Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-02-12
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON
Special Correspondence.

| Inc true lnWardneSs OF MeSSrS.
Littleield, Maddox and Pickett may yet
be made to appear in such light that,
instead of rendering the Performers
cause more buoyant, it will sink it by
the sheer weight of their villainy and
the corrupt means by which they sought
to add Louisiana to the Tilden column.
Littlefeld was, by his own admissions,
a wine-bibber, who INDUCED in that 9TH
er requisite to constitute him chivalric
Southern gentleman "a mistress
who was kept in very economical way,
on rent of eight dollars per month
and he betrayed friend and enemy alike,
selling them out for price but a COM
parison of his statements with the re-
cord, convicts him of wilful falsehoods,
and in connection with other evidence
already offered, or that will be offered,
his word will be shown to be valueless
entirely unworthy of credence. Mad
dox appears to have proven traitor to
every cause he espoused. During the
war he was loud in his professions Of de-
votion to the Union cause, and was, at
the sAme. tipe. swindlinG the na ,dat g. -.
eminent In the capacity OF an agent en-
ployed to exchange cotton and other
Southern products for articles of prime
necessity to its armies. The papers are
bringing to light other transactions,
equally dishonorable and dishonest.
Pickett seems to have been an enterpris-
ing sort of genius, whose services were
always at the disposal of those who could
offer him the greatest inducements,
whether as fllibuster or as traitor
in arms against his country. He appears
to have served in the latter capacity,
during the war of the rebellion, always
protesting his undying devotion to the
"lost cause and his unquenchable ha-
tired to the Yankee Government )" yet
there is no evidence that he hest tated to
sell the stolen archives of the defunct
Confederacy to the national Government
for few paltry thousands. All the evil
dence in the case goes to show that Mad
dox, who was trusted by the President
and was requested to make truthful
report of the campaign in Louisiana,
seized the opportunity to enrich himself.
For this purpose he abuses the confidence
of Ex-Governor Wells of Louisiana, and
misrepresents his views in such way
as he thought most likely to induce the
Republican managers to place money in
his (Maddox's) hands to defeat the un-
lawful purposes for which a million dol
lars $50 he intimates) had been sent to
that State by Democrats. But he failed
to convince them of the necessity; and
then he turned to Pickett, urged by his
= avarice, and the scheme was elaborated
7 whereby $I,00O,O0O was to be raised by
the reform leaders to buy up the Return
ing Board and give the State to Tilden.
Of course these two worthless never lost
e sight of their own fortunes, but were, ac-
: cording to the terms of the proposed ar.
e rangement, to obtain handsome per-
y centage of the amount raised for the
n worthy object, to reimburse them fol
/ their heroic devotion to principle. Thu
high-toned method of forwarding the in
/ terests of honesty and reform" received
N the unqualified approval of Hon. Johl
, Morrisy, and the Chairman of the Dem
N ocratic National Committee, Mr.. Hewitt
70 was far from condemning it, $50 say
\ Pickett) but rather inclined to it.
IN promised we'll for a little season; bu
~ either because Mr.. Wells was found OF
IN durate, or from some other cause, it wa
o.. found impracticable and abandoned, an
.v Mr.. Field, loath to forego the advant;
hit ges that might have accrued could ii
g terms have been carried out, has ha
yn these two worthy gentlemen, and ais
III Littlefeld brought here to rehearse tn
story of the great enterprise but In tt
opinion of many, Mr.. Field never mac
. more grievous mistake than In tn
- matter. There was manifested disp
y sition at one time not to allow Mr.. Wei
:" any opportunity to reply to his detrac
- ors (for it must be remembered that
!" is close prisoner in custody of the Sc
- geant at Arms of the House, but t
= mutterings of storm of indignati
w. pierces their deaf ears, and he is tod
49, to be allowed to reply to them.
~ The Republican and Democratic gla
iators, Evarts and O'Connor, it is So
1A posed, will finish their contest before t
Arbitration Commission to-day, and
W soon as decision shall have been arr
' ed at in the Florida case now under &C
sideration, the count will be resume
- Any predictions as to results must
- based upon speculation, and | will
- dulge in none.
~ Alex. H. Stephens, whose death
been expected at any time during
past twenty years, and which has off
'oiu been announced, is very low at the
'ay' tional Hotel in this city. He expires
ST. no hope of his recovery, and his ply
clans are not at all sanguine. Presid