The daily gazette., 1878-06-03
.JU ME 3. 1878.

JOHN SHERMAN's guilt in getting
through the U. States Senate a bill de
monetizing silver, and thus destroying
values all over the country and bank
rupting and impoverishing hundreds of
families all over the Union has been
well established. If ever man had sold
himself to the evil one for gold Sherman
is that man, and deserves for his career
on the currency question alone to be sunk
into political oblivion.
But this mans crimes are manifold; he
has endeavored to cover his tracks, and
suavity and his pretended morality and
hypocrisy has enabled him to deceive the
millions of his own party. But he is
now reaping the reward of his unprinc-
pied conduct as one of the visiting states
men appointed by Grant to go to New
Orleans, and supervise the election re-
turns of President and Vice President in
1876. A letter which Anderson produced
before the Examining Committee on
Saturday, and which Sherman does not
wholly deny is a copy of one he wrote,
is IN proof that he pledged himself to re-
ward Weber and Anderson, if they
would make false returns from East Fall
ciana Parish, La. The letter is as fol-
lows:
"NEw ORLEANS, Nov. 20, 1S76-Messrs.
d. ID. Weber and Jas. Il. Auderson.-
Gentlemen Your note of even date has
just been received. Neither Mr.. Hayes,
myself, the gentlemen who accompany
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forget the obligation under which you
will have placed us should you stand
firm in the position you have taken.
From long and intimate acquaintance
with Mr.. Hayes / am justified in assum-
ing responsibility for promises made and
will guarantee that you shall be provid-
ed for as soon after the fourth of March
as may be practicable, and in such man
ner as to enable you both to leave Louisi-
ana should you deem it necessary.
Very truly yours,
"JoHN SHERMAN"
Papers were also put in evidence show.
ing an agreement by c. E. Nash, member
of Congress from the 9th Congressional
District of Louisiana, and signed by Nast
and Anderson, in which Nash prom
ises Anderson the position of nava
ofhcer at New Orleans, in consideration
for which Anderson agrees to suppress
evidence showing that Faliciana wa
fairly carried by the Democrats. Othe
papers were presented in evidence sign
ed by Stanley Matthews, showing tina
he was cognizant of the. arrangement
and that Gen. Harrison, another frien
of Hayes, was also implicated in tn
fraud. Another letter from Stanley NJ al
thews, dated as late as May ID, 1877, ure
ing that Anderson be given an appojnt
ment, was put in evidence.
If General Grant could be put upoI
the stand, we feel confident that it coul
be shown that Sherman inspired him t.
appoint the committee to 20 to Ney
Orleans and to Florida, and we fully be
heve the committee was sent designed
to defraud the people, and the onl
question was as to the mode to be adopt
ed. We believe it will be conclusiyel
proven that Tilden was fairly elected an
that every act that has been commute
by Hayes, and every appointment mac
by him has been fraud; and that IL
fraud was known to exist by Democra
and Republicans that this fraud was
part of the fraud by which the monetal
system of the government was Who'll
changed, and the people made to pa
hundreds of millions of dollars MOI
than they should have paid through IL
substitution of gold only instead of gol,
silver and paper. The depreciation col
sequent upon this has been fatal to mi
lions of poor men whose all was inves
ed in real estate that has bsen swel
from them. Such a character as Sherma
should be considered worse than a con
mon thief