National Republican., 1878-04-29

Oo- but the SENATOR Is not Responsible for
the voluntary efforts Of such followers, and
there Is the best reason to believe that he
was as much astonished at the disclosure Of
MoBToS's connection with McLIs's state
ment as the most unsuspecting reader whose
first knowledge Of this unexampled piece
Of political treachery came TO him through
the newspapers of the day. No less futile
is tho similar attempt to connect the Hon.
WILLIAM Z. CHANDLER with It. Heknows
much undoubtedly of the personal char
acter of the men and officials who had
charge of the electoral count at Tallahassee,
for he was on the ground, and whatever
friend. and enemies say Of him they do not
charge that he is in the habit of keeping
his eyes shut to his political surroundings.
But he also knows that the count was
honest; that the face Of the returns was
made up legitimately from the subordinate
returns Of precincts and counties, all Of
which latter were prepared in due form of
law; and that the only duty Of the
Visiting statesmen" on the Republican
side, at least, was to prevent the TILDEN
agents from interfering by means of argu-
ments or more corrupt methods with the
proper aggregation of those legitimate sub
ordinate returns. He has steadily main
tanned this ground since the count, and will
continue to maintain It, notwithstanding
his suspicion that subsequently q corrupt
bargain may or may not have been entered
into to secure the peaceable Inauguration OF
the man who was thuslegally elected. This
suspicion, if it exists in his mind, and we
do not deny that 1t does, is also entertained
versant with the details Of this matter rs
Mr.. CHANDLER is. If IT furnishes any basis
for the attempt in question as regards
him, II will furnish the same basis rs re-
CARDS thousands Of other good Republicans
the country over. There is not line in any
Of the published or private letters, that
we arc aware of, from his pen on this sub
ject that does not betyay and declare the
belief that the canvass was honest and TINT
the conclusions reached were just. But he
is charged with having persuaded the
Jcremydiddler SELKIRK to open his bat
teries of falsohood and slander against
the President, and the statement Is thrown
out that both SELKIsK and MCLIN studi.
ously avoid allusion to him In their expos
urcs. This statement is intended as in
sinuation to prove his completely, but they
are not borne out by the facts. McLIN
for example, alludes to him as, next
to Governor MOVES, the most prominent
or important Of the eminent gentlemen
present on the Republican side. And
with characteristic poor white trash mis-
conception of social courtesies, he CHARGE
that Mr. CHANDLER was especially atten
: tive 10 him and his family. This certainly
: disposes OF the insinuation that Mr.. CHAND
LER is being screened by the tattlers, ant
will 80 far to prove that, although they ma.
sympathize with his criticisms Of the Presi
dents ingratitude, they in no way connec
: him with their treacherous and pusillan
imous methods Of furnishing it.
: In short, there is but one way 10 explain
!, this explosion, or exposure, or whatever j
may be called. That way is plain enougl
to be seen by the most obtuse. II u
simply, that Mr.. TILDEN and his CO
schemcrs have made use of the impecuniou
needs and angry feelings toward Presiden
HAYES of a number of hungry-bellied Re
Il publicans, who ascribo their starving con
dition to the same source from which man
Il of their former opponents now receiv
patronage and favor. They see Southern
: Democrats, like FITZsIMMoSs, Of Gcorgif
. with their arms elbow-deep in the lucrativ
: fees of offices that were earned by and b'
= long to Republicans. TILDEN could hay
: bought them all, as the New York TribW
y suggests, long ago; but he waited unit
:. poverty, long continued, and anger, Ion
- nursed, made them cheaper than they wei
. = six months or q year ago. Then, to-
. TILDES did not get control enough of hi
:. present personal organ, the World, unit
= lately, to swing it around into the crookc
v channel of his political fortunes. As 500
MS he did get this control, 10 the World b
y came the organ of MORTON, of SELKIRK,
MCLIN, and Of MINES. The conspiracy
:, plain enough, and the conspirators are b
- traycd by their own ear-marks. 1t Is us
:, less to try to fix the responsibility Of the
= acts upon Republicans. The people are nj
~ fools, however much some editors mi
~ think they are.