Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-06-22

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the country will begin to believe
that Anderson is as likely to be
correct as not when lie swears that
the We! er-Auderson paper surren-
dercd by Matthews is forgery.
Elmira Advertiser (Rep.).
The revelations made with ref.
erence to the letter writing Of Mr..
Stanley Matthews by the
Potter Investigating Committee
shows what folly it is, under the
guise Of honesty md reform to
take the management Of great po-
lltical affairs out of the hands of
experienced and accomplished
statesmen and place it in the hands
of stockings and babes. Here is
this man Matthews, a United
>tates Senator, one of the shining
lights of the Greedy insurrec,ion
against Grant, the bosom friend
and confidential agent of Hayes,
openly assuring these Louisiana
scalawags that they will oe taken
care OF il they only hold on to the
State. There is no use trying to
Disguise the fact that these letters
are not only damaging to Mr..
Matthews, but unfortunate for the
President. The known intimate
and political relations which have
existed between them, not only
before the election but since, rem
der it necessary that the President
should disavow the action Of Mr..
Matthews, and be prepared with
clean record to satisfy the people
also that he has done nothing since
becoming President in the direc.
ton Of carrying out and fulfilling
the disreputab,e propositions and
bargains Of his confidential friend.
The Maryland Journal.
This week we give to our readers
chapter in the Investigations now
being made by the Potter Commit
tee of the House Of Representatives
uron the electoral frauds in Louisi-
ana and Florida in 1876. In CON-
mon with our fellow citizens We
feel pain p'ortifcation, as an Amer
lean, to publish such facts concern
ing our own countrymea ; but it is
necessary, and we do not shrink
from it. The importance of the
investigation will compensate for
its length. It would scarcely
seem possible that in country Of
intelligent and Christian people,
men high as officials in OR Gov
eminent could be found who would
be de;es ted as the authors Of such
Infamous frauds as that of classifying
the returns in an election, that the
.electora! vote of State might be
counted for a person who never
received majority Of the suffrages
of the people OF such State. And
still less possible that person
could be found who would delib
erately accept SO high an Office as
President upon such a state Of
facts. But so it is being proved.
The Newark Journal.
It is not surprising to learn that
Levisee's testimony creates great
excitement in Washington, and is
considered by far the most impor-
tant thus far brought out. Upon
the testimony of a Hayes eiector,
and one solidly opposed to the
Democracy, as shown by his pre-
vious testimony and his smart, hits
at committeeman, it is now made
clear that Hayes is President by
a forged process that the question
of the right to the Office OF Presi-
dent of the United States was there
fore decided by the Republicans in
! Congress and in the Electoral Com.
mission upon forged papers, and
the Judgment rendered rests upon
forgery. 1t is quite clear now why
Stanley Matthews came up to the
qualification scratch Of voting for
Kellogg for Senator, Kellogg was
a party to the forgery. He affixed
the seal of the State to the forged
papers. He has been paid for his
services.
Detroit Free Press.
There is overwhelming evidence
that the State Of Florida was hon.
es,ly carried by the Democracy in
1876. In fact, some of the Re-
publican visitors were thorough>
~ convinced of this at the time;
and one Of them-Gen. Barlow of