The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-05
The wE-TOcain Sounding.

The latest sensation in the political
world Is the letter Of VIM. E. Chandler,
against President Hayes It is voIumi-
nous document Of thirty-two pages in
pamphlet form, and makes about ten or
twelve columns Of an ordinary newspaper.
For the information Of such Of our readers
as take no other paper, we publish the
substance Of il on the outer form Of this
issue. II is very sharply criticised by the
press generally, aud most Of these critics
concur In the opinion that Chandler has
damaged himself more than any body else.
His missive,
Like gun i'll aimed at duck or plover,
Shoots wide and kicks its owner over
Mr.. Chambers letter Is denied, and it
is also explained. The denial comes from
Secretary Sherman. The explanation
comes from Col. E. A. Burke, of New
Orleans. Neither is creditable to Mr..
Chandler. Mr.. Burke, by implication,
accuses Chandler Of having pOcketed
Grants order to Gen. Augur of March
"a, Withdrawing the troops from the State
House in Louisiana. He also says that
Chandler and other Republican leaders
did bargain and intrigue with leading
Democrats, in the hope and expectation
that Hayes, when he got in, would repu-
diate tie bargain. "Their present quarrel
with him is because he declined to show
himself as dishonorable as they were"
The Washington Ga=etts is very severe
and caustic upon Mr. Chandler. It says:
ssWhen this creature trenches on Demo
cratic action the base and naked lie is marked
on every line, for he had no association with
them, and was known BY them to be what he
has publicly exhibited himself. The charge
that Gordon, Lamar, Ellis, Randall, Gibson,
and John Y Brown, should have been parties
to trade affecting so solemn a subject, is q
calumny that could only have been conceived
by brain as weak and malicious as be has
proven il utterly unclean and villainous."
Hon. Henry Watterson, being interview
ea'' at Louisville on Sunday, in reference to
VIM. +. Chandler's reference to him, de-
nounced Il as "wanton, malicious and false,
having not the least foundation in fact, sur
mise or theory, except the bare circumstance
Of his chance relationship to Senator Stanley
Matthews.
There are limitations, that, when Con-
gress reassembles, there viii be \ resolu-
ton Of inquiry introduced into the House
with view of getting at the bottom facts
in this business. If the truth could be
fully uncovered in reference to Florida and
Louisiana, and also in reference to the
proceedings in the Electoral Commission,
it would be worth the time it would take
to make the revelation; but, We apprehend,
that such result is impracticable The
public would very much like to know all
about the proceedings in reference to the
dispute concerning the Presidency, which
made fraud successful for the first time in
the history Of this country. Other gentle
men mentioned in Mr.. Chambers letter
are coming out with their denials, and the
end is not yet. The war is likely to be
uaged with much more intensity, before
It is esded, than it has hitherto been. IF
it should end in accordance with the old
adage, that, "when rogues fall out honest
people get their own" it would be ga con-
summation deyoutly to DO wished"