New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-02

support of these steadfast, sincerity -seekin.
people until they saw him, toward tie
close of his dsye, become the victim of .
personal ambition. Then, with silence ~
| bis frailty, they made his obsequies afts.
they had dismissed him.
| The cause of Governor Hayes lorg IN.
cess at relatively youthful age is the CON-
| tidence of these people that he has nevs,
been selfshly ambitious. They do not want
| q plumed leader, such as Robert Ingersols
described Mr.. Blaine to be. They wanta
| man of example and self-respect equal! A.
| leaet, to his capacity.
It appears to me that Governor uavs.
only requires noticeable part Of tie on
scrupuOus in his nature to be called n,
those same "lucksters" a towering man,
/ noticed that while J. d. Cox's pictu,a
is in full uniform, Hayes is in civil dress
r. 3. Hayes has large audience juss
now, and if they come in delegations he re.
ceives them in his large central cf;c.
among his clerks; if privately, in his smaller
office, where he sits at q window LOOKING
out upon his home, Just across the Cspitol
green. His wife might almost give him
signal as he sits there, but for the interven.
ing foliage. As the State cOmpels the Gov.
ernor 10 rent his own residence Governor
HAYES choice of house is q part of biz
personnel. 1t is whole residence, mads
to look like half house, it's next neighbor
seeming to have us1rped half the front
door, It ia three stories high, trimmed with
brown stone, and bears on the door q larpa
old sty le plate, ar. 3 Hayes" 1t is ruereIv
a hall and right hand drawing room below
stairs, with dining room, ETC., back, and
would probably rent for $500 year.
Some time we shall enter this house and
see the four boys and daughter there AZ
holiday times, around their dark haired
peeress of {. mother, but two of them ara
now at Cornell University, one pulling in
the champion crew; third is at the State
Agricultural College, and the fourth A.
Cambridge Law School. So they are dis.
tributed among the pursuits of law.
farm, commerce and engineering. They
are, with their sister. the residuum of eixhs
children, and any one of the boys might be-
glad to escort his N other around as an a.
traction.
The Governor and candidate sits at this
window at an official table. The carpets.
and adOrnments of his office are
in keeping with his rank and work. Ha
shows, as he arises, a good bearded bronzed
face and welcoming but awakened eyes of
q fine gray blue, aud stature and body IN
to CT above the middle size. Not doubt
or suggestion of the commonplace or the
careless, or yet the fastidicus, is afforded
by his arisen presence and T. cepfion. lie
tial and sIlll youthful nature in the blush
ing gratitude OF great, fresh homer, and
still so sincere AID witful that his ear and
tongue make no mistakes. Genuinenese.
reflection and executive cool1ess are the
impressions he makes in few minutes.
The dull, sluggish centaurian nature, going
BY instinct to it's object is not there, nor
get the more volatile politician. 1t is the
educated citizen We see, by occasion and
proof selected and advanced 70 rule. l. is
he scion and ideal Of our Republican life
We encounter in Governor Hayes, that sort
If man believed to be possible by the
iounders of philanthropic government.
Wiling to be ruled but able to rule.
As yet no cOteIie of ambitious men has
him, although his chances were
formidable to succeed Grant. With char
scteristic discernment General Sherman
FAMED him for President months ago. as by
merits the champion for the place. Yet he
lever moved peg to get the Office, nor
yOlld he let friends nor even one friend
AXE steps to that end.
To-day / saw Governor Hayes answer to
wo letters addressed to him by General
;omly last summer. saying that he ought to
ct his friends run him for Governor az the
contingency of success might be the Preei-
II see the possibility to which yen refer,
nd it is that hich makes me hesitate,
he great evil of our life is, in this country,
ways wanting to be higher. The more
blink Of it the more / regret that events
re shaping that way, possibly"
his was the tenor and nearly the form of
ne of the letters. Both carelessly written
a tine handwriting, to an old mess COM
anion officer. show the nature we have
fnv iv,< hao ell
o0lns, and have found at last, where he
light have been expected, among our yeo-
ian magistrates and soldlery. Not an &C.
dent nor yet destiny, logically promoted
Cd not pressed, Rutherford b. HAYES is
1e man sought by tie office. and, having
cen found by 1t, we are to have no fine
'cnaro OF Gloster or young lady's protes-
ATOMS from him. II accept the nomins-
OF Is as good sentence in the mouth Of
modest man q, for another, who has
ought the Presidency all his life, to say.
would rather be right than President"
10 because one feels that he is right and
ould help the right that he takes his rank
men the time comes and goes on at the
cad OF the King. comforting events. Man
ness Is better than dialectics.
The election of Hayes will make 80 good
government that the sentimental poll
clans will close their albums. fall in at
There 1' is another life long to meet
"hhout which life my Lie were ircomplete
Hayes took Hancock's place, 1 am told,
inc neld OF Gettysburg when the latter
as wounded. There would not. il ap-
ears, be much to gain BY pitting them
sa'nss each other, for the namesake of
inneid Scott who ran for Presiden: in
.lnl mas merely the experience of military
and never fought at the head Of
ore than corps. Hayes had the same
rps, fought as we'll, sat in Congress. ran
'wn Thurman, Pendleton and Allen for
overnor, and led the second crisis in the
. oI ctate-whether it shall be enlight-
81 a.ter oelng recovered. General Han
TX, ~ rs sald' read his one legal paper on
.ococAs courtmartial from the manu-
.1pS y! Jerry Black. Hayes is a good
"yer and can write his own princinlee.
there ever as soldier who was nothing
'e, from his name to his iackboots = Is
lnheld Scott Hsuoock-no relative Of
)yerDOr John.
me haggard forces CT the Democracv
~, rei oaInpa1gn purse aud who possesses
1lioen, fayne and Scott are three The
nlral Paolhc road has effected a fnlj com
9 |, with the Texas Pacific: Democracy
expansion might now be the crv from
s y at San Diego to jay Cooke at Du-
~ Douge at Omaha, Scott at PhiladeI.
"a, ana Jewett at Washington. Revive
mus, as Mr.. Bob Ingersoil would say.
y ~ ouiy prosperity can pay the interest on
An Impressive Funeral.
ne iatner,ln-law of Colonel R,bar. &.
!, oisol oleo at Peoria, Illinois. Iast waak
was buried on Wednesday. .Juna 81