The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-05-09
: TiiE stolen PRESIDENCY.

3f, 80: = ...:-
DstsiIsd Confession Of the Florida State
mont The nIonstrous Iniquity ofthe Great
crino Openly Exposed 1McIin' and Don
MS Describing the Process. Z 81
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JUDGE &LIN.s CONFESSION.
as member or the iate , StaSe VI, D9af9 =
Of Canyassess or'tne sotase OF siorioa, Il 4
feia lmpeAea py SCI sense aas q quty 70 myseii
ana JUSTICE % ogners ts to make tne ioio"-
ing statement: 7e,.nt, /,
SAT she time tne, canvass was maae
vas notas any time conscious OF aGrnS
otherwise than right and proper. en-
tered upon the canvass with the conSlc-
tion that it was my privilege and duty,
IN q political sense, to give the benefit OF
every doubt in. favor of the Republican,
party. SIelt that when. qnestlon couio
be decided either way wltnoae DONG IN
Justice 70 9 public sense OF p Justice, II was
faiiiy allowable IN Ipoiislcs. taat snoeio
Elegnf to my on. party snd give
my decision an It's favor even 'at-tne
hazard of straining a.point. At no time
did e Ffeel that Ioccupied The position OF
stsa' jndge, charged with the dutyof a strlct
aud nice weighing and balancing OF all
the evidence presented : Looking back
now to That time feel that there was q
combina atlon Of influence that must nave
sopsratsd most powerfully an. binding my
judgment and swsyipg my actlon.l ! bad
Sc bssni FOR many years, and was at the time
esof che canvass, ,Ya very active partisan. =
sincerely thought that our State and the
natiou would suhers lErepsrabeelnla II
the Democratic party were TO Obtain ap = stne
Presid idency, and the policy of hatsed TO
the negro, and those 1wno had been the
Sssfriends ofs sthe gro should Obtain con-
EstroE Eas Washington! ut was the common
and ninious talk, also, that the very
exiatence .pf the men who IN the Sopth
mad upheld the kspubIcan party dePen-
dss aP9n the election OF MT. r. hayes. Mr.
Hayes Swouid sustain them thnIrSougnoGt
the:S South, Wnlie MS.-11iaen Wonio CRUSH
them RI o'7f'i ~ lInerouss teiegrSn
adnreireo % efoEefa3 fctearnS a1a. osne.s na.
lro tae tspSsso lsadeIs o. ne.aspH2tl.
GIT 2ayt{ ln ;tae North gnslstlng gaat sne e
a4LEaklon ot the olntFy depenaeg upon
the vote OF FLORIDA being cast for Hayes.
Those kilograms came from those 70 whom
shads Esea accnsto med: 60 deferTthes
shairrttaa OF the natlonaii icommittee, and
stne man wno WAS Stae neafsssgs Pea,sonaall :
1fiena ,ot MT. aayes, ana ns, VINO nag coll
= Qucsea IND Z CANVASS. Lhese 1eeieetal
also assurance so!Itne Iotsncoming
OF monty ana ;tgoops y neSess9ty 9n Sc
Suptirg ,ne YlcIoyy S Icr Fslf: hayes.
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