Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-03-29

RelNulAAh 10 NAlCtfF ulu hniNs MT
President, let no nat sayI doininstiee
to-the-paFposes-6f thePFeaident. am
not discussing hls purposes, but bis
acls. I understand he avows himself
still q Republican, and friend OF equal
citizenship. II is not for me to dispute
with him, but it-is fOF me to say be has
offended both RepublicAnism aud equal
citizenship as Samuel ]. Tilden never
would have offended them. Perhaps
had Tilden been made President,
events would have transpired In
South Carolina and Louisiana as
they have transpired. Mr.. Hampton
would have been Governor in the
former State and NiChclls in the latter.
And, after all, this prolonged effort at
pacidcation, this outpouring Of conces.
sion and goodwill, the angel Of peace
refuses 10 descend upon us. Day after
day, the President sends the dove over
the angry foods, and night after night,
the bird returns weary aud leahess. In
these very days that Government
which rules In Louisiana, which was
born Of Presidential grace aud not Of
popular choice, has signalized lie In
gratitude BY an act not less insulting
to the President than atrocious In itself
has dared 10 accuse, try and convict
q member OF the State Board OF Re-
turns, of the crime Of forging election
returns OF Vernon parish for 1876. Re-
member, cir, don't complain because
Anderson was tried for political Of.
fense. II guilty Of the otfense charged,
| have not a syllable 10 urge in hi; de.
tense. The point | make against the
Government Of Louisiana is that 1t
prosecuted not in the name Of public
justice, but Of partisan malice. II pros
ecuted man guiltleSs Of the ofense
alleged against him, aud known 10 bel
guiltless. Anderson Is the victim, not
Of mistake, but malice; not Of personal
but partisan malice. He was prose-
cuted by that same foul spir-
it Of party spite which prompt
ed the State Of Georgia forty years
ago to offer Eve thousand dollars for the
privilege Of prosecuting Garrison, aud
which twenty years ago made South
Carolina clap her hands at the whip
ping Of Sumner. Anderson stands
convicted In a Court commissioned BY
Gov. Nichols who, in turn stands prac.
licaly commissioned by President
Hayes He reviewed al length the
investigation concerning the Louisiana
Returning Board, aad argued hat An
derson had no more TO do with altering
the ret.rns from Vernon parish than
any man who died In the last century.
Referring to Whitaker, be said Whit.
taker, BY The grace Of Andrew John.
son, waa formerly Assistant Treasurer
OF tie Cailed States at New Orleans,
that as such be was a defAuler 10 the
Government Ia the cum Of more than
half million dollars when lie sent
AndersOnto prison that Whitaker had
been under indictment for that heavy
smbt Zzlement, but Just a3 Nichols took
the Office which Packard ought to have,
the indictment against Whitaker was
nol!e pressed, and be was permitted 10
send Anderson 10 the Penilentlary
where he ought 10 be himself. In con-
cusion be commented severely on the
Civil Service policy of the President,
aud said 1t was conspicuously untrue
that Senators dictated 10 the President.
Should man ever be called to the
Presidency so pusillanimous that be
cannot discriminate between advice
and diclation, the sooner he leaves the
White House and lets himself for q
Coach.driver, the sooner he will lei
himself 10 that calling for which bis
temper best fits him.
II seems understood that the Demo-
Gratis Of the Senate will take no part 10
the debate which Howe's speech is
likely to provoke.