The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-07-20

ging o. the Electoral Eighi-Ths Nation
betrayed.
In the North american Rericw for
July. Judge jeremiah ;. Black appears
~ The contributor Of an article entitled
az Electoral Conspiracy" which Is
~ all odds the most complete, eloquent
ana Scatbing exposure that has vet been
made of the fraud by which Rutherford
u. Hayes was foisted into the presiden-
iial chair. We regret that our space
will not permit us 10 reprint il in full,
ant hat we must contine ourselves 10
he most striking passages.
After briefly adyerting 70 the indigna-
tion felt BY honest men throughout the
country AZ the great outrage upon the
rights ~ the people, Judge Black pro-
ceeds to depict the condition Of affairs
u the State 81 Louisiana previous 10 the
Presidential election. First, he describes
the carpet-bag er:
WHAT THE cAEPET-BAGGER Is.
The people would not have been wholly
crushed, either by the soldier or the negro,
II both had not been used 10 fastcn upon
them the domination Of another class Of peo-
pie whose rule was altogether uncomfortable.
These we call carpet baggcrs, not because
The word y descriptive or euphoneous, but
because they have no other name whereby
they are known among the children OF men.
They were unpriHcipicd adyentllrer~, who
sought their fortunes in the South by plum
dering the di-armcd and dcfenseless people:
some Of them were the dregs 81 the Federal
army--ihe meanest Of the camp-followers:
many were fugitlves from Northern Justice:
the best Of them were those who Went down
after peace, ready for any deed Of shame
that wa safe and profitable. These, COM
and some leading negroes 70 serve a. decoys
Tor the rest. and backed BY the power Of the
General Government. became the strongest
Of thieves that ever pillaged a people. Their
moral grade was far lower, and yet they
were much more powerful, than the robber
bands that infested Germany after the close
~ The Thirty Year, War They swarmed
All over the states from the Potomac 70 the
Gulf, and settled in hordes, not With intent
70 remain there, but merely 70 feed on the
substance 81 a PROSTATE and dcfenselcSs peO-
pie. They took whatever came within their
reach, intruded themselves into All private
corporations. assumed the functions Of all
Offices, including the Courts Of Justice. and
IN many places they even "run the church,
esq by force and fraud they either con-
irolled all elections or else prevented cleo
tion> from being held. They returned sixty
Of Themselves 20 one Congress, and ten or
twelve 81 the most ignorant and ycnal among
them were AZ the same time thrust into the
senate. This false representation Of pco-
pie ~ strangers and enemies who had not
even 4 bona tide residence among them was
the bittcrest Of all mockerieS. There was
no show ~ truth or honor about H.. The
pretended Representative was always ready
% vote for any measure that would Cypress
and enslayc his so-called constituents: hi
hostility was nnconccaled. and he lost no OPP
portuniiy 10 do them injury.
THE GENESIS or THE RETURNING BOARD.
The wrctched system Of carpct-bag gov
eminent could not possibly last. From the
first Il had no real support. The native pco-
pie and the honest immigrants, who went
there for purposes ~ Legitimate ba~incss,
held u in abhorrcnce, and the negroes We're
not long IN finding out that il was q sham
and a snare. A. early a. 1870. and before
that, the handwriting was seen on the wall
which announced that large and decisive
majority 81 all the voters, black and white.
had determined 10 break up this den Of
thieves. They must, therefore, prepare for
. flight or punishment. unless they could con-
triye a way Of defeating the popular will
whenever and however II should be ex-
pressed. Then the Returning Board was
invented.
This was machine entirely new. with
powers never before given 20 any tribunal
In any state. It, object was not 20 return,
but To suppress, the votes Of the qualified
electors, or change them a. suit the occa-
sion. BY the terms of the law IL can ex-
cludc, suppress, annhiiate all the votes Of 4
, ir.h,..h !, ana. W h.,a haan commi,fad and
adimdpcs IL haye materially inauenced ,hc
rrs,,lf M thc nan. Thi. i judicial authority
W lrnaJ ia, no court wo,,ld consent ~ - :
arci.s i,-inflictinr tbe fearful n.naltv ~
Acknowledgement upon thousands Al
w;th,ut ieg.l evidence. nor for
.nx .tfnn.a IN their AVN. IN, for the snn-
nossd IN ~ others aver whom they confess.
ardlv have ~ central ~ course Il A. n NJ
ra,i conf,icf with Tia stafe Constitution
which declares that III judicial mower shall
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