Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-27
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of abuse
After all this prolonged effort at pAci
fcation, this %outpouring of concession
and goodwill, the angel Of peace still
refuses to descend upon US. Bay aftei
day the President sends the dove out owe
the angry floods, and night after nigh
the bird returns weary and lesfless. Ii
these very days, the government which
rules Louisiana, which was born of presi
dental grace and not of popular favor
has signalized its ingratitude by an eel
not less insulting to the President than
atrocious in itself. 1t has dared to &C.
cuse, try and convict a member Of the
State board OF c~anvsssers of the crime
O.! forging the election returns of Vernon
parish, of 1876. Remember, sir, l do not
complain because Anderson was tried
for political ofense. II he is guilty Of
the offense charged, | have not a single
word 10 his defense. The point | make
against the government of Louisiana is
that, not in the name of public justice,
but Of partisan malice. it prosecuted 3
mar guiltless of the ofense alleged
against him and known to be guiltless.
He is s victim, not Of mistake, but of
malice; not of personal, but OF partisan
malice. He was prosecuted by that same
fell spirit Of party spite which prompted
Georgia, forty years ago, to offer i've
thousand dollars for the privilege Of
prosecuting Garrison, aud which twenty
wears sgo made South Carolina clap her
hands at the whipping Of Sumner. An
derson stands convicted iu 3 court com
missioned BY Governor Nichols, who IN
turn stands practically commissioned by
President Hayes.
1t is late in the day and requires
a reckless man to assert that An
derson is an innocent man. 1t
took the venerable senator from
Wisconsin a long time to find ont
what an angel of light this man
Anderson is, and the balance Of
mankind is mainly blind to the
vision of beauty and moral purity
Mr.. Howe has had revealed
to his inner consciousness. The
fact that Anderson escapes a felon's
doom through a legal teohnicality
does not prove his innocence or
change public opinion in his favor.
All this TRADE goes mainly to
advertise the bitterness and the
lshes and ambition of one insin-
ere heart. Mr.. Howe is nearing
he close Of his third senatorial
ERIN, having first taken his seat in
1861 and served continuously ever
since. OF course he desires to be
reelected, and the present occasion
has been chosen to make an impress
upon his rural constituents by
up and displaying in one
great sheaf all the demagoguery,
hates and affected patriotism of his
soul. The President very properly
to reply in any way or to
take notice of this yituperative ard
Inscriptions old man, who appeals
to the latent prejudiees and bad
passions of the human heart rather
than to reason. The speech was
an able one Of the kind, but it viii
be only a sensation of an hour.
Adler men than he, such as
Morton and Blaine, have
dug up the %grinning skeletons of
the dead past and waved them aloit
to excite popular applause, but they
to secure substantial praise.
If the people Of Wisconsin consign
Senator Howe to private life he will
be heard from no more; if they send
back to the senate he will APP
pear for six years. The speech of
which Mr.. Howe delivered himself
was an abusive, scOlding harangue
against Schurz, President Hayes,
Nichols, the imaginary
rife clubs Of the South, and the
people generally. 1t was
neither truthful in premises nor
in conclusions, and was
characterized by a reckless and in
tolerant spirit throughout. Howe
one Of the small class left who
would die if removed from agita-
ton and are capable Of nothing
or higher.