The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-03-30

tec,, d for his cabinet one man " no
Was not q republican, hut a Democrat
Sill the IL divldual Was 90 we'll known
% him (Mr Howell aud he believed 70
implicitly ia the moderation Of his
apihiobr, the business OF hi s.nti-
nIents, and ibe integrity of his chAf
scteT, that II he could not advised ht-
selection, he could and did not COM
plain of it. He then referred to the
appointment OF Mr. Schurz TO be sec
retary of the interior, and said although
not democrat, yet he was not q
republican. He was equally at home
with all parties aud In all places by
turns. He had been everywhere, and
espoused and deserted every party. He
spoke ike an oracle, and his facile
speech could be fitted to the vicisei-
tudes of parties As readily H. q doubles
laced satin can be turned to hide the
accidents of society. His eritique-
upon his political associates always
gave him popularity with his political
opponents. Inconstant in everything
else, he has always been constant to
his trade, that of politics. His first en-.
terprise Was to revoiutionize the gov.
eminent under which he Was born.
That failed, and be fed. He CON-
mented severely on the lite and
history of Schurz, saying tina,
he threw more mud at General
Grant than any dredge, and ar.
gued that the president had made bad
choice In his appointments. He next
referred to Louisiana affairs, aud said,
"When the president was inaugursted,
stephen b. Packard was governor oil
louisiana. Within sixty days after
that Inauguration, he ceased to be gov.
ernor. When he disappeared the will
OF Louisiana wss suoverted and tramp.
led upon. Ii Mr.. Packard VAS not
elected governor of Louisiana, moth.
ing can be more certain than that Mr..
Hayes was not elected president Of the
United States. Without the electoral
vote of Louisiana, the whole world
knew that Mr.. Hayes had not the
votes in the electoral college necessary
to constitute an election, and If Louis
lana did not vote for Packard, the
whole world knows that Louisiana did
not vote for Hayes. Packard received
nearly two thousand votes more thsn
some Of the Hayes electors. Under
tue constitution the president had bu,
one plain duty TO discharge; that was, to
ascertain whether the constituted tri.
bunals of Louisiana had declared
Packard to be governor; then to defend
his authority to the extent of his abil.
ity, when legally required so to do. Ii
they had not 30 declared, then 1t wa
equally bis duty, not merely to have
withheld all support of Packard's pre-
tense, but TO have given all required
support to the claims of Pscksrd'f
rival. 1t was his duty TO have done
that not merely on the 10th OF April,
but to have done IL on the 4th OF
March, immediately upon his assum.
ing the Office Of president, and II be
found that his constitutional duty
required Packard to eurrende,
his Office. he should also have
recognized the great duty oi
surreDderipg his own. do not mean
10 intimate doubt that President
Hayes Was estitled to the vote OF Lou.
isiana. 1t is my settled belief tina,
Louisiana declared for him, but all
certainly know is that il Packard Wa
not elected President Hayes was not.
II the latter is not an usurper, Nichols
Is. L can see no possible escape from
the conclusion, either that the presi-
dent has usurped his own Office, OF
that he has aided Governor Nichols
TO usurp his" Referring to Senator
Hosr, OF Massachusetts,, he said: "He
Is one of those who, as it is understood
now, pursue the unreconciled demo-
Gratis of the south with dishes of pat
ronage, believing In their speedy cap
ture AS fondly as the boys believe
they will catch the birds, whose
flight they will eagerly follow,
il they can only sprinkle little
salt on their tails" He commented
at length on the president appointing
democrats to Office, and said: "Mr.
president, let no man say that 1 do in
justice to the the purposes of the presi.
dent. l am not discussing his purposes,
bur bis acts. / understand he avows
himself still to be republican and the
friend of equal citizenship. 1t is not
Tor me to dispute him; but II is for me
70 say that he has offended both repub b.
licaaism and equal citizenship rs Sam.
uel J. Tilden never would have offend
ed them. Perhaps had Mr.. Tilden
been made president, events would
have transpired in South Carolina and
Louisiana As they have transpired.
Mr.. Hampton would have been gov.
ernor In the former state and Mr..
Nichols in the latter, aud after all
this prolonged effort at pacifica.
ton, this outpourjng Of eonces-
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. Ia these very days, that govern.
ment which rules in Louisiana, which
Was born OF presidential grace, and
not of popular choice, has signaIized
Its ingratitude by an act not less in
salting TO the president than atiocious
in itself. 1t has dared to accuse, try
and convict member of the state
board of returns, of the crime of forg-
ing the election returns OF Vernon
parish, for 1876. Remember, sir, L do
not complain because Anderson was
tried for a political offense. II he is
guilty OF the offense charged, have
not word to urge 10 his defense.
The point l make against the
government of Louisiana is that
1t prosecuted not in the name Of pub
lie justice, but of partisan malice; that
1t prosecuted man guiitiess of the off,
tense alleged against him, and
known to be gniltless. Anderson il
the victim not Of mistake but OF
malice. not of personai. but of party.