Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-28
Ehe Presidential Frand-Statenents
DfShNclnan and burke.

NEW YORK. Dec. 2S-Secretary Sherman
vino Is 10 town, was interviewed Yesterday n
regard 10 the charges made by VIM. II. Chan.
dlef 10 his open letter TO the New Hampshi,e
republicans. aud gave the following as an au
thorIta'lve denial on his part: There il %
truth whatever 10 the story. | never made auy
such tareai0 as is alleged in the letter, and
DO not believe any of the others did. voted
and made two hours speech against the cleo.
toral bill, and fought these very mcu, Randall
Gibson, &o., with whom Chandler says made
bargain. AS to my going down to Ohio 10
sec Gov. Hayes, it lad solely reference to lLr
Office of Secretary of the Treasury, which he
had offered to me; aud as to the alleged secret
writing ia possession Of Mr.. Burke, | know Of
nouc, and 60 not believe there exists one. As
regards the reasons for removing the troop.
from louisiana and South Carolina, have
given them fully already 10 my Mansfield,
OHIO, speech last summer. This is all dcsir
to say.
A special from New Orleans gives an in,c,.
view with Major +. A. Burke 90 the s1ur
sui Get, il which lie says that the Republicans
statesmen who visited Louisiana Immediately
after the election undoubtedly gave Pack
ard, Kellogg and the Re!uroing B5ari
strong guarantees that the Packard g0vernmeo!
would be sustained by the administration if tn.
State should be counted for Hayes and il woui
not be difficult to prove the times and lhc,s
| where such assurances we're given and the par
ties 10 the same. Burkc's State Commit
was 10 possession OF sOmc Of Chambers gui7
antees to the same effect, which he thinks wrrg
delivered to David Dudley Fields commission
in Washington. All these gentlemen, lntIu.in
Chandler, realized the impOSSlblllly OF k:gplUg
these guarantees and whether they found oul
that Mr.. Hayes could not be brought to SUSAN
their assurances, or whether the fear OF d..
feat oil the count insigatci them, 1t Is cnrtaiY
that the most bIndtcg guarantees were given
by the leaders OF the republican party that Mr..
Hayes would, Il lnaugurated, restore the S,utli
to local self government as ind a,cI IN
his letter OF Acceptance and adolf i policy Of
justice aud coDclIlation lnSte. lad Of military ia
reference and bayOnct r,.,e, E7cry public mar
10 Washington kueT. Of these guarantees before
[ne cicc'orai Cor lat was completed. President
01au, mas I'D tho sediment Of the country
was c''' lily against the further us. OF troops Ia
w. .uldlng State governments aDd that 10 h+
, opioon the Nichols government should stand,
| because 1t Vas supported by the elements OF
the State and he authorized me to say that h,
wished his views to be knoWn. Grant followed
| that declaration by an assurance that the troo?'
| would DC WltlQrAWn ana lhi )rulel Hle tu"l H.
would say go to kellogg and Darrell, who N,r,
| tken in tha NEXT room uo discussed with my-
| self and others the details under which we gusr
| antced no viOlclcc Nichols WAS - ISSUE AM
did issue with Grants approval, 3 p:octsmH
| ton to reass ire the colorcd mea and repub cans
| That such nn order was lot received by Genera!
Augur can best b. answered. by MIR. Cnandi"7
and the hundreds of republican; who Gcjegc!
the White House and claimed thst such acton
before the Inauguration woud endanger the
| Presidency No d0ub. Mr.. Chandler and msny
Of his associates thought that Mr.. Hayes would
| Join them ia violation OF thu guarantees Whlch
| tbs republican Earty was esger to give when me
| Presidency was in peril, bu! say advisadiy
that the South did not fear Hayes. rs it nppea'-
we hal higher opinion Of his truthtu!H"Ss,
hor e:tv and patriotism than his former sup?nrt-
ers We cid fear the remorseless and vlndic
tive power Of the republican party leaders, hk'
| Mr.. Chandler, VIII )se msllgnity Is written II
bold letters in every campaign III lhe State since
1870 Louisiana sough. simply to know II III"
| leaders would lc. Hayes alona. II any bargain
were made tho repub lean party leaders. SO r..
| cog zed then by the whole country, we're the
parle, TO them. II any bargains were made bS
| Dir. Hayes / never heard of IN ,m, As TO IL
| rGOpcning II III , PrcSidcEtsl ISSUE, we c0nsidcr
it closed. The old combination between sens.
! tor Conkling and democratic seaat0:s, which
| offered to Louisiana and the country defeat q
| the electoral count end new election uader
Conkling, may be revived with 3 Vi Nv OF open
ing tho electoral question. but l think i. impos
| eihlo