The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-03-26


but 20 have done II on the attn oI
March, immediately upon his aasum'
Ing the ofiios of president, aud II he
found that his constitutional duty
required Packard ~ surrender
his office, he should also have
recognised the great duty oi
surrendering his own, do not mean
10 intimate u doubt that President
Hayes WIS eAlllled 10 the vote of Lou
islana II Ii my settled belief that
Louisiana declared Tor him, but all
certainly kuoS II that II Packard was
not elected President Hayes was not,
II the latter ID not an usurper, Nichols
II. | eau Soc NO possible escape from
the conclusion, either that tho presi,
dent has uuurped his own oi,ice, or
that he has aided Governor Nichols
To usurp his" Referring 10 Senator
Hoar, Of Massachusetts, he said He
Ia one Of those who, ~ II 10 underat ood
now, pursue tho unreoonclled demo'
crals of the south with dishes NJ pat.
ronage, believing In thsir speedy cap
turo Nh ;ondly a. tho boys believe
they will catch the birds, whose
flight they will eagerly follow,
II they can only sprinkle n little
salt on their talls,n lie commented
ut length on the president appointing
democrats TO oilice, aud said "Mr,
president, let no man shy that do In.
Justice 10 the the purposes OF the preei'
dent, am not discussing his purpouee,
but his acts, understand no avowa
himself still TO be republican and tho
friend Of equal citizenship, II Ia not
Tor me to dispute him but II IL for mo
10 say that he has offended both repub-
licanism and equal citizenship M Sam.
uel ]. Tilden never would have offend
ed them. Perhaps had Mr.. Tilden
been made president, events would
have transpired In South Carolina and
Louisiana M they have tranepired.
Mr.. Hampton would have been gov
ernor In the former state aud Mr..
Nichols In the latter, aud after all
this prolonged effort ut pacinca'
ton, tails 0utpouring OF conceas
sion and good will, the angel OF peace
refuses to descend upon us. Day after
day the president sends the dove out
over the angry floods, and night after
night the bird returns, weary and leaf.
less, In these very days, that govern,
ment which rules In Louisiana, which
was born OF presidential grace, aud
not Of popular choice, has slgnalized
its ingratiude by an act not less In
sultlng to the president than atIOcious
in itself II has dared to accuse, try
and convict q member OF the state
board OF returns, OF the crime OF forg
ing the election returns OF Vernon
parish, for 1876. Remember, sir, do
not complain because Anderson was
tried for political ofiense. II he Ia
guilty OF the oflense charged, | have
not n word TO urge In his defense.
The point / make against he
government OF Louisiana IL tn NJ
1t prosecuted not In the name OF pub.
lie justice, but Of partisan malice; that
II prosecuted a man gulltless OF the OFFS
tense alleged against him, .and
known to be guiltless. Anderson IL
the victim not Of mistake but OF
malice; not OF personal, but Of parti.
san malice. He was prosecuted by
that same fell spirit OF party spite
which prompted Georgia, forty years
ago, to offer five thousand dollars for
the privilege OF prosecuting Garrison,
and which, twenty years ago, made
south Carolina clap her hands at the
of lSumner. Anderson
stands convicted in court commis-
stoned by Governor Nichols, who in
turn stands practically commissioned
by President Hayes" He reviewed at
great length the investigation
concerning the Louisiana returning
board, and he argued that
Anderson had no more to do with
Altering the returns OF Vernon parish
han any man who died last century.
Referring to Judge Whitaker, he said:
by the grace OF Andrew
Johnson, was formerly assistant treas
lrer of the United States at New Or
leans; that as such he was defaulter
10 the government In the sum Of more
than halfa million OF dollars when he
sent Anderson to prison that Whit
taker had been under indictment for
that heavy ENLIGHTENMENT, but on the
10th OF April last, just NJ Nichols took
the office which Packard ought to
have, the indictment against Whit.
taker was nolle prosecuted, and he
was permitted to send Anderson to the
penitentiary where he ought to be
In conclusion, he comment.
ed severely on the civil service policy
Of the president, and said 1t was con.
spicuously untrue that senators dicta.
ted to the president. Should man
ever be called to the presidency, so
that he can't discrimi.
nate between advice and dictation, the
sooner he leaves the White House and
lets himself for coaohman, the SOON
er he will let himself to that calling
for which his temper best fits him.