The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-11

lie 10y a faithful execution of tho laws. " di1
seem tn me like n new species 81 moral insanity
to say that the law-abding mud honest citizens
of the state should be disfrunrhisrd bocauso
they had cast their votes ngnnst ollicrs Who,
bosidcs being public plunlcrcrs. had tlkcn
away all security for HE by permitting 1000
| "r ,"rs in three years to go entirely unpun-
I .nin th'a you assert. or ut least sign your
name Ia an assertion and publish u IN u ningh-
| Emo hs yours, thnt ! d'LHRted thr prfWitntph
| ol tho murders referred 10 thnt J0st Htd th'H
alleging that the State GOronpe,'t UdS TOO 'nedF
| 10 nun al or prevent them. This pres 'nis IN.
| ns the most inhumnn monster on ~" EARN.
man who would justify the unprov9k"d nssahsl-
nation OF 1000 pcaccnlla and helpless persons,
including women and children on the mere
ground that the GOycrnmcnt was Inanlu 10 pre-
| himself whenever he could do II with immunity
| Thie odious charge il pressed upon me cx-
pliritly, and repeated in many forms thr9uugh
| mark my answer we'll The man who wrote
this part of the article which passes Tor yours is
| u base impostor. Every opinion thouslt, ana
sentiment cxpressed by me is precisely ne
| reverse of whit he mputcs to me. pronounred
| the story OF the four thousand murders what |
| did then and do still believe it 10 bo--a sheer
! fabrication got up To order Tor partisan pur,
| declared that II such outrages had really bcen
| committed. the carpet -bag authorities OF the
state had mnde themselycs infamous by their
failure to punish them. Furthermore. Inverred
| as matter of fact. and showed very conclusive
lyto be true, that the state Goycrnmcnt was
enforce the law. preserve the peace, ana protect
| life All this said. not IN doubtful or obscure
lNUHuUkt. Dut so plnlnN luhl nv lIliil WIN lllf.
ligence one degree above that OF an idiot could
misunderstood me.
The direct, straightforward mendacity Of this
EFFORT to dclamc mo il literally wonderful |
| speak sobcrlv and without passion when | say
that think there il nothing IKE u on record.
| No reader will Toe able to conceive the grossnoss
oft without comparing your article at pages 225-
G-7, with mine Mt pages g-lO-ll. Even then he
| will not understand II unless he looks narrowly
atthc passages which the writer prctends to copy
from ne. They, are al iraudulen,ly changed
| stories of Sheridan and sherman. tptpStn-
| ton Of those crimes IL they were IN truth com.
mllted. and OF the Government. which could
preston OF these sentiments are suppressed
and cxscinded from the passages quoted Dis
ent places. mutated. transposcd and then
Joined together ms II / mad written them con
sense and meaning Of my words are perverted.
| | am mndc out to be nm apologist for murder
and mob yiolence. lust as you might prove from
indictahle forgery. but many man has served
out his torn At Sing Sing who would scorn an
attempt to ruin his n"ighbor by the fraudulent
King or alteration Of a paper writing to tho
prejudice OF his character.
nm told and incline 10 believe. that you did
not write this part Of the article which passes
for yours. Some smart carpet Dagger put IL to-
gether. and gave it TO you. to try how much he
could make you Disgrace yourself for his
amusement or his malice, and You put your name
TO II without showing whether IT was right or
" deliberate falsehood; hut why. OLD why
were you silly enough to become the cat paw
81 ou'I u lllH'nltNNub nlhllh'D
THE FLORIDA CASE.
have spoken mainly Of the Louisiana case.
because that is the one Of which YOU ought 10
have some special knowledge. You have. how
decision in favor Of that fraud As might have
been expected. YOU make bnnglc of IL. will
resiHte the points ms held by tho commission 50
far M you attempt TO indicate them.
Protesting 90 Viniicate the great principle OF
State rights. the Commissioners forced upon
Florida electors whom the State had rejected
when she made her own choice. and against
whom all the, dcpartments Of her government
featured by two canvassing officers was allowed
20 outweigh the will ofthc Stnte ms expressed
by her Executive. her Legislature and her
courts ns well rs the solemn voice Of her people
in their primary capacity.
The Commission invested the canvassng on
GERS with judicial authority. and held that their
perfsctIy rerinn that by In. law Of the state tho
canVnssing officers have no such power. The
act ~ the Legislature does not give IT 10 them,
and the supreme Court OF the state had decided
in the most emphatic manner that their duties
wore purely min -i"rnl.
The Commissioners went another step. Two
trnry :" tha law ~ The STATE il Was next main
tanned that th.ir fraudulent act WIS H. good as
an honest Judgment and this was against the
law Of the whole civilized world.
All the questions ~ law and fact controverted
before tho Commissioners with reference 10 the
vot" II Florida had be' a adludicatrd 10y state
court NJ competent jurisdiction in "a cause be-
tween m" same rnrllrs. u WIS not open u
rrrkle~s of their plain duty. or not understand
ing I. though warned 10y their brethren. made
n decision diamotrically opposite. and the fraud
thnt had been legally crushed was restored 10
another life.
II might he poss ho for a very ingenious mn n
10 gloss over these anomalous rulings with
some appearance Of plausibility. But your
argument only sets them in worse light
Your weak and awkward defence Of them will
convince any intelligent man who reads IL that
they ARE wholly indsicnsi3l"; Il the Commits
fore they must have hlushcd when they saw
them supported by such twaddle rs yours.
sHERMAS's VISITING COMMITTEE.
, You are naturally offended 10y my reference
mittoe. Of which you were one. You rnll Il an
attack hut ] meant i for the best defense wac
, able to furnis h and will not now bc urovokc I'D
to utter one harsh wor about them. am will
! ing 10 admit that when -nid they aided and
| pctration ofthe Great Fraud" used too strong
an Expression.
lightly. So fnr IA depends on nv. will not
, suffer them to be preludiced by yonr blunder-
VTy mnR n iney nITt and
! that they went to Louisiana only 10 ,cihess thu
j count OF the electoral vote by the Rrturninl
/ Board. Nobody believes that they would drOI
l / their affairs at home. start Immediately afr
, the election, travel all the way TO Louis nna anC
, stay there at great expense for month merely
: that they might he present as spectators. whor
Wells. Anderson. and the two mulatioes woul,
q cipher NJ tho rntnrns. No: they mannt husi-
y ness Of some kind good or evil and evil is al
J ways suspected Of TINT which covers itself un
T. DER sham; Another prei"nc9 ot theirs aus Il
I advise AN honest count or reprolntc a fal-e ON
without irnr of or"n'" 20 NJ. returning IN ors
q This extreme drlieaoy Is MI smuln'ed Moth
p INK could b" more ridiculous thNn the ldnn tina
= the committee WINS restrained 10y poliencs
h ell ii stopped They cduid have crushed II witt
70 awori II thcy had simuly said that mn homes
= count must be mn'e oi all the legal votes a.
= tunlly Gust. and that no man should, with thet
consent. bee recognized protected or rewarded
ill., Soi pirSe ~ w"Gd hayc dsoved lh ai in
IL slant Their refusal TO do this or somcthin