Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-26
NUMBER Il.

hia COMMISSION in sarcastic tuue~end said IL Il
Was eff mission to derose an actual Governor, they
oi not consume time enough Under the constitIt-
ton OF Lossiana, four years ars required for that
Fsfeose could not, therefore. see all thst tran
siifa III Louisiana, The DEVELOPMENT of new policy
Tor the Republican party, or In. abandoning of an
ON tohcy. saw only acquic5eence In what seemed
- % q e'sssfeeaoie necessity, but was not pre-
pared TO see the act advertised rs ono OF the Presi
oels1 choice, which every Republican, a. well as
every Democrat, WAS bound to opr,,tse
- was i'sefe TORE matter IF surpriss and pro-
ionid regret also that heard The PRECEDENT deslars,
III MS iGte annual message that this 3iscopti,auc
OF the use OF the army for the purpose oil uphodtn
ioeai governments IL two States of the Union
ies constitutional duty and requirement. under tho
circumstances existing at the Time than il was !.
mnch needed measure for the restoration of local
sen government and the promotion of national bar
ihohy II that DE correct definition of the fres;-
dent southern policy, longer IL doubt AS Il,
whether approve ii not. 1t impossible that j
aho'id approve 1t now or ever 1t is clear abandon
iaet OF one OF the plainest aud most solemn dutie.
charged the President BY the constitution and laws
of the United States
When the President abandoned the government Of
Louisiana todomestic violence, he surrendered tho
constitutional rights OF single State but when he,
advertised he would never interfere where the result
OF a election Is disputed. he surrendered national
slsfoEattHer Vital to Institutions he abjured
constitutional duty essential TO every State; he pro
esalaed license to insurrection; he notified the mi
netS IN every State, when defeated by the ballot.
appeal 20 the hayoIis and he proclaimed iii advance
tttt The nation shah be neutral IN the conflict
II Packard was not elected Governor of Louisiana
os1lg can be more certain than that Hayes not
elected fseslient OF the United STATED. Without tho
electoral oe OF Louisiana the world h1roYs HayeB
had not the votes in the electoral college
necessary to constitute election. If Louisiana did
net vote for Packard the whole world knows that
louslais did not vote for Hayes Packard received
lesf1y 2eae votes more than come of tho Hayes
electors.
Under The constitution the President had but o1,o
pam duty to discharge. that was to ascertain
whether the constituted tribunals of Louisiana had
declared Packard TO be governor. II 80, then to de
tn ..F NJ
legally required 80 to do II they had no, SO de
ciared, then 1t was equally his duty not merely tc,
nave withheld all support of fackards preteuge but
toshaFe given all required support To the CLAIM OF
Sachard's rival. ii wac his duty to have done tilnt
not merely onthe Goth of April but TO have done 1T
on the 4th of March Immediately upon his aseunin..
the otftco of President, and if he found 1t his con
stttlonal duty TO require Packard to surrender his
efheo, he should have also recognized the duty OF
stirrendefinE his own
l DO not mean 10 intimate doubt that President
Hayes was entitled to the vote of Louisiana. 1t Is
my settled belief that Louisiana declared for him.
but all certainly know that II Packard was moi
elected, President Hayes not. II the latter IS
not usnrper Nichols is. ! can see no possible es-
capo from the conclusion, either that the President
has usUrped his office, that he has aided Gov
crnor Nichols to usurp his.
After long discussion of the Louisiana case and
southern question generally, Senator Howe contir-
ued.
AR. President Let no man say do Injustice TO
the purposes of the President / am uot discussing
his purposes but his acts. ] understand he still
equal citizenship. II Is not for TO dispute him,
but 1t 10 for me TO say he has offended both Repub-
licahism and FREQ citizenship Samuel j. Tilden
never would have offended them, perhaps. Had
Gr. Tlden been made President events would have
TRANSFERRED in South Carolina and Louisiana as they
nave tfanspired. Mr.. Hampton would have been
III tho latter So far the onenso
would have been precisely the came
but that would have been offenAe not against Re
pubhcaus in those States. Mr.. Tilden would have
decided, perhaps, that Hampton aud Nichols wcre
CHOSEN governors of these States, aud that II SO.
they ought TO be recognized and then if not so Bince
acaeseed in his decision. But President Hayes
made such decision. and does not mako il today.
Mr.. Itlden would have excluded Packard and Cham
beriain because he decided against their election.
President Hayes excluded them because their election
Easdisputed The former would have given errone-
Gus Judgment and would then have 1t executed.
Ireeiaent Hayes has abandoned the judgment seat
TO the rifle clubs IN these States and left them make
decision Which the constitution and courts com
tnanced him to make. Infinitely worae than that, no
has permitted proclamation to be made in his name
that when the rifle olliba chose 10 take part behalf
OF ticket lib mol necessary for them to elect their
ticket, bbng 10 dispute the election of tho Other
And after all this prolonged effort at pacifcstiou.
This outpouring OF CONCESSIONS and good will, the
angel Of peace still refuses to descend on rra. bay
after day tho President sends The dove out over tho
angry Hoods and night after night the bird returns
weary aud eafesa, In these very days, that govern
ment which rules Louisiana. which wag born of
presidential grace sud not OF popular choice. has
sgnalizedits ingratitude by act not ess insulting
TO the President than atrocous i'll Itself 1t has
dared to accuse Try and convict member OF the
State board OF canrassers OF tho crime of forgnf;
the election returns of Vernon pariBl OF 1876.
Remember cir, do not complain because Anderson
wes tried for political o0erae. II he is guilty OF
the offence charged have not syllable to urge in
his dofenac. The point make against Tic govern
ment OF Louisiana il that 1t prosecuted, not III tho
name OF public justice but of partisan malice; that
it prosecuted man guiltless of the offence alleged
against him, aud known 10 be guiltless Anderson ia
the victim! not of mistake but OF malice; not OF
personal but of partisan malice. lie prosecuted
By the same foul spirit OF party spite which prompted
Georgia forty years ago 10 offer s. p0e for the priv
lego Of proeecuttng Garrison, and which twenty
years ago made South Carolina clap her hands al t
whipping OF sumner. Anderson stands convicted
court Commissioned by Governor Nichols, WHO III
turn stands practically properly commissioned by
President Hayes.
lie reviewed tie action Of Tho returning board ut
length ridiculed the idea that Anderson forged the
| returns, aid said Whitaker by the grace oil andrew
Johnson, formerly assistant treasurer Of tho
United States 1T New Orleans that ouch he was
defauer 10 the government in the sum Of more than
| hef a million dollars, when he cent Anderson to
prison, thai Whitaker had been under indictment
for that heavy einbe2ziement, bat the 1ath ni
April last, Just Nichols took the Office Sfdci,
Packard ought to have had, the Indictment against
whitaker was nate FF0aeTuted, and hc waB permit
tod TO send Anderson to the pGniteutary, where no
ought 10 be himself
t he senatof spoke in lie following tone of civil
service rbforinI an eminent atRCsutan from TGn-
lucky recently made pilgrimage to Boston IN tho
terest civ service reform. when in eight Of that
great monument which marks the spot where iiuruac
,iiate yalor died for immortal TRUTH no dared to say
the of:refoI1u in The hands Of brave viii
not be put down defeated by the SCOTS and erl-
ot It's enemies. should like 10 ask this apostle
Of the Bo3tonans who hoge enemies OF reform arc
against whose deCieiou he has to incIte brave
III spite Of all The yociferous pirate about reform
Ct civil aeryice no man has formulated tho Dan
has defined il,
do not know what they mean by IL. Tho prezi-
dent did i6sue order forbiddug those employed
the civil service from acting political committee
political conventions. IL that what il meant hy
reform OF tie civil service If, ~ Tie President has
already abandoned 1t, or i Insinforned ii hc
Still believes that reform. he - the only
in the United states "3 does believe It, That's not
reform, that IS tyranny. Tyranny which JFadece8
SOY Of his ever attempted and successor VIII
tre TO initiate. Once il nduErjOusiy advertised
that pubic uficers eiionid not be removed duriu::
their oiticis. terms without c1nsn. As already
marked, ] believe ii that rUc. have I.Iyasif al
l,ered TO IT, but the President has flagrantly violated
II. That surely cannot be what IL meant bv reform.
OF the civil service.
Iattcrly il has been suggested that the great re-
form consisted III making appointments 10 Office Tc-
gardless of the ndsice OF Senators and RoIressuta-
tses from the States and so s,naahing the riacgiine
lnsome conspicuous cases. the very reverse has been
done. What The rule rs upon this on any point
touching appointments 1t is given to finite intci-
Egence 10 Knew. But have four remarks to max
upon this last suggestion
tirst-An Presidents have been. all President
nltst be, and President Hayes 10 guided by the samG
advice and that advice does Come aud viii CONF
frcId one Or the other of three sources. Either II
VII be supplied by those whom the several States
have selected for their representatives or byhose
who have not been, but to be, chosen represen
tatives, Or y Will come from the office brokers' who
have 10 political aspirations, but do strictly cash
| business.
Second-When any President will absolutely re-
eGe the Representatives from all responsibility for
thai multitude who want oico and not get 1t, lie VIII
1hied them from that service wiiic, most mpairs the
| usefulness and imperils the continuance OF Their
eInpioyments.
| Third-Wbeii any President viii take upon hiraaelt
the sole responsibility for all OF whom he does and al
others whom he does not appoint, he VII not need to
pledge himself against SECOND terni The best
man ever born could moi achieve second term tia
der such a load.
/ Fonrth-Hketter tio people viii haze n irarro;esl
aor,iee ppeIts seircteN IiIofI