Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-21
SATAN REBUKING SLY.

In his letter to Senator Wade Hampton
Secretary Sherman makes those remarkable
statements:
Still. you and your associates, leading mer
in the South, now enjoy the benefits of politi
cal power derived from the advocates of the
Ku Klux Khan, in which phrase include all
the numerous aliases by which 1t has from
time to time been known in the South. YOU
power In the Southern States rests upon actual
crimes of everv grade in the code of crimes
from murder to the meanest form of ballot boz
| staflng, committed by the Ku Klux Khan and
1t kindred associates, and, as you know, some
of the worst of them were committed since
1877, when you and they gave the most sol.
emn assurances of protection to the freedmen
of the South. These crimes are all aimed a;
the civil and political rights of Republicans in
the South, and, believe, but for these agen-
cies the very State that you represent as well
as many other States In the South would be
represented both in the Senate and House by
Republicans. But for these crimes the boast
attributed to you that one hundred and thirty.
eight sold Southern votes would be cast for
the Democratic ticket would be but idle yspor-
ing. Bot now we feel that It Is sober truth.
While have no reason to believe that you OF
yeur Northern associates personally partioipat.
ed in the ofenses have named, yet while You
and they enjoy the fruits of those crimes, YOU
may in logic and in morals be classed, as a
class, as joint CO partners with the Ku kim
Khan in the policy which thus far has been suo
cessful in seizing political power in the South,
aud which. it is hoped by aid of the small seg.
ment of the Democratic psrty in the North.
may be extended to all departments of the
government.
By changing few terms this indictment
can be made to it the case Of John Sherman
and his copartners in infamy to dot. He
and his associates, leading men in the Re-
publican party, now enjoy the benefits Of po-
litical power derived from the most infamous
violation Of the rights of American citizens
ever concocted or perpetrated, ranging from
murder to the meanest form Of ballot box
stuAing, and including such crimes as for
gerry, perjury and bribery. In these crimes
John Sherman was an active participant.
He went to Louisiana with the purpose of
ovsrturning the verdict of the people of that
State expressed at the polls, and by the aid
of his partners succeeded in consunmatina
that iniquity. He has no reason. he says, to
believe that Senator Hampton participated
in the alleged frauds at the South, but as he
participates in the fruits of these crimes he
deems him equally guilty with those who COM
mitted them. The American people have
every reason to believe that John Sherman
did actually participate in the crime by
which the Presidency was stolen. and he is
also a participation in the fruits of that great
est of all crimes upon the rights Of a free
people.
A full list of those who participated in the
conspiracy by which two States were dis
franchised and are now enjoying the reward
of their infamy, would occupy two full
columns of the GLOBE. A few of the prin-
cipal ones may serve to illustrate. John
Sherman, the boss of the gang, is now Sec
Rotary of the treasury; John NJ. Harlan is q
justice Of the supreme court; Stanley
Matthews was, until recently, United States
Senator; James A. Garfield is Senator and
the Republican candidate for the Presidency;
E. M. Stoughton was appointed minister to
Russia at salary Of $I7,500 year; John
a. Kasson is minister to Austria at a
salary of $4,000 year; e. F. Noyes was
appointed minister to France at salary of
$1,000; Lew Wallace is governor of New
Mexico; s. B. Packard is consul at Liver