The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-30
The FLORIDA CONFESSIONS.
what the Northern Press Think of Their
Erect on Hayes Title.
Evansville Couriar.l

EHeeb VIZ sHyss
Evansville Couriar
The confession Of McLin makes it reces-
sary that the Democracy of the country
should now insist that the full particulars Of
the crime be made known. Whatever may
be the consequences to society and the eoun-
try every lawful effort should be made to
i,ldicially establish the fact that Samuel j.
Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks were elected
President and Vice President of the United
States, and If there be any lawful means by
which these gentlemen may be seated u Is
the highest duty Of Congress, that those
means shall be employed. No time should
be lost in institutng proceedings, and the
least attempt by the President to interpOse
unconstitutional authority to defeat justice
should be promptly met by all the power
within the control of Congress. The time has
come to square accounts with the knaves who
have robbed a majority OF the American peo-
pie Of their right to govern the country. Let
Congress refuse to adjourn until the account
is settled and settled right.
ALBANY August
There can be no greater crime against pop
,llar government than the snbversion Of the
popular will, as expressed at the ballot-bOx.
A large majority Of the American people de-
clared their Preference for Tilden and Hem
bricks for President and Vice President. Mr.
Hayes thereupon sent his agents into Louis
lana and Florida to rob the majority of the
people of those States of their electoral votes.
1t was done, and he paid Sherman and Noyes
for their criminal services. He then sold out
his confederates in crime against Louisiana
In order to secure conformation Of the otlense
Thus was successfully contaminated the
worst conspiracy ever entered into against
the rights of the people. The rebellion was
the effort Of O few States to separate them,
selves from the remainder. The crime OF
HAYES was revolutionary overthrow of the
baIlot-box and the Inauguration OF rejected
candidate In the office OF President.
Washington Postl
The confessions of the men who engineered
the Florida fraud in behalf of Mr.. Hayes,
while nv no means conclusive testimony,
form long step towards that ultimate com
pletion Of the record, which will compel Con-
rress to take proper cognizance of the great
crime which gave Hayes Presidency to
which he was not elected. None of these
Florida men have told anything that was not
already notorious; but they have put in tan
gible form, for legal purposes, what has hith-
SO firmly had the truth of this common report
become fixed in the popular mind, that
even Hayes and his most intimate friends
long since abandoned the theory that he was
really elected. and fell back upon the doc
trine that Congress could not go behind the
decision Of the Electoral Commission; that Is
to say, the dlitlnde doctrine with higher ap-
plication Now, in view Of the late disclosures,
Mr.. Hayes. and his friends ,, show 49,, a
trine as applied to Congress, and are
falling back upon a piteous plea that the in
terests of peace and tranquility demand that
no controversy upon this subject be raised.
Let us look of this latest plea; The intima-
ton Is that ii Congress passes bill provid-
ing for re-opening of the case, civil strife
will ensue in the country; that the peace and
tranquility Of the nation will be disturbed.
Howl Obviously by an effort from some
quarter to resist the execution of any decree
that might be ultimately pronounced by the
competent authority which such bill would
create. This is not worth discussing. No
body in this country will fight to keep
Mr.. Hayes in tie Office which he has admin
istered with as little credit as he attained it
with little right. No: this plea, which sng
geSts a threat, is too weak and silly to affect
the views or modify the purposes of any
member Of Congress Democratic or Repub-
lican. Nor will this plea serve even the poor
purpose Of an excuse or a preteXt for the
avoidance or evasion of duty by congressman
The idea that great wrong, like the theft of
the presidency for Hayes, cannot be inquired
into and righted without n civil war or ever
without serious disturbance of the state oi
society is, in fact, a calumny upon the Amert
can people and an insult to their intelli-
gence. It may, therefore, be dismissed from
serious, consideration. In due time the fact.
and the law touching the recent theft
of the Presidency will be presented to the
country in proper form upon the floor OF Con
gress. When that occasion arrives it will bt
necessary for every Senator and every Repre-
fSeHlhuNe 10 put lililStli UPON VIC lttp1h IN
flmsy plea of fear that civil war or other dis
turbance may ensue will relieve any Senator
or Representative from the plain letter of hi:
duty when the case comes up; for the bill
when reported, will be backed up by evidence
of the frauds the results of which it is de
signed to repair, evidence that cannot bt
evaded or avoided. That it will become neccs
sary for every Senator and Representative t.
put himself on the record either for or agains
the preparation OF electoral fraud and TIN
encouragement of the crimes of perjury AM
forgery.
The men who are moving in this matter ar
not making any mistakes. They propose t.
open their case when it is fully prepared, an,
not before And when they do open it pre-
sentation of facts will be made, in view o
which every member and Senator will hav
to face the music without any chance t.
dodge behind any fraudulent pleas of pre-
tended regard for the peace and tranquillit
OF the country. What really menaces tina
peace and tranquility is the existence of
fraudulent President, defeated by the people
but counted in by crime.
Many Pray In This spirit.