The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-22
sHERMAN's INFAMY.
An Appeal to the People of Louisiana to
DO Their Duty.
lKeokuk Uowa) Constitution


For impudence and unbushing misrepre-
sentatiOn and untruthfulneSs, commend us to
the TRADE OF John Sherman, published yester-
day. This man.. Of Infamous record, who
Treasury under the de faCtO government. and
whose memory will go down to posterity
with that Of Judas Iscariot, Benedict Arnold
and other men who have betrayed trusts
cial plea for his companions in crime, his
associates in the greet fraud that dsfran-
chised nation, and he endeavors to show that
the conviction OF Anderson was brought about
unfairly, and that the Louisiana Returning
Board are immaculate martyrs to the vindic-
tive hatred Of the Democrats OF that State.
His whole statement, in SO far as it attempts
to state facts, is o tissue of lies, worthy Of the
father Of lars-the devil himself.
The question that naturally arises on read
ing the TRADE and accompanying letter is,
What prompted this mighty chief Of Re-
publicanism to stoop from the giddy height
Of power to which he has attained and
plead in behalf Of and express the strongest
sympathy for, contemplate criminal,
judged guilty, by q jury Of respectable citi
zens OF Louisiana, Of crime against the
State and nation2 Was it prompted by
naturally good heart, that felt pity for the
tell you-No. John Sherman would give
| thousands of dollars OF his ill-gotten wealth
II Wells, Anderson, Casanave and Kenner
were disembodied spirits. HI, cares nothing
without q legal conviction, or before they
confess, he would rejoice that they were out
OF his way; for then his trembling heart would
not fear SO much the terrible revelations that
they may make, or the foul disgrace that their
conviction would bring upon himself and the
other chief nstigators of these mems villainy.
1t is the consciousness OF guilt that awakens
within Sherman the fear OF O retributive JUS
but precursor, He and the other visiting
statesmen ~ who superintended the counting
in OF the Hayes electors by the Returning
Board are beginning to feel nervous. They
and stronger against them, and they appre-
hend that the belief will become general that
they were deliberate parties to the frauds by
which Louisiana was counted for Hayes.
q long way to fix in the public mind the be-
lief that If the Returning Board was guilty
the visiting statesmen" must have been par.
ticeps crtmi2is. He and his associates there
fore, endeaSor to discredit the character of
the Judge and jury before whom Anderson
was convicted, and challenge the process by
which he was indicted. The statement that
the jury in the Anderson case were packed is
an infamous falsehood. The jury was COM
ana Mr.. Converse, the foreman of the jury,
is well known gentleman, and would as
soon cut off his right hand as to convict a
man on insufficient testimony. The whole OF
the proceedings were in due form Of law, and
every respect to those by which every crimi-
nal is brought to justice. John Sherman's
sympathy and John Sherman's lies only add
to John Sherman's infamy. They will not
have any effect in changing the opinion OF
honest men that the whole "cabOodle'' Re
turning Board and Republican managers
are co-conspirators, the origiDators and per-
petratOrs OF the scheme by which fraud was
first made triumphant in American history.
The Misrepresentation and downright lies
OF John Sherman and his associates are d
virtual confession Of their guilt, and will be
so understood by thinking men Of all parties.
Their assumed Indignation, and their senti-
mental sympathy at the conviction of one Of
their tools, Is explainable by no other process
OF reasoning than that which teaches that
guilty conscences need 20 accusers.
Let these men rage on-let them gnash their
teeth and cry out In their agony. All they
can say or do cannot stop the ultimate ex-
posure OF their ylliany. They may cry "Out,
foul blotl but 1t will not out. The crimes
they committed were against the soveregns
OF the land and the sovereign people will not
be satisfied until all the particpators in the
crime are brought to justice. Not the least
guilty OF these criminals is John Sherman,
and this his last insult to the people of the
nation is q gratuitous fling at his betters- q
tissue of lies that will give him increased in
fanny.
Men Of louisiana II the evidence shows
that John Sherman was accessory to the
crime Of the Returning Board, indict him,
indict him and send q reguisition for him
and put him In the criminal box, where he
may receive a fair trial, and be awarded il
convicted the same punishment that is meted
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