The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-03-14
EX GOVERNOR MOSES.

Ex-Gov. j. +. MOSES, of South
Carolina, has written a letter to the
New York Sun, and tells the storyof
how the Electoral vote of that State
was stolen for Mr.. HAYES. Gov.
Moses was one of the leading and
most active Radicals who ruled and
robbed South Carolina during
Grants administration, and vas in
the secret of the work ofthe eonspir-
ators in stealing the votes of that
State. His exposure can therefore,
be relied upon, and is ar other chain
in the link that fastens the Sound
relism of President stealing upon the
Republican party. That Mr.. HAYES
holds the Presidency by the viola
ton of every of justice, and
in utter regard of the most solemn
oaths, obligations and compacts, no
sane person will now attempt to de-
ny, and with the light which recent
events nave thrown. upon the quess
ton, he cannot be ignorant Of the
facts, and ordinary decency should
lead him to vacate the premises, and
hand it over to the rightful owner.
What course, under such circumstan-
ces, would an honorable, high mind
ed man pursue, even supposing, for
the sake of argument, that he came
into his present position innocent
and ignorant of the crimes which
made it possible for him to get there?
There is now, and there al be no
other honorable course left him but
to resign. By his retaining possess
ON he removes even the fimsy pre-
sumption of his ignorance of the
great fraud Of which he has been
made the beneficiary. There is moth
ing else possible for HAYES to do,
as President, that can in any degree
atone for the black and damning
facts which every day are arrayed
against his title to the Presidency,
and just SO long as he, by his own
act, holds possession of that which
in law and equity belongs to anoth-
er, lie should be regarded as no bet
ter than the ~"wretches" who perjur-
ed themselves in order to place up
on his shoulders the robes of Office.
This talk about the sscolor of law"
is becoming nauseating to the peo-
pie in the light of recent revelations
Nothing that the electoral commiss-
ion has done can justify MI. HAYES
in holding his present position under
existing circumstances for a day
longer. The people would be pleas.
ed to believe him entirely innocent
of any knowledge of the nefarious
doings of these men, but it is a per.
version of all right reasoning to pre-.
sumo that he is in ignorance of facts
which are now patent to the world
and which sweep away every yestage
of right or title to the high Office he
now holds. The following are the
closing paragraphs Of the letter o
'fGov. Moses:
"The party of conspirators wht
had assembled in the office. of tn,
Secretary of State proceeded to ope1
and verify the returns, and it wa
found Tilden had carried the Stat,
by over n thousand majority o
strictly legal votes.
"At once it was determined tina
such ~aresult must reversed, and t.
effect this returns of several Repub
lican counties were tempered with
so as to increase the majorities whicl
they had really given to Hayes ant
Wheeler. The figuring was done b,
Hayne, Cardoza, Stone, Dunn, an
Garter, and the alteration of the re
turns was achieved by Dunn alone
who has since been heard to say il
l Washingto2-while there as an ar
plicant for the Charleston Collector
ship of Customs-that it was hi
right hand which had saved Sout
.-lCarolina for Hayes, and that h
: could prove it by Judge Carter.
: GA moderately prominent an
r worthy Republican living in Colum
e bia has in his possession one of tn
!, pages of paper on which the fgul
) ing was done, all the characters {
which, with the names of the cour
ties, are in the handwriting of F. I
Cardoza, one Of the members of tn
board. The returns from Charles
, ton, Georgetown, and Darlington
counties were the ones which wer
h tempered with, and in which stuff
s Gent votes were altered to give til
State to Hayes.
! LAS soo Is the investigator
Committee began its session in CT
lumbia, Dunn, Hayne, and Stone fe
the State, and have eve sine re
turned there, although from remark
which have been recently made b
some of Dunn's warmest and mos
v immediate friends, 1 think he is jus
now insuch q frame of mind (afte
losing the Charleston Collectorshil
a TO which he thought himself enti'
led las to induce him to tell the trutl
/ and to help to cleanse the Whit
a House from the presence of a fraut
, ulent usurper."
We will just say to Bro. William