, 1880-08-13

"When .l.anson. yielded Ills elnims to
Smith, md when Smith was Declared Gov
relieving nc Of tho command Of tho Stntc
forces, md ordered two companies Of nilliIn
u Augusta. simply tclegraphctl tho com;
panles to remain where they were, and
stant threatening On, both sI,!cs, and both
were threatening mo because l stood in tho
Way Of tho consunlnlntton Of their desires.
Very likely either party. would l1ave been
prccintci tllo fact md nctcd nccortltngIy,
guarding my acts md words Will, tho utmost
C. caro, a!!t! keeping strictly within the bounds
OF ny iltsry a1;' nIes ,esnv r.o,, ,,,t,roo.
connected with the event, and SO innch IN.
terest!ng eorrespontlence,, that | could not
S;' bEgin to give M i to you, Wien the list de-
notified tl,at he had been declared Governor.
l nsked for tho proof, a!.l the original copy
Of the decision Of the Supreme Court WINS
aSsna sSs f. me- nv fn trs ssea nsr sy sygees SI1r 5G %
YOU slIi not keep faith with La!ns6i,."
"To yeTy taets Of the g ca;e We ;a1sady known
! VIII explain. Alr. LRtllsOil's anxiety Wns
for tho security Of tho session wlicf, pro-
posed to inaugurate Mr. Smith, and lny, MS
ftfss aa rsctaso tS te2 2 sH sy n1t int b. SsSS as S
dld rot presume 70 mike atly cngaEemelits
rcnching beyond tho announcement OF the
decision, Of tho Court, ~ they would in any
event discharge ME from oil my smcial
Mr.. Lanlsor. The. FIsio,fsts held their scs-
sion md iltauguratGd Mr.. Smith under my
protection. AMI secured for them '!ll rlgllts
Sna P5'sfEe sEoas r. na no STons sS SnE EEe III
could possibly be understood as extending
beyond the; time When tho Governor SHOULD
l'aye been af adly ,,,! auni4!tl!s:" 4t!s.' ho,, ~,
justice between these two forces while con-
dcmntnH tho action at tho FnsEnnfsts p
~ dld not nssurle to declde upon tte char.
acter OF tho action Of tho Fnsiolllsts. My ob-
sef @ ts ssa es seetea s S ths peo
ple to take is scat. NY solicitutte was to
nvotd tho seating Of n Government by frnud
or by Violence. and determined, Il possible,
III hn en- snops 1o a2 s refed fet WoHt call
strntion or use OF foTcc other than tho regular
civil police Of tho State. felt that tho moral
force OF 1hy authority to command the entire
maly apce yS ~ 9 f{e ltd we Se geasf s rpps s'ss
felt confident thnt the l1w-nbillng. pence
loving good sense Of Our people w0,lltl insist
that l. tlieir rtEl!ts should be yndfcated by
II understand that during tho stirring
events Of Inst winter, Of which wo arc speak
lng, YOU were reatly ut my time to tnye cor-
fronted either OF the parties with all the pow
sE soegt Vt geaf IF sSnsa s s%e !? prevent violent set
II should have protect ed the peace md
honor Of tho Stnte agalnst any nsyatlant, utld
repeatedly 80 informed representatives Of
al p;a,fties who sounded me OIL that ques-
,""You got little credit, suppose, from
stsg eeaey Bstt BatWeeS d9r hu s 9ang 50 equ'0y tho
NJ did not expect credit I know that In
the end l must dlsnleaso almost everybody
CONCERNED moro or less. It wns Il very trying
position. ard WIS thinking only Of tho great
eiltl-to save that moral lesson for our pco-
Ing to violence IN settling political dispates."
"D0 not you rcgard it Us singular tint tho
elements In the Fusion ranks which then
deprecated tho action OF the Governor and
Council In attempting to capture tho Stnte
should ut this day be applautllng it2"
affair ilas lost very much Of lts good effect by
tho turn which was given to Republican sue
cess. It Inns beon presented to the people as
purity triumph, and oven M n pfece Ut smart
nl1i,unvcrEnE. ,ssloreAs It wAs n matter Ut
Inv and Justice alnt constitutional rights, mid
the mode Of settlement WINS nt,ovo party
quite rs important for. one rarty as another.
llencc, l n,n not SURPRISED .that many OF The
Democrats and Grcenbackers should ha,e
become omb1ttcrea by what they regar,t n
teerillg tono, Of nh advantage gi.tMetl over
them, and thls.n.ay have noted to solldify
come e feel TINT thoy ilave been abused"
"T This teCtlnKi I take 1t, will make tho con-
test exceedingly blttor and doubtful p'Es
II think It will be n bitter contest, but
that the Republicans will win. There arc
Ennd 1Hnny circumstances slM issues Which
not BIT 10 decisive as otherwise; but think
tho Republicans will sICcGctf.H