Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-27

CO0Gl8CCg
Compromise?
Understandings
Or what was it?
WHATS IN NAME!
The letter then takes, as a general text,
the following extract from speech made
last week by Gen. Garfield in the House of
Representatives: eff there be man in this
world who says they traded, that man has
been miserably duped, or he lies"
Mr.. Chandler then proceeds to state what
he deems was
THE BARGAIN.
Young Brown, of Kentucky, and speeches
made by Mr.. Foster, of Ohio, to show that
some compact existed. Quoting from the
Brown letter he uses the following extract
"Had l believed that the policy of Mr..
Hayes, if inaugurated, would not relieve
them from the hateful and unrepublican SUI
pervision by the army, and the further plum
dering and oppression by men alien to them
in birth and sympathies, should never have
voted as l did. The Hon. Chas. Foster Sc
cured the Inauguration of the President.
Except for thas speech and these letters, the
result ,oo,lld neuer hare been, reached"
Mr.. Chandler then proceeds as follows
These letters were kept secret from all Re-
publicans, except few who we're engaged in
the negotiations, but were shown to Demo-
Gratis to induce cessation of the filibuster-
ing which was hindering the electoral count.
They were not, however. deemed sufficient
by the Louisianians, who demanded more
ences were therefore held at Wormley' $
hotel, between Southern Democrats and
! Messrs. Matthews, Foster, Sherman, Garfield
and other Republicans at which the surren-
der of the Packard government was agreed
to-, and at one of these conferences written
memorandum was submitted as being what
was agreed to on both sides as the result of the
conferences, and this memorandum provided
for the withdrawal of the troops of the
United States from sustaining the Packard
government. 1t was assented to as correct
and it was proposed that it should be authen
ticated by signatures, but Messrs. Sherman
and Garfield demurred for evident reasons
and thereupon the Southern Democrats Ger
titled to it's correctness.
This certifcation coming to the knowl
edge of Mr.. Garfield, he las he has said) pre-
pared memorandum of his own concerning
the conferences, which he now has unless i
has been destroyed. The other memoran
dunn was retained by E. A. Burke, with tn,
understanding that it should not be divulget
unless it's provisions were violated.
Mr.. Chandler then makes the following
REHABILITATION.
The trade may be briefly summarize.
thus: The Republicans agreed that Louisi
ana and South Carolina should have tn
right to manage their own affairs in thei
own way, meaning thereby that the Packar.
and Chamberlain governments should neve
be assisted by federal power or recognized b.
the national administration, but that tn
Nichols and Hampton governments shout,
be allowed and aided to overturn them an,
establish themselves, and should be recog
nized by the national administration; an,
agreed that for the accomplishment of thi
purpose Gen. Grant should be induced no
to recognize the Packard government, but t
issue military ordersto N. Augur not t
assist it, and that, for the same purpose
such further action should be taken by Presi
dent Hayes as should become necessary.
That the above stipulations have all bee
J literally complied with is matter of history
If they were not a trade, bargain; wha
were they?
Under the caption of
sswHAT THE BARGA1NERs DESERVE
Mr.. Chandler says:
Mr.. Garfield well says that if anybody TO
the President made trade to defeat the fl
busters, sslet the scoundrels who authorize
or made it be dashed naked through tn
world;' and in saying this, he pronounce
: his own condemnation.
Among those who participated in. th
trade, the most censurable are those Repuh
licans who first went to New Orleans an
urged the Louisiana Republicans to do thei
duty courageously, and then came to Wash
ington and sold them out, even before th
vote of the State was counted for Hayes an
Wheeler. These men were Messrs. Mat
thews and Garfield. They entered into in
innate relations with the members of the re
turning board, and with Governors kellogg
and Packard, and the other Republican
who were important to or active in the count
They showed intense anxiety for Republi
can result, and aided in procuring it. Ever
day and hour of their long and conidentia
associations with these Republicans were as
surances that they would stand byS them i
whatever troubles might come to then
} During the weary hours of the winter, also
, when the returning board were imprisone
? in Washington, extraordinary solicitude wa
manifested that they should stand firm, an
> say nothing to weaken the electoral resu
they had declared, but that they shout
watch and wait patiently till President Haye
should rescue and honor them.