The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-18

value, by recalling the facts and details Of
Mr.. Garfeld's connection with and active
participation in fhis, Che greatest crime
of modern tines, snd his indignant dsnun-
citation q che crime and Of the criminal
deserve the hearty thanks of every honest
voter of all parties. He shows conclusive
from the record, and this record is. nothing
Hess than Mr.. Garfeld's own dictation
chat he Garfield manipulated the election
returns in Louisiana whereby Mr.. Tilden
and himself were counted out of the vote
of that state. and that afterwards when
the electoral count bill was pending in
Congress, Mr.. Garfield opposed it on the
ground that ii recognized and assumed the
right of Congress to 20 behind the returns
and ascertain the facts Of the
great fraud, and then when the bill
became a law shamefully accepted a
seat upon the commission and voted az
the eighth man that the commission. under
the Iaw.had no right to 90 behind the false
and fraudulent certificate Of the RETURNING
Board Garfield not only prepared or
assisted in preparing the fraudulent case
10 Louisiana. but afterwards accepted q
position in which it would be his duty to
pass under, review and overthrow or sup
port his own work. and in doing SO. not
only violated every rule of propriety. but
voted directly contrary TO his declarations
upon the floor of Congress. as TO what the
scope OF the elsctional bill was. What
would be thought of q lawyer who would
either alone or by associate counsel pre>
psre case, and afterwards 60 upon the
bench and sit as judge between the parties
and decide the case? There is not q
community in the country which would
not scoru such creature as unit not only
to sit on the bench, but to live among re
spectacle people. and wherein does Mr..
Garfeld's conduct differ from this2 Under
his advice and active assistance as shown
BY his own testimony and record, not only
the vote OF Louisiana. but the Democratic
party, under threat by the Republi-
cans that its servile agent and representa-
tive in the Senate would count this vote,
were induced as means of avoiding strife
and bloodshed. to accept of aud support
the electoral count bill as a method of
enquiry into the facts lying behind the
returns by the Boards action, and then
when the bill become Law. an additional
fraud was practiced upon them by Mr..
Garfield holding and voting that the law
did not mean that, and thus voted, and fal-
sifed both bis express declarations. which,
under the circumstances amounted to q
promise, and bis vote was the vote that
turned the scale and consummated the
greatest crime of the age.
To his scathing review of the conduct of
MIR. Garfield, Vice President Hendricks
says:
There is not wealth enough In the
state of Indiana to get me, IN my place 10
the House, or 10 the Senate of the United
States, TO say. 1T you pass this law |
hold that il opens the coor 10 investigate,
and we can GO down to New Orleans and
ascertain how the vote vas in fact. and
then alter got upon the commission to
turn around aud say that the Returning
Board and its findings 10 conclusive upon
US. and we cannot investigate at all. l
would not do it for thousand years of ten
ure in 1.-The great Office for which he is a
candidate"