Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-02
The Attack on the President.
w. e. Chandler Charges that
There Were Two Bargains.
I'm agreement uifh Both Repat!icdns aHd
DemoTats-Th The Parties Ttersto-
Pormg the Way for q Con-
gressionoi Inrestig0ftoa.

.7a agreement uith Both Repstllcdas and
Demouats-T The Parties Ttsrsto-
Parmg the Way for a Con-
gres,ionoi Inreshgaf,oa.
A despatch from Washington, d. c., un-
der date of last Wednesday, December 20,
says: Hon. W. E. Chandler, the New
Hampshire member of the Republican Ma
tional Committee, addressed an open letter
to the Republicans of New Hampshire, in
which he makes a number of explicit and
interesting statements concerning alleged
bargains made during the Electoral count
and their alleged fulfilment by the adoption
and pursuance of the Presidents " South
ern Policy" After referring to the decla-
rations OF the Cincinnati convention aud of
Gov. Hayes letter OF acceptance in regard
TO the protection of southern citizens in the
free enjoyment of all their rights, Mr.. Chan
dler asserts that the Republican party, by
the advice and procurement of Gov. HAYES
made the necessity rf keeping Federal
power in Repub lean hands and using it Tor
the protection of black and white southern
Republicans" the main issue OF the Presi-
dental campaign. He says: SO The bloody
shirt as it is termed, was freely wa,e ed,
and Gov. Hayes himself urged prominent
public men to put forward as our best argu-
ment the dangers OF rebel rule and a solid
south" In this connection he quotes sew
eral expressions from Gov. Hayes letter of
November 8, 1876, when the latter thought
himself defeated, and said :. do not care
for myself; but do care
for the poor colored men OF the south
Northern men cannot live there
and will leave The southern peo-
pie will practically treat the constitutional
amendments as utilities, and then the col
ored mans late will be worse than when he
was IN slavery. That is the only
reason regret that the news is as il is
Mr.. Chandler then proceeds TO state that
Gov. Hayes not only pledged himself to
protect TO the full extent of the Federal
power, life, suffrage and political rights in
The south, but Was counted IN as President
only by reason of special pledges given by
Senator Sherman and other Ohio eulissaries,
who particularly and emphatically promised
that ne would recognize and MAINTAIN the
lawful State governments of South Caro-
lima aud Louisiana, and stand b. Governors
Chamberlain and Packard.
Mr.. Chandler amplifies these statements
at considerable length, and proceeds to make
charges as follows:
Wisdom and honor, therefore, il seems TO
me, clearly required that President HAYES
should maintain his own rightfulness OF
title and stand by the men and principles of
his party. Had he done Sc, in my belief,
the Democratic cry OF fraud would have
been the merest folly, the Republican party
would have remained dominant in every
northern State and in several southern
States, and would have swept the country
in the recent fall elections. Instead OF all
this what do we see Almost the first act
of the new Administration was TO fulfill
bargain that had been made during the Pres
identIal count by which, if Hayes should be
President, the lawful governments of Loul-
dOned, and the mob governments in those
States were To be recognized and establish
ed. Certain Democrats in the House of
Representatives, seeing that by the recur-
ring decisions of the Electoral Commission
and the regular proceedings OF the two
Houses under the Electoral bill which they
had ~arnly supported Hayes would surely
be President, had conceived the plan of
saving something from the wreck. They
had, threatened by dilatory motions aud
riOtous proceedings to break up the count,
ahd then opened negotiations with such
timid or too eagerly expectani Republicans
as they could lind ready. They had sue
ceed.d beyond their most sanguine sxpec-
tations. Senator herman had visited OHIO,
and consulted Gov. Hayes. Mr.. Henry
W atters"n, Democratic inenbeT, and a
nephew OF Mr. Stanley Matthews, had acted
as gO-beiH eel, and on the one side MesSrs
Matthews, Charles Foster, John Sherman,
ames 4. Garfield, and on the other L. O.
L. Lamar, John b. Gordon, Z. J. Ellis,
Randall Gibson, Z. A. Burke, and John Y.
Brown had agreed, first, that the count
should not De broken up in the House, but
that Hayes should be declared and inaugu-
rated President; and second, that upon
Hayes accession the troops should be with
nrewn from protecting Governors Chan ber-
lain and Packard, aud that the new Admin
lstration should recognize the governments
Of Wade Hampton in South Carolina and
T. 7. Nichols in Louisiana.
By certain general and indefinite letters,
since given TO the public by a secret writing
now in the hands of f. A. Burke, and in
other ways the agreement was authenticated,
and President Grant was Immediately re-
Iuested by Gov. Hayes counsel on no ac-
Count to recognize Packard or Chamber
lain, but to leave the ultimate decision as
to their fate to the incoming President.
After the Inauguration the bargain was
speedily fulfilled. As soon as the electoral
vote OF their States was safe, Governors
Packard and Chamberlain had been notified
by Messrs. Matthews and Evarts to get out.
Gov. Chamberlain was now summoned to
Washington and informed that he must sur
render. He protested against his taking off,
The President hesitated, but Wade Hamp-
ton demanded the performance of the bar
gain. Mr.. Matthews was sent for, came
from Ohio, and within twenty-four hours
the United States flag was ordered down in
Charleston and Gov. Chamberlain stamped
out. As to Louisiana, the fulfilment pro.
ceeded more slowly, but none the less sure
ly. Packard had made March 2l) a con-
s.itutional call for Federal aid, which it was
difficult to withhold from one as surely Gov