Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-10-07
THROWING HAYES OVERHEARD.

THROWING HAYES OVERHEARD.
A Disparaging Estimate OF Him
"A Cipher in His Party"
"a Weak Mana McreFigUre.lIead
in Inc Canvass.'
Editorial in the New York Herald of Saturday. j
. HAYES.
We print Il communication from Il
respected correspondent who seems to
be IL warm adnlirer OF Gov. Hayes.
We must express our entire dissent
from the eulogy of this correspondent.
So far as we are able to judge from his
record MIR. Hayes is a man some parts
of whose conduct may be approved,
while no part of it can be admired. We
look Upon him as a mediocre, well-in-
tentioned gentleman, who has been
lifted by the accidents OF politics to a
position to which he had no title found
ed on personal qualifications. He has
none of the elements of Il great and
commanding character; neither the
breadth of intellect, the force Of will nor
the ascendancy over other men with
which nature stamps u man born for
leadership. He is UNNECESSARILY infe-
rior to Morton, Blaine, Conkling and
half a dozen other Republicans that
might be named in the qualities which
fit u man for influence over Other minds
and make him felt as a potent force in
politics. We believe MI. Hayes to be
honest, but not more honest than hun
dreds of thousands OF citizens who are
plain tillers of the soil or who gain their
livelihood by mechanical skill. He is
not eminent "a a lawyer, was not emil
nent as a soldier, he made no figure in
congress as u legislator, and there are
probably few counties in Ohio which
could not furnish as useful 4 governor
We have nothing to say against the
services rendered in public stations by
well meaning ~mediocrity, but we are
unable to see that 4 small man is ren
dered great or admirable by u nomina-
ton for the presidency.
Our correspondent maintains that Mr.
Hayes, if elected, will free himself from
party trammels and exercise Il noble in
dependence, guided only by justice. We
wish we could believe so; but vc are
unable to tnd anythsmy IN Mr.. Hayes
career TO Wdr1amt so pleasing an &c
pectatiOn. During the three years he
was in congress he WdS as OOedient to
party JehestS as the mob Of ordinary
members. That was the period of enor.
nous land grabs for railroads, and the
record proves that Mr.. Hayes voted fol
them all. 1t would be a poor compli.
ment to his sagacity to say that he acted
in ignorance; but not eve this lame eX
cuse can be pleaded, for Mr.. Elihu b
Washburnc, our minister to France, was
then in the house and distinguished
himself by a bold and vigorous opposi.
ton to those wasteful, swindling grants
of public lands. Unfortunately for the
claim of independence which is set up
for Mr.. Hayes he never voted on such
occasions with Mr.. Washburne, but
ARRAYS wiM the majority of his
party. Our correspondent seeks mate.
rails of eulogy in Mr.. Hayes action as
governor Of Ohio, but he .fails to ad-
luce q single instance IN Which Goo
Hayes has acted IN opposition to his
party.
Our correspondent asserts that on the
Southern question the managers of the
Republican canvass ''audaciously mis-.
represent their candidate.' We arc
told, with great emphasis, that Gov
Hayes ~deprecates the waving of the
"bloody shirt" and 'does moi believe
in a new stirring up of suspicion, hatred
and STRIFE" Connecting that these are
the real sentiments of Mr.. Hayes, they
only prove What u cipher he IS an tn
politics ofhis oaDn party. The repub.
lican stump speakers and party organs
one and all, are waging the campaign
on the southern issue, which we arr
assured Gov. Hayes so strongly disap
proves. Such contcmptuous disregard
of the wishes of their candidate prove:
that they consider him q weak man-o
mere fgure-hea0 IN their Ii
shows that he has no moral or politica
influence among his own supporters. L
he has none now, how Il he be expect
ell to exert any after his election ?
Among the able men of his party he
cannot find the materials of a cab he
which indorse his own views; for al
the able men of the party, including
even George William Curtis, are indus
triously waving the bloody.shirt, ant
trying to make the campaign turn OF
that issue. Can Mr.. Hayes administer
the government without a cabinet? L
he strong enough to override all thu
able men of his party? 1t the republi
cans elect the president they will alsc
elect the next house, and congress will
pass a new enforcement law to take the
place of that which has been annullet
by the supreme court. Does anybody
believe that Mr.. Hayes would veto such
a bill? Would L man of moderate tai
ents and p~eace-loving disposition ven
ture to play the part of Andrew johnson
and court Andrew Johnson's fate? Oul
correspondent may believe it, but wc dt
not.
Our dissent from the panegyrists 0
MIR. Hayes must not be understood Il:
an Endorsement of Mr.. Tilden. If III
admirer of the democratic candidate
should send us a eulogy which we con
sented to publish it would be accompan
led with an equally free expression o
our estimate of his character. We arr
unable to see that the nomination of
man for the presidency ''adds one cubi
to his stature" or entities him to Il highe,
estimate than he enjoyed before.
Pigmics, though percled on Alps. are pigmie
still.
And pyramids are pyramids in wales.
The treasury now has on hand 50, 900,
600 only of silver coin. About 500, 900,
600 have been paid out since April 10Th
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