The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1878-01-04
Cu1NDL ER,s OpEN LETTER.
re Tells How Hayes Game 10 be
President-And Of n Bargain Hn"'
Was Made. 5.f.

national committee, mas auuIesseu
an open letter TO the republicans OF
his State, making mention oil a nuns
of explicit statements concerning
bargains made during the electoral
count, and their lullillment by the
adoption and pursuance Of the pres
ident's Southern policy.
Mr.. Chandler asserts that the re.
publican party, by the advice and
procurement ot Governor Hayes,
made "the necessity of Keeping
federal power in republican hands,
and using it for the protection OF
black and white Southern repub'
leans"
THE MAIN Issue
of the presidential campaign, Chan
dler says, the "bloody shirt" as it is
called, was freely waived, and Gov.
HAYES himself urged public men to
put forward, as our best agrument,
the dangers Of rebel rule and a asolid
South. .f. ....t r.
Chandler quotes several express
sions from Hayes letter of Novem-
Der, 1876, when Hayes thought him.
self defeated, and said: Il do not
care for myself, but | do care for the
poor colored men Of the South .
Northern men cannot live there.
y = The Southern people will
treat the constitutional amendments
as nuIlities, aud then the colored
mans fate will be worse than it was
when he was in slavery. =
That is the only reason that lregrel
that the news is as it ls."
Chandler proceeds: Gov. Hayes
not only pledged himself to protect,
to the full extent of the federal
power, life, suffrage and political
rights in the South, but was counted
in as president only by reason of
such special pledges given by Senator
Sherman and other Ohio emiSsaries,
who practically aud emphatically
promised that he would recognize
and MAINTAIN the lawful State gov
ernlnents of South Carolina and
Louisiana, and stand by Governors
Chamberlain and Packard
Chandler amplifes these state
ments at length, and proceeds to
make elaborate charges: .a
Almost the first act of the ad-
minis!ration was to fulfill bargain
that had been made during the
presidential count, by which Hayes
should be president. The lawful
governments of Louisiana and south
| Carolina were to be abandoned and
the mob governments in those States
were to be recognized and estabN
lished. Certain democrats in the
house Of representatives seeing that
by the recurring decisions Of the
electoral commission and the reg
ular proceedings Of the two houses
under the electoral bill, which they
had warmly supported, Hayes would
surely become president, had con-
ceived the idea of saving something
from the wreck. They had
THEREFORE, THREATENED
by dilatory motion and riotous
proce edings TO break up the count,
and then opened negotiations with
such timd or too expectant repnbli-
cans as they could find. One Henry
Watterson, o member Of the house
and nephew ofSlanley Mathews had
acted as go-between. Senator oher.
man, in the meantime, having visited
Ohio and consulted Gov. Hayes; and
on the one side, Matthews. Chas'
Foster, John Sherman, JaAes A.
Garfield; and on'the other, l.. Q. G
Lamar, John B. Gordon, E. j.
Ellis, Randall Gibson, E. A. Burke
and Jno. Young Brown, had agreed
first, that the count should not bt
broken in the house, but that Hayes
should be declared and inauguratec
president; and second, that upoI
Hayes accession the troops should
be Withdrawn from the support o
Chamberlain and Packard, and tha
the new administration should re-
cognize Wade Hampton and Geo
Nichols after the Inauguration
The bargain
WAS FULLY CARRIED OUT.
Governors Packard and Chamber
, lain were notified by Matthews an
Evarts to get out" Chandler pro
ceeds at great length, noticin
among other things the appointment
r of Key, (who, in the senate, de
|, nounced Hayes title as fraudulent
10 the postmaster generalsEip.
, Chandler quotes largely from tn
, presidents speeches during b
t Southern progress, and says: "Hav
t ing thus blotted out all distinctio
: between loyalty and treason; be
tween Union and rebel soldiers
: ect., and adds;
:. "In view of these lamentable fact
J, it is the duty of true republicans !