The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1878-03-28

lege necessary to constitute an election.
Iflloulsiana did not vote for Packard the
whole world knows that Louisiana diu
not vote TOR Hayes. Packard received
nearly 1000 votes more than some Of tho
HAYES electors. Under the constitution
the president had but one plain duty to
discharge; that was TO ascertain whether
the constituted tribunals OF Louisiana had
declared Packard to be governor. Ii 80,
then TO defend his authority To The e1s
tent OF his ability, when legally required
so to do. Ii they had not so declared,
then iL was equally his duty, not merely
to have withheldkall support OF Packard
pretence, but TO have given all required
support TO the claim Of Packard's
rival. Il was his duty to have
done this not on the 10th OF April but TO
have done it on the 18th of March imme>
diately upon his assuming the office OF
president, and If lie found it his consli-
tutional duty 10 require Packard to sur,
render his Office he should have also
recognized the duty Of surrendering his
own. do not mean TO intimate doubt
that President Hayes was entitled to the
vote of Louisiana. Ii is my settled be-
lief that Louisiana declared for him.
But certainly know that il Packard was
not elected. President hayes was not. IL
the latter Is not usiirpcr, Nichols Is.
can see no possible escape from the con-
ciusion, either that the president has
usurped his own Office or that ne has
aided Coy. Nichols to usurp his.
After discussing the Louisiana Case
and the southern question generally,
Senator Howe continues:
Mr.. President-l.et no man say do
Injustice TO The purposes OF the president.
| WAS not discussing his purposes, but
his acts. | understand that he avOWS
himself Still 10 be Republican and a
friend OF equal citizenship. lt Is not for
me to dispute him. But IL is for me to
say that lie has offended both Repub-
llcanism aud tree citizenship as Samuel
j. Tlden never would have offended
them. Perhaps had Mr.. Tlldcn been
made president events would have trans
pircd IN South Carolina aud Louisiana
as they have iranspircd. Mr.. Hampton
would have been governor in the former
state, and Mr.. Ncnolls In the latter. so
far the offence would have been precisely
the same, but that would have been an
offence not against Republcanism, but
against Republicans in those states. Mr..
Illden would have decided perhaps that
Hampton and Nichols were chosen
ought To be recognized and even if not
SO since he had jurisdiction OF the guess
ton, would have acquiesced in his de-
eision. But President Hayes never made
sucn decision, and does not make it to-
day. Mr.. Tilden would have excluded
Packard and Chamberlain because he de.
cldgd against their cleo ion. President
Hayes excluded them because their cleo
ION was disputed. The former would
have gwen an erroneous Judgment. and
would then have seen II executed. Presi'
dent Hayes has abandoned the Judgment
seat 10 rifle clubs in those states. ana lett
them TO Inake the decision which the
and courts command him TO
make, aud, infinitely worse than that,
has permitted prOclaIuatiOns 70 be
made in his name that when rifle
clubs choose TO take the field in be-
half OF ticket il IL not necessary
Tor them TO elect their ticket, but only TO
dispute the election OF Others. And,
after all this prolonged effort at pacilica-
ton this outpouring OF concessions and
good will, the angel OF peace still re-
fuses to descend upon Us. Day after day
the president sends the dove over angry
floods, and night after night the bird re,
turns weary and leailess. la these very
days that government which rules
Louisiana, which was born of presiden-
tial grace, and not OF popular choice, has
signnliEcd ito ingratituds by an act not
less insulting to the president than afro.
cious in itself; 1t has dared to accuse, try
and convict member of the state board
OF canvasserS OF the crime OF foTg-
ing the election returns OF Ver-
non parish of 1876. Remember, sir, |
do not complain because Anderson was
tried Tor political offence. Ii he Is
guilty Of the offence charged. have not
a syllable to urge in his defence. The
point make against the government of
Louisiana is that it prosecuted, not In
the name of public justice, but Of parti.
san malice; that il prosecuted a man
guiltless Of the offence alleged against
him and known to be guiltless. AnderS
son is the victim, not Of mistake, but
of malice; not OF personal but of parti.
san malice. He was prosecuted by that
same fell spirit of party spite which
prompted Georgia forty years ago to
offer $4,000 for the privilege OF prOsecut-
ing Garrison, and which twenty years
ago made South Carolina clap her hands
at the whipping of Sumner. Anderson
stands convicted In court commissioned
by Gov. Nichols who In turn stands prac.
tically commissioned by President HAYES.
MIR. Howe reviewed the action of the
returning board at length, ridicul9d the
idea that Anderson forged returns, and
said Whitaker, by the grace of Andrew
johnson, was formerly assIstantstreasur-
er OF the United States at New Orleans:
that as such he was delaulter TO the
government in sum OF more than halt a
million dollars when he sent Anderson
to prison; that Whitaker had been under
indictment tor that heavy embezzle.
ment, but that on the 18th Of April last
just as Nichols took the office which
Packard ought to have had, the indict-'
ment against Whitaker was nolle prose-
quied and he was permitted to send An,
derson to the penitentiary, where he
ought TO be himself. The senator spoke
in the following terms on civil,seryice
reform
IAN eminent statesman from Kens
lucky recently made u pilgrma &C to
Boston in the interest OF civil service re-
form. There, In sight Of that great
monument which marks the spot where
immaculate valor died for Immortal
truths. he dared to say, The cause of
reform In the hands OF brave men will
not be put down or defeated by the SCOTS
and derislon Of its enemies.' | should
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