The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-04-05

OAe 114NU1 1ON NObLES
THE PRESIDENTIAL
Ire Pledges Made Tor President Hsye,
John Young Brown of Kentucky, has
BY consent Of the writer's made public the let.
ters OF Stanley Matthews and Chas. G. Foste,
OF Ohio. whereby tllibustering was prevented
and the Presidential count completed. The
| following are extracts from Browns letter. ex.
| planning how the letters came to be- written
| "a the 26th OF February last sent page
| from the House of Represent lives to the Sen.
ate Chamber Tor nv distinguished friend
General Gordon, and he came over in a few
minutes: told him that wanted an inter.
view with Hon. Charles Foster, at which de.
s,red his presence. I outlined to General
Gordon what intended to say to Mr.. Fo:ter,
and he said he would With pleasure accom-.
pany me. We found Mr.. Foster in the room
| OF the committee on appropriations. No one
s!se %as present during The rneI .s;o ~,
speech advocated the ,nflcxible execution Of
the electoral bill had stated in the Demo
cratic caucus that would SO vote if were the
only man from the South to do 80: that the
vote was approved by my judgment ;that felt
under The obligations OF honor to Sind by the
result, bitter as it was, lcel'pg that the situa-
lion was not chargeable to the electoral bill,
we had agreed 10 trust. told him had re-
ceivcd dispatches and letters from cherished
and trusted liends, conveying most emphat-
&c remOrS.taDce against my course. but that.
with my convictions about the question, il q
petition signed by every voter in my district
should be sent TO me requesting me to sup
port the dilatory motions, it would not by a
| there was but one thing which would change
me, and it was it thought by voting to con1-
p!ete the count which was to Ie >ult IN the in.
auguration OF Mr.. Haye:, would be aiding.
directly. or indirectly, In perpetuating the
usr"pstions Of Packard and Chamberlain in
the St>1ses OF Louisiana and South Carolina, ]
would reverse my action, and do my very
utmost 70 de Ie.t the execution OF the bill re-
g:rdle~s OF consequences, calamitous to the
! country as believed they would lie.
The result of this interview was that Fos-
ter and other Republicans con 'erred together
and The next morning Foster brought him an
unsigned letter as he Brown insisted on
in the d:aIt and his letter cont:nues:
In an hour went to his desk and he de-
!ivercd me a letter signed by himself and
Matthews. l observed That it was in differ
ent handwriting, read it hastily, ard remark
Gu that 1t conta ned some eeneralitics did
not like. He replied that Mr.. Mathews had
lc-Wri;ten IL, and added, ''Brown, it is in
promise you there will be no doubt about the
lulhliment Q: al the assurances have given
you" noticed the ori?i"Sl letter on his
desk, and soid, "sis tbs alSo," and he lc-
piled, 'sCerti MY, with p,c~sure," AS / was
!e~Ving he c--'leu me b~ck and told me tn:
President Grant would, as soon es The corn
was completed, issue a. certain order
ques:ed me not to mention this t.ct for sew.
etal Gays, but expressly give me pc MISSION
| 70 raEe any use o. the le>.ers | night desire
The order re'erled 70 wes issued By President
ant. gave copies OF tie letters to Mes SIS
! Levy, kll'o and bu. he, OF Louisiana, and tc
Genera; NJ: &. Butter, Of South Ca: olira, viz
au;ho'l lty to use Them wherever tlev p'e.s cd
When / saw that the Democrats victory SC
III: ]y Non was los, my deepest copcern was
| tor nv suffering Southern corntrymen. Tc
CO. tribute TO t-4ejr de'iverarce IRON bondage
was The passionate aspi "a ion OF nv heart
H7d believed that the policy OF Hayes it in.
aug grated, would not re ieve them from la e.
'u' a2d unrepubl;ca1 supervision by thea n.y.
and the lurther plunderlng and oppression Gy
men alien to them in BIZ ti and synpa. 8,
should never have voted as did. Hor. Charles
Foster secured the Inauguration of President
| Hayes.
but for bis speech and these letters the re.
suit would never have been reached. The
compensation and contents Of the letter were
Democrats in him and in his authorization te
say what he did, compoced the represent l.
tives ,and caused them 10 rem ain uusnaken tt
| do what they thought was right and The
storm That was raging around tnem, and j,
| The 1ace OF the earnest remonstrc noes OF tue
constituents. II a few had }altcred the panic
would have been genera; the work OF t; =
commission would have been ruthless, a
| before this time, in my opinion, hurricane
OF war would have t?en sweeping over the
land. Hope deferred has ssickened the heart
OF Southern men. l do not understand no]
do app .cviate the delay oiPre3ident Hayo~
He ought not to hesit~te. The whole country
exI cted this great and good work at b's
| hand.
House oil Representatives, Washin::op
| D. c., Feb. e6, 1S77.-Geptlemcn: Re,ellipe
to ,he conve1sn on had with you yesterday
in which Gov. Hayes policy es to The Status
OF certain Southern Stltes was discussed, We
desire to say in reply that we assure you IN
the strongest possible manner OF our greet de.
size to have adop ed such policy as will give
10 the pcople OF the s.. -tos Of South Caroln7
and Louisiana the right to control their OWL
adais in their own way, and to say ,ur;he,
that we icel AUTHORIZED, from an acq1aintance
and knoWledg, OF Governor Hayes, and lis
views o? the question, to pledge ourselves tc
you tor him tnat such viii be bis policy.
lS'gped. CHARLES FOSTER.
To hon. John Young Brown and Hon. Job7
! 3. Gordon.
Washington, Feb. 26, .-Gentlemen
Referring TO tile conversation had with you
yesterday, in which Gov. Hayes policy as te
the status OF ce- tain South~n St.l;es was dis.
Gus. I'd, we desire to Say we ca, assure you, in
the strongest possible manner, OF our great de:
sire to have him adont such policy as will
give to the people OF TIE Site OF South Car.
oLipa aud Louisiana the tight TO control thei,
own affairs j n their own wav, subject only te
the contribution OF The Upi.cd Safes and the
laws made in pursuance thereof, and to say
lul ther that 1eom an acquaintance with and
knowledge Of Gov. Hayes ard his views VIZ
have the most complete confidence that sucl
will be the policy OF bis administration,
Signed STANLEY MATTHEW'S,