Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 26, Number 21, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 January 1877 — Page 10

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Hoar, Wheeler and Frye, in their famous report of February, lVT-ü, in w hich they saj We are clearly of opinion that the returning board ha no riuhl lo ilo anything except to can wish anil ooiuplie the returns w hich were lawiuily uvde to them by local oftieeis, except in esses where they were accompanied by the crtitieates of the supervise or commissioner provided iu the third Motion." I believe no sU'h foundation for the jurisdiction of the board, as the law requires, was laid iu any parUb of the state, and certainly not in anyof ih3 five which have been the chief theater of a!lg hI intimidation and violence. The action o the board i her fore, iu see king to defeat the w ill of the people or Louisiana by rtbfRin.:M!r.3 more than 1 ,C democratic ot-rs. w:im not ouiy a tli'-:niut t-urpation of authority, but a roost unpardonable nil against "lltö habit of obedience to tue forms of law," which tin vMUpz corurulttee of republican; at New Orleans lately solemnly warned n.-i "should be sedulously Inculcated," and that lhe reort to extra coustitutional mode of rcdresfor even actual grie vluuce-s, should be avoi led and can temned as revolutionary, disorganizing, und tending to d isomer and Htiuxcti." OTiiER EXAMI'I.H. O'litl'-mcn, the p rformanci s of the returning board during its jreceul sessions lurnl.-h Mill other ilnutiations of Hie perverse and mai.ua spirit which has flavored the entire procoeUing. Governor Weil-, after being repeatedly and pi rsisu-ntiy urged to rill the vacancy on the board, ind giiatitly denn d that it had ev r thought of reusing to till it; but the vacaflcv never w: rilled, while thr f Cts tf U.e c:i.v clearly reveal a fixed deU-imlna-tion not to till it. The board played fa.--t aud loxtte iu lis rulings relative, to tr jxirte affidavit. 1'y a sin fly and umbalcxtrous policy it allowed many such affidavits to be rceivvd in the interest oftlie republican candidates; but after .insuring the counsel on the ether bide that e-ouiiter-athdavits would be admitted, on which insurance tney went to the laoor und expense of procuring them in la ige quantities, the board suddenly changed its mind, and t tH-rniissiou to use them was denied. The return from many of tue parishes were brought to the city in the pocket of different iudividuals, instead of blng forwarded by mail, as required by law, and were received by the board without objection. In a number of caM thev were carried around the city for (Lanby tl'w parties having them in charge; and wheu these parties, as som-timc happer.ei. oouluuiacieaisiy rt fuv d to deü vei them to the board, or held "them back on a.-eount of tiie non-pavtiK-nt of charges for their transmission, Governor Well, mauitesteel not the slightest desire to get possession of the paers, said the board could not afford to pa the Charges, and falsely declared that It possessed no power to compel their production. In answer to the bus; rest ion. that a supervisor, by wrongfully refusing to die his return, might deprive the people their vote. Governor Wells respoiviesl, "We

can't help that, and tnat "criminality ci that kind should be brought before the courts." He promised to take up the consideration of K;u-t lhtn tvous;' puriau on a spernicu uj, and advised the cumst 1 for the democratic eaiididab-s to liave tl.eir witnt s-ses m readiness, which they elid, und when the day came he took up the Eliza Finkston case, iu which thev were surt iUed and entirtly uuprep irid. 11 gave writl' i Hud express )ermis.sjotl to Governor W.ctlifie to be present at tiie m - ton of thf boaid, and when lie up pea reu on the following dy Governor V'i-lis noli fled him that the permission was withdrawn, and that ue must retire. In several instances the sealed rvrtinn from distant pat h-hes were clandest inely opon'-d and the papers tampered with, after they had been received by the board, a-s w shown inspecting the papers on the oanvas,sof tho n turns. As an example, tne returns from the parish of De Soto were re ceived on ilie lstii of Novt'UiU'r, but on Openitm the pjiers on the J-itti or tue mouui, tiie nihdavli of Mr. Ferguson, the sujiervisor, was found in the noaled packaue, elated oa that day. having 'ound its way thereof course, throush the agency of oiiie rax-al who had breikeii the seal in order to doctor the case with ex ivxtt fiutu statements, and then re-sealed the packao. Thi.-i cnpter in the ree-ottl of the returnlii!? board was entu-ely lonrotten by senatorShenaan in his splendid aud pic;im-Miu.-btoiiraphy of Its members, which he emhodud . in nis tetter lo wie presiueni irausmuiiu ine proofs of intimidation which the repub icau committee had procured : but iu Justice to the lxarrt and its clerical force 1 must not fall to metitio.i üe original d ton of this ugly spec imen Of Louisiana croo Keel nes wnicn wativol-auU-ered by Mr. stousihton, of New York, naiu Ij-, that the datiu;; et the afTidavit on the iMh of the month, whkh had been e uclosed aid s-uled uo in the purish of le Soto some ll) or 12 davs beton', w as a "clerical error: .vir, Sto'ishtou wa right. It wis a "cl i ioal error," and uuit unfortunately lor the stale of Ixu !sih" sucii "errors" have been entirely too common in the operations of her retoi iuns; loard, and the tactics of her party leaders who have usl it iu keeping themselves in power. Indeed, "clerical errors" are not oonfiued to Louisiana, but in other states the men who commit them arc furnished with public lochzln! and employment in our penitentiaries, us ar armv of formen and unterfeiters can lear witnet. llut dlspensiuic witli any further il lustrations of returning loard political moral ity, let m come directly to the subject of klnical outrages in Louisiana aud the intimida tion of voters. rsiTI Jt t DAT ION AND VIOLKXCE TUB KKLLOGO GOVKKNMKNT. In dealing with this subject I Invite your attention to several considerations which meet ns at the very threshold of any honest search after truth. Bear in mind, iu the first place, that Louisiana has a republican Koveruor, nud that under her anomalous constitution he is armed with powers almost as reut as those ot the last Napoleon. lie appoints and removes the n-Ristrars of election aud their assistants throughout the state, wdiose Judgment is final as to tho riu;ht of the citizen to vote, aud who ar generally non-residents of the parishes in which they are required to do his bidding as the unquestioning tools of party, lie controls the appointment of the commissioners of election, who receive and revise the voles. In New Orleans, where the democrats are in the majority, the control of elections is given to the uaetrojolltan police, w hich is appointed by tiie governor and may be used by him as a standing army in any part of the state, lie appoints the tax collectors of the state, aud in the city of New Orleans the axsessors also, lie apKinu the state b wrd of public works. When he deem.H it necessary he may apoint au extraordinary force, a chief constable and as ninny deputies as he thinks necessary in any pariah, with exoJU-io power to make mtriU. lie can nil a I vacancies in offlco th ro'J lou t the state-, including eaon-stablefc, Justioex of the peace and parish surveyors, and by the help of the legislature, which the returning b ard can elect, lie can control the Jn liciaryot the stale, lie has power to appoirt and jwy a special local police In every parish, aud in such narubers as he pleases. He can send a brigade of metropolitan police into any part of the state at his own will, and has a steamer at his command to transport them. The Judges appointed bv him superintend tue selection of Junes sjrand and peti'. He controls the iniiitla, while the United State mar shal, who is a republican, has the control of federal soldiers bv . ordern from Washing.ton, so that when Marshal Packard was chalr"niati of the state republican committee, every Unlul State soldier in the state was bound to obey his order. Gentlemen, In the Uht of theie remarkable acts, do you not sens the intrinsic absurdity of tae storhtj we hear abcut Intimidation and violenecT Is not their falsehood unmistakably confessed in the keru irony which i hey embody? Jsthe governor of Louisiana, armed with tho powers of an autocrat, and backed by the whole power of the natloual administration, utterly Incapable of maintaining order and securing a hure.ection through the officers of his own appointment T Are the officials of Louisiana, stimulated by their pampered appetite for plunder, unable to control the fat places which their multiplied opportunities bring within thlr easy reach? Such question as these suggest tiieir own obvious ans wer. The Intimidation of voters on any large scale would be wholly Impracticable under such a government, If its mnctlonaries were at aiitilspv-od to do their duty. The perfectly nian4fcHi truthIs, that the republican party of Louisiana, throuh its careerof eorrupthmnnd misgovernment, ha deservedly lost its ascendency in the state, and confesses it by appealing to the Having graoo of its returning board which would have been wholly unnecessary if iu administration of pnblic afiuto-s had been even moderately decent and respectable. For several years past the colored voters of Loulsiaua bave bjen deserting the rennbllCan ranks and Joining the opposition. Thousands of them voted the democratic ticket in ls1. and thus iwenred for It a majority of nearly 8,1 X, in an election the fairness of which is not impeachd by Senator Sherman and his rs.oc lutes; but why neeic to iMX-onnt for tliewe facts on the theory of democratic Intimidation, when they flnd so ready an explanation In the circtimutances l have stated? Who does not see that th chantce in the colored vote won Id have Uetu much greater iu tue ubseue of the jh-

teut offlclal lutlmidatlou of the republican party? MWtCLE IU IOCL?IANA. I ask your attention, pentlt me n, lo a kindred consideration. .1 have referred to the vast powerof the government of Iouisiana over the fortune's of her pt-ople.and indlcat-d its bearin? utn thequestiou or intimidation. Tiie manner in which that power has been employed bears Mill more directly upon that question. The colored people of the state labor under many disadvantages w hich their former enslavement has entailed upon them, but they are not so besotted with iunorauce us to e insensible to the ordinary motives of prudence and se'f-iuterewt. Had laws tell upon their pro-perify. Like other cliia-us they are able to realize the blossl.-es tf Rood rovitd ment, and to foel the mischl'-fs e.f Jiohtical corrouption and spollatiou in the name of law. What has the Kello government ol Iioulsiaua.ns we rail It, done for the peoplo of the state, white or black? Ix't me give yon a few laets, Wim of whicn I pather fioni Mr. I has. Nordhcli 's binik on "Ihe Cotton states." The otlicers charged with the execution of the laws are not only inefficient but corrupt. Justice Is not only denu-d, but eipenly sold. Jude Luueling, who was branded with dishonnor by the supreme court of the United States, as already mentioned, was made chief justice ed tl.e state by Governor Kelloi;;. In the republican parish of Flaequ'mlne ii3 K'rsousweie inuraered from lbS to 1875, ;:i of whom w ere colored and murdered by pt ep c of their own race, not oue ef whom has bi'eii hun. In the parish of Natchitoches II murders occurred within tho same period, but utnman ef tho murderers paid the forfeit of his life, although the parish was all the time under lopublicau rule, with a corrupt judge, a tbievinsr tax colle-cior, and a polie-e jury made up mainly cf illiterate negroes, i'he murder of Henry Piuksto.i illustrates the same general fact. The case has be-cn made very hensatlcnal by republh an olitk'i ins. The ve isionof th ntlair i.lven by Mrs. Pinks on startleel the w hole country. She was brought into the court ro"m on a litter, as If in theinst stjitxt jof life from the effects of her fearful wounds; and the committee of vi-iting repubUcans evld-ntly felt that he re was a case which turnel the politic U t ibi s decidedly in their favor. Hut there was no evidence that tiie murder hal any connection whatever w ith politics. Pinkstou himse ll' vas a democrat. Many of tljö Ktatetaeuts of Mrs. Plnkston were conclusively shown to be false. She was shown to be her-elf a desFrado, and scarcely more than half-witted. Itr characU r for veracity, as w ell sis in other respects, was proved to be rts bad as possible, stie had teeti iudicted for murder. It turne-d out that she Was able to walk about tow n on the day whe was carried into e-ourt, and that the circumstances of her appearance there were pi:rt f a theatrical in-rforniance whi,ch was plannenl and enacted in the interest of the pol i tie si cause it was designee! to serve. Pint these are inc'dental observations. The fact isthat Henry Finkston 's. life was taken by violence, and that no t trort w hatever was n nd to Una nut the criminal. The coroner ol the parish, a republican, dcllned to hold au inquest over his body. The governor offered no rew ard for the discovery and arrest of his murderer, and but tor the e-tTort that was made to connect the afflr with politics it v.'ouklirobahly have attracted no attention. In a few parishes of tho state the re Is a grod deal of general lawlessness, like that which prevails In some of our western territories; but neither in these parishes, nor In the state geneially,isthe puuisameiit of crime enforced.

I lie governor rivals the pre-siclent himvif in the abuse of the pardoning power. The government, with well nigh absolute power nt its command, connives at the einen defiance of its authority, anil thus makes itself a party to the mu tlplie-d ae'ts of lawlessness and outrage which scourge the state. These acts v ery rarely grow out of any quest Iod affecting the relation of the white and colored race, but whate ver the'r oigin may be, the government is wholly without excuse iu failing to empioy against them the strong hancj of power, and thus making it.selfa terror to the people instead of the protector ol their rights and the avenger of their wrongs. The failure of the civil i.uthoi ities In o'her respects lse-quully inexcusable und shocking. The public schools of the state are converted into political engines, and largely given ove r to the management of demagogues. Unworthy, incompetent, and drunken characters are employee! as tebchers as the reward of political services. In many parishes the members of the legislature are" members and officers of the school board, and the schools thus bs"onie a part of the regutar machinery, oi pontics- ine ousinessoi tne leaencrs is uct to teach, but to talk up the man who appoints them. Only a little over one-lifth of the children of the state, between the agesof six and twenty-one, ure enrolled in the public schools. In one parish the trensurer of the se-hool board ums tht funds for his private purposes, aud pays the teacher in scrip. In two other parishes "the t re-usurers ab-cond with a large amount of money. In another tho school money is invested in private business and speculation. In the parish of St. James the scheol board burned their recordson leaving the office. The administration oi local sch ol boards abounds In embezzlements, defalcations, incompetency and faithlcfc.suess, as shown by the reports of the state superintendent. The financial policy of the government is equally vicious and profligate. In New Orleans the assessors receive ft ve percent, on their assessments. Iu the parishes of the state the collectors receive fen percent, of their collections. The assessments are sometimes as high nt oue hundred, and even one hundred and fifty per cent. above tho true value of the property, and the assessor ret-eives his fee on the entire amount, although the false valuation may afterward bo correcU-d. The rate ot taxation is equally startling, being sometimes as high as sev en or eight cents on the dollar. The effect of this shameiful mid-administration is greatly to depreciate the value of all prope rty In the state and parallze all branches of business and industry. It is simply the le-gatized robbery of the people. The love of plunder sometimes seeks to disguise itself in the form of indirect taxation. The legislature of tho state hag chartered a company with the exclusive right to sell lottery tickets in the state, on condition of its annual payment of SWlott, and the act declares one of its objects to be "to raise a fund lor educational and charitable purposes." On a million of capital it is said this company makes not les than f7.ri0,00U clear proflt yearly, and it has established policy shops and petty gambling dens at various points in New Orleans, and thus greatly demoiallzed the laboring classes. Another comp-ny was chartered in lsI. under the name cf "Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals," whose object seems to have beeu tue raising of a revenue by cat le ate all ng, and oue of the most amusing chapters of Mr. NoidhofTs book is tnat in which lie refers to the numerous chartere-d mouopolles by which the pexiple are fleH.-ced under the lalse pretense of promotlcg their welfare. I can not dwell upon these matters further, nor have I the time to notice in detail the election laws of the state, and the u e which has beea made of their dishonest machinery. I have already dealt wfth the returning board, which I am sure has do honest defender la the couutry, unless I except Senator Sherman aud his unsophisticated associates of the visiting republican committee. I only remark that 5.2U0 false registrations were made in the city of New Orleans alone by the republican oiliclals in 1874. and I believe over 7,0uü In the lati election; hat the legislature is sometimes largely composed of supervisors of reg ist rat U n who are chosen from i arishes they never saw tilt they went there to superintend the election ; and that in the election of 1S71, in a case where the democratic ticket succeeded, the records were car rlrd by the supervisor of the parish to New Orleans and concealed in a house of prostitution, one of whose inmates was sent to drive a bargain for their return. Gentlemen, is it strange that such facts as I have recited should drive oo'ored voters out ol the republican party? Is it strange tnat tnoonands of them deserted it In 174, and many thousands more in the late election? Ii it not surprising, rather, that a general desertion, or even a stampede, lias not occurredJe-avlng the 2.000 white republican voters of the stale alone in their glory. Why talk about democratic Intimidation of the colored voter in the presence of the palpable facts ".' bis situation? Why be amazed that ne sr.ould follow the example of his brethren in Mississippi, or In the democratic state of Georgia, in which they own more real estate, aud pay taxes on more property than to any state undr republican rule? Why "lake it fo granted that tho Louisiana negro is too hopelsslytupld to leave his political associates In the pursuit of his own interest, when such republicans as Wheeler, Hoar and Frye, tell him "there has been great mal-admlnlstra-Uon" in the state, that the "public funds have been wasted" and "public credit is impaired," while "taxation is heavy?" RKPCBLICAN INTIMIDATION. Gentlemen, therein another consideration Involved in this discussion which I must not fail to notice, namely, that intimidation 1 a game which two may play at. I do not pretend Uial Uie Ueiuocratsot Louisiana axe wnouy

innocent o' this political vice. Human nature Is tiie same in exali parties, and. both have practlceel it in souie form, in every state of the union. Afu r the war the white people o ih states lately In re bellion niauilested a spu lt ol Intolerance and hate toward the people who had been their boudmen and were now suddenly lilted to citizenship and fcuinage. and for tome years this spirit made Its record In eheds of fright tul violence and crime. Um kindlier feeling has been gradually evked, notwithstanding the efforts of d.niagv'ues and carpet-bag thieve s to perpetuate the e strauv-e-meut of the races. Free- labor is now ganeiaily e-eine- ded to be a succetw bv the meu who fought for slavery. They would not restore it if they had the power, nor take the ballot from the nes;ro. Their old hostility to the Union has measurably perlshl with thelnstitiiuon which inspjreu it. They have suffered very severely from the ravages of war, and have endured with singular patience aud long suffering the crnel in dictions of a state government which lias been fastened upon their ne-cks by fraud and supported by federal despoti.-ra. What they now ask Is good government an'i a fair opportunity to rebuild their shattered fortunes. They arc intensely anxious to rid themselves of the reiuorseh-s usurpation nnder which they have so Ion?; groaned; and in the scufUe tor deliverance against a powerful and perfectly unscrupulous foe, it would be strange if they h-wl not. sometimes sought the votes of the elord people by the current methods of political warfare. But if they have practiceel intimidation, the republicans of liouislaua are net the men to upbraid them. The Kellog government Is Itself an t.rganized intimidation and standing menace of 11 honest men, while It has taken into its embrace the rogues and ruIEansof the state. For years past the republicans of Louisiana have practiced intimidation extensively and rigorously. The United States marshal for the state lias nsvd en v airy to intimidate democrats. Iu his official capacity, and w hile at the same time chairman of the state republican commutes:-, he has on several occasions employenl federal soldiers in the service of Iiis party. Jit"? as the army und revenue officers were usee! In .M-ibama in securing the election of Spencer to the senate of the United Suites. The white and e iorsl testimony submitted to the returning board during its late session, and subseqrently taken more l'ukly bylhc congre'ssionl committees now in lxnilsiana, shows that the nogrc-s tin mselves are aiming the most siivh'' anderoci jus intlmidators in the state, and that the crimes and outrages inllictod on tbeir colorexl brethren for daring to vote as they please ure a full match for any of the kindred js-rformanee-s charged to the elemocrats. The more intelligent classes of them are powerfully iinpe lie-el by the reiuseuisalre ny mentioned to break their party ranks; but in attempting to do ko they ure often obliged to risk their lives. The wives of colored men fri-qnently threaten to leave them if they vote the democratic ticket, and for doing so I believe this threat has sometimes been exuted and R divorce demanded from the husband. Colon-el democrats are tumel out cf church for the same cause; and a case has recently been reported In which the rite of baptism was eienied to a colored man iiecause ho had left the re-publican party. Mr. Nordhoft

says that in pails of southern Louisiana the ne-grees are still summoned from the fields to political meetings by order of General liutler; and he mentions a ease where a candidate for a county oflice circulated a printeet "general oidcr,' 'commanding all coloreel dh u to vote for htm, and siirnexl "U. S. Grant, 1'n-sident,' which se-cun-d him the solid co!er-d vote. In u politie-al canvass in Louisiana thene.gr are thoroughly Indoctrinated with the iiiei that they will be sold into slavery if the democratic ticket should be elect e-d. just as Se nator Morton teild the people of Indiana in the late canvass that ll 1 ilden should succeed, slavery would certainly be rt-e-stahlished, the rebel deb! saeldled upon us, and the loyal debt repudiated. The it-publican how I about Intimidation, which Is now sounding through the land, comes with an ill grace from the leaders of a party who eleinand-d the voles ef eighty thousand otli'-bolders for Hayes and Wh--ler on penalty of dismissal, and tested-their fidelity to their masters by levying contributions Uxn their earnings. Hut still more utterly preposterous is the complaint of the republics-ii party of Iotibiana about intimidation In that slate-. With such li-aders as Kellosg. Warmoth, Packard, Casey and Pinchback, armed and equipped wiUi the whole power of the state government, and reinforced by the army and navy with the entire patron geof the federal government super-adueei, the cry cf elcmocraiic Intimidation Is like the whine of a mailed giant for military proteel ion against au unarmeel boy. TUE EVIDENCE IX THE CA.sK. But perhaps tt will b said, afte r all, that I have liot met the question in dispute. It may occur to some of you that I have dealt only in dispute. It may occur to some, of you that I have dealt only in ge neralities, and while Indicating the stroug probabilities of the case, have not considered the specific lshue 0 tried in its relations to the evidence. I imagine some one saying: "You have been in IiOuisiana and witnessed the procee-dings of the returning board In canvassing the vote-. You have had access to tho testimony on both sides, an I have ming'eel w ith the peoplo of both parties. Tell us, if you can. the truth about intimidation. You say that under the law of Ixuisiana the Iniard had no right to investigate this ques; Ion, since the proper foundation for the inquiry was not laid; but putting tho law aside, let us know the acts. Undoubtedly there was Intimidation on both sides, but does the testimony show such a preponderance of democratic intimidation over that prae-tlced by the renub icans as to Justify the action of th board in its wholesale rejection of votes? If not, did it w arrant any Interference with the votes actually cast, as shown on the face ef the returns?'' Ijet me endeavor to respond to these questions: No pretence la set up that the vote was not actually given, liiere is no charge of repeating, ballot 61 mtlng or fraudulent returns. The sole complaint Is intimidation, and for this cause alone the declared result of the election is to be reversed. This charge is made by the republicans, and of course thev are bonnd to Crove it. They must e-stabllsh It affirmatively y clear and conclusive proof. The right of representation Is sacre-d, and it must not be taken away from hundre-ds and thousands of citizens ou any ground of conjecture, or suspicion, or uncertain testimony. I have already pointed out the strong moral Improbability of the truth of this charge, drawn from the considerations I have presented. I have referred to the siispielori of its falsehood founded on the notoriously bad character of the Institution which has udjudicute-d upon It, and which defrauded th people. of 1misiana in lsTl by a false count. I have mentioned the fact, shown by the eviden'ce, that the acts of personal outrage' and violence which have scourged the state during the pas't few years have seldom had any connection with politics or the relations ol the racs, and that tne' failure to suppress such lawlessness has not been the fault of the democrats. The chaige of intimidation is not proved by Senator sherman's array.ef crimes and outrages, running back six or eight years, and having nothing whatever to do with the n-cent election. It is not proved by the increase of the elenioeratie majority in the recent election over that of two years before, since this change is much less than we have seen In various northern states in which no pretense of intimidation has tx-en suggested. It is not proved, certainly, by the fact that the aggregate vote of Louisiana In th- late election is over 12,0UO larger than ever cast before, of which Increase the republican party Is shown to have had its share It is not proved by the fact already stated, which the evidence fully establishes, that Intimidation was largely ami very eltectlvcly practiceel by the negroes of the state on their colored fellow citizens. It Is not proveel by evidence lendiug to show that Louisiana is so given over to anarchy and barbarism as to be unfit for civil government, since we are now Inquiring into the result of an election and the working of republican machinery under the conditions actually existing, and which we believe can best be reformed by republican remedies. Wheie, then. Is the testimony that can lift the charge of democratic intimidation out of the ugly limbo of doubt and denial in which we find it, and compel us to accept it as true? Wliero is the uncontradicted evidence of trustworthy men that eou'd have Justified the returning board in converting a democratic majority of 8,000 or Q.'KX) votes into a republican majority of 4.000? Gentlemen, no euch testimony can bei found, le cause it has uo existence. The mass of evidence transmitted to the president by Senator Sherman is by no means so formidable as its bulk might indicate. A part f it consists of ez parte affidavits, Borne of which we know to have been forged, while others embody tno false statements of negroes who tan neither read nor write, aud were the willing tools of their managers in swearing as they were instructed. Others are signed by a better class of colored men ou a false representation of what the prepared papers contained. Many of thene afQdavlUi, and of toe rgulardeposltlonsalso, show that they were drawn up in blank as to the name of the witness, of the pariah, and other material tala,

and the blanks afterwards filled in different ink and handwriting, indie-ating the manu

facture ef testimony by pre-arranged machin ery. All of this evidence, of course, had gore through the returning board mill, nndsome of it baa bee n corruptly tampered with, ns lu the case oi tne parisn oi ie Soto; but i how j;rel un extent uoone knows but thegulliv parties As a fait her proof ef the dishonesty of the re turning board, and the bail char-cter of this jcpublie-Htt evidence, I mention the fact that several of the candidates for state offices who were fraudulently couuied in at the late election havcfvltublige-d bytheirsi-usc of honcraud se-li-iespe ct to decline the olhtes to wh'ch they were not lawfully entitled. I do not deny that Mr. Sherman's hugi? budget of evidence makes a frightful showing of democratic iutiniidatlon, violence ariel political murder, but it Is not only badly tainted with well founded suspicion, as I bave shown, out laiaiiv conua'Jictea ty counter testimony. This is true of the evidence generally, but ese-cia'.ly so us to what are Milleel the Ave "bulldozing"' parishes ol ihe tate. So far as democratic intimidation is concerned the elections lu the majority if not in all these parishes were as lair and peaceable as those lu eur ewn slate em the same day, and the conspicuous und controlling fact respecting the att-.-mpt t' prove the contrary is the dishonesty aud perjury of the witnesses employed in the undertaking. I make this statement in the 1 ie-e of the ev i :enct on both sides, and am coniidcnt it will lie verified by the development of the congressional committees now at work in tiie sta'e. One fact, at all events, Is absolutely c-rtain. and that isthat the republican ev iaence, when confronted bv that ou t'.ie other side, signally fails to justify the rejection of the vote of the parishes, while the very utmost that any rca-onnble republican csii possibly claim is the existence of a conflict in the evidence. Neither in these parishes nor lu the state at large, eitner i tiie day of the election or during the K-rioei of registration, does the evidence show any such acts of intimidation or violence us to justify the havee whicn was made of the vote eif the Mate as shown on the lace of the returns; and I have no hesitation in afilrmiug that Hayes and Wheele r have no better rilil to the el.-cloral vete of Ohio than have Tilden und Ilendi Icks lo that of Louisiana, as fairly shown by the legal returns which the 1. .Tiers of the republican parly are now resolvtnl to et aside by ihe foul methods of pe rjury and fraud. THE OurNTlNei el TIIE VeiTE COXCLCSION. Gentlemen. I have thus dealt with this Louisiana juestiou somewhat fully and thoroughly l-ccnuseed its fearful maguN ude anu thegrave consequences which wait upon its decision. If I am right in the views I have expressed and the conclusions I have reached. I Louisiana has cast, her vote for Tilden ami Hendricks, and tlu-y are fairly and certainly elecied. Hut in contemplation of iaw no election has taken place until "the president f the senate shall, in the pre sence of the senate and house of representatives, open all the certilicatts, and the votes shall fVii be countd. Who is to count these voles? Upon the answer to this iue-stioii depend the issue of the most fearful struggle for the presidency that has ever stinvd the fashions ef the American people, f was a st ruggie altogether unexampled in the efforts put forth by jowciful political Organization for victory, wie re defeat meant Iilitieal death: and when, at last, the protracted and angry conti let was hushed by the ballots of tiie people, a feeüng of relief was universal throughout Uk Union. Shall these ballots be smirched and elishonored by a conclave of politie-al scoundrels in IiOÜisiana? The prep-ldiug ottio-r ef the seuate, we are told, I to eheide this question. He is to be the grand returning board of the nation. frem who.-e decision there is no appeal. Mr. chairman, he lias no more right to count the vo'e-s and eleelare the re-sult than you have. On this subject we are fortunately not left to giope in lie-dark. According loan unbrekeu chain of precedents, beginning with the election ef Washington and reaching down to the pre sent time, the counting of the electoral vote Is to be elone by congress, or under its authority and direction. Universal ae-mi-esociicc in this uninterrupted usage has made it our common law. The president of tho senate Is authorized to preserve? order, and to vote in case ef a division; but he lias no right whatever to canvass or eouut the vote- for president, nor has any such right ever been claimed by tiny presiding officer ofthat body, at any time, or under any circumstances. Oil the "contrary, the two house-s of congress have always claimed and exercised It, oithe-r directly or by committees aud tellers appointeel for the purpose. The lu4 joint rule, which was adtpted iu lsui bv a republican congress, and under which three presidents have been elet:teei, was an express n?ceguition of this principle, which has the recorded approval of nearly all the loading men of both political parlies during the past year. Put now. after the meaning of the constitution has thus been SL-ttl d and stercotTed by the uniform usage of more than SO years, and a conformity to this usage w ill no longer serve the behests of the party in power, its leaders suddenly face upon the re-cerd they have made Jn the senate within the post 9 or 10 mouths and propose to save their political fortunes by the revolutionary exploit I havo mentioned. While Grantism, stretched on its bed of death. Is gasping out its prayer for de liverance from the Judgement to come, the political mercenaries wfio have served at Its altar for the past eight years now assume the oflice of physician, and are auxious to save the lifo, of their patient by nostrums of deadly poison to the constitution. Shall we allow this to be done? Are we to sit quietly by while there-public is Mexie-aulzed by Ihe senatorial junto of malignants who have so long kept themselves In the front by making the late war the harlot of their ambition? Shall we iatiently submit to an act of open lawlessness, and seek our relief in its moral effect upon the pe-ople lu sweeping the republican party out of power four years hence? If we cravenly tolerate this rape of American Marty today, shall we have the manhood in lvsl to i-on-front the kindred outrages it would certainly provoke? Why wait fouryears for a remedy,' when we hold ll in our own bands now, through the congress of the United States? Why talk about an appeal to the ballot for tho redress of our wrongs hereafter. If we allow it to become a cheat and a lie to-day? Shall the people's will, constitutionally expressed, be defeated and elefleel by an organized crusade against the very principle of republican government? These questions can neither be postponed nor evaded. The crisis compels us to ponder them, lu seeking an mftiorab'e way eut,of the dreadful dilemma in which the country is placed. Not in submission to tU.grant acts of tyranny, but In resistance, must we expect our deliverance. Senator Morton and Iiis fellow-conspirators tell us that tho president of the senate will count theeb-ctoral vot and declare the result, and that, if need be, it will be enforetnl by the at my and navy. This is simply a threat of revolution. Are we ready To avow our willingness to acquiesce in it for the sake of pe-ace, and thus invite the very mischief we deplore by ottering it impunity? No friend of Tilden and Hendricks dreams of physical resistance to the inaugurati n of Governor Hayes, should he be declared eluly elected by the seuate aud house of representatives. The vital question before tile country is nut which of wo men. shall be presich'nt, but whether the man w ho has bee n electeel shall be deprived of his ollie-e by fraud or force. It Is because we advocate peace, aud recoil from the thought of civil strife, thut we demand obedience to the constitution and American fair play in the settlement ef tho momentous issue which now so fearfully divides the couutry. We plead for peace, and the calamities of war can only overtake us through thfe madness which shall set i he constitution and laws at defiance. It Is for the sake of peace that we would warn these plotters of .treason that their enterprise will be resisted if they undertake it, and that the sol enin eluty of the ieople to maintain the constitutional rights of tue government will make resistance Inevitable, unless they are ready to put on the livery of slave. vVe make our apical to public opinion, which Daniel Webster pr-jnonnced '"tho mightiest power on earth," and we invoke that power in the work of curbing the evil genlu of the men whose unbrlüleü ambition has palsied their reason and devour ed their love of country. I d- not believe the scourge of war Is In slore Jor us,iut it can only be certainly averted by the people themselves pronounelug their convictions and purposes i with such unmistakable earnestness ana emphasis prior to the day of counting the electoral vote as shall foreshadow certain disaster toany revolutionary movement. By argument, bv pe rsuasion, by per Istent appeals to the Judgment of all sober and patriotic men of whatever party, and by . iopular assemblies throughout ine. couutry of earne-st and detei mined men. such as we see here to-day. I la-lieve a public conscience may be crealxl thut will drive the republican leaders from their put pose. Jn this work of tsipular agitation every cltlze n should Rlirnv. The HcrlouMi-m of thecrlsil elemtinels bis voice on the fide of law and in the Interest of peace. "I like a clamor," said Edmund Uurke, "where tliere Is au abuse. Tiie Ure bell

nt night disturbs your sleep, but ltkeepsyon from be-ing burned in your bed." I jet tie people f peak, for they tuld in their lis lids tbe might of the republic, and their sovereignty can not be irvadtd without their consent. A century ago our lathers took up arms ia defense- of their rit'ht to a voice in ihe government w hich dea l with their liberty, their property and tneir lives. We assert the same tight now, when we ask that the will of the people be regUte re-d as the supreme law, and that whoever mavdefvll hv ove rt acts shall rece ive the same' treatment which the nation awarde-d to the m-n who appealed from the ballot te the bayonet in ls-d. Let them be warm-d in se-ason'bv every lover of regulated liberty that millions of men will ho found ready to offer ll.eir lives us be.s'ages to the s icivdneftsof the ballot.as the palladium tf our liberty. 'WIickoovct hath the gift of tongues let him use it ; w hosoever can w ield the pen of tho ready writer, l t him ip it In the ink-horn; whosoever hath a sword, let him gird it on for the crisis demands our hizhest exertions, physical aud moral." To say that M r. J nlian's sj-e ii was received with trequeut applause would be but to feeblyexpress the truth. Cheers choed and re--echoedfrom parquette to gallery, and from the front -e the rear of the! house. The address tom bed a cnord of sympathy in the hearts of the houest dciuH-rats, and frequently their enthusiasm burst all bounds, aud the applause was deafening, while expressions of npj, roval were constantly utten-d. The lion. B. W. Ilauua. At the conclusion of Mr. Julian's spetvh. the Hon. B-.yless V. Hanna. chairman of

I ha u ii tn I r t ...I nr -...-.1 . . i . . . . - . 1 ..... ..... ...... . r(J ir.--iiiuituin, ivhii o n Ii e re--su'H'i ineir aeiibe-rations aud made the fol lowing adetn-ss: Mr. Chaikmax In heha'f of the committee ou resolutions 1 now iiftve the honor to report the declaration of principles thev h ive agreed upon, and move their ao'option. O- r tidlr i . . r . . ... . . . ... ..II. ... . i viv. i u umt: ;io-s-uiii to reau ll, l trust it may not seem improjr If I review In a rapid manner two or three of the cardinal jucKuuns w men nave- guni.-ii ns in our con clusions. I understand the coll of this convention was i mule responsive to the expn-ssi-d d'-clarations of tbechairinen of the national etemocratic and republican parties that an appeal should be made to the people In this day and hour of public trial and dantft-r. We have lust es use, sir, for general siitislaclioii that the"apj.eal has oven so wiaiiy ueiini and answered. And it is a further cause of rejoicing that the appeal has been ncurdand answe red lu a bet terse nsethan the mere dictation of party authority. In the conuty convent ions which mi t throughout the state, to se nd hither the dele gations now comprising this convention, I observe some notable instant-. of atteininnce sympathy and co-operation on the part of e-iti-rens who have never act e-d or voted with the democratic party. (Applause.) This isa grutuyiug sign, ii awHKens nope tnat parly spirit is not yet superior to love of countrv in the hearts ed the people. To nine nor pen can exaggerate the danger bemre us. We stand trembling on thi shore ol the i;. d sea that must be crossed. Can we pass safely over, or win ine waters, rusmng together, overwhelm anu aesiroy u 7 The complications, sir, presented by Florida, rsoutu . aroiina. iiul.-lima and Oregon aliord a range loo w ide for the discussion of u sit.cri, day. We must grapplo w it Jt the result of these compiie-atlons. It v. Hi be admitted that the pe ople of the states have done all that has he-en reeiuire-d of them. They have obe ved the law Implicitly. They have atqxjinted their own electors. The electors have already done that which they were upKinted to do. The electoral vole has been scaled and sent forward to the president of-the seuiate:. The gn at remaining inest ion now Is, how shall it bo so counted tnat justice may be done and the w ill of Un people vindicated. Can fraud take the ploce ' justice ("No." Can a little squad of perineal night-riders and fiec hooters surprise, overcome and slaughter our mailed sentinels In tile very dejorwsy of our citadel? There is tne absorbing tpucstion, and it now becomes the duty of the people of I. eliana to answer It. It must be- answere-el by the jeoole of every state in the Union, aud answered with such Intelligence, patriotism, cituruess and deter mination as. will iusare the attention, respect and obedience of every conservator ol their liberties A great deal has been said In congress and out of it about the ILM Joint rule; wiu lher it should lie re- nacb-d from time to time as the electoral vote should be counteel.or whether once adopte-d it eloeo not remain in force line other rules until amended or abrogated by both branches of the same legislative powe r which matie it. The latter construction seems to me to be the fair, straightforward, common sen view ot the question. But th re are those of large pretensions in congress to-day wlu say confidently that joint rules can not be kept binding on either houses w ithout its consent. Wedl.sir, be that as it may, It tlon'tiuake much matter, for 1 thinK it is a clear proposition that the 2.M Joint rule never was anything beyond the mere formulation ol the letter and spirit of the constitution f the United State, the laws parsed to give them eÖV-ct, and the loDg and unbroken line of precedents under thee laws. The consitution. the laws ond the prece-deiit slid stand, though the formulation may not. l nere is a history, Mr. Chairman, connected with this question that throws a flood of light upon it, and which furnishes perhaps the bet, safestand comp'eiesl soutlon we can hoie to find anywhere. Let us beg:n at the first, follow it down, and set; with what results, rt was provided In section 1 of article i of the original constitution that "Each state shall uppoiut, in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors equal to the whole number of tenators and representative, to which "he state may be entitled in congress; but no senator or representative, or ierson holding an ofHce of trust or profit under the United States, shall be appointe-d an elector. Tbe congress may determine the tiiue of choosing the electors.and the day on which they shall give their votes which day shall be the same throughout the United stab 8." On the 1st day of March, 17m, congress passed an act. which se-ems to have been in pursuance of the cemst ttut ional provision. I understand it lias never been repealed and is still iu force to-day. Hero Is the section bearing upon the ele-e-tlou of president and vice president. It is clear and easily understood: "That eongre-ss shall be? In session on the second Wednesday of Fe bruary, oue thousand seven hundred and ninety-three-, and on the sesrond Weslnesetay of February suecee-ding every me-eting ol the ele tors, and the certificates, or so many of them as shall have be-en r ceived, shall then be opeuenl, the votes counte-el, and the persons who shall fill the olhccs of president and vice presie ent ascertained aud declared, ngreeably to the constitution." Such, sir, was the act of congress passed In the verv eriod of time when the constitution of the L'uited States was framed. And now let us see what followeei. The record shows that on the I3lh day of February, 17), the year next ensuing the passage of the above act, the senate ami house of representatives met, that they appointed tellers, that the vice president opened the return, that they were counted by the tellers, and tuat the leport w. handed buck to the vice president, who announced the result, treorge Washington was so re-elcte-a for aseesond term, f Applause J But the me-inou or electing tne president and vice president see med not yt Id bave been recarde-d complete enough, for on the ZA day ofseptember, ISUi. the twelfth amendment of the constitution was put in force. Then another step w as taken towards the settlement of this vexed qnestion. I will read only that portion bearing upon the question we are now considering: "The president or the senate snail, in me rnwnn- of thi uennte and bouse of represen tatives, open alf the certificates, and the vote shall then be counted." Mr. Chairman, the' uniform practice nas been in every presidential count which has been made since the aeiout ion of tbe twelfth amendment, that the vice president has presi.le.l over the Joint asembly of the senate and house of repre-sentatives, with the speaker of the house sitting on his left, that he has broken the seals of the re tnrns, that the count has been made bv tellers appointed by the senate aud bouse of representatives, and that the result by him has then been so announced. In this connee-uon let me call vour atte-ntlon to the fact that, un der he act of March, 17W, not a word was said abont even M ho should open the certimmtes. The law was merely, that congress should be in session on the second Wednesday of February, and that on that day t e certlficate-s should be opened and the" vote counted. Obwned bv whom? "hv. by congress, and counted by congress In any way that body so assembled migut eieci. ituiu eiectionave the certificates opened by the president of the senate, and the count made by tellers appointed by both bodies. But the twelfth amend ment to the constitution was more specinc. It provided that "The president of the senate, in the presence of the senate and house or rervresentatlves. shall onn all the certificates ond that the vote shall then be counted." That language is plain enouuh ; It Is not rablguous; it does not bear different interpreta

tions. If the framers of the constitution hvl i 'it. tided that ihe preside nt of the senate should open ihe certificates' aad count the vot. thev would have fc&id so. lhat amendment of theconstltution, fir, was adopted in a day when the senatorial toga w as w oru by state mii etf godlike mein; by senators disiinguislH-d for wisdom, conscience and patrtoii.-tu. (Applause. It was adopted in a day w he n mall and vlions men wre kept in obscurity, when giants ruled and giants made th laws. Such men meant w hanhey said and said what they meant. From the very Is ginning of tie exis-teiu-e e.f this government down to In,5!, tho sc:iate and the house of rvpn-w-ntatives, after every successive presidential election, have appointed a joint committee to report a method of oonnting the electoral vote. Here then, sir, is a period of 72 years, extending fiom 17K1 dow n to lsoö, durlrg w hich cruigress has continuously Rsertcd its power tocountvhe votes for president and viesf president. The twentysecond Joint rule was udouted on theb'thday of February, W5. The electoral vole was ascertained under this rule for l.nl, W Hnd ls7J. It was not re-enacted during e-itherona of the two periods it was employed alter it adoption and nobody made auv question about it. I will not, sir. tnke op your time with proof at the command of every one; that the most representative me n tf the republican patty, living tu. d dead, are on the rs-oid agslnst the peruicious assumption that the presideut of ihe se nate tan re-ceive the electoral re turns, fp-n the certificates, count thite auel proclaim the result without letor hindrance anywhe re. Eve ry prominent republican now in

the seuate is fully committed to the doctrine thai the power of its president over the electoral vole e-eu.ses when he has received the eertifh-atcs and broken the seals In the pretnc of the two hvunches of contyv. The Fame rar'yis committed, too, to the doctrine that coigre-s has the power to go behind the returns and to scrutinize them. That these very men have done thisthiTg can not suc-ce'ullv denied. They did it In Ivüjand as 1st as 1X73, in regard to the electoral vote of Arkansas and Louisiana. But we have higher ground to take lo-etay. Weare no: connned to the result of hunting down the preo-elents of any party. I have alwajs believ-d that under our constitution every citizen of the United tstaU-ji. w hlte and black, fore ign born and to the manor born, in ollice and out f office, w as accountable somewhere and to somebody for every political act done; that absolute floense. and individual domination are tolerate! nowhere. The ex-e-cutive, the Judicial, the lsriNlative- powers of this government are mighty powers, but they are m no sense ind pendent and irresponsible powers. Not one of them could survive an hour without the support It gives and and receives. And, sir. he-ro is the sheetanchor of our safety. This is a republic. It re-sts entirely upon the constitution. That, and that alone, is he rock upon which it stands. Sovereignty concentrates nowhere in thi government where every function of the federal constitution Is pot absr.rbe-d. The Renate and beiu-e of representative- constitute, the legislative power of the republic. It Is a grand ow. r, but great and m-ijotic ns It is, it is a re-striet-d iower. All the power It possesses, or-that any oflies?r, age nt or member connected w ith it .-ssi.s, waa expressly dc rived from the constitution in its grant of powers to the United State, and all the lowers not so delegated were reserved to the states, or to the people thereof. liiere stands the legislative power, there the executive, there the judiolal; cevord'nate, but no single enf? of them supreme. Now here, sir, In the legislative, executive or Judicial range ef x whole government ts there so much us ono sejuare Inch of ground w here any man can set his foot and exercise Independent arbitrary, Inierial, supreme and tle.siaitie void ion, l.Ke that now claimed by the deserate element of the republican paity, for the president of the senate. There ihey tell us he must take his stand, and iu the face of frauds as black as hell, over the protest of millions of unwilling people, and looking out unon the desolation of three states, e inbractng the hallowexl ground of Cowpeus and Kutaw springs, aud the very place w ie-re Jackson r--est.ub-lished the supremacy of our flag and made this good anniversary day secn-el In history forever. There, sir. there Jn such a presence, and w ith such surround irgs they tell us he must take his stand and do an act of arbitrary supervision unsurpass.nl iu the imperialism of IVsar or Cromwell the president of the senate, with conflicting re turns before him, to determine for himself, in the pn-sence of the wholi legislative establishment of the federal gov-rnm nt, sitting powerless and w Ith seuled lips at his sovereign feet, w ho Is and who U not president of lue United State! Sir, he has no such power. He is but the creature of the will of the people; he- can not be greater and stronger ihart the will of the people, which cretit-.-d Mm. should Le attempt to exercise such a dangerous power, and with tyrant's tongue say to the four million three hundred thousand fre-cmen who voted for Tilden and Hendricks, and gave them a popular and an electoral majority, that he will commit their votes to tho flames of the imperial furnace of ihe se-nate Ix-cause he presides there, and of himself seat Hayes and Wheeler as president and vice president of the United fstates, then, sir, he will be guilty of usurpation, and usurpation Is the first dark lining of the black shadow of treason. (Applause and crleti That's so." The "Conspiracy, Mr. iTialrman, to forct Hayes and Wheeler into the presidency of the United Slates over the heads of an tin willing people, like all conspiracies, sprung its own leak at exactly the right time and In exactly the right place. Aud that, sir, is the sole cause of the desperate expedient weare now considering. hen Indiana was lost In October, and it seemed inevitable that New York, New Jersey and Connecticut would follow on In the great movement for popular reform in November, then but one ueserate alternative remained to the conspirators. That was to carry California, Nevada- and Oregon in any way possible, and then, with the aid of the cabalistic returning boards, beilste-red tip by military domination, count out Tilden and Hendricks and count in Hayeanl Wheeler, In the three states, Soutn Carolina, Florida and Louisiana, What was the plan to get the needed Isj votes? It was leid in Ihe midnight junto of as had menus were ever banded together for the work of conspiracy. Applause. The Clifford, Ashley, Buckingham, Arlington, I,audeidale ministry of Charles II., the first letteis of whose Infamous nsnie spelled the word cabal, and first coined It Into a word of common usage, were Justified and sanctified saints, compared to elrant, CharelW, Rforton, Sherman, Cameron, and their dishonored and loathsome allies, Jche-ersl -Wells, Ste-arnsand Chamberlain. Wno doubts there w ns a conspiracy, longcherbhed by the plotter, against lopular government, to do Just what has been done, In our late presidential eli-dlon? Are these men so tool narety as not to Know the ir sin. will surely find them out? Alreaely the first whisper has come of the part played by the w hisky ring of Calirornii, t lie most gigantic corrupt ion Institution In the world. It stands there upon te remote shores of onr western seaboaiel it has utessl there undisturbed by government authority for years. How much did it contribute to the ends of the conspiracy? Imtm-diate-ly after California. itevaaa ana ure-eou nsti rx-en ieara iroin ana nearly two months before anybody knew what the tegal otlicial count would be in a single parish or county of Ixniisiana. Florida, or Soutn Carolina, wnyuia tne chairman r the national republican committee Issue his proclamation to the country that Hayes w a elK-ted? Uedidit,slr, because he knew he had a party l"and'ra box in each one or those three ill fated states, which shteld-d by the army in the hands of a president without a conscience, could be made to accomp.L'sl anything he wanted done. But the people at the United States, Including the great democratic psrty, w 1th its quar ter of a million of popular majority, seconded by a large and powerful acoesMou oi the bett portion of the republican party, who are not 1. . 1 . . . t ... 1. .. r. n n knn.t fil. dealing republican form of government maiutalned for themse-lve-s and their posterity say to these conspirators to-day, beware I Tht bourse laugh of their fiendish, drunken pleasure, that thn-e pillars of our temple have already fallen, and thut the strain upon those that remain has become a mattef of general solicitude, will not be neird patiently now by the American eople. Why did Morton lnniedlateiv go to California aner Indiana was ienst in October? A great battle was then raging here for tho presidential . ascendency. Whv was not bis familiar voice heard above the dln of the fray? His tr.oulh ts full of ex cuse's I know, but such excuses 1 He has said. I believe, that be went oat there lu the inter est of some Mongolian women that were hanging on the ragged ettge of a great moral precipice. I laughter. Think of it, Christian men of Indiana! Oliver 1. Morton arrayed in ihe phylactery of a reformer of strange women! Kenewed laughter and applause. his Jesus-llke face beaming with, chastity. How noble be most have seemed, thus robed In the purity of bin prwrlent philanthropy I Ills puulu have uev-et Oven ftuly C