The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-03
miscellaneous.


WASHINGTON. December 26.-Nm M.
f. Chandler. Of New Hampshire. 81
the Republican National Committee.
has addressed an open letter 10 the
Republicans Of the state making men
tion If numbers % explicit statements
concerning bargains made curing the
F1pcterial count and their fulfilmrnt
by their adoption. AMI the consequent
Presidential Southern policy. Mr..
Chandler asserts that the Republican
party. by the advice and procurement
Of Governor HAYES. made power III
Republican hands, and using IT for the
protection Of black and white Southern
Republicans. The main issue of the
Presidential campaign. Chandler says
the bloody shirt. a. II l. called-Wae
freely waved. and Governor HAYES
himself urged public men to put for
ward a our best argument the dan
gers Of rebel rule and a solid South.
Chandler quotes several expressions
from Haves's letter Of November. IS.
when Hayes thought himself defeated.
and said: 1 do not care for myself.
but ! do care for the poor colored men
Of tho South" = = Northern
men cannot live there" The
Southern people VIII treat the consti-
tutItiCnal amendments as nuiiItles. and
then the colored mans fate viii be
worse than slavery. y That
is the only reason hat II news Is as
it is" Chandler proceeds:
OF HAYES not only plcd~ / himself TO
protect 10 the full extern, Of the FEEDER
al power life. suffrage and political
RIGHT, in the South. was counted
in a. President only by reason of such
special pledges by : nator sherman
and other Ohio elnlssarles. who prac-
rically and emphaticaliy promised that
he would recognize AMI maintain the
lawful governments oI south Carolina
and louisiana. and stand by Govern
ors Chamberlain and Packard" Chan
der amplifies these statements at
length. and proceeds to make
elaborate charges, as follows
Almost the first act O. the new adj
ministration was to fGt.}ll Il bargain
that had been made during the Presi-
Dental contest, by which, if Hayes
should be President. til. lawful gov
ernments of Louisiana and South
Carolina were to be abandoned and the
mob governments in those States We're
to be recognized and established.
Certain Democrats in the House of
Representatives seeing that by both
the concurring decisions of the cleo
toral commission and the regular pro-
ceedings of the two houses under the
electoral bill. which they had morally
supported, Hayes would surely be-
come President, had conceived the
idea of saving something from the
wreck. They had Therefore threaten
ed by dilatory motions and riotous
proceedings to break up the colrt.
and then opened negotiations With
such timid or too eXpectant RepGDli-
ans as they could find. One He .ry
Watterson, a member of the House
and nephew of Stanley Matthews, had
acted as go-between. Senator Sher-
man in the meantime having visited
Ohio and consulted Governor Hayes,
on the one side Matthew'S. Charles
Foster, John Sherman, James A.
Garfield, and on the other side Lamar.
John b. Gordon, Z. J.. Ellis, Randall.
Gibson, f. A. Burke and John Young.
Brown, agreed first that the count
should not be broken in the House,
but that Hayes should be declared and
inaugurated President and second.
that upOn Hayes accession the troops
should be withdrawn from the sup
port of Chamberlain and Packard, and
that the new administrations should re-
cognize Wade Hampton and Gco.
Nichols. After the inauguration the
bar. ain was fully carried out. Gov
errors Packard and Chamberlain were
notified by Matthews and Evarts to
get out" Chandler proceeds at great
length, noticing. among other things.
the appointment Of Key. who in the
Senate denounced Haves's title as
fraudulent, to the postmaster general
ship.
WAsHTNGToN, Dee. 2S.-Amazement
at Chambers Letter increases. The
New York Ecening Post says: The
latest performance of VIM f. Chandler
is one which it suspects the other
Chandler would be ashamed of"
New YORK, Dec. IS. Secretary
Sherman, who is i'll town, was inter
viewed yesterday i'll regard to charges
made by VIM. T.. Chandler and gave
the following as authoritative denial on
his part. There is no truth whatever
i'll the story. | never made any such
bargain as is alleged in the letter and |
do not believe any of the others did. |
voted and made a two hours speech
against the electoral bill and fought
these very meu, Randall, Gibson s Co.,
with whom Chandler says | made a
bargain. As to my going down to Ohio
to see Gov. Hayes, it had some refer
ence to the office of Secretary of the
Treasury which he had offered TO me.
and as to the alleged secret writing in
possession of Mr.. Burke, | know of
none, and | do not believe there exists
one. AS regards the reasons for re-
moving the troops from Louisiana and
South Carolina, have given them fully
already in my Mansfield, Ohio. speech
last summer. This is all desire IL
say.