Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-02-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
THE LOUISIANA DEcIs1oN-THE DEMOCRAT
Ic CAUoUs-MR. BoeY's T1RADE-REvo
LUT1oNABY UTTERANcEs PACIFIC
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THE LOUISIANA DECIsIoN-THE DEMOCRAT
Ic CAUoUs-MR. BoaY's T1RADE-REvo
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WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 10, 1877.
Editor Vermont Ihonir:
The decision OF the Electoral Commission
that the vote Of Louisiana shall be declared
for Hayes was terrible blow 10 the De-
mocracy here, and we have been greeted
with unlimited denuncations aud abusive
epithets from tho hot-heads of the party as
n sequence to the result. Saturday even
ing about two-thirds OF the Democratic
members of Congress met in caucus to de-
termine upon the future course of the party
in regard TO the count of the States not yet
acted on. Mr.. Cochrane of Pennsylvauia
offered a series of resolutions charging
fraud upon the Commission and threaten
ing all manner of revolutionary measures
as a means of defeating the election and in
auguration OF Hayes and Wheeler through
the decisions Of this Electoral Tribunal.
But Mr. Reagan of Texas offered a substi-
tute by which the party bound itself not to
offer any parliamentary obstacles, neither
to the count in the House nor upon decis-
ions made by the Commission. To this
substitute Mr.. Bright Of Tennessee offered
an amendment which contained merely
protest against the fraud and parlizanship
by which Mr.. Tilden was cheated out OF
the Presidency, though IL accepted results,
lie they what they may. The substitute
and amendment were adopted in lieu OF
la. 1,t; fine gI,pxVipu th at
wise counsels have prevailed, and further,
that the extremists and fire eaters OF the
Democratic party belong to The North ex-
clusively, since not one Southern repre-
sentative joined with Southland Of Ohio and
his few hackers in counselng resort TO rev.
olutionary proceedings simply because the
court Of final resort pet bantling, 700,
of the Democrats, had not decided as they
prayed. David Dudley Field also offered
resolutions directing that money, etc., be
denied the administration for war or other
purposes, but these brought down such
storm Of wrath from the cooler heads that
he incontinenlly Withdrew, not only Tie
resolutions, but his honorable self from the
caucus.
Mr.. Bogy OF Missouri INDUCED, in the
| Senate. in a TRADE Of abuse in full keeping
with Mr. Cochranes resolutions, but it at
tracted little or no attention, while Mr..
Bayard Of Delaware, one OF the Commits
sion, left the hall ia disgust, for, partisan
as he is, his good sense would not allow
him to listen TO foolish denuncIation OF the
court or tribunal in which he sat as mem
Der. Don Piatt, editor OF The Capital, goes
a step further than Bogy by advocating in
unmistakable terms, in yesterdays issue
| OF his paper, the assassination Of Mr.. Hayes
| prior to his being sworn in as President.
He has heretofore urged resort TO every
revolutionary proceeding, but his yester-
days article caps the climax of his absurd
lilies and lunacy. He is the same valiant
general who, during the war, could win
battles and STAY rebels by the thousand at
any time when at home in bomb-proof,
| but who, Falstan like, never gained a vic
tory nor killed a man other than by his
mighty word, certainly, never by the
sword