The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-11-17

accasation against Hifii or her. and you try to
do II BY diplomaticaliy msrepressenting me con
your your possession. and from which you make
fulse quotations; you are detected and exposed /:
s would se y done g g5 e Be de Az further tr m
call would be Immediately demanded. you
would be kicked out of the country as tgno-
miniously as the rules of international law
would permit
fmagine yourself in court as u counsellor
with paper In your hand whose contents It is
necessary for you to make known; y.on mis-
pretend 70 read part Of It. but read It 80 false.
scured. II you are caught In the trick you are
certain to be expelled from the profession.
ness testify positively that he Is guilty Because
vb hsYe written b the
the conspiracy and hostile the right Of The gov
eminent to execute its own laws. Moreover
witch You s to be- pen %,
proof Of an intent 10 surrender the power Of
the Union to the conspirators., After that you
are indicted for perjury, and 1t Ia proved that
no such sentiment was expressed In the paper.
but the direct contrary. aud that your copy is q
GpS W eead maa syd for de as pead
you escape conviction? Ii convicted what
would become of your
VI course you have never done either Of these
supposed acts. l put the cases merely to bring
the principles down to d level with your under.
sshte W. and t9 show you how dangerous Is
ments and misstating their contents. When
you see, how It would work 1t carried out into
bend the nany q ~ to e gHah the 2eRes
crimes upon innocent persons, dead and alive.
py such methods as you have adopted.
THE OREGON CASE.
As to Oregon. It was not asserted before the
commission that anything criminal had been
committed. The question whether Cronin or
Watts was elected involved a doubtful and dim
ent opinions and judicial authorities seriously
eonflicting9 That Gov. Grover decided 1t hon
estly and according to his best judgment, there
acted with oil due deity to the law Is i much
% q by %fs9 omr a nc
man Is very powerful evidence In his favor
sAMUELJ TILDEN.
lie like manner take your diatribe upon Mr..
Tilden and the New York Democracy. / know
not believe word you say. Remembering
your monstrous ,falsehoods about Mr. Buchan.
dacity OF your Charges yVT against myself. and
applying the maxim, Jaisus IN nao JaIsus u, ON
ntbus, can only regard your abuse of Mr.. TIL
and honorable gentleman. Thus You You furnish
me WITH cheap and d, easy mode Of prNsing
81 his right does not want any euogy from me.
But II | am called upon Ito show the grounds
OF bis title to general respect and admiration |
his private life or his high public career-h's
brilliant .l elo1uence or his solid .iudgment-his
Nsw dpgge bs II the City
81 the State government; 1t is enough that
simply show your attempt to defame him: for
that itself 10 decoration Of his character.
MEssRs. FIELD AND CARPENTER.
Your fling at Messrs, Field and Carpenter is
hardly worth notice. Far as they stand above
your reach, you attempt to malign their motives
for opposing the Great Fraud: those of one
you pronounce to be mercenary and of the
other mixed and mysterious. They belong to
class of men who act habitually upon motives
which must always be Q mystery to you, for you
cannot comprehend them. You chuckle over
the fact that their logic and eIoduence was I'M
The decision Of the CON eommis soners gave to
stupidity and fraud q great triumph over the
honesty and ability of Messrs. Field and Car
penter and in this triumph you have an ,un-
Joint effort before the commission was a not in.
efficient aid In preparing the minds Of their au..
dit?rs for the judicial result. which followed"
faithfulness or want, OF capacity they injured
their cause by pleading 1t. But you would
scarcely presume to pronounce such
known. One other construction of your
words r. possible A. The commissioners were
that Messrs Field and Carpenter, Republican
lawyers, appeared IN opposition to It, Did the
Did they. prostitute their judicial functions to
ever believe that without authority much better
aau a But n9s on r
at Washington Entrusted you with the defense
Of the great fraud, they put the BUSINESS 9 into