The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-21

His whole transaction Of the business of the
National Committee. of which chance had made
him Chairman. was mess and bungle. His
fighy and ridiculous intrigue5 or wouli-be
inirigues with Grant. his silly row and hu-
his incessant blatherskiting and ogotsm-why,
he wanted to issue an address early in Decom-
HF fs@g @ 9sY s9Ss & Fp9n w H9iG 9i H&S2n &
His latest escaEadc was TO Charge the C9nied-
when the objects Of his rago had done just pre-,
ciscly what he had done himself. that is-voted
for, the ELECTORAL hIll and stood by the count"
frmod Mr.. Iewti's Wow by stntcment that
there was round-robin OF forty-two Confode-
g No. air, he has not. talked especially with
him on this subject while was in Washington.
and he denies having said ANYTHING Of the
sort What he said was that the country owes
the settlement OF the succession to the fidelity
of the Confedetatcs, who, having voted the COM
An analysis Of the vote f1r the commission and
for the count will show that Mr.. Tden's imme
other. II is true that Mr.. Tildcn was seriously
opposed 10 the Electoral bill. But its support
was mainly derived from his nearest friends.
Hewitt and MIR Ficld in the House. Coming
south the Confrderates who suppoued H. aud
nltcrwarl stood by it. as Mr.. Herman and Mr..
Hewitt did, were such men as Tucker. Hill.
Gordon Gibson. md Lamnr-two Of them On.
toring upon six years terms in the Senate, and
Cabinet should Mr. Tiden come IN. The
men who voted against the commission,
c@un, @ CexcepiinSO Mr. Foli who S' ioincd o in in
the lattcrl We're generally hostile To- Mr. ,Tilden.
This 10 Of IT. II sufficient answer 10 Mr.. Hewlus
gallle, very properly and promptly rcbuked
by Mr.. Ellis. But behind it there was n caucus
rule. pledgins the party e stand by the count
HIN have 10 feel lukcwarm? They had just
been elected Democratic Senators They had
incoming Of Hayes. IA early. as the 1871. of
necember. Mr. Lamar Joined Mr. Randall. Mr.
from New Orleans to Mr. Tilden q about this
purport: You have carried Louisiana. The
State will be counted aganstus. Issue an ad;
dress 70 the country stating that YOU are elected
President. and will maintain your title
| think now that the country owcs It's peace and
abstinence and iorbenranee OF MIR. Tiiden. who
! could, only have headed popular emeuta.
B so al n9i eT 9nT 10 SO 9rdiSnd iern at eng " os s
day that there was any improper coiiusion
between Southern psimorrais and the Hayes
moro Just and discriminating turn Of min1;
| hut IN this. rs In other matters. II f. not the
| fret timo lac has been msrcprescnted by that
! lriSky person VINO goes about with 30 much cry
| and SO little wool"
BIIut yhal about the woEmey, .Gonie,r,onco2 .,
he said. the only Democratic memheI- OF Con.
| gress who We're there were Ellis and Levy n
| Louisiana and myself had been asked 70 ~
along with them as a sort Of witness and ref;
| cree, md partly TO learn for Gen. Butler OF
South Carolina whether the intentions oi ne
| Hayes people were as honorahle toward his
| State ~ toward Louisiana. The coming in oi
| Hayes was alrealy assured. was n thorough
! y committed TO II as Garfield. and so was
| Hewitt, and owere all 81 US who acted together
! IN exc utirg the Will OF the commission; MT
urally and properly South Carolina and Lou
isiana wished to save what they could out oi the
| wreck. They wanted the troops removed This
was the burden of the talk on their side. while
| the Republicans present seemed 90 b9 aiming at
! impresstu tug Us with the notion that they were
moi rs biz rascals as W. took them t9 be-. There
ing There was not a word said which might
not have appeared next day, without emeHr-
sa'7'pS dr;umltonaS Iny9pSS s had iSrsotton-ihat
| supped with him that. night and gave
~ known 'Iivy ryafyioiy wh3 cGrri t. learn
them next day, thcre being no cnort or, ,oeca,
Sion f.r coneealment; ! was furursood ,nnd
amused several months a'terward e. mt az
affair 50 ins ignileaut elevated 20 the dEaity OF
cOnioren'r. II was nothing more man q
| pow-wow between persons who, having dif-
iercd Oh the main issue. were agreed upon the
| new phase ot the situatiun-iheiair execution 81
the count and the Just treatment OF the people
| were not wholly lost To- reason AMI good VIII.
You think, then. that the execution Of the
"Tohe suro II w,t- an equally.s 90 a. matter
oi Y ,d faith and good policy; The surrender
ing % DO but 10 stand 10y it, OueIw;so We
should have driiiel into diss 1lutiou and chQos'
What is the feeling in the south on these
matt"rsf the reporter here asked. anu how
=" The people OF the South" Mr. wattersop
| answered, are nothing II not sentimental
One Of their greatest faults is to trust too much
| 10 nuu-aranees. Elusive and credulou- them
selves tAer prodlecton is To- t9ke .,, ,eyeryh0d{ at
WAY into tho White House. They wanted
and fire a few horse pistols. About this time
Hayes .ama emopg them tGil Si ff9mit-rts LII n a@t
erously. He struck their long sut-thcir hos
pitality. II became point OF home feeling
aimiy MIN MI 10 make iuss over him. So they did
| They put the biz pot ia the little one, quite Tor
i1nS iIem 6nly IL What they lad % won for themselves
and that he Lad only done this inter using it for
months u trade on. In its cNubemnce. the
| done an Act Tor which he dil not expect double
pay From the first he has been an intriguer; a
small huck kstcr ot patronage truly faithful to No
trench himself IL the place which he knew 1t
Butt what will the South do2
1T will voto the Democratic ticket until Il
seals Democratic President Or sees Gran
ready debauched by the materalized and miXec
politics Of the North, hop less oi the republl'
ad a5ParaE ME r. 6e o Man on SS a 9d
in sure enough for the Old nag ana Ill uppro
| pr.Htlon.'"
"O6. said Mr. Walterson, laughing, ii
hasn't got 80 low as that lust yet 1T Wlll re-
quire another era Of Grantism 70 do the lol
completeiy.b Thou no added. 80 The time maj
come when you people upon the eastern sca
board will realize the dreadl9l mistake ai,s yG'
duct toward the South. When by your super
cillqGs dsreg9rS Of EEsh EaIs gSssta iSslsa to tS 2
South into an alliance with the west yol
will learn that you have put from yo'
the only conservative force when could hhN
saved you. Extremes often meet, put AWAY
Tor mischief Driven of ly the radiealism %
the East from natural alihnce-an Alllhnc
of conditions and traditiOns-the SOLD anu re
spectacle South. controlled by the prncpc o
| self-praseryAtiOn, will give lts political traluini
and culture 20 the West, Just a. New fnglth,
gave hers to the Republican puly-Wlln ,sucl
cons equences a7 may Well cnusethouEhllullhe lhel
to apprchend the future. You people 90 On a
IL there were no hereafter. You seem 10 tuln
! that because YOU have developed a. lAculy Ia
| initiating the bad manners oi the l,nglisn an
| the bad morals Of The French, you know IL al
| You had better try nnd learn Il little OF your Owl
country If you would retain thr supremacy yol
have 50 long enjoyed. But | see that | am get
| ting out Of current benrnLs," concluded Mi
Watterson, and as there Is no end 10 sue
m0rahzing, | will finish Just here.
The reporter eXlressed his thQnKs, whe
! Mr. WattorsOn asked, When shall lOI pIiL
these notes Of youlsV
| Tomorrow morning.
"Ah," said he. that IS we'll don't want
say ill-natured things about people an4 tn"
run away. | shall. therefore be able Il go
print at once 10 remain TWO or lAioe d"SS
the Everett House
Cincinnati Grave Robbers.