The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-07-14
Democratic Nominations.
FOR PRESIDENT,
SAMUEL j. TILDEN,
of New York.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS,
of Indiana.
Governor Hayes accepts.

The long expected letter of acceptance
from Governor Hayes the Republican cand
date Tor President, has Mt last been published
The position occupied by him was peculiar
lie could not afford to offend President
Grant and his particular friends by INSISTING
100 strongly upon the necessity for reform
and proclaiming his intention to Introduce
reform measures, Neither could he do vio
lcnce to the intense and eager desire of tho
whole American people for reformation OF
the abuses which have grown up under fif-
teen years of Radical rule. AS might be cx.
pccted from the delay in its publication his
lcttcr OF acceptance has been most artfully
constructed, so as to avoid Scyla withou,
falling into Charybds.
lie expresses his hearty concurrence in tho
Republican platform, which, let it be rcmem.
bered, cordially endorses the administration
OF President Grant, thereby sanclioning all
the fraud, vcnality and corruption existing
in the federal government all over tho
country.
lie takes the singular view, Also, that hon
esty, capacity and fidelity constitute claim
for office, overlooking the fact that ofliccs
under republican form of government are
supposed to be created for the good of the
public and not for the benefit of the Office
holders Governor Hayes doctrine, if he is
honest and has weighed his words carefully,
Is that the offices should be held for life or
during good behavior, a plan which would
eventually destroy the republic, by creating
and fostering privileged, nristocralic class.
with large class of Office. holders, hold
ing their positions for nm indefinite length of
time, the approach to II life President might
he gradual, but il would nevertheless be Ger.
tain.
lie comes out strong on civil service re-
form. So did General Grant, when candi--
date Tor n second term. The sincerity of the
latter may be judged by the haste with
which, since the Cincinnati Convention, he
has turned out of Office men who have hon
estly cndcavored to bring about the very re.
form which lie promised in his letter of &C.
ccptance. Is there any hope that Governor
Hayes will do better than Grant has
done?
The currency question he touches with a
gloycd hand, but there is nothing positively
Objectionable in what he says upon this
point
lie advocates what is totally unnecessary
AN amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, forbilding division of pub
nc school funds for scctarian purposes. On
this point he speaks for buncombe and fol
huncombc alone He is too sensible to he
lcve in the danger to which he alludcs and
knows rs well ms any one that such an
amendment would be an unwarrantablt
interference of the federal government in
State affairs.
lie throws out IL bait for Southern
votes by assuring the people of the South, il
elected, to regard and cherish their trucst in.
tercsts. AT the same time he intmatcs thai
in that section of our country "thc Consti
tuition and the laws are set mt defiance, and
distraction, apprehension and alarm take tho
place of pcace-loying and law.abding life )
lie disrcgards the fact that the responsibility
for the unhappy condition of affairs in Tho
Southern States rests with the Radical ad
ministration, which instead of endcavoring tC
bring about peace and quiet has indus
triously scattered fircbrnnds in the shape of
lawlcss soldiery, who have trodden the pco
pie ruthlcssly under foot, that they nigh
evoke prctext from resistance to continu,
military rule in the South.
Governor Hayes words when compare,
with Governor Tilden's deeds, will have bu
little weight with the American people. TIN
former abounds in promises, the latter il
performance. The public will trust TIL
man who reduced taxation onc-half il
the State of New York, and drove out cor
rupt Democrats and Republicans alike
rather than him who repeats the pledge
made and broken hy President Grant.
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