Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-04-26
@THE BREHcH BETWEEN HAYEs ASD HIs
PARTY CANNOT BE- HEALED."
THAT MAX. I"

HtSltous u6Ms 6sa8Q man 0Au lU,UUu
men enrolled and assigned 10 regi.
ments, for the purpose Of seating Til
den In Office, in case Vice. President
Ferry carried out his proposed pro-
gramme.
suggested 10 President G rant that
there seemed to me one way out OF the
trouble, and only one. snd | suggested
TO him the plan Of the Electoral Com
mission. He grasped It In q moment,
aud declared Il the very thing. and that
1t would say. the country. | pledged
him TO secrecy, saying that If 1t became
known Ia advance that the plan WAS
ours, II would be sure TO be defeated
by the Democrats, aud lleft him much
relieved.
In the morning when | went 10 the
White House | found Sherman with
the President, who had told him OF the
plan, and both of them expressed
themselves with unbOunded satisfac.
ton John Sherman, WAlterson, Fos-
ter and other Western men had their
heads together, and were plotting
something l knew.
There was no effort that knew Of to
get me 10 the lines but once, and then
Il failed. / think everybody knew
there was intrigue going on between
the Southern Democracy and the friends
Of Hayes, and the wires between Wash.
iDgtOn and Columbus kept the Ohio
man thoroughly informed AS to ell that
Was doing 10 bic behalf.
Putting this and that together, l was
pretty we'll convinced there was rotten.
Dess In Louisiana, and that en- effort
was making 10 stihs oil inquiry. l
knew nothing, and so could not speak,
and when the Commission determined
not 10 90 behind the returns, there was
no choice but 10 indorse the regular
returns, as presented.
| was not, to speak cAndidly, sorry,
however, that an engagement made
long before, aud that could not be de.
lsyed, prevented my presence at the
vote on Louisiana. | believe that when
the whole truth Of the Louisiana busi-
ness is known, II will sink this Admin.
istra'ion, President and all, to the low.
est depths of iDfamy.
The President is a great friend to,
and wholly iu the hands now, of the
Southern Democracy.
In regard to the ability OF the South.
ern leaders, ConkliDg said Senator La.
mar is unQuestiouably the abest of
them all. Gordon is arrogant Sud
domineering, but by no means brilliant.
Hill has very little honor, even ln his
own State, aud his opinions are change.
able. Butler, Of South Carolina, is
cool aud polished, aud will probably
have enough to do 10 defend his own
cass In correction with hIS seat. Lamar
is the Jesuit Of the Senate. When
Stuart L. WoodtOrd went on his trip
10 Mississippi, Lamar took him 10
charge aud bsWildered him. Poor
Woodford, 1t was like q cat playing
With q mouse. He came home with
bis head full Of Mississippi levee
schemes aud utterly oblivious that any
wrongs had ever been perpelrated on
Republicans In that State. Lamar talk.
ed TO him about the political millen-
mum, and must have chuckled to him.
self over his easy conquest. The willy
MisslSsippian always understands how
10 put hiS best foot foremost.
The Senator then reclted the history
Of the trouble between himseIf and
Senator Gordon.
The Republican Senators who vote
with the Administration are soon
counted up. There's Stanley Matthews
and Christiancy at the West; Hoar,
Dawes and Burnside at the East and
Conover and Patterson, probably, at
he South. OF the Southern Republic.
can Senators, Conover is the only one
whom Hayes can rely upon to vote for
him through thick and thin. Patter-
son has the fear CT political persecution
held over his head by the lawless rulers
of South Carolina, and no one can
blame him for being guarded In his &C.
ion. Bruce, the colored Senator OF
is q good deal Of man.
he has been true as steel all through
his fight with the President, and the
President cannot buy him.
Mr.. ConkllDg says the Administra'
ion has plenty Of money, and thinks Of
'larting a newspaper in New York.
There has been no reform under
Hayes, aud least Of all In the Civil Ser
vice. The Senator did not speak on
The Silver Bill, because It was useless
10 do 90. Conkling says that, In his
opinion, 1t is not possible to speak 10
loo extreme q manner of this Admin.
stratiou. Look at its uSurpation Of
power In Ohio. II openly dictates the
election Of 9 United States Senator
but this is not the most audacious usur.
patton on the part of the present in.
,umbent Of the White House; be has
0verthrown the rightful Government
of Louisiana, and recognized there an
armed usuTper OF the Governors chair.
Packard was elected, recognized and In
power, when Hayes inteFVened.
That man looked on aud consented
when Nichols put himself ct the head |
Of 1000 drilled and organized Rebel |
veterans, placed himself In power,
drove the police from the streets, mag.
istrates from their offices, and Judges |
from the bench, and revoluti0nized the |
state. It was an act Of treason such 40 |
would have hanged Q man In old times,
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