The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-08


circulating in New Orleans at this mo
ment Tor the surrender and abandonment
OF that State. The dispatch is handed By
u gentleman now on this floor and claim
ing to be Senator elect from South Car
olina' 1t is as follows:
COLUMBIA, &c, March 6, 1877.
70 Hon. D. /. Corbin; E-as-
l have just had a long interview will
Haskell, who bring letters TO me from
Stanley Matthews and Mr.. Eyarts. Th
purport Of Mr.. Matthews letter Is that
ought to yield my rights for the good o
the country. This Ia embarrassing be
yond endurance. Jisuch action il desiret
! want to know it nuthoritatively. an
not acting for myself and / cannot as
sumo such responsibility. Please in
quire and telegraph me tonight.
LSignedl D. II. CHAMBERLAIN.
l ask, Who has been doing the whis,
pering in corridors? and the answer
comes from Columbia. Is there any Sen.
ator on the floor who desires to stand
sponsor for that dispatch-ior the policy
that il covers? Is there any Senator
here who proposes to abandon the rem.
nant that is lett OF the Republican party
between the Potomac and the Rio Grande
and consent that il shall go down for the
public good, AZ Mr.. Stanley Matthews
puts it, being little OF partisan, differ
ing in that respect from the Senator from
Delaware? am not ready for that.
do not propose, either at the beck of Mr.
Stanley Matthews or Mr.. Evarts, to say
that the public good requires that the
remnant Of brave men who have borne
the brunt OF battle in the Southern
States against persecution unparalleled
in this country, shall retire for the public
good. do not propose it. ! am here Ia
do battle with any one in my humble
way who cspouses that policy. lay that
gage down for any Senator who stands as
spousor TO the suggestions of Mr..
Matthews and Mr.. Evarts on this ques,
tion. Nor am ] to be dislodgcd from my
position By n quotation from the late
President Of the United States, of whom
| would only speak in terms Of personal
respect, because the late President of the
United States having, like every one Of
the rest OF us, the right to change his
mind, and alter his views OF public
policy. Did not the dispatch read by the
Senator from Delaware maintain the
same attitude which he maintained in the
dispatch which ! will now read. The
following dispatch was received Sunday
evening at the headquarters Qf the De.
partment OF the Gulf
WAsHINaToN, D. c., Jan. Ii, ~.
To Gen. c. c. Augar, Ner Orleans,
1t has been the policy of the Admins.
tration TO take no part in the settlement
OF the question Of rightful government
in the. State OF ,Louisiana-at least not
until the Congressional commissioners
now there have made their report. But
it is not proper to stand quietly by and
see State government gradually taken
possession OF by one Of the claimants for
gubernatorial honors by illegal means.
The Supreme Court set up by Mr.. Mich.
oils can receive no more recognition than
any other equal number OF lawyers con.
yened on call OF any other citizen Of Lou.
isiana. A Returning Board, existing in
accordance with the law, having judicial
AZ well rs ministerial powers over the
count Of the votes, in declaring the result
Of the late election has given certificates
of election TO the Legislature Of the State.
A legal quorum OF each House holding
such certificates met and declared Pack
ard Governor. Should there be neces.
sity for the recognition Of either it must
be Packard. You may furnish copy Of
this dispstch to Packard and Nichols.
(Signed) U. S. GRANT.
The President, it will be observed,
stated the case in January, with ali
the facts before him, just / have stat.
ed to-day, and he gives very correct
portraiture Of the Nichols Judiciary 80
highly landed by the Senator from Della.
ward. ..
The Senator from Delawaae said that
the few innocent remarks which | made
yesterday sounded to him like fire bella
in the night. They seemed destined to
rekindle the fires Of sectional aggression.
That Senator and myself represent differ.
ent schools in politics. -
We come from different sections. We
have represented different ideas before
the war, and during the war, and since
the war-wholly and entirely different.
While have the greatest respect and
kindest regard for him personally, l do
not propose to take his advice on ,this
question. ! propose for myself us long
as | may be entrusted with a seat on
this floor, whoever else shall halt OF
grow weak in maintaining it, so long as
| have strength will stand for the
Southern Union men Of both colors, and
when cease to do that before any pres.
ence, North or South, in official bodies or
before public assemblies, may my tongue
cleave TO the roof Of my mouth and my
right hand forgetits cunning.
Mr.. Morton said he supposed that the
question before the Senate was n ques-
tion Of law, but law was about the only
thing which he had not heard discussed,
The Senator from Delaware (Bayard)
made some reference TO il, but in what he
said he was mistaken. Mr.. Morton
quoted from the record in the case Of
kellogg and read from the Constitution
OF Louisiana to show that it was the duty
OF the Legislature TO canvass the votes
for Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
He then read from the law prescribing
the duties OF the Returning Board, and
argued that there was quorum OF the
Legislature present when the votes for
Governor and Lieutenant Governor were
canvassed, and il was declared that Pack
ard received 74G24 votes and Nichols
Al ,l9S votes. lie then referred to the
action Of the Legislature in clecting Kel-
logg, and said lie received a majority OF
all the vote. He submitted that the rec
ord as presented made chain OF title
good. First, that Packard was declared
duly elected by the proper authority in
Louisiana. Again that VIM. Pitt Kel-
logg had been duly elected Senator from
that State in accordance with the act Of
Congress. He was not disposed, therefore,
to push the argument on this subject any
lurther deeming it unnecessary. want
to say one word, and l shall keep the
Senate 4 very few minutes, in regard TO
the general character OF the remarks
submitted by the Senator from Delaware.
There lis constantly talk Of fraud. II is
charged that the people Of Louisiana
had, by large majority, voted for
Nichols and for Tilden, but that they
were deiraudcd out Of their votes, and
these charges are constantly made here