The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-06-21
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THE only snswer the orcnt fsc
ificsfor and HE hackers have TO make
% the damaging and damning revels-
tons Of their tool, james +. Ander'
son, is, that he being BY HE own con
fession dishonest man, is unworthy
Of belief, and therefore, Hayes a Co.,
must he innocent The reasoning is,
that q man who would do what An
denon says he did, with reference to
the election returns from East Felici'
ana parish. is a liar, and hence No
statement of he at any time, or "a
any subject, is fit to be considered
even, much less believed, itfita
Now let US examine this matter 9
little. In November. 1876, Ander
son declared upon hh oath, that Ia
consequence Of intimidation, bull
DOING and geoersl devilty on ths
part Of the Democrats, a fair election
could not he, and was not held in the
parish in question. He now say'
that In making tkst statement hetie
liberately lied, and that he did 90 Al
the instigation ofthe "visiting States
men," and in consideration Of prom.
Uses of protection and of reward made
to him by said Visiting Statesmen
on behalf Of Hayes.
II is selfevident that this man eth
err lied 10 Novenbsr. '76, or hat he
lies now. In which instance is Ii most
probable that he lieds Is It not ex.
csedinely pfoSsb'e hat The tsnpta.
tons which he says wore o6srsd 10 in.
duce him to lie in the first instance
were 50 offered is there any thing
unreasonable in this statement! ws
there, in fact, any Office 10 Hayes
gift which would have been too high .
price to pay for such . job under the
circumstances On the other hand Is
it probable that this mans last state
ment about this affair q filsei Is .
mas apt to deliberately and volunta-
rily tell . IL thS telling G witch
makes himself infamousf Is it COM
mon in this world when man con-
fesses q crime 10 dhbelieve his COMES
sion and acquit him upon the ground
that a man who woah commit 1 crime
would necessarily lie even when max
ing a confession about It. Such is
the absurd reasoning of those who ask
us to discredit Anderson's statement,
and to acquit Hayes 4 Co., because
Anderson's conduct has been crooked.
The defenders Of Hayes 4 Co., en-
deavor to break down Anderson's tes-
timony by saying that he has acted
from a revengeful motive-that hav.
ing been disappointed in his aspira-
ton for Office, he became exssperated
against Hayes and determined 10 dis
grace him by Publishing q falsehood.
and therefore his tale should net b
listened to- Well, it 10 tsue that he
was disappointed, that promises were
made to him. and that they we're bro
ken. And Il, b doubtless tr,ss. too,
that the bsd faith Of those Who made
and broke the promises did excite q |
feeling of resentment in the breast of
''red-headed jim" He would not be |
human IL he we're not % Affected. II
IS no doubt fact, too, that he would
not have "squesled' but for the viola
ion of the bargain on the part of his
But this by no means
proves that bis confession is q false
,ood. 1t only proves that like all
'ther human creatures he has some
Sean,.men''s.
, rs NOT cen'e'' nor can " oe oso''
~ Una. "oe,.' 'e~Afu was P'omi,
= nnue'S'" ior 'o"e'n'ng "y oo'n
Matthews and Hayes II is not rea-
onAu'. 70 'aPP0'e 'na' 50 maen 400
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Us e'A'n' 40" "se" u An o'a'nAry M
ure' IL ne nAa oeen SEEKING posi- |
ION as u recompeose nor ordinary non
r"o'e Po1ticai services oe'ther he q
or matthew's as ms advocate would !
ave fSU 50 Unfortunate As thew were