The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-11-28
JUDGE BLACK.
Defender Of the EIecfOra
Fraud Reviewed or Several
Points and Held sp for
Public Inspection.

70 Hon. Z. w. Stoughton;
Il II I do not reply 70 your article in the
a>t number of the North American Review
#fuu will remain under the delusion that
@grur argument is irresistible. | will try to
A6orFect that mistake by showing that II
1heru bc "a defense Tor the Great Fraud, you
4lrcidedig are not the person to make it.
Doing this mainly tor your own edificatlon,
81 address You directly. separate your per
#Onai iuYectiye from your discussion OF the
Ia, though they are 50 mixed a 10 make
4ep4rAuou difficult, and will consider your
INFECTIONS 10 my view of the subject as If
4hcy had been expressed In becomi X and
II eceut language. You think, as your polit-
la friends ia general think, that after the
a ecisioa of the Electoral Commission
4gaJuSt as we ought tn submit in silence
M not vex the victorious party with an
appeal to
THE Tribunal or PUBLIC OPINION.
~ t4Ue submitted. The proper represent
Aatjvcs ~ both parties agreed To leave the
"a ispute to body which they constituted
4or Tire purpose OF settling il. We could
Alot refuse to abide by the award without
Aeiug guilty of bad faith. We do not now
4sSeTI THE Justice OF il with any view to
1eversr Or modify it. You need not fear
Hhe stability of that award, however iniq ui
4ou- you may know iE to be. on can en-
5oy d fruits in perfect security, aud we, the
1eUple, VIII on our part perform the vows
#Hii.f we nave NDWCd before the 14pius
however much it may be ito our own hurt"
4ut go aequiesce without protest-to con-
L. facility that the wrong is ri4ht aud the
HYil goOd-that is out of the question. In
Il discussing the whole subject with great
flaiuuess of speech, we not only obey an
impulse, but perform a duty. For this l
Fiil give some reasons and take the chance
n making you comprehend them. In the
Hrsr place, it concerns the reputation OF
Hearly all of the public men of the present
Ma Yen and are too obscure TO be no.
4 cel 10y history, but the great characters OF
aur time ou both sides will go down to pos
EeriIY clothed with honor or covered with
8ahmY. according a they have been trying
N faftner C1itS fra'a a. Stnn -
HlerC 27dS fraud, and a very gross one.
6bmmitted bv one party or the other IL
D. State of Louisiana chose Kellogg anu
D. other candidates on the Hayes ticket lot
residential electors, and the Democratic
ho}Iticians knowing this, did, nevertheless,
Aruv the truth and fabricated false return
h. TiIden, which they persisted to the last
III irving To pass for a true one, they were
Combination of most redemp tIonl' IS rogues'
49, it will be recorded, as an aggraVaCIoh
u their crime, that when the righteous ma
fpritV of the Electoral Com IN lSSton crushed
Dut their falsehOod they turned about ana,
u ith caiumniOus accusations, charged their
AWu guilt upon their innocent opponents
4he converse of these propositions - also
2auc Ifthe Tilden electors were duly chosen
IN the ttbiiits anu tue H" pAbtiNAA INNNN'S
IL and out of the State altered the returns
fl~jfird the records aud constituted a coun-
1erfrIt electoral coll re, " Whereby the people
4 { the State aud Union were cheated out OF
H. President whom they had legally elected
D. "a large majority then 1t is only anticl-
Batting history TO say that all who aided,
Ahetted and encouraged that otfense ought
n be ''claSscl among the worst maletactors
u the age" Seeing the great interest that
aanES on this question, Is it not fairly worth
De-. ell IN EFfYN
8Fhile the facts are yet fre-h in the memory,
NJ men. Another consideration there Is,
#Fhteh makes pablo appeal upon the SUD
Zee, not only proper, but absolutely neees-
Jay, IL our convictions are not founded In
4oral mistake. The candidate to whom you
o. opposed was, as we understand the case.
Aetted by an overwhelming popular vote
#ud by majority OF at least Uwenty-three In
4he electoral colleges. But
4oU DEFEATED THE LEGALLY EXPRESSED
Will OF TIE FEoFLE AND THE STATES
by means of salse tokens and divers cow
1ouS practices. contrary to the law anu
against the moral sense of all honest men.
9he decision of the Electoral Commission,
IE making the fraud perfectly success
Jul. invites a repetition of it and
D on undoubtedly will repeat it, unless
d on are in some way deferred. Now, the
d alton will not submit 10 another such out
4 ge. We promote your true interests as
RFe!i As ours, if we prevent pou from en-
Il augeriug the peace of the country by try
= this kind of toul play over again. To
aat end the best, as well as the kindest
4leauS know of, is a complete exposure OF
i ne tlaud ITSELF and free criticism of the
1he Commission which should have rebuked
y !, but did not. Nou deprecate every eX-
preston from any quarter which is calcu-
4 tJei To- loosen the confidence of the public
q the Judicial authorities, and think, there
BOZ, that the Electoral Commission should
= very tenderly dealt with. Mr.. Jefferson
&ald that jealousy OF rulers, not confidence
FaS the virtue OF all true citizens of Re-
Fl uolic. Without stopping to consider
IN neither this applies to judges, as wen AS
n thcr officers, answer you by saying that
ahe Electoral Commission was not judicial
tribunal, and did not behave like one. 1t
svas Political body, organized for special
OCCASION to determine particular ques-
ZION, according to the best of its prelu-
ices; and it performed the function as
|s'gned 70 lt by disregarding the law OF the
4 Ase aud shutting its eyes on the facts. The
4esS confidence we have in such tribunals
me better indeed, q reasonable regard Tor
Rae safety OF our most important rights re-
lures that we should have none at all. lou
re welcome TO the admission tiff you think
VIII do you any good1 that look not only
WITH contempt but with abhorrence, upon
Nj the special tribunals which nave
ptsGRAcED THE HISTORY OF OUR RACE
M
all militsr the court of high commission
and all cod ecclesiastical commissions,
II | comb ions for political purposes.
stern hafrah tive in this generation the
dangerous ch our fathers felt for those
would be- les of Liberty and justice,
81 would mar public benefactor, and you
II kIRd to ms another commission of any
III ri or to opnra faud, To sancsify persecution
Hill You al Innocent.
the word E. mt exception 70 my use OF
lnlawfni piracy as applied 10 those
featine ~ diugs which resulted in de.
course voa lden's large majority. Or
III Phrase Az Ter your own enphemtstic
tage." P d.. 1t taking s.political advan-
Term Ia WI as cannot see wherein my
o. ancient You objection Ii like that
Which he -, toI to the word steal, for
say eoDsniss to substitute eonueN TO
Which imrnliae, fraud. 81 anything else
na and their hat your friends In LOntsia-
~ your onin;a lies were guilty Of cTInaes y
,aaeu taste ~ coarse and brutal. Your re-
m No., not onlv been deeply offended II this
STACY by me bot ayF flaa whole De
NJ rkeV1eh nla fF-sk hWn# they Have wnfktmn or