The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-20

evas Inspired by MFR. Tiiden and David
Dudley Field.
N7weYoRK. Feb. 1e---The Tu,ts, of this morn
| ing. publishes the following letter:
To the Republicans and oil fair minded men of
the country:
placed by tho enemies Of the Republican party
and the inveterate traitors to the Union in the
! euse for addressing you AS the viest calum-
| MES. unsupported by particle of sufficient
e9 dssm br2sdas gfy e.
my late associates aud to. the great patty TO
which belong to send after these calumnies
history Of the chief conspirators and their
t2as an can supply When IT ig known
y true bill against me at, The high behest Of the
Attorney Gonerhl and as the prosecution
Information some public interest will at
tach to the personal character OF the nformers
The. central figure n the conspiraoy is that
JuIee William n. Whitaker; He consplred to
| defraud the government Of tho United states Of
sistant Treasurer succeeded in the conspiracy
and stands indicted for the felony.
| On the seventeenth Day Of April, 1877 @ nole
| brated declaration of The Nichols government
was made about the same time, the declaration
allay anxiety and discountenance all attempts,
from, whatever source. 70 prosecute personsfor
| political oifenses. Judge Whitaker has con-
son as though he had urelsrakenoa a contract
with the Democratic party to d? Its dirty work.
into their society. He stated to several persons,
| and to lawyers of high standing before the trial
Of Anderson u that the Jury was W dgached for the
| that no motion having for its object the re-
moSal of the cause from his jurisdiction would
his sapeon Rs That all Gt thai OBJ
elevated from the criminal dock to do the dirty
work Of the party that e now controlling him.
that they were -prejudicod against the prisoner.
yet they. were forced to serve. Two of them had
declared openly that Anderson ought to b,
| hung During the greater part Of the trial
Judge Whiakeryas In beasty state OF intosi-
Presbyterian Church. He, too, was aware of
the fact that the jury was packed and aided and
assisted in tho netarious scheme by which the
cd to force the trial becauRe he had his Jury pre-
pared for c9nuvetion-that he kept concealed in
being taken on Andersons trial This Attorney
General is wholly unreliable as q sworn. officer.
He has speculatea upon tho collection of taxes.
He attempted to force the Grand Jury last sum
mer to find bills Of indictment against the
Rssburniqg q Board, Appeared before the
hs sna With ana
they refused to swear exactly what he de-
sired. Failing to procure such evidence from
the judge before the Grand Jury, and had him
the iudge) to reprimand the witnesses and
threaten them with incarceration 1t they, did
The Judge attempted to force the Grand Jury to
tind true bill g satisfy the wants and wishes
Board, but finding all their extraordinary efforts
futile, they were compelled to fall back upon
ths alternative mode 9f "inio2r,mation."
and plant tool in the hands of the Attorney
Central, H9 stands indicted for murder in his
own parish, having assassinated brother law
account nrnCtiG1
Mr.. Chas. Cavanac, the important and reliable
witness Of this trio Of villains. Whitaker, Ogden
and Egan. is u man OF bad reputation for
yeraeily. espteIally whom apoitical Or personal !
city would not believe him under oath. He
holds prominent position 10 the city govern
teachers Of the public schools as prostitutes
William II. Smart. the custodian Of the Yer,
non records. would omit no lie that he could
utter that woul id be likely to convict me. During
the rebellion he stole my stock. killed my hogs
and poultry. and put the vote to his company If
they should kill me and burn my dwelling over
A. ?. Bark, another prominent witness. ab
seconded from the little town OF, Xenia, Clay
name from 4. D. Burk to L A. Burke. Debts
have followed him here for liquidation over the
signature Of A, Il. Burk, and some Of them have
absconding and changing his name
The names Of the jurors that were impane'ed
for the trial Ri . Of Anderson and myself we're fur
political status as we'll as their views rs to the
proper. .punishInent was eanvassed by the
Judge Attorney General and Democratic CON-
mittee before being placed on the panel,
One OF the jury commissioners testified before
the courtethat the list of jurors placed in the
Jury box from which talesmen were drawn after |
9xhaustin!g the panel !, was furnished by ne
Eagan and the "pettIf gger'' Finney.
The returns from Vernon parish were made
up Ia the town OF Alexandria. in the parish Of
Rnr, ft1tI S1nnf yt,nra Inn.
ton was held. And yet the Returning Board
are charged with and made responsible for all
the changes which 1t Is alleged have been made |
In these returns since the votes we're counted
by the commissioners Of election, every one of
whom was Democrat
TheeJudge, Attorney General. the Assistant
Attorney General and the District Attorney,
have thrown every obstacle in the way. and used
o to en- from
and have denied every legal right claimed by
our attorneys.
the means employed to secure the conviction of |
the members of the Returning Board in the
o a Hed the State IF
Is and should be Called the a case e Samuel Jam 10
1ilden vs.. Rutherford B. Hayes
United States and the patronage of the execu-
t is, chiefly managed by David Dudley Field,
National Democratic Committee.
verdict Of packed jury of Louisiana Dem
ocEdlSa procured In tne manner ABOVE pointed
out. will 1t is expected, be accepted by the peo-
pie ofthe United States rs q judicial settlement |
OF Mr. Tildens title to the Presidency. It is a
bold end desperate game for a great stake: my |
self and colleagues on the Returning Board are |
merely the outposts or picket guard witch they |
hope to capture, and then they will surprise the |
garrison. If possible. and claim the patronage |
OF the government rs the spoils of war.
In confederation of this view refer you to the |
movements all along the line of the enemy's |
camp. To the well grounded reports that large |
sum OF money has been sent here from New York |
TO be used In the trial to the fact that the National
Democratic Committee has been hastily called |
together, though no national election Is pend |
ing to the fact that several officers of thefcourt
including the judge Attorney General. tne AS
sistant Attorney General, the, sheriff, the
principal witnesses. several OF the jurors.
and manySf the aiders and abetors of the pro-
ceenings are stained with crimes Of one sort or
perjury. subornation if' Of periury. libel attemps
ing to detraud voters at the polls, and other
serious offenses; Few eng lged in the prosecu
ton have clean hands, And yet the Democratic
National Committee, inspired by the Mephis