The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-02-14

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who stated that Mr., Hewitt had onl!
added q fresh sting ln his remafk
to-day he rearserled liOnsra 0harge o
demngngaelsm aud named Davis, lace
Jackson, the iva lohnslons aud Olhel
southern generals 10 Teneo lug honoI
aud glory on West roinl Ito eulo'
glled the union ollleffs, graduates oI
that Institution, with whom he had
measured steel on tho battlefield,
while the gentleman Hewitt had
only served his country through u paid
substitute, and hnally M parting
shaft AZ Hewitt, said that West Point
had never produced M RsAu, u Bene,
diet Arnold or man who had sold
tho presidency,
This charge brought Hewitt 10 hla
feet again, aud he related tho whole
story, ~ far ~ lao was concerned, with
tho late presidential election, aud sal
that II tho presidency had been sold no
hlllhefh man hhl dpho ",
Measra. Garfield anl Foster, " Ohio,
and Hale, " Maine, Joined In tho dis
cuaaIon, which nj times wAs very OK.
cited, Garfield declaring that there had
been no bargain 10 give The presidency
to Hayes, and denouncIDg the prose-
cntlOn of Wells aud Anderson IN "A
tnculent proceeding.
Mr. ELLIS, Of Louisiana, who had
been out Of the hall during the discus
sion, and who had evidently been III.
Informed Of the purport Of llewltps
remarks about him, obtained the floor,
aud assuming that Hewitt had held
himself and hia colleagues responsible
for the presidential bargain, declared
that the lips which uttered the aeser.
tlon that Louisiana, or any representa-
tlvea of Louisiana, or any authorized
agent OF Louisiana, had ever bartered
or sought TO barter, or entertained y
proposition TO barter away the Inter-
eats of the democratic party, or the
interests OF the whole people OF tho
union In the election Of Samuel j. Til
den, lied Ia his heart aud lied In His
foul throat. llo then went on 10 re-.
late the conference nj the Wormley
hotel, mentioning ~ the actors on that
occasion himself, H. A. Burke, OF Lou.
isiana, aud Henry Wattorson, OF Ken
lucky, ON the democratic side, and on
the republican sIdo Me-, Garfield, Mr..
Foster, eXNGovernor DennlsoD, Stan
ley Matthews and Senator NOW secre.
tary) sherman.
He declared that there was no bar.
gain or talk OF bargain; that the
only matter which transpired was M
interchange of Views, and that he and
his friends relied upon the assurances
OF these, Mr.. Hayes' close friends, as
TO what were his views and sentiments
in regard TO Louisiana and South Car.
ollna. These gentlemen had pledged
nothing for Mr.. Hayes; they had
bound him 10y no promise, and by no
pledge. The language they had held
was: ave know him; we know his
sentiments toward the south; we know
that he believes In the selfgovernment
OF these states, and, without speaking
authoritatively for him, we will say
that, In our opinion, he will give the
blessings of u free government to those
states; that he will lit them from the
blood and dust in which they have
been trampled, and that, in the Ian
guage OF Mr.. Foster, the flag shall
float there over free states, and no
longer over conquered and abject prov
inces.'
Mr.. Davis, OF North Carolina-"Was
there any agreement that the members
OF the returning board should not be
prosecuted ?"
Mr.. Ellis" None"
Subsequently Mr.. Ellis again OBJ
tanned the floor to make IA personal ex-
plauation, and retracted all offensive
allusion to Mr.. Hewitt In his remarks,
saying that he had been assured by
that gentleman and other friends that
he had been entirely misinformed.
The following surviving regimental
commanders are expected to attend
the reunion of Mexicah veterans ut
Baltimore, on the 22d instant: Colonel
John S. Williams, of the Fourth Ken.
lucky; Colonel Ferris Foreman, OF the
Third Illinois; Colonel Ward Il. Bars
rett, of the First New York Colonel
Dunovant, of the Palmetto regiment;
Colonel John s. Withers, OF the Ninth
infantry; Colonel George w. Morgan,
OF the Fifteenth infantry; Colonel
John II. Coffey, of the Alabama vol
unteers, and Colonel p. o. Herbert, of
the Fourteenth infantry. The orator
OF the day will be Green Clay Smith,
OF Kentucky, who came within one
vote for vice president in place Of
Andrew Johnson, In the convention OF
1854.
HERE AND THERE.