The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-09-18
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Two years and half ago Mr.. jus.
tice Miller came down from his place
on the bench of the United States Su-
preme Court and took his oath: Il
do solemnly swear that will impair
TALLY examine and consider all ques-
-tiOns submitted to the Commission of
which 1 am a member, and q true judg-
ment give thereon, agreeably to the
Constitution and the laws, SO help me
God.'
The Commission to which Mr.. JUS
tice Miller belonged was a tribunal ap-
pointed to decide whether Mr.. Tilden
or Mr.. Hayes had been legally elected
President of the United States. That
question turned upon the electoral
vote of Louisiana. Two sets of re.
turns from Louisiana were submitted
to Mr.. Justice Miller in order that he
might consider which was the true
and lawful vote of the State and give
judgment thereon, according to his
oath.
The law creating the Electoral Com
mission provided that in cases where
there were double returns the tribunal
should proceed to consider all the pa
pers, certificates and votes, and decide
how many and what persons were
duly appointed electors in such State.'
1t furthermore empowered Mr.. Jus.
tlce Miller to take into view such Pc
titions, depositions and other papers
as shall by the Constitution and now
existing laws be competent and perth
nent to such consideration
So Mr.. Justice Miller's duty was
plain and he had sworn to perform it.
Evidence was brought before Mr..
Justice Miller showing that the law
full vote of Louisiana belonged to Mr..
Tilden and Mr.. Hendricks by a major
ity. on the popular vote of the State,
of more than eight thousand; that q
had been formed at New
Orleans to defraud the people of Lou
isiana of their voice in the election of
. President; and that the so-called
Hayes electors had no title to repre-
sent Louisiana in the Electoral College
save what they derived from forged
perjured afidavits, and
shameless violations of law- that their
claims rested upon a fabric of fraud
without q parallel in the experience Of
the nation.
On the evening of Friday, February
l6. 1877, the Electoral Commission. by
it's UNANIMOUSLY memorable votelof8 to
I, gave the vote of Louisiana to Ruth
erford B. Hayes. Mr.. Justice Miller
voted with the eight,n0t with the sew
IN. With all the evidence before him,
with the solemn language of his oath
,till fresh upon his lips, he voted nine
lines in succession to exclude the
lacta, the right, the truth, from consid-
,ration and to give effect to the
frauds of the conspirators. His vote
put Hayes in the Office that belonged
20 Tilden.
The one excuse that could be offered
or Mr. Justice Miller's share in that
great iniquity was that great iniquity
was that he voted under mistake,
1nder the delusion that Hayes was
really entitled to the vote of Lonisi-
ina. Even tho politicians who sat
With him in judgment, the unscrupu-
GUS partisans like Morton and Hoar,
fought to the end to keep up the pre-
ense of acting under conviction.
But q few weeks ago, at Block Is
and, in speaking of Mr.. Tilden in tho
presence of several gentlemen we'll
Known to the country, Mr., Justice
Miller said: He was elected in Lou
siana; that is, he got eight or ten
thousand more actual votes there than
Hayes fre5.E =. ss5.sl.
Tho vote of Louisiana belonged to
rilden; Tilden was legally elected
President of the United States in 1876;
Hayes has no right to be in the White
House; tho decision of the Electoral
was fraudulent and false,
md in the face of the facts-all this is
ruth that has already passed into his
tory. But as far as we know, no one
Of the eight who consummated the
fraud ever confessed the truth until
Judge Miller confessed it at Block Is
and. - i
It is most extraordinary and q
most humiliating confession to come
from the lips of man who has been
honored and trusted by the people of
he United States as Mr.. Justice Mil
Ter has been honored and trusted.
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