Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-02-21

ment. The protestations of Democratic virtue
and the pious tale of Pickett and MADDOX
seemed stale when Hewilt's disclosure wa
discovered to be nothing more, but the fght
went on.
Mr.. Aiken, of South Carolina, renewed his
fhursts at Hewitt, charging that he had
boosted that be would rather sell the Presi,
dency than spill one drop of blood in defense
of the Democratic party.
Mr. Hewitt denied that he had ever said
this, and charged South Carolina with being
false and unchiv alrous Above the din, in q
clear, loud, piercing voice. Patterson, of New
York, the oldest man in the House (nearly
sighty), said,
'sHow PLEASANT IT Is TO SEE BROTHERS DWELL
IN UNITY"
Mr.. Luttreil intimated to Hewitt and Aiken
that it was but eight miles to Bladensburgh,
the noted duelliing ground, and the House
might proceed to its business.
Mr. Hewitt, maddened by Aikeh's second
charge, proceeded to explain why the flibus-
tiers did not succeed. He stated that he had
seen Charles Foster, and told him that there
would be trouble unless the South could be
satisfied that Hayes was honest in his policy
of local self government; that soon after Foe-
ter made the speech in which he declared
that the flag should thenceforth wave over
States, not over provinces; and that from that
hour he (Hewitt) had learned that the South
was satisfied. Stating this, Hewitt strongly
intimated the belief that the Southern Demo
Gratis had made bargain with the friends Of
Hayes, that the troops should be withdrawn.
Mr.. Hewitt had ended his speech by giving a
challenge to the Louisiana Conservatives and
to the Republican attendants at the Wormley
conference.
The attempt again was made to limit this
discussion, but the Republicans, led by Ben.
Butler, shouted,
THIS Is THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN
And the hot talk of Finley of o, author of the
only resolution to investigate the Presidential
count that has been presented, characterized
Wells as hoary headed old rascal, and ar
raigned Secretary Sherman and the visiting
statesmen for their telegram of coincidence to
Anderson, a convicted felon. This in turn
brought forth
GARFIELD, HALE, AND z. J. ELLIS
to their feet. Each in turn told the story of
the Wormley conference. Mr.. Foster indig'
nantly denied that there was a bargain, and
yehemently asserted that he had neither given
or received any promises from anybody any
where. Mr.. Garfield defended the forty fill
busters among the Southern men, and said, in
very powerful speech of five minutes, that
if any mortal man anywhere charged these
Southern gentlemen with bargain, that man
lied. He defended in a similar way the
Northern Republicans, and declared that the
troops were withdrawn as matter of cOnsti'
tutio,lal duty, and not of policy; but he did
not forget to rebuke the people of Louisiana
for the manner in which they are treating the
Returning Board. He charged that the trial
was malicious persecution.
MIR. Hale, of Maine, speaking for the sign
ers of the dispatch to Anderson, arraigned the
Louisiana Bourbons.
Mr.. E. John Ellis, for the. South, denied
that there was a bargain, and charged that
whoever said that Louisiana betrayed the
rights of 1ilden ''lies in his heart, and lies in
his own false throat" These words were in.
tended for Mr.. Hewitt, but were subsequent
ly withdrawn by Mr.. Ellis upon the plea that
he had misunderstood Hewitt. The story of
the Wormley conference, as it had been so
often told, was repeated by Ellis, and it
agreed in every particular with the accounts
of Foster, John Young Brown, and others.
This ended the most exciting day of the
session, and the first significant illusions to
the subject of the Presidential count.