, 1877-11-28

oVcf deBpeTnt9 tho Democratic Senators may
be in their desire to get control Of tho serate,
we do not boliove tho disposition Of any con-
siderable portion Of the Democratic Senators
extends to having Tt1pzs made President.
THE FRAUD IN THE sEEATE 0A8E.
II tho Democrats obtain control Of tho
United States Senate by pursuit Of their
present tnctica, tho partisan advantage conso-
Qucut thereon will DO tainted by fraud that
will attach itself to all the subsequent nse Of
their power. Thore will not DO single act
Of legislation, carried by strict party vote,
bnt will elicit reminder that 1t Is tho iiroct
result Of treason, strntagoms, and apoils."
These three words which suAKspEARE has
made proyorbiat npp1y to tho present Demo-
cratic struggle in the Senate as aptly md
truly as II thoy wero originally combined 10
describe tho situation. The treason of PAT
TEnsoN and CoSoyER, tho atrntagem Of The
Democratic 1eadors in nvailing themselves
thereof, md tho spoiia which form tho OBJ
jectivo point Of tho conspiracy, aro tho o1e~
ments Of the most disgrnooful scramble for
political power that has ever been devolopcdin
this country. To what length tho conspiracy
will go, It successful in its earlier stages, no
man can estimate. It Is certain TINT mon
who consent to become parties to 40 black
scheme will scarcely hesitato to push 1t to
the seizure Of any other advantage that pro-
cents itsolf. It Is hintod TINT tho Senate
struggle Is but the forerunner OF desperate
attempt to revive Tnpzs's claim to the Pres
idenoy, with tho purpose Of taking complete
possession OF tho Government aud It's pntron.
age; md, though it is scarcely possible that
public sentiment will tolerate any aggressive
movement in this direction, men who par1oy
with self-confessod traitors, md bribo candi-
dates for the Penitoutiary with profIcr OF
immunity, will stop at nothing which Ia dos
peratc, and hesitate at nothing which is row.
olutionary and villaitous.
There Is PATTERSON, the most conspicuous
figure IN this carnival Of franl. Ho occu-
pies seat In tho Senate Oilamber'to which
le has no claim In Inv or Justice, since ovi-
dence has como out which points 10 tho fact
that ho secured It ty bribery. Bribery was
his custom In dealing with tho Legislature
Of South Carolina. Ho is to-day under In
dlctment for the felony, with evidence star
ing him in tho faco which Is certain to aend
him to tho penitentfary, and l,o should havo
been delivered up for trial under tho requisi-
ton Of the Governor Of South Carolina.
Under this condition Of things, The Demo-
Gratis In tho Senate should havo boon forc-
mort in tho effort 10 bring lin to trial, II
not, indeed, TO move his INN ediato cxpnl-
sion from tho Senate. 1aatcms OF this, thoy
delioornte'y conspiro TO n'ake him tho inatru-
ment OF new sluainy by Offering him tho
meano OF escaping tue punishment "for his
OLD Villainy' Ih's dasroputablo bargain Is
PATTERSON hitnsolf, corrupt aa ho is, is tho
only party to tho transaction who seems to
hare any realization OF tho abicct ind infa-
nous attitude IN which no is placed. Senator
EDNuSps caused him to wFitho under the ez-
posure OF his treaehoFy and rascality, while
his co-conspirators evinced no sonso Of
shame. Senator OnRtaTrASoY toro from him
the last vestige Of his claim to being guided
by conviction by reminding him that, II he
believed tho President should lave sustained
the CHAMBERLAIN Legislature (which Par
TEasoN Ind Just stated as his conviotion).
then ho must believe that Comm, elected by
the CnAMnzaLAtN Legislature. waa entitled
to the scat, and not Du11zn, who was elected
by tho HAMPTON Legislature. Thus PArrEn-
Son was stripped Of his hypocrisy, aud stood
nnkod before the Senate confcsaing his inte-
my, but still aaheriug to 1t to escape the
PenitontiaEy.