The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-09
ANDERSON AND THE REPUBLICAN
PRESS.

pTppose to give the substance of the editorials
wnt,n this subject of the New York Times and
abe Cincinnati Commercial, the leading a1-
sninistraton papers in the East and West
respectively.
The Times begins by congratulating itself
and the party that "the Democratic leaders
iEn Congress seem likely to yield to public
Gpinion that which they refused to reason"
Tho Democrats have Stirred up Il matter of
whose magnitude they themselves, nor
Che Republicans, had any idea whatever.
THE machine has been put in motion
and there is no hand strong enough to stop it.
Tf followed to It's just deductions it must re-
sult in the unseatng of Hayes This is, in
plain terms, the conclusion the Times has
prached. md yet il fclicitates itself that the
aaoils which have been rcaped by the RepubIi-
can party are safe, and that The Democrats
dare not attempt to vindicate the right and
rsanjgh the wrong. They have found out
fhat they cannot afford even to be suspected
af design, whose possibility alarms the
business classes, and whose execution involves
strife and hlOOdshed." 1t seems tous that no
honorable man would be happy in such an
advantage nor that any sensible ono would
rant such faith in the cowardice of his antag-
enist
The Democrats feel no solicitudo about
unr1ing themselves of "complcty in the as
ssault on Hayes" rs the Times suggests. They
had no "complicity' in the frauds that hedge
hirn about, and they know of no divinity that
proteets him. But let us see what impression
Anderson's testimony has made on the Times
Rays this eminent authority:
Rut testimony like that of Anderson's will
nred to be cOrrobOratcd very strongly before
IA can he accepted as conclusive. His own de-
story as compared with the statement he
made on former occasion; his corrupt mo-
4fyes rs he reveals them; the tOrtuouS, tricky
Tath he pursued before and after the election;
his evident readiness TO do or say anything
crowded only it. Injured to his advantage,
would be quite sufficient to discredit him as a
witness. He may be set down as one of the
worst specimens Of scOundrels whom LOuisi-
ana craftsmanship has produced, and every de-
cent Republican in the land Will blush for the
party management that madesuch creature
Its instrument in any service whatever. He
was Republican appOtntee IN the New Or
Baans Custom House. q supervisor in the Re-
publican interest in East FeiCana, and
generally in close fellowship with the Repub-
Stcan leaders and of1iCe-hOlders OF Louisiana.
But the fact will remain that this cOnsum-
ulate rascal was once an active partiCipatOr
IN Republican affairs, holding confidential
communications with prominent members
ct the party, and sustained by them in
applications for the reward of confessed
dishonesty. He has sold himself to the
Elemoeracy simply because the administra-
tion refused to pay the price he attempted
a. exact. This alone would render his I'M
sslnpOrted evidence valueleSS; but it also in
Steases the disgust which Republican af1ila-
zion with the man, at any time, must excite,
He is unchanged. Bad now, he was equally
bad then. And we look on him with shame
As having been one of the minor manipulatOrs
of the Republican machine in Louisiana at q
critical stage Of the Country's history.
Whatever infamy may be heaped on AndCr
sons character. and however eireCtually his
oral testimony may be riddled, the document
ary evidence he produced must receive care
ful attention. Mr.. Sherman is placed in an
anfortHunatepostion.
He had proclaimed himself SO eager to meet
every accusation to prove nOn-intCrcourso
with Anderson, that his evaSiVe answers,
when the copy was produced. damage him
against him that will not be easily overcome.
AS for Mr.. Stanley Matthews, there can be no
doubt as to the effect Of his letters upon his
own political charactor' The little that was
Beft him. after his Senatorial displays, is
utterly destroyed by these proofs Of
mis- intimacy with Anderson. and of
abe solicitude he Displayed in that persons
fehalf. With all his scoundroism. it is owl
Gent that Anderson was in Matthews Opin-
8on worthy of consideration at the hands
of members of the administration and its
friends. The Ohio Senator urged the New
Orleans rascal for various offices with per
ainacity that is unintrlligible except on the
&unpOsitiOn that Anderson had an aCknOWl-
edged claim upon the party. The patience
with which the Senator submitted to his i'm
pertinence, the courtesy extended to him after
Ghe uttcrancc of nsOcnt threats and the con-
Ginuance OF these friendly relations down to
February last are suggestive OF AnderSOnS
possession of valued secrets and of Mr.. Mat
6hews anxiety for the retention Of his good
will .
Tits equally clear that the willingness to
reward Anderson at the public cost was not
confined to Mr.. Matthews. The Department
at State offered him the consulate at FunChal.
The Treasury rendered him an inspeCtOrship
@f Customs.
1t is hard to understand how any one with
ahe iaintest perception of integrity, after such
a statement as this, could yet cling on to the
spoils, won by the dobascd methods it sug-
sests, and fclicitate himself that he holds
them through the CONSERVATISM" of the OPP
posing party.
Now, let us see what the Commercial pre-
G3nlnenIly lne tudulplpu OI Inc duIllluiSItd-
dion in the West and peculiarly the lover of
Stanley Matthews, has to say. We publish
the Commercials article in full. 1t needs no
oOmment. 1t says;
There can be no Disgusting the fact that the
papers presented the course of the fraud in
vestigation by Mr. James +. Anderson have
been of a character to cause anxiety on the
part of the friends Of the administration, and
especially solictude for q sufficient eXplana-
ton of the relations of Senator Matthews with
Anderson after his knowledge of 'tho Nash
aOntract." Senator Matthews had a converse
hon with our Washington correspondent last
night, and we regret 10 say that he seems to
have been duped into becoming the holder of
the contract that was fraudulent on its face,
and that proved Anderson a scOundrel, |
ana that he afterward solicited Office
ior Anderson as a personal favor. The
Senator confesses to have made u mis- |
axe. His error was q blUnder of the gravpst
,haracter. He met Anderson April %, 1877, !
n six weeks after the inauguration Of Hayes,
md was moved to pity him, and
promised to help him. Then he received |
rom the Louisiana martyr this document, |