The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-02-28

President in removing troops had been
looked upon by the people of Louisiana
as generous and magnanimous aclion,
and they had garlanded the man who
performed it with the richest praise. In
that era of reconciliation both sides had
forgotten and forgiven much There
had been bleeding hearts in the land at
recitals of massaCres at Hamburg, but
those horrible stories were never heard
of now. Why? Because there had
been a silent determination to let all
that terrible chapter sleep. All outrages
which had been committed in Louisiana
during the late election had been cover
ed with the veil of oblivion.
THE RETURNING BOARD PROSECUTION.
Who had begun this later revival of
the chapterP While that work of con-
ciliation had been going forward, there
had commenced at the North (he affirm
ed it boldly the process Of buying the
keel for another Presidential campaign
and the order had gone forth to Louisi-
ana to open upon members of the Re-
turning Board to disguise it under the
form Of State proceeding but to enter
her wedge, and then the Democratic
power, as the gentleman from Pennsyl-
vania (Clymer) had stated would sum
mon all its strength to drive the wedge
to its head and stamp the great fraud of
the election as it deserves.
Mr.. Stenger--From whom has that Or
der gone.
Mr.. Garfeld-The order, so far as de-
livered here in the hall from our distin'
guiehed and kind-hearted friend from
Pennsylvania, (Clymer) [LaughterI,-
And if this thing be seen in the green
tree what shall be seen in the dry.
[ Laughter, Continuing, he said that
many weeks ago details Of all that was
now taking place in Louisiana had been
foreshadowed by many persons as part
of the programme. The impression was
abroad that the prosecution of the Re-
turning Board was the beginning of
purpose to reopen the whole question:
One by one events were developing
which would make it impossible to find
brotherhood and pacii3ation which was
so earnestly desired. 1t would be i'm
possible to continue that course of paCi-
fcation and the brotherhood unless
there was some reciprocity somewhere
1t had been denied that proceedings
of the State court had been irregular
THAT LETTER OF WELLS,
There was a letter in to.day's New |
York Times from j. Madison Wells
,Derisive laughter on the Democratic |
side which called the retort from Gar.
ield,) "If you were judges in court, |
would you haw-haw at a witness? If |
you would, laugh again" In that letter,
Wells stated five successive juries had |
refused to find true bill on the indict-
ment against him and from other state
nents, he (Garfeld) understood that
,hree iuries had refused to find true
oiIl against Anderson. He asked his
Northern colleagues what would be
hought of District Attorney, who, hav-
ng tried to get an indictment against
,itizen and failed should lodge an infor.
nation and have him tried. What
Prosecuting Attorney in the North could
tand in the face of an outraged people
nd do that?
Mr.. Finley-Has the gentleman any
ther information on that subject except
Madison Wells, because desire to say
hat the committee appointed by the
Congress certified that Mad
son Well had committed what was
Quivalent to perjury.
Mr.. Garfield-If my colleague has
card anything ex parte in his life let
i'm examine it and take that for his an
wer He went on to say that there was
n ulterior purpose behind all this per-
ecution. 1t was but cloak and cover
,r q raid to be made for political purpo.
es in the name of party upon the title of
ne President of the United States. 1t
'as in view of that, that the people he
epresented felt their efforts at paCifiCa-
on had been met, not in the spirit in
hiCh they had been offered, and if this
,rt of proceeding went forward the
resident would be crippled in his con.
liatory policy, and every man who sup :
orted him would be crippled. If Dem :
rats desired to rob him of whatever {
Ipport he hitherto had, they were TAX !
& the best course to do it. The hope
lat sections of the country were stand 9
g hand in hand again in old fellowship !
as weakening day by day and would {
sappear if that line of conduct there :
rs persisted in, and it was in the light !
that fact that he had attempted to state .
g spirit in which all those proceedings i
emed to exhibit themselves. .
Mr.. Clymer attempted to get the floor 9
reply but a motion to adjourn pre-. 7
lied.