The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-02-17
THE RETURNING BOARD TRIALS.
TuE stImusss THAT raHy HAVE CAUSED
IN THE GARNET.
sherasan's Willingness - Sacrifice wells
If We Ean ne Assured ot
His own safety.

sy,ern,an's Willingness to sacrifice wells
Is Me Gan me Assured ot
Ills own safety.
naperial Correspondence NJ The ppnnnrrtl
WAsHtN NaTuN. FEBRUARY IL. lsia.
The past week has hean one " greater eS-
yteuieut than any week since the completion
of tbs electoral count The feeling whirl has
prevailed and which stili prevails is not in
deed as deinnnstrativn as was Tint which
filled The public mind dming The electoral
count. but II haa been not less deep heca'isn
uf ta ulintnasa. nor lesH profound bedause OF
its lack Of tumnlt In finding expression.
vrt4 rt,SyitrrtuN or THOMAS 9. ANDERSON,
and the surrender Of j. Madison Wells DO the
state authorities Of Louisiana, have finally
brought Mr.. Hayea fer The first time face to
face with the practical consequences Of tlln
violation If the constitution and the outrage
uppn public rights BY which he obtained
the Presidency. and, as is always the ease
when the processes uf Justice reach The culmi-
nation Of verdict the result has not been
pleasant, either 10 the perpetrators of the
crime. TO their direct acnol,nphes Or IT. the
ienetiriary If the proceeds oi the larceny. TO
properly estimate the importaneeofth the events
mind the order In whch they t,anapired, and
tu keep III view the thread OF logic which
appears In their categorical sequence
when the meinbela of Tho Returning
noa,t were fret arragnpd they lied one to the
interior Of the New Orleans Custom House
and the other tn the Federal reservation at
The Rigulets. where they sought TO bring on q
tpniict between the Federal authorities aud
thoae Of tho state ef Louisiana by denying to
The latter the privilege Of executing dlhair
wiits within The pierincta uf the ptahattf of
the former II was the evident hope ul the
fnnitivpa that the State authorities would
override The barriers of Federal power which
wnfv, temporarily ihterpespd. :sni IN thaa man
ner, p,eeptate the conflict, with The
State acting tho role Of The ag-
a,psaor This athenn was foiei by tho
aagacity Of tho State officials who. instead
pF pteeipitatels proceeding to assert their au-
thofitN by force. appealed the case to the law
department of the Federal government, upon
ID the question whether the processes af The local
courts were to be resisted by the nust,dans of
the Federal property. and whether the latter
were to he sustained IN their resistance This
point was promptly decided bv the Attorney
General, III acpor1ance with the law and the
constitution. In favor oF the State authorities
the fugitives We're compelled to submit, and
ono Of them was put upun hfs trial, It viii hn
observed that this
bEutatnN or trE ArronNEy GENERAL
waa made upon d strict construction Of tho
law and without any qualification hut IL
ti,uat alHn he noted that iB was made while
Mr Hayes aud hia advisers wore still Of the
opinion that tho trial Of the offenders wlam
they refuaod TO shield from capture would re-
cult Ia acnttal There is abundant evidence
nf THE fact FOR up IA the very announcement
of Andetaena conviction both Mr. Hayes and
Iehh sherman hahitually expressed tho belief
that. al the very worst. thert would be a hung
jury. thus aifelding time fer some now iii
triguo. or, IA they fouliahly hoped. for n
''ehange IN public sentiment" lsnt Anderson
Hayes and John Sherman They knew how
clear and convincing the evidence would he
against them, and how impossible it would
I've to corrupt the Jury before which
they stil sought protection and ior II
appealed from Hayes to Judge Bradley. whom
they evidently regarded aa the man ncxt in
timatey interested In their fate. But Brad
ley declined to take The, rearenah|iity. the
sememherpd had heen tp get Hayes TO uae
the military forces OF the Federal royernmant
topmvcnt The arrest Of the criminals. while
the second effort was TO get iulge Of The Su
nfemo Court 10 employ the judicial resoure, q
ttsseue then, from the clutphra of the state
law But the Judge was "a little inclined as
tho President had boon 10 undertake the Job
of trorening the buaineas of reconstruction.
Tho Judge, however did not desert hts clients
"a abruptly as tile President or the Presidents
Attorney General had done. for. after
eaving hia judicial character by iefuaing tho
writ of prohibition prayed for Judge Bradley
volunteered aa counsel to tell the Rtlcken pa
tiiota how II might he demo another way, Re-
duced 10 plain English
,upar nRAnhry's pEriatoN
amounted 70 this; .,s
"Rava i can't help YOU out directly. The
fact Is I've got all the load can carry now,
the Senate will aoan he Democratic and i'm
p,>,chment may heoome fashionable. you aee,
lcrowiea the limit Last winter. and don't
want TO lay up any morr wrath against the
day Of wrath Therefore, | music refuse the
writ But I'll toll you what to do Them's
Killings vour United States District Judge.
apply 10 him FOR haheas corpus. aud in that
manner YOU may possihly get the case out Of
the State courts, lwant 10 help YOU, but I'd
a powerful sight rather some other Judge
would take the responsibility Of the Initiative
This was rebuff number two, and no wcn-
der the poor fa,salon tnpes of
John snsRMAN
and Stoughton began 10 feel like one for
sakcn" But they still had one hold, Hayes
might be able to eyade them upon The teehni.
cal pla, that the Electoral Commission stood
crimes, and Bradley might draw his soilcd
rrmne Mp about his cara and turn hia back
while he offered cold crumbs of advice, but
=l.,hn Sherman nj least was their man and
III a position where they could mako
him thcir meat, Accordingly they let go all
other holds and concentrated their efforts on
John, That they did not mistake their man.
nor miscalculate their methods. Is now ap
parent. Whatever may have been the inde~
pendence of Hayes OF Of Bradley with refrr-
once tn them. thcy were III position to make
John Sherman face the music and keep step
70 any tune thcy might see fit to play. They
had John. and were not disposed to let him
hose, On the other hand. they frightened
their grip, Az first John had affected indif-
ference and had intimated to Roynton and
other correspondents that the fcons Of the
Returning Board had no hold on him at
all. But the eontortons of his white
hloodless visage rs the grip frightened
gave the lie OF pain 10 his professions,
until AZ last the boys, impeed BY the pres
sure OF a verdict Of guilty, aggravated the
pressure Of their gripping fingers by q cruel
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