The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-10
ANXIOUS JOHN
SHERMAN SENDS ANOTHER APPEAL
20 THE INyEsTEGATEAG
COMMITTEE.
lie Displays Great anxiety to Clear Eaim-
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NE Displays Great anxiety to Clear Hira-
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WASHINGTON, July g.-Secretary Sherman
has given out the following
WASHINGTON, July 8, 1873
To Hon. Clarkson N. Potter, Chairman lnvestt-
gazing Committee Of the House " Repre-
senta ives:
Sir-I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt OF your letter Of the first Instant
upon my return to the city after b11ef ao-
sence, in respect to evidence rendered by me
to prove frauds and intimidation at the elec-
tion. | have to say that since the date OF
your letter the question seems to have been
settled by the committee in favor OF taking
such testimony, as +. l.. Weber, o witness
called by the committee has been examined
as to whether there was violence and fraud IN
East Feliciana
In his prepared statement he was not only
allowed to testify to the extent OF violence
md fraud In East and West Fellciana, but to
the causes Of that violence and its effect upon
the election, and the next day was examined
by the members OF the committee, distinctly
upon the causos and grounds tor throwing
out the vote of those parishes, and surely,
when the committee thus seeks to prove that
violence and intimidation did not prevail In
the parishes 1t cannot be denied to prove
that murder, whipping, burning, raldlng ana
all forms of intimidation did prevail in both
II
were sufficient to deter every Republican
voter from voting, though there had previous
ly been recognized majority there OF nearly
1000 Republicans Whether the testimony
shall be taken anew by your COMMITTEES, or
that taken by former committees shall be re-
eoived | will with entire Difference await your
| decision.
With view to identify the testimony Of
fered by me- have placed 1t in the hands OF
one Of your committee In the order in which
1t is referred to in my written offer. In view
of the fact that your committee Is now en-
gagged in taking further testimony Intended
to show that the declarations set forth in the
various protests are not true it seems to me
that | should be allowed to prove by ad-
dltional testimony that these protests are
true
/ also call your attention to the nature and
character Of the testimony by E. l. Weber on
the third of July, when no member OF the
minority of the committee was present tC
object ar to crOss-examtne, and when by some
misunderstanding my counsel was denied the
privilege of cruss-examinattOn, unless he dd
so against what was claimed to be the order
| and wish of the majority of the committee
The questions are not only In the form o
! leading, but he was allowed to testify to com
mon rumOr, and TO his inferences based upon
common rumor, and this not only as against
me, but against several members Of the House
of Representatives and other high officers o.
the government.
| also beg leave to correct mlsapprehen.
sion into which you have fallen, saying that
had given to the public comm unications de
signed for you. The only communication
have given to the public is my formal offer q
testimony Of violence, and that / only gav'
several weeks after 1t was sent to you, ant
after Mr.. Morrison's paper had been pub
lished. But 1 now respectfully ask that m!
tender of testimony, my memorandum T.
your com mittee and this letter may be pub
tished in the official records
4 have also to state that am now prepared
at the convenience of the committee to submit
testimony here in Washington TO repel th
charges against me, and have given Mi
Shellabarger list of witnesses whom | as
, may bB subpGnaed.
Very respectfully, JOHN SHERMAN.