Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-08-14
SENATOR EATON's PROPHECY.

'tVluS Cllo lHIimOQS Electoral ]
Commission oflS77. On the day
after that bill passed the Sen
ate, and before it went to the
House. he wrote to Il fri nd in
New Haven the following re-
markable letter.. which is now
for the first time published:
WASHINGTON, JAM, 26, 1877. |
MY DEAR: / need not |
say that letter of this charac-
ter is, to q certain extent, al
ways confidential. Yet 1 shall
say many things that may well
be posted at the street corners
of your city.
Before this the telegraph has
told you that l alone of all the
Democratic Senators have vot-
ed against a bill which is fond
ly called Il compromise meas
ure.'
/ would not submit to what I
regarded us personal dishonor.
l would not consent to vote for
Il public act Which, in my SOL
emn judgement, was in direct
violation of the Constitu-
ton Of the United States, and
a direct abandonment Of
the powers conferred upon me
as one of the Senators of a SOW
4 ereign State
Connecticut-God bless her!-
shall never be dishOnored 10y
me. l will stand alone always,
if it be necessary, in defense of
her rights when invaded, as l
unprecedented they were by the
bill which was yesterday passed
by the Senate Of the United.
States. TO me, as one of her
representatives, were contided
her rights. In my hands was
her honor. AS one OF her rep
ycsentatives l have, or rather
had, the right to say who was
the honestly elected candidate
to the high office of President
Of the United States. That
right was yesterday taken from
me. Thank God, 1T was not
S ven ZIP by me.
l did not permit; by my own
act, a miserable contrivance to
take from nae that power. So
much for that. On paper / can
rot say all or half what ought
to be known.
l should say this, however,
for [ will not knowingly wrong
anyperson: The Senators Oem-
ocratic) who supported that act,
; [ doubt not, believe it was for
the interest Of the Democratic
party and the country. That
several of them acted and vot-
ed under protestis true-4loubt-
inc the constitutionality of the
measure, but believing it was in
= the interest of peace and gov
eminent; and, further, were, by
: some means and in some way,
convinced that it would tend to
procure the declaraticn OF Mr..
Tilden as the fairly elected
President Of the United States.
In that, in my judgment, they
5 will-be deceived when it is toe
, late. The game which they
have been made to believe will
be successful will result in the
l most utter defeat. / pray not
but I do not so hope. One
week ago I believed that Mr
Tilden would be declared, as
believe he had been elected, the
' next President. To-day l have
3 no such opinion. He will bt
: counted out, and we shall b'
compelled to submit to defel
> without the poor right to evel
complain.
SO mote it be! So ought it tt
be! There has never been, il
= my opinion, such rank foolish
, ness-cr Oh a miserable aban
-, donmen3 of a good cause.
Il But, as that wise old wema'
said, ave shall see what "
= shall See" 1 pray l may be mis-
|, taken, I have no such hope
: MY love to all. 1 am sick AM
discusted, and were the Legis
i |ature Democratic, l would re
r, SIGN tomorrow. GoOG-by. Go