West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1881-03-12
4 rNIoy soLDIrn rroN nArEs.
what IL Thought of the Usurpcr
ana the Greatest OF American
Frauds.
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Rud the Greatest OF American
Frauds.
New York Snn.
ToTHK EDfToR OF THR SUN-Sir: "Cou.
ceived in iniqui,y.- born of conspiracy
and fraud, nursed in iufamY, and kept
alive by shameless. and disgusting
hypocrisy, the imbecile Hayes Admins
trstion flCkers out at last. Mildly hat
tered by charlatsns, fycophants, and
fools, and sustained principally by CO.
consprators, It has existed. lie worth
less life Of four long years comes at last
TO disgracetul close; kicked out Of
existanoe, tlusllY,..by the jeers, the sneers
and execraiions OF all honest men, II can
now be partially buried. But will fifty
millions of freemen forget the bribery,
the porjuSy,.the grand larceny of whole
States, the midnight conclaves of conspira
tors, the forgsries, the intimidation, the
threats Of revolution with all the at
tendant horrors Of civil war. the actual
violence, and in the case of Don Weber
murder itself-all necessary to make the
sickeuing fraud possible?
VIII they forget that Judges Of the
Supreme Court, Senators, aud members Of
Congress, after taking a solemn oath 10
decide according TO evidence, voted TO
discard AL evidence, and decided not
according TO known facts, but on re;ures
positively known 10 be fabricated 10y "a
grhceless gang OF villains, some Of whom
wore-ac.ually peniten,idry convicts? l
hardly Jhink that they will.
Will they forget the grossly partisan
President who crlerod guus trained on
the nations Capitol to! shoot down. men
who dared to interfere with the fcul
conspiracy OF his ordSrs to arrest ms
lawfully elected succtsEr in case be st-
tempted to assert his s.constilutional'riehts
Indeed hey will not
VIII they forget tie damnsble iutrigues
Of the gang falsely calling themselves
Visiting Statesmen who helped TO cor
summate the contemplate farce ? They
cannot, and they will not.
VIII they soon forget the traitorous
Democrats who, after the people had
gained noble victory, sbsm,l -ssly sold
the result 1t Is impossible. Acc the dc
froudsd people even accused OF being so
blind as not to sec that large portion OF
the press itsclf has been luu,d into
silence or purchased in the interest Of Tie
heerlless usurpcrs 1t seems impossible
that the should b. SO s'upidly dumb.
THa Suns consistent jhuRderiaC AGAINST
The shameless y -aUd WI rev,lb , crate long
shCr you, Mr. E1it.r, shall have passed
the earthly bourne, for its great truths
will live and sbihe not only "fcr all, " but
forever. And 1t is not too much 10 sav
tnst had the m-i 'rily Of ether pap rs kept
pace with The SUN, or even followed in
i's wake, this foul blot on cur nations
fair fame ceuid not have existed.
If the imbeciliiy, the treacherous
dealing, the unwarrsntable meddling. tie
venal conniyirgs with criminals and reck
les j ,bbcrs, :the cous,asl rewa.d.ugs Of
criminal co.couspiTstors ~ public cxoanse
the d,sgustiugly dishonest pretences Of
reform, tue shameless birgainings with
~''' VIZ NN''' SIS A~o dHI dNNcui NteTS OF
both parties fer either silence or active
assistance, the hypocrisy in the n,eme Of
temperance ana religipn-if the long list
Of crimes which brought this cursed Ad.
mrnNtTo,iOn into existence had been con
stanuY kept before the public by an hon
est, united, snd determined press, tie
concern would long ago have tumb,ed
into oblivion, and the plaiply expressed
"ill Of the people would have t;iumpAed.
A sorcly tried people have indeed
actually submitted 10 the gross outrage.
and the chief beneficiary 10 allowed 10
retire 10 Oblivion with two 200, 600 stolen
d liars. Out Of the reach Of exisl.ng law
possibly he may be but if the spectre Of
guilty conscience does not continually
harass him while the remainder of his
life shall last, II the sirrabs Of Il swim
died people do not follow hin. then is
justice q mockery.
Lovly rs the bod carrier may b.. he
can eat his honest Loaf in contentmeni,
and is a model Of admiration as compared
sTith Rutherford B. Hayes Of Tho STATE Of
Ohio
No sophistry can succcssfully gloss
over or change the damniog facts which
must forever curse HE ignoble career.
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