Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1878-05-25
An Unjust Indictment of the
South.
From the New York Sun, May l3.l

FROM The New York Sun, May -.
"What the shareholders rebellion failed to
achieve by force to.day stands accomplished
by fraud. The Government Of The United
States, which the southern armies were un>
able to overthrow, has been Undermined by
corruption.
| Ii is not surprising TO find some of those
who were most active in the futile attempt to
destroy the Government by arms now deiving
under ITS foundations with the devices Of
fraud. Ii is quite consistent for various
Southern rebels, now yclept Democrats. to
bolster up Hayes in the Office of President.
There is no other Way they could do so much
to destroy the Government against which they
once openly appeared in battle array, and
which there is of late too much reason 10 be-
leve they still regard with feeling. of hatred
in this crisis extremely i'll concealed.
Those Northern Democrats who look 10 an
alliance with these former rebels OF the South
as their own road 10 poiiical promotion natur.
ally but 5asely go with them in resisting an
| exposure of the Presidential frauds. These
modern servile followers OF the determined
Southern conspirators had their prototypes in
the Northern doughfaces CT tho days OF
slavery.
The people see into the true condition of
things. The day Of re,ribution will come y
The above unjust and false attack
was made on the Democratic party by
the New York Sun after the Florida
confessions were made, but before the
resolutions to investigate the frauds
confessed were introduced into
Congress; but we have not seen
any retraction on the part of the Sun,
although the Fresolutions were sup
ported by the Democrats and opposed
unanimously by the Republicans in
Congress, who have continually re-
sorted to the trick of breaking the
quorum in order to defeat the investi-
cations, which many of them bad
previously claimed to desire. They
90 not want an investigation, because
they know very well that it would
expose their own guilt, for all the
leaders of the Republican party were
parties to the frauds. or they were at
least all cognizant of the facts.
The New York world of the 18th
has very able reply to this article of
the Sun; in defence of the South and
the Democracy, which we would copy
but for its length. We thank the
World fol this defence of our SLAM
dred members of Congress.
None know better than the editor
of the New York Sun that the South
ern Democrats elected Tilden, and
that they did all they could to pre-
vent bis being robbed of bis Office;
that its assault upon the South be-
cause Hayes refused to overthrow our
State governments is unjust, unreasou-
able and devlish. 1t heaps abuse
upon Southern Democrats for allow.
ing what they could not prevent; for
recognizing the Hayes administration
after the rest Of the United States
bad done sO-and the Sun was among
those who advised this course. 1t
denouuces them as rebels for having
attempted to forcibly defend what
they considered their rights, and in
the same breath abuses them for not
repeating the same experiment. Both
the injustice and inconsistency of the
Sun are proven by the scenes now
being enacted 10 Congress, and the
former cause of that Journal, which
advised acquiesence in the unjust and
partisan decisions of the Electoral
Commission. in refusing to admit any
evidence of election except the certiG-
Gates that were known to be fraudu.
lent, and then refusing to apply the
same rule to the Oregon returns as it
did to those of Louisiana and Florida.
The Democrats of Louisiana, Florida
and South Carolina did all thew could
to prevent the fraud by exposing it,
and although deserted by their North.
ern allies, refused to submit to it so
far as it related to their local govern.
ments. All tho falsehoods that can
be invented will never prove them
responsible for the triumph of fraud.