The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-02-14
Hayes Pledges.
From the New York Snn.l

pect OF u failure to complete the clcc
loral count. was, seeking Southern SUP
port, he put forward Charles Foster il
The House OF Representatives to max.
III assuring speech ~ to his future IN
lenllohs, and 10 cODcIllate the inlcres
from which be most feared opposition
Alter that speech was delivered Hayes
wrote 10 Foster IN approving letter IN
tended TO produce AZ effect on any
who might still hesitate, and to bc tx
hlbited as a pledge for his conduct II
the event Of success,
Thnt letter was freely circulated II
the House, until the contents became
familiar to both sides, and an exlrac
from IL was published IN the NalioEa
Republican, then the party organ n
Washington, in the following words:
Assure any of your Southern
friends that an impressed with Til,
necessity OF a complete change Of me,
and policy"
This %arliticc succeeded, and nov
what has been the complete change o
men promised in this letter. Tn,
very men who were parties to tn
Fraud in Louisiana hold the best Off
ces in the State. Wells, and Ander
son, and Kenner, and their famiIic'
and friends, are all provided for as til,
price Of the crime which they commit
ted. John Sherman, who PERSONAL,
superintendent the false count, ant
gave the Returning Board assurances
Of protection, is Secretary of thu
Treasury Stanley Matthews, who
went to New Orleans AS the persona
agent OF Hayes, is in the Senate. solely
by the abuse Of patronage brought tt
bear in his favor ly Hayes.
f W. Stoughton, one Of the "visi,.
Ing statesmen and chief champion
in his feeble way, Of the rascalily O
the Returning Board, was paid with
the mission to ST. Petersburg, f. f
Noycs, the intimate and general man
ager Of Hayes in Louisiana and Flori
ia, got his reward in his mission to
Paris. John A. Kasson, who figured
in the Florida count and before the
Electoral Commission, obtained the
mission to Vienna for his services.
William NJ, E%varts, who acted rs chiel
counsel and wirepullcr before and be-
hind the Commission, took his lee in
the post Of Secretary Of State, George
W. McCrary, who performed a subor-
dlnatc part in this drama, is now de
Jucto Secretary Of War.
NJ. L. Stcarns. the faithless Governor
of Florida, who betrayed his trust to
aid the fraud b., which the vote of that
State was stolen, is now one Of the
Commissioners to lay out the Hot
Springs reservation in Arkansas, with
opportunities he will he apt to i'm
prove. Samuel Is, McLin was nomi.
mated to he Il Judge in New Mexico in
payment of his part of his part Of the
lnl1hity as Secretary of State Of Flor
ida; but he proved too rank for the
of the Senate, and was rejected.
ShcllabarSer, another Of the
counsel, who may be said to have
formed the staff Of Mr.. Evnrts, is EN-
plpyed by all tho departments al
Washington on his own terms as Il
recognition OF his aid. The Returning
Board Of South Caroline were not duly
considered, because they are either in
or on the way to the pcnitcntiary.
This list might he extended largely,
so rs to show that the authors, aiders,
and abettors of the Electoral Conspi-
OF all degrees, were billctcd on
The Treasury, in compensation for their
respective pats in the frauds, forgeries
and lnlsllirallons by which Mr.. Tilden
counted out and Mr.. IIaycs was
Enabled to enter the White House.
of them deserve more c0nsideru-
ion than the worst Of the crew. The
ct OF Wells was no worse than the
cts of Sherman, or Matthews, or
or kasson. or Evurts, or Nc.
'rary, or the rest Of them. They all
on the sane footing, and in the
anne moral piliory.
When, therefore, Mr., Hayes pledged
imselt to a complete change of men,
o only meant to reward with station
nj power the creatures who stole the
otcs Of Louisiana and Florida, he
visiting statesmen who gave them
ii and comfort, and the patriotic
who 2rostiluttd their profes.
onal character to consummaLe the
Iost Infamous Of crimes. ,