Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-09
GOV. HENDRICKS on THE RETURN
ING BOARD TRIALS.

indianapolis, Feb. 2O.-In the conven-
tion Gov. Hendricks in his speech, said !:
One of the Louisiana criminals has been
tried and convicted. The Presidents and
John Sherman say he should not have
been tried. Why not 7 His guilt and
! that of others is shown by the verdict.
1t is a high crime against the nation,
| and threatening the stability of free in-
| stitutions. What are the relations be-
| tween the President and Mr.. sherman.
| and the accused, that authorize or per-
| nit an effort on their part to influence
the judicial proceedings in State Court.
! After Il long and terrible contest 1T is set
| tied that the state election of State
| Legislatures must be FREQ from military
influence and control. So it must he
understood that the President and his
Cabinet cannot directly or Indirectly in-
tcrfere with the judicial proceedings un-
der State authority.
! State courts must be wholly free and
independents of Federal control, except
| where the consti utIon and laws give to
the Federal judiciary an appellate ST.
! pervision. 1t is to be regretted that the
acts developed on the trial are of such Il
character as to create an anxiety on the
part of the President and any Of his Cab
| met, but they cannot avoid the effect
| upon the public mind of an exhibition of
| that anxiety, and of the unsceming de-
| nunciation of the State authorities.
!J'hilst it is true that the title of Mr.
] Ise
| Uheeler to the Office Of Vice President
| has been settled under the solemn forms
! of law, and whilst it is our duty, in my
| judgment, to recognize the title because
| it is the interest of the public stability
| and tranquility TO do SO, il is still none
the less true that an imperative duty de
mands that fitting punishment should he
visited npon the public criminals in the
| South through whose crime that judg
| ment was obtained
Because the Judgment is final and con-
elusive forms no reason why immunity
s(.onld be secured to the criminal through
whose PERJURY it was obtained. If this
| is true ola simple property Judgment,
! rendered in a court of law. much more is
elective sovereignty of the nation.
The very fact that it was successful
| furnishes the strongest reasons why the
condign Punishment of it's perpetrators
should cover it with perpetual infamy,
| and manifest to all future conspirators
against the liberties of the nation the
danger of attempting it's repetition.
!
70 While the President of the United
States is not exciting himself to any
great extent to enforce civil service re-
expected of any one President in the
good cause of helpirg along church fairs
i'll Maryland In this particular he is
developing a talent for usefulness which
l. was little suspected he possessed,
| probably, when he was n candidate for
the high position which he occupies. He
| never once referred to this sort of thing
in his admirable letter of acceptance, IN
which the people got so many valuable
suggestions and quite Il prosusion of
promises, about civil service reform but
these are days of surprises, and we ought t
to expect such things There are sever
al good results attending the presence of
Mr.. Hayes at the church fairs he doubt
less exercises Il good moral influence on
the sale of cheap articles at extravarart
prices he advertiseS the concern as only
a President could lie picks ont the most
effective hymns to be sung, and no doubt
| buys chance in every green and red
! pine cushion set up to be ratified off. The
church fir has also brought out the i'm
portant fact, which tho country has long
| wanted to know, that the President can
shake hands with exactly one Thousand
two hundred and thirty eight of his fel-
low-citizens, in forty-tive minutes This
we believe, is the first instance on rec
ord of such a thing being timed, and since
il has been, it must be regretted that
Mr.. Hayes appears to be a rather too
| deliberate hand-shaker. Grant and
Sherman both have, no doubt, done bet
ter, but III fortunately they do not seem
to have shaken much at Il church fair,
where they could be timed, and the
world loses the opportunity of actual
| comparsou. And Yet Mr. Hayes bold
Is claims that he doesn't shake hands bv
retal--as he deals out civil service re-
form-and in {; brief speech made the
official announcement that it was a
| wholesale shaking. All this time tho
country appears to be perfectly safe
Anderson remains securely in Jail and the
federal Offices of the land are full of ma
chine politicians, who are wagying the
i administration N most joyful manner
| while the ddnfiniSt ration is wanuiny tiIe
Maryland church fairs. Perhaps it needs
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