The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-05-29
THE LAST WAVE.

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occasion of the excitement, their
Congressional Committee have is
sued an address to the people of the
country. AS this is their key note
for the campaign, row about opened
it is well that we should make this
document public. Here it is:
The Democratic House of Repre-.
sentatives has to-day, by a party
vote, adopted aresolution which, I'm
der the pretense of an investigation,
is to lay the foundation for a revolu-
tionary expulsion Of the President
from office. $50 roy as.E =
.. This is the elimination Of q plot
which has been on foot from the day
that Hayes and Wheeler were con.
stitutionally declared elected. It
made its first public appearance in
the resolution of the last Democratic
House, adopted at the close Of the
session, declaring that Tilden and
Hendricks were elected. Tilden and
Hendricks subsequently made SINH
lar public declarations them selves.
A few timid members have long held
hack, and some Of them after being
coerced to the final vote, still pre-
tend they will bolt as soon as their
partial and one-sided investigation
shall be ended. In other words,
they intend after hearing suborned
evidence to bring in a verdict that
Hayes is a usurper, and that he shall
not remain in office. These men
have no control in the Democratic
party. They dared not even follow
Alexander H. Stephens in revolt
against a caucus dictation to the ex-
tent Of showing some sernblance Of
fair play. They will be impotcnt in
tie future as they have been in the
past. Moreover, it is difficult to be-
lieve in their sincerity, in view of
the public avowal of their party that
its purpose is, if possible, to dis
place the President. 1t is a matter
of history that the resolution just
la'iopted was framed to express this
object. The Speaker of the House
was consulted in advance as to
whether he woul,l rule that it was a
privileged question. The party
I managers were anxious to conceal
their purposes if possible. In this
they were defeated by the Speaker,
who would not rule it a question OF
privilege unless it clearly assailetl
tie title Of the President. The res
olution being offered, he real a care.
fully prepared opinion deciding it to
be question of highest privilege be-
cause it involves the question of the
validity of Hayes title. Here are
his very words: "A higher privilege
than the one here involved, and
broadly directly presented as to the
rightful occupancy of the Chief Ex-
ecutive chair of the Government, and
the connection Of high Government
officials with the frauds alleged, the
Chair is unable to conceiye. The
Chair finds enumerated among the
questions of privilege set down in the
manual the following: Election Of
President The Chair therefore
rules that the preamble and resolu-
tion embrace questions of privilege
of the highest character, and reeog
nizes the. right of the gentleman
from New York to offer the same
Upon this the Republicans com
menced q struggle against the reyo.
lutionary scheme, which after five
days. duration, terminated in the
success of the conspirators. The
Republicans offered to favor the full
est investigation into all alleged
frauds, by whichever party charged
to have been committed, but the De
mocracy pursued it's course shame
lessly and relentlessly, and stifled al
inquiry into attempts at bribery il
Oregon, South Carolina and Louisi
, ana, and murder and violence in sew
eral Of the States. Neither amend
J, ment nor debate was allowed. Tht
memorable previous question was ap
piled and enforced. This scheme i
pursued-ane it is now fully. ,inaugu
, [rated-can only have the effect o
further paralyzing business Of al
kinds, preventing the restoration o
confidence which seemed promising
: casting gloon on every household
, and bringing our nation into re
; proach before the civilized world.