The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-04-04
ALL OF IT.

ALL OF 1T.
The trade and traffic, which has
been going on for poor Louisiana, We
could never understand succinctly
enough to write about, till we by
chance read the following plain &C.
pose from the Chicago Times. Read
it and you will be we'll posted on the
embroglio:
"a week or two before the 4th of
March it became evident to the Hayes
men that the Democrats had it in
their power to defeat the count, and
that they intended to do so. Ap,
peals were made to- Southern men,
and after several interviews devoted
to preliminaries, formal agreement
was drawn up in writing. it was di-
viled into articles. Article one
er. um Grated the parties to this con-
tract. On the part of Nichols ap
pears E. A. Burke; on the part Of
Hampton, General NJ. c. Butler; for
Hayes, Senator John Sherman. Chas.
Foster, James A. Garfield and Stan
ley Matthews. Article two pledges
the signers upon their personal hon.
or as gentlemen, to abide by the
terms Of the compact. Article three
provides, in careful legal phraseolo-
~, what shall be done upon the part
of the signers for Nichols and Hamp'
ton; that peace shall be secured in
their States, no social ostracism, no
violation of rights of property, i'm.
munity for political offences; that
there should be no political prosecu.
tions in courts, crimes excepted -
There was a deal Of argument on
putting in the expression ''crimes
excepted" but it was finally agreed
that it should be inserted. The
Hayes men, in turn, pledged that as
soon as the count was completed and
Inauguration over the troops should
be at once withdrawn from Louisiana
and South Carolina. 1t was also fur
ther pledged that the troops, when
withdrawn, should not be returned
There was final clause reciting that
the Hayes people bound themselves
to all the above mentioned as their
part of the compact, providing GER
tain list Of Southern men, mention
ing names, who acted with the anti
filibusters, should assist him in
bringing the count 10 = final and sue
cessful completion. This agreement
was made out in triplicate. One copy
was sent to Hampton, the second to
Nichols and the third was kept by
tee signers. A pledge Of secrecy
concerning the compact was also
made. 1t was intended ut first to
ask Grant to sign it, and have him
withdraw the troops after the count
was completed. Then it was though,
not proper to have him attach his
name to such acompact. 1t was also
thought not best TO have Hayes sign
1t, as the document was signed, with
his approval, by his most trusted
friends. Grant gave his word "a a
soldier and a gentleman for Hayes to
have the troops withdrawn as soon
as the count was completed. He did
order General Augur, in New Or
leans, to withdraw the troops. -
, Without the compact fully describ-
Ell above, there would have been no
wavering Of Southern votes. This
compact was shown around to South.
ern men who could be trusted. Fur.
Their than this, Charles Foster had
two letters from Governor Hayes
upon the subject. The first letter
was very brief one, written to Eos
ter after he had made his speech up
on the floor, expressing his belief in
the necessity and certainty of new
and better policy toward the South.
This letter was not more than a doz-
en- lines in length. 1t said that Eos.
ter's speech correctly outlined Hayes
policy, and that it was cordially an.
proved. After the formal compact
was made copy Of it was sent to
Hayes. He, therefore, wrote another
letter to Foster fully approving and
indorsing the compact as made 70,
him by John Sherman, Stanley Mat
thews and others. Foster used both
letters to assure Southern men Of
( Hayes intention to do the RICH,
thing by them-in fact, give them
all they could hope under Tilden.-
The formal compact was finished or
:, the Saturday Of the week prior to tn.