The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-13
sHERMiN ON BEUiLF or TIIE RETURN
ma BOIRD SUINDLERs.


mo BDtRD SUINDLERS.
The Leading German New .pnper ON the Pres
idrniini Fraud.
Pam ~. N.s lo,t N,an z.aug
Mr. John sherman. Secretary oi the Treas
ury. has taken the inconccVnblr stop OF uuiting
himself az the hrud of a nunhrr Of other Repub-
lican politicians OF doubtful reputation. aud
with them sending an address tu Anderson Wno
ms been ,nnNi'i ~ inrEsrry M N,W ull,an-'
| ton as an attack upon justice. and ns-ures III"
forger ~ his sympathy; II Mr. Hayes w"re
shown himself to h' at every opportunity that
| has been offered. within half an hour utter the
| President had 20, sight Il this epistle john
| sherman would have received his Dismissal
! How could member oi ia" cabinet presume
before the whu!" country 20 uii,r such iuds-
! mont against tho procrVdin. Of u high state
court. IT tn" States Attorney. and 81 ~" jury
! II II WIS an iniamy on the part of the Admins
high on % after he had been arraignrd rs guilty
/ Of common felony. in the same way the I'M r
! ference of one of the most pioinin nj
mcmbors ~ the Administration in the
course OF lusti'" Is VT NOR" inipud"nt
insult to public opinion =. me serrs'nry OF Tue
or els" he would never have vgntured upon
such n step. md II We yet had healthy nnhl,t
opinion N this country i would make iiS"li foh
against the Secretary Of the Treasury with q
power which he would not be able 10 resist for u
moment.
Al this very moment this official has great
duty e. iulhl by making u" Influence oi III" Al,
! credit. threatened 10 the eXtrenest point 10y the
silver swindle. and care for mis- necessity
should hayc .sunlced 10 keep him aloYf from
| every Kind OF political controversy ana should
| have forbidden him 10 hay" taken SIrn u step
a. he, has now taken. This step is a piccc
which j. qualified hy u sens. oi the ridiculr
T. which the Secretary Of ne Treasury has eX-
-"n-lei III" reader rrmrnprr sherman "N;
urrs-ions 10 hec"rres pondcnt 'thr As-o lated
Frsra o Me- r and n Se a. - an aa p "ra aa
conspiracy ~ political nniaeonIs'-. u seems
% wrrs ad to hS cw " s 'n anS wh
stopped hv tn" Intervention of the Attorney.
General. 10 pro'ur" for thr Returning Board
sWnilers an asylum IN n" Custom ll"u@"
against tn" authorities col u" Stat. Iad h.en
inspired by Nlr sherman himself. First. Mr..
sherman makes the criminal u Federal IN or.
and then he complains that In the criminal TN,
Federal official ! MT RESPECTED; and II 1t hnd
| been left g. him the Federal Gpycrnlarlf would
have interfered in order 10 protect the criminal
against justice. From this point NJ view Mr..
Sherman shows that ~ mcmherof Mr. Hnyo-' :
Administration he has learned nothing and for
gotten nothing. and even now represents Grant
ism Just ~ much ~ he did ~ senator and poll
tichn, w To MS entrance into the cabinet.
Mr.. sherman maintains that Anderson Is n
victim Of partisan hnte and partisan prrs"ru-
tion, and innocent Of the Grim" oi which hr ~
nccus"d. A. ior Inc Inter point, We take l'nN"
10 assure Mr. sherman TINT the enormous MAJ
WINGED Of the guilt Of Anderson. tut also COM
WINGED that sherman knows TINS gum better
than most other men thnt ne Eriupius
Board swindl.rs ar" an object Of profound hate
and OF Just indignntion not only on III" pNri II
the Democrats ot the whole country but on the
part II all men who nrc capable ol nn unrrrlu-
decd opinion respecting the fraud in the Pres
, ilential election; and 1t would be bad it this
were not so.
!, Ii should also be understood that those loaf
ers are properly desplscd 10y the most of the
Republicans. who thus seek Ia pulet their con-
sciences over the fraud and there can be no
doubt that Mr.. sherman d'spisrS them also
But this gentleman has thought proper - rr-
. press this feeling in his own breast. and. in
stead 10 throw himself into the lists as "a cham
pi,m,n Of his party comrades. m
coed IN his enort 10 represent the trial Of th'
Returning Board swindlerS IT. "A political u'rse
cution. Anderson and his associates are ar
, | rusei 81 common felony; nni me ifstoi men
has been found guilty. II Anderson and hi,
, associates have committed this crime for party
, ends it II none the less the same crime; indcc,
one that il would not Doe tno much ~ say tina
re- bese ana shameful party en- s'amle
c Fri H. WRrre er"ar p@iriGa oIj"sSu
p are striyen for ii may sometimes hap
. GSeG in pressure 81 ,, Girrans,2nec
political offender VIII never 70 80 lar rs 10 ial
sify tho vote Of tho people. because he Is per
! would destroy the great ends that he has ~
view. II if folly Ia place Anderson and his ~
; sociates ~ the same lin" with ordinary puliti
= cal Offenders. VINO. ~ order t. niinln ordinnr'
political objects. IN the excitement ui election
20 beyond IN" limits Of the law. In this res pee
tn" forgery Is not TO be- distinguished from
murder committed for the same purpu5n
Yet Mr.. sherman rests On the idrn tina
= the American people Will nudge more mildly m
u oflnnce committed for political ends that the
y will not SO strong ~ condemn a forgery. through
< which only the result II Presidential election
g Is altered. as they would condemn y forgery 20
} an ordinary dorum"nt-onr. Tor instance. ~
= which n man should be- cheated out of a fcN
u thousands of dollars. But assuming that An
n derson is only Il political offender. Mr. sherman
- commits II colossal blundrr when, through III
7 expressions of sympathy he Identities himsel
J. and the Administration with this man, In truth
+ the Administration Inns every cause toavod al
! relation with the fraud committed in Louisiana
> and It's members brand themselves as accss
Il sorry 10 this fraud when they appear In the list
= in such manner as champions OF the quit
< Yet Mr.. sherman maintains that Anderson
e not guilty If the crime laid To- his charge. \
II we have already said, this assertion II an nSu
l, to the judicial authorities Ot Louisiana, Whir
ought lenst OF all to be- uttered in such mann"
NV such nm official. Even If MIR. sherman hN
II this Information. he should hc careful only I
o express II IN private. since ms oli'lul po-ll"
5 cannot be recunriled with such nrorlAnntIul
Il Besides. no man will believe that Mr. Sh"rmN
n really rnttrains such an opinion. Every ON
IS who has read any pam OF TIA" trH
Ir AndersOns advocates confined themselves I
-. miserable Efforts to deny tu the wriilng forge
r. by Anderson the character of II public docu
" nent tthr compliant having charged That
4 wnsl and every one who has followed the cours
l. OF the testimony must br perfectly convinced ,
e Anderson guilt, ms Ninety -nne men IN Il hun
n dre,l in the Union ar" ronNh"l, whellrr tiir
II every reason to regard the conviction and IN
execution Of tho lawful punishment upon th
Is Returning Board scoundrels rs n triumph
p Justice, and ns an expiration, although u smit
l. one. for the monstrou5 crmu which M
- been committed. IL viii never hr possi
= for Mr., sherman to change this feeling Of ia
il great mass. even II he should succeed IN imam
A. Ing the bad party spirit OF II small minority I'm
D. all that he does can only make ms position m
~ that of the Administration more dlulcult I
t. more impossible The bunder nov commiue
by Mr. Sherman Is a renewed Illustration
a. "tha Ind deed which tOret urntilli4s eNll