Betsy Priggins, and as she politely
told Mrs. Sarah Camp she did be-
lieve there s'was no SIGH person as
Mrs. Harris" We deny that there
is such paper in existence as that
to which Major Burke 10 mysteriously al
ludes. We may admit the probability
that the Louisiana members were willing
to have traded off Tilden for Nichols,
We have observed that Messrs. Ellis and
Gibson were absent or not voting upon
the test questions that decided the House to
allow the electoral count. These gentle
men might have been out of the city,
yet on the very day after this
neutrality they showed up" on the
ievee bill and ever since they have
been making perpetual opposition
to the administration of President Hayes,
by camping in his snte-room and rushing
into an interview whenever the door
opened. What meant that ominous alb
sence when the fate of Tilden depended
upon their active opposition to the
COUNT Were those gentlemen, who at
home have been the most violent assailants
of everything Republican suddenly recon-
ciled to the establishment of a Repub-
ican successor? Were they less jealous
for the chances of Tilden than others?
We do not believe it. Is it rational in
ference from the situation and the ex-
traordinary mystery which surrounds the
production of that document that the
Louisiana Democracy sold 7gIde7l, or at
tempted to sell him. We may well
imagine that these managers should be
afraid and ashamed to let the world see
the evidence of purpose of perfdy,
which seems at present without parallel.
We were surprised that on the day after
the electoral count, out of the thirty-three
New York votes only one was given for
the Louisiana levee. We triumphantly
cited that fact as an evidence that a
New York President would have
done nothing for New Orleans
work. It now seems to have been but
a natural expression of indignation for
the shameful treachery of throwing off
the Presidential election to secure the un-
checked rule of bulldozers in Louisiana.
There would seem no other solution Of
the mysterious suppression of docu-
ment which is assumed to expose the Re-
publican President to censure. 1t is
really dilemma. II the Democratic
plenipotentiary and members of Con-
gress publish such a paper, it would
go to show that high price had been Of
fered them by the Republicans for the
peace Of the nation. 1t was proposed to
pay them for the performance of their
duty. The publication, however, would
prove that Just while Bebee was striding
over the desks in demanding the anarchy
of strife, and leading the embattled fill
busters to the charge, PIenipotentiary
Burke, with his faithful auxiliaries, were
making separate terms with the enemy,
and contriving to deliver Tilden and
his friends as, the price Of Sc
curing themselves and friends in the
possession Of the State government of
Louisiana. From the aspect of mystery
which ,enshrouds this Transaction, we
think it reasonable to conclude that the
Democracy Of Louisiana are afraid to ex-
pose or to avow the agencies by which
they attempted tho success of their local
interests at the expense Of their national
friends. Il is recorded that great DEM
oeratic triekster was once told, ayou have
deceived me once, that is your fault; if
you deceive me again 1t viii be mine.
There can be no further faith in the Lou
isiana Democracy. At ell events let us
have the papers. They may demonstrate
that some unauthorized friends proposed
to bind the President by an imprudent
and improper contract. They win most
probably show that the Louisiana Demo-
Gratis offered to sell Tilden to secure the
success OF NichoiIg.