The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1877-01-20

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lrchitects Of the present turmoil,
'elegraphs the special correspond
mt Of the Chicago Times, on the
'th instant. While the conspiring
leaders have been at work perfect
ing the fulfillment Of their plot,
taking no heed as to the past, the
Tilden people have been feeling
their way cautiously forward to q
measure which bids fair in its pres
snt shape to cripple very seriously,
II it does not wholly break the
back Of tire conspiracy to seize the
presidency. While the principal
nanipulstors have been exhsnsting
every resource Of political guile to
push their stratagems to fulfill
ment, there have been counter
on the part Of The Til
den people, not only to defeat the
ostensible and open object Of the
plot, but to lay bare tho minutest
fibres and arteries of that vast sys-
tenn of treason by which lawful
majority of the voters Of the coun-t
try were to be disrcgarded, and
the candidate Of a discredited aud
rejected party installed instead.
That there Is aud has been con-
spiracy directed to that end, aud
boldly sustained by large follow
ing Of the bureaucracy Of the de-
feated party, there have been In
cont cstiblc and cumulative eviden-
ces since the October elections in
Ohio and Indiana. How long be-
fore this plan originated there is
as yet no vital evidence, but that
the first overt acts in the treason
were prcsagcd BY Morton's hasty
hegira California ward on the very
day Indiana was announced as lost
there are indubitable evidences.
Taking that As . starting point, the
investigation proves that simnlta-
neous measures werc addressed to
the same end throughout the coun.
try where the partisan Republican
machinery was the strongest. Had
the conspirators been Us secrctive
as they were audacious they would
have escaped detection, but Don
Cameron in inexpressible satisfac-
tioM at what he considered ten
fold assured triumph, has given
expire sion to hints which set the
machinery of detection at work.
For obvious reasons the sum total
Of the villanics in the tremendous
scheme Of fraud cannot be divulged
until the proper time. The time Is
close at hand. Under the guidance
Of eminent legal talent, the whole
scope Of the movement of Chand-
ler, Cameron, Grant, Taft and the
Shcrmans participation therein has
been laboriously scrutinized. As
q result, the judiciary committee
has been instructed 10 prepare
resolution which shall bring the
subject before the country and the
House. This will involve the fol-
lowing consequences Gen'l Grant
will be asked to show what part he
has had IN the scheme to subvert
the laws to partisan ends. lie will
be specially directed to explain the
use Of troops in the Southern
States, and the dispatching Of stat
officers to carpet bag officials, ant
their apparent subsesvicnce tt
those malefactors. He will be re
qucsted to explain the expenditure
Of money appropriated for the at
torncy generals department ant
the secret service fund, which tn
investigators have traced from tn
treasury to the carpetbag myrmi
doms of the conspiracy. lie will
further be required to explain hi
handiwOrk In the overturning Q
legally chosen legislatures. II
will be given q chance to max
clear the telegram he received fror
Jay Gould OH the night Of Noven
ber 10th, directing him (the Pres
dent) to send troops ut once to I'll
three States, Florida, Louisian
and South Carolina. lie will /
expected to answer also frol
whence he received o dispatch ST
len from the wire, addressed by A
s. Hewitt to Lyman Trumbul
General Palmer, and other eminel
Western Independents, urgin
them to go TO New Orleans an
other capitals Of the dispute
States. This information, wheth,
Grant answers or not, is substal
TALLY III the possession Of Congres
and when promulgated will elc
trify tho country. Messrs. Cham
Ter and Cameron will be given
chance to answer equally pregnaI
questions, Of which, whether r
plies are given or not, Congre
: already has the details, cogent al
: corroborative. Though Hayes