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tensions. and that all mon should be equal

tensions, and that all men should be equal
before the law forever.
Tho question now becomes pertinent: Did not
Foster guarantee in his speech on the 10th Of
February all that he and Matthews Subsequent
ly guaranteed in writing, about TIE Withdrawal @
Judge for himself from the extracts given above
from the speech, can Mr. Hayes truthiplly deny
that these pledges wore made without his sane
tion or approval2 That he approved Fostors
speech will not be qnostiCncd IL his letter to
Foster is mado public. It does not matter
Hayes and approved by him. although Mr..
Springer of Illinois, asserts positively, that
prove Fosters speech. is quite sunicient to
prove that he had full knowledge Of what had
course. knew hat his letter would be- shown. II
was written for that purpose. because there was
no restriction whatever placed upon Foster us
The publication Of the facts in regard to the
pledges made to southern Dcmocrnte 10y the
personal representatives. of Hayes Foster and
Matthew'S has created profound sensation
hero to-day: The Administration Is sorely
puzzled and breads the effect Of this pq,hliea-
are especially concerned about the effect 1t W
have upon the masses Of the Northern Rcpub-
They assert that tho solo object Hayes has had
in sending "a commission to Louisiana was to
get mon who had the confidence Of the masses
Of the Republicans. aud whose, verdi;t on the
Louisiana case would satisfy them. rms as
surance has been given again and again 10y See
offered. II is the opinion OF the reprcso nta-
tivcs Of Packard that the delay in securing
causcl by tile difficulty Hayes Is EXPERIENCING
IN linding men Of weight and influence in the
WHbH,n parry Wno ,r w 'Ensrm 10 1ST onI W
asrce to ind in accordance thcrowith. There
il another thing which gives the Admlnistra-
ty-hlIth CConsreess. They have declarssd
SoriheMra. M DsmSrrgfts f' 'G' in the the ,Sysanrizal9n
Of the House II. Packard and Chamberlain
Ire nFrs 5 2Gp5nI9nGd L"9gsr msmPfr ,as , G% iTom
to-day that he would never vote for Foster for
Speaker, or for any candidate the Admnistra,-
ton might set up, II Packard WAS abandoned.
II" said. further. that it wns the purpose ~ the
thirteen Republicans elected to the next House
from the South to adopt this course and he had
seen several OF them and knew they would stand
Alter seeing the publication this morning.
giving tho circumstances under which tho
agreemcnts were made betwecn Foster and
| Stanley Matthews on one side, and Burke in one
| instance and Gordon and John Young Brown
| on the other. Gen. Gordon teegraphed to Foster
and Matthew's that the publication was without
To no one and had declined TO give any nfor-
nation in regard toihcm. In answer. adcspatch
was received from Matthews announcing his in
tention 10 publish the two agreements IN the
Cincinnati Gdteiie tomorrow morning. should
Mnithewss publication fail t9 agree with tho
inals IN Now Orleans. the publication of the lat
| TER will at once follow. Tonight Gordon. l. w,
| Lil'S. anu Gibson r".m To be out Vl the agree
| ment business, and decline copies for pub.ita-
| tion.
CINCINNATI. March 2G.-In commenting upon
| dispatches from Washington this morning
wherein II is alleged that senator St1nlry MW-
| th"ws nni lleur, sentative Foster gave written
pledges on behalf Of the President thni
| the Hampton and Nichols Governments
| should not bc. disturbed. tho I.n.es OF
| this city. cdiiorinlly rays: We feel war
| ranted Ia saving that the l,tter re-
fcrrod to contains neither tho terms Of any bar
| gain nor any plrdgc on behalf of the President
and that 1t was limited to p'rsonnl assurances
on the part oi is authors oi their own opinions
| and beliefs The Tunes promises to publish
| Stanley Matthcws's letter tomorrow. in which
case il Will be furnished the Assoc lated Press.