The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-04-03
HAYES AND THE RADICAL PARTY.

The recent speech of Senator Howe, of
Wisconsin, has again brought to the front
evidences that the inexorable decree has
gone forth that radicalism is on It's last legs
and must soon hand in its checks. The
general tone of the speech of the Wisconsin
senator was low and vulgar-as full OF venom
as a cobra's fang. Its purpose was to revive
sectional hates, and if possible reinstate the
bloody shirt as the symbol of bis party. We
do not applaud such taencs, though we
regard them as eminently consistent when
employed by radical leaders to retain
power and further their nefarious designs.
The only feature OF Howes speech
which attracts attention is the violence of
the attack upon HAYES, the radical presi-
dental fraud, and this attack would never
have been made if government swill had
been distributed to radical swine as radical
conspirators desired. The Chicago Inter
Ocean, with its hate of the south and love of
the swag combined, is very emphatic in its
Endorsement of Howe, and exclaims:
IL is obvious that in the republican heart Of
the country here is pcnt deep feeling fer
meuting to escape through the lips of its hon
ored leaders. Conknng at Rochester SPOKE a
speech long waiting behind the lips of hun
dreds of thousands of wroth and aggrieved ciJi-
zens. There u no republican desire 10 humii-
ate the president, but n keen SOlicitude to
rescue him from cOurSeSln which he receives
the contempt of the democratic chiefs, who
only grin as he suffices their appetite for pa
tronage, and VINO impudentIy claim that he
became president by their suffsrance alone.
All Of this 'fermenting' of pent up deep
feeling has no other cause or explanation
than that radicals designated by radical con-
gressmen and senators are not in Office. 1t
would be safe to bet all the bottom dollars
in all the pockets of America that but for.
Hayes determination to follow Grants ex-
ample and ieed bis friends the pent up feel
ings of Howe, Conkling ct al. would still be
fermenting or would have long since es-
capped without damage to Hayes. But there
are some things said by Howe designed to
obscure the real purpose of his attack upon
Hayes, and yet no attack upon the presiden-
tial fraud would have beeH considered effec.
tive without Introducing the Louisiana re-
turning board villainy. and IN this Howe
evidently makes point, the force of which
the people generally acknowledge. Howe
says:
If Mr.. Packard was not elected governor of
Louisiana nothing can be more certain than
that Mr.. Hsyes was not elected president of
the United States. ithout the electors vote
of louisiana the whole world knows that Mr.
Hayes had not the-votes in the electoral coll
lege necessary TO constitute an election; and ii
Louisiana did not vote for Packard, the whole
world knows that Louisiana did not vote for
Hayes. Packard received nearly two thou
sand votes more than some OF the Hayes elect
ors.
can can conceive how an apt politician,
with handy convictions, trained 10 follow his
wishes the tides follow the moon. might
for 1ilden and NichollsOr for Hayes aud Pack
ard but no human opiL1On il sufficiently pill
ant TO believe that Hayes received the vote of
Louisiana and Packard did not. That result Is
simply impossible.
Howe states the case well enough. The
country is satisfied that the people OF Loui-
siana did not elect Packard governor, nor
cast a majority of votes for Hayes. As
consequence, as Howe puts it, Hayes is
usurper. Mr.. Howe confesses there was but
one way for Hayes to have aided Packard
in usurping the Office of governor, the en-
ployment of the army, and says:
Seeing the difficulties by which the presl-
dent was environed, that the army was
shrunken TO a skeleton, that IL wasseXh9 usted
in its conflicts with savages In the north west,
and that a democratic house had deliberately
refused 10 appropriate money for its support
excepGupOn ine condition that IL should not
be EN- plOt ed in defense of the government Of
Louisiana, felt no disposition TO complain of
not - necessity but as "A policy, aud when
am required, upon my allegiance, not merely
TO excuse but 70 applaud IT, mus decline.
In this declaration Howe brings TO the