The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-08

Louisiana. He means that he holds the Judi
clary Of the State In contempt; that he re-
| CARDS the Attorney General as a maevolent
prosecutor OF Innocent men; that he believes
| the iurymen who convicted Anderson periured
| themselves. and that Gov Nichols is an TN
faithful public servant because he has not in
| terfered to wrest Anderson and his companions
| from q pefiured court, jury and Attorney
General. This is the meaning Of the course
of the President nothing else can be made out
Of 1t; 1t is scandaous insult to the dignity Of
| Louisiana, to her Governor, courts, Legsla-
tute and law officers, and to the great mass
of her people, who demanded the trial Of these
men and now approve the result
| President Grant, when he broke UP the
| Legislature In 1876 did not offer tls so great
| an insult as President Hayes does by retain
| Ing In positions Of trust and honor the Grim
| inas whom our courts have sentenced to
| the Penitentiary. President Grant never so
| tlagrantly violated the laws and outraged
public decency as President Hayes has done
| III this matter. Indeed, we believe the world
| has never before been put to the blush by
looking upon tyrant or profligate ruler
who made high public officials Of penten-
| tiary eonvcts Cicero, In his terrible castiga-
ton Of the brutal and Infamous verres,
charged that he had given public offices to M
| conricfed felons; but we believe he never 40
cnsed him Of honoring with public recogni-
ton and rewartling with public place cor
ricted felons
Junius, in language fired by indignation
until 1t is fervid with the eloquence Of inspira-
ton, charged Lord Mansfield. the Dukes of
Grafton and Bedford. and other political char
aeters Of his time, with every species Of polit--
ical prostitution. But his keen and tireess
search never discovered that they took ptis-
oners from the docks, the iails and the pen.
tentiaries to bnstow upon them public honurs
and emoluments. So scandaous thing was
left for an American President to do. This
deep disgrace was evaded by the worst and
most protlgate men of other nations in their
eras of political debR,lehcrv that an American
administration might assert It's pre-eminence
IN indecenoy and cap the monument of in
fanny reared by desperate band of con-
spirators against the American republic
upon the debasement Of the constitution and
the laws and the cowardce of the American
people. with the suprnmest political crime of
this or any other time.
We do not know what Gov Nichols intends
to do IN the Anderson case We have never
heard q word from him to Indicate whether
he intended TO pardon him or not The Cow
ernor has maintained dignied and proper |
silence on the subject, which al the mud |
Singing Of the Administration and tho Re |
publican press has not forced him to break |
r,
any idea Of pardoning Anderson he certainly |
Intends to do go simply as an act of conei- |
lation. for Gov. Nichols knows that An /
derson deserves the Penitentiary as well as |
did the jury which pronounced the verdict OF |
guilty. But to pardon Anderson now would |
be, 1t seems to u.s. an acceptance of the insult |
the President has imposed upon the State.
If Mr. Hayes believed Anderson innocent |
he certainly ought to have had respect enough |
for the judiciary Of the State to remove him |
from Office until Gov. Nichols had pardoned |
him. Common decency demanded this 1t Ia
respect which the decision of oven % police |
court of wild territory ought to have com
manded, to say nothing Of the Judgment Of |
the highest criminal court in great city of |
a sovereign State But Mr. Hayes refuses to
accord 1T TO the courts of Louisiana. Ha
spurns our courts with his feet. elaps tho
sovereignty of the State in tho face and
makes the people of Louisiana the object of
the ridicule and abuse Of tho whole country.
Mr.. Hayes may retain our convicted felons
In the Federal Offices in New Orleans, but we
trust the Governor will not pardon them to
prey again upon society.