The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-27
THE PRESIDENTIAL TITLE,

| lowest depths Of infamy," he SO squarely
| "struck the nail on the head" that we are Ger
tain be spoke with full and thorough lnowl-
edge Of all the cheats, swindles and for
geries perpetrated in this State and
to the Presidency largely rests. Since
the New York Senator 80 freely and
frankly delivered his opinion of the admin
Istration, there have been developments of a
very startling and significant character
L. A bill has been introduced in the House.
framed in accordance with the sixth section
of the bill creating the Electoral Tribunal,
for the purpose of testing the title by which
Mr.. Hayes holds the Presidency before the
Supreme Court of the United States.
g Two Of the members of the canvassing
board Of Florida have made full confession
of the frauds and swindles which, at the in
stigaton and under the direction of the i'm
mediate personal friends of Hayes, they per
petrated and by which the vote of that State
though It had been cast for Tilden, was
fraudulently and criminaly counted for
Hayes.
The confessions of these men were tele-
graphed to the DEMOCRAT and printed in
our columns yesterday. They are substan-
tiated by voluminous evidence, consisting of
afIidavits and confessions of other parties to
the viIlainy which altogether make up full
and complete case and put II beyond questio
that a considerable majority Of the people Of
Florida voted for Tilden, and that under the
constitution and laws Of the United States
and Of Florida the electoral vote of that State
4 -. I, Il
cratic candidates.
In view OF the disclosures in the Florida
case and the notorious villainies practiced In
the Louisiana case, that Democrat, from
whatever section he may hail, who will have
the hardihood to vote against the Kimmell
bill and thus interpose or attempt to inter
pose himself between tho fraudulent admin
istration and tho law and the facts, will pre-
sent curious and extraordinary spectacle to
tho country. There are, we know, Democrats
who will shrink from this issue: who will
deprecate the step 1t is proposed to take. I'm
fortunately there are multitude of time
servers and policy -shripkers in the ranks of
the Democracy who look upon patronage
grabbing and its accompaniments as of in
finitely more Importance to their constituent
cies than the vindication of the great princ-
pies of the constitution which underIie and
can alone sustain our free institutions.
In his last speech before the periured Tri-
bunal Judge Black said:
When tho omnipotent lie shall be throned
and sceptred and crowned, you think we
ought all to fall down and worship it as the
hope Of our political salvation. You will
teach US, and perhaps we shall learn (perhapsss
than II truth had prevailed and justice been
The voice Of the illustrious champion Of the
constitution was hardly silent; the crime he
80 Indignantly and eloquently denounced was
not contaminated before a brood Of time
servers sprang up in the North and South,
that 1t was better to have Hayes,
md fraud, and peace. than Tilden, and right
Ind revolution. Then they told us that. after
all, It was probably better for the country to
nave Hayes under any circumstances and
,hus the press and the politicians came to
preach it as an axiom OF the times that,
lnder the dominion Of fraud and villainy,
we are better off than II truth had prevailed
md justice been triumphant"
And, under this degrading doctrine, the
Better impulses Of the people seemed to have
become enfeebled, and their temper OF re-
distance to wrong to perish. Under It's PERM
,lous sanction every heresy In republication
has been advanced, and theories OF action
defended which are alone admissible under
! despotism and amongst a people degraded
W long familiarity with arbitrary power, and
accustomed to habits of the basest subserv-
,ncy.
But the apostles Of this new doctrine have
lot been able to entirely convert tho American
,eople and reconcile them to the existence Of
IN administration whose title deeds are the
yillainies Of Wells and Anderson, the perjuries
II the negro murderess, Eliza Pinkston, and
,he Florida frauds. The prophetic mind OF
though the fraud might be temporarily sue
,essful; though it might even maintain q
everisb and restless existence through four
years. the American people, so soon as the
acts were fully realized would revolt against
t, condemn 1t, pursue It, chastise it, brand it
With infamy. and possibly overturn 1t. He
oretold this when he said to the periured
At present you have us down under your feet.
Never had you o better right to rejoice Wei
ieath and with hall ara we Of agreement: when
he OVERT wing seourge shall pass through. 1t
'hail not 'me unto ns: for zoe hare made lies
M refuge. and under fdisehoods hare IRE hid
'wseues.. But, nevertheless " continud he,
wait little while. Tho waters OF truth will
rise gradually and slowly but surely. and then
ok Out. for the ova,1 wing soourge The
.efuge of lies shall be swept away and the
hiding place Of sehood shall be uncovered"
With the abatement OF the terrible excite
nent and danger which surrounded the
Of The Great Fraud, the
better sense OF the country Is re-
asserting itself. The country is beginning
% feel ashamed of an administration
whose origin is SO Infamous that it trem-
lies at the threats Of band OF forgers in
louisiana, and Is endangered by the coDfes
lions of a band Of perjurers in Florida. In
Iced. 1t begins to look as IL the refuge Of lies
vas about to be swept away, and the hiding
,lace of falsehood uncovered.