The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-01-23
THE PRESIDENTIAL FRAU D.

The well.known and oft repeated
fact. that Samuel j. Tilden was
cheated ont of the Presidency and
that the present incumbent of the
White House is acknowledged by
every honest man in America to be a
fraud and a usurper, is yet attract
ing marked attention. Blair, of Ma
ryland, has very recently introduced
remarkable set Of Resolutions in
the Legislature of that State, looking
to a recount and a fresh deal; and
Bill Chandler, of Maine, the chum
and boon companion of Blaine, who
was the giant thief and chief manip
uIator in the grand cheat, has come
out with a remarkable letter, &C
knowledging all his infamies and
that of his party, and telling US
plainly all we knew before.
And yet more recently, at our
Louisiana home, has this ugly ques-
Lion been opened, and for one, we are
glad that it returns to its native
heath, where it was planned, con-
cocted and found birth, under the
patronage and parental protection
of the notorious Louisiana Returning
Board. We are glad, we repeat, that
it should again come to the surface
here, because, for one, we have al
ways believed, and believe n0aC more
firmly than ever, that the bargain
and trade were made here between
high contracting parties of the Re.
publican party and few Conserva-
tives and unsound Democrats, which
was the sole and true cause why Mr..
Tiden, the nominee of the National
Democracy, was cheated, defrauded
and bargained out of his rights, fair
Iy attained through the ballot boxes
Of the Union. We believe this firm
ly and honestly, and every day as it
marks the tread Of the vagaries of
the politicians, convinces US that our
nominee was bargained of for a con-
sideratlon anil the mess-pots Of Lou
isiana offices, and, for one, shall re-
main firm in this belief, till some
half-decent proof convinces US other
wise. At the time Of the cheat and
bargain, we wrote plainly about it.,
refused to work in its harness, and
now take this occasion to renew our
creed on the abomination, and that,
for one, we do not "hold Mr.. Tilden
in contempt" nor do we believe that
Mr.. Hayes will do more for us than
Mr.. Tilden even dare do"
Pertinent to this subject, and
what we intended when our Faber
led US into the muddy track, are the
following remarks Of Senator F. c..
Zacharie, Of Orleans, which we ask
our readers to read and mark well.
In the main we agree with the Sena-
alor, except the pretty words about
Mr.. Hayes, and make room for them
accordingly:
"Mr. President, I do not propose
to follow the honorable Senator from
East Baton Rouge, who has just ia,
ken his seat, through all the details
of his argument. | shall content
myself with demonstrating that this
is neither the proper time nor the
proper place for the passage of such
resolutions. There was a time when
such step would have been emil.
nently proper, and the people of this
State and of the country at large
would have hailed with reclamation
such proceeding on the part of the
gentleman. More than twelve
months have rolled away since then,
and, sir, the true patriot, as he looks
back upon that period of discord and
CONSERVATION throughout the land,
shoulders with horror at the thought
upon how slender thread hung the
fate of the Republic, and how nearly
the country escaped the brink of an
intestine war, which would have sur
passed in its atrocities all those
known to history.
Sir, the Senator from East Baton
Rouge has to-day shown US, as he
said, with the greatest pride of his
life, his commission as an elector of
the State of Louisiana, and l could
not but reflect, as he spoke, how the
cry of fraud and outrage must have
echoed and re-echoed in his ears
when he was called upon TO act in
that capacity, anil how thoroughly
convinced he was, as all other men
were, that his position as such rested
on the baldest and boldest outrage
against free government that the
world has ever seen. Sir. then WAC