The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-30
ATTITUDE OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
Chandler's Charges of Bargain
Met and Answered.
SECRETARY sHERMANS GLOOMY VIEW.
J. Madison Wells in Search OF
Judge Humphreys.
THE DEBATE ON The BLAND BILL.

FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON, jan 20, 1873.
THE LOUISIANA RETURNING BOARD TRIAL
CHARGES OF BARGAIN BETWEEN HAYES
AND SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS ANSWERED.
When tho trial Of tho members OF the Returning
Board begins in New Orleans Mr.. William Z. Chandler
may be summoned one OF the Witnesses. In his re.
letter the voters OF New Hampshire he makes
some statements which, II he prove them, would
give Important testimony TO the prosecuting officers
In Louisiana Mr. Chandler asserts in that letter that
"scven thousand more ves for Tilden Tor Hayes
electors had been cast and that to mako Hayes Presi
dent it became necessary for tho Returning
Board, acting under peculiar local laws 10
throw out more than thousand Tllden
votes, on various charges" He significantly calls
this 'extraordinary, even II justinablo work" and
adds that required not only courage but assurance
that the national exigency demanded the perform
once, and further "that they themselves should be
protected from evil consequences" that all these
assurances freely and forcbly given by 'certan
persons" He would be valuable witness If he could
prove oil he thus wrote
The part OF Mr. Chandlers letter deals OF
course with entirelv different matter. In that he
charged that there was a bargain between
Southern democrats and friends and agents
Pr lent Hayes, agreeing that II the democrats
wouldn't the electoral count go the troops should
be removed from Louisiana aud South Carolina as
loon as Mr. hayes became President. or this Mr.
Chandler admits that he has no proof, and he ap-
parenty sees tho weakness of his position, for ho
has Professionally aud rdiculousy called on the per-
he help him prove his charges against
the Rat
Boards he gives as OF his own knowledge
for It Is hardly TO be supposed that he would
SO positively make Grim! mating charges unless tho
evidence were In his hands to MAKE his assertions
good He will therefore, be q valuable witness for
the State OF Louisiana.
As 10 his charges OF bargain between friends OF
Mr.. Hayes and Southern democrats 1t is nonsense;
there was no bargain There abundant discussion
between men OF opposite parties in both houses last
February. There brief speech by Mr. Charles
Foster, who represented the district in which Mr..
Hayes then lived and who know him we'll, IN which
speech Mr. Foster publicly and in his place in Con-
gress said, addressing the Southern msmbers:-
Whom Governor Hayes appealed to the people of
tho South 10 his letter OF accept ance he addressed
he south an integral par. o. the ns,ion Are mot mot
Southern States the equal Of those the North East
or west u mas been said sneermgly and for the
actions 'vhat the South under Governor Hayes must
submit 20 an unconditional surrender to the repub-
can pnrtyr" No, Sir. No such demand will be nude.
All that Will be expected Is the patriotic co-operation
OF the Southern patriots work Of restora
ton through the Union, the constitution and the
enforcement of the laws In this great work the
representative men Of the South have already disin-
gushed themselves for patriotism and statesmaushlo
during the pending Of the present crisis our his
tory.
There was Dprivate note from Mr. Hayes to Mr..
Foster, which published in the republican organ
here within four days alter Fosters speech was de-
livered, which approved all that Foster had said.
This published letter from Mr.. Hayes was 10 these
words:-
Assure any OF our Southern friends that am i'm.
pressed with the Necessity OF a complete change OF
men and policy. shall stand by the ideas outlined
In my letter Of last summer.
Tho ideas to which he alluded in his letter of &C.
ceptance were In these Words
Let me assure my countrymen of the Southern
States that II shall be charged with tho duty
Ranizng and administering II will be which Will
the coored people, both and equally, and which Will
put forth ITS best efforts in behalf Of civil policy
which will wipe out forever the distinction between
North and South In our common country.
Finally, there was an equally public statement by
President Grant, made the 25th OF February, IN
which he SAID
II we're to recognize the republican Governors
they would have TO be by military FORCE and
think The entire people tired of the military beng
employed TO sustain State government Ii "a repub-
lican state government cannot sustain ITSELF then
IL
let Congress- not the President, provide Il.
All tnese utterances-Mr Fosters speech In the
House, Mr. Hayes lolter 10 Nj. Foster approving il,
the letter OF acceptance TO which Me- Hayes referred
ana the remarks OF General Grant-al were public,
read by everybody, known TO Mr.. Chandler and 10
everybody else, and received by him. so far as the
public knows, without word or motion Of protest
ln tho taco OF such public declarations there
was no need of private bargains. AS Mr.
ma
seems him unrepubcan policy one
Is curious to know whether ne acquicsccd then, be-
Cause he thought Mr.. Hayes and Mr.. Foster aud
General Grant INDUCING IN an eiec,ionecrng
trick, and, 10 uso Western phrase, 'wero playing
IT, on the country and on tho democrats. Such a
Suppositon would BIO ungcnerous were not that
there IS precedent for 1t. IL very long since
Senator, talking with the President about his policy
was reminded by Mr.. Hayes that tho nth section OF
tho Cincinnati platform required reform of the civil
service according to certain clearly defined
rulcs, and the Senator replied that this
section was put into the platform only 10
please lot OF half crazy fools who would have bolted
II had bccn lett aud lose votes the party could
not just then spare; that II 10 be car
ried out; that everybody who anybody know
aud perfectly understood that was not TO be carried
out, aud that II was mere iraud to pretend
otherwise. About the ntrigues aud swindics of tho
Returning Board Mr Chandler, according to his
own account, knows enough to mako him a
good witness, ami about that II Is hoped no
will tell all no knows. Tho istration does not
troue,s ITSELF about the members OF tho louisiana Rc
turning >ard The President holds his place by the
decision tho Electoral Commission and not by any
frauds which may have been com mitted IN Louisiana
II wrong done there he Will not protect the wrong
doors nor seek stand between them and exposure
sA~l-.
wrong doing might embarrass him. its discovery and
pun'shmens certainly would not.
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 1878.
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