The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-09-21
GOVERNOR HAYES.
/ His Treatment OF Public Questions
Elements Of Leadership.

Ills Treatment OF Publfc Questlons-
Elements Of Leadership.
Iron The New York Times.l
As q political leader Governor Hayes has
few superiors. 1t has been said OF him by
| an opposition journal that n ''better tao.
| tjcian never led aparty In political contest,''
| and the brilliant successes he has achieved
yindicate the assertion. In each Of his three
| different canvasses for the ~Governorship Of
| Ohio, none but The highest ability and pru-
| dence In management could have saved his
| party from defeat. II has been often said,
and Is still a prevailing belief, that he is the
only man In Ohio who could have carried
The State against william Allen last year,
and the assertion Is perhaps not very ex-
travagant.
In his discussions OF public questions
Governor Hayes IL noted for his persuasive
ness and candor. Probably he never made
a political speech In his life that he did not
win votes TO his party. lie has much II the
homely style Of stating propositions that
characterized Abraham Lincoln, and much
the same. tersc, clear and forcible method
OF mali taining them by argument. His po-
litical opponents are never offended by what
he says, and never listen to him but with
the air Of u man not p~rejudiced or bigoted,
but perfectly sincere and honest in his con-
yictions, an1 absolutely answering In
what he believes to be right. His
speeches always command attention, wheth-
or spoken or printed, and are always worthy
OF It. lie never says any thing that his
friends are sorry for or wish him to take
back. His messages and other State papers
are almost eccentric In their brevity and
pithincss. lie has the rare gift OF saying
what he wants to in d few words, and the
still greater one Of knowing what not to
around his subject, but grapples with IL in
bis very first sentence. lie Is good scholar,
and an industrious reader, and a man of
large and varied information. He IL
especially fond of pioneer matters, and
probably no man In Ohio has such thorough
knowledge Of the antiquities and all that
pertains to the carly settlement and later
history OF the state. His knowledge of
public men IL very thorough, and his per-
sonal Iecollections, extending back to the
generation Of Webster. Clay and Corwin,
are replete with entertaining fact and auoc-
dotc. lie was present at the death Of Cor.
win in Washington, and has heard Webster
In the Senate. lie is a good talker, tells a
story well, and though he never encourage
any thing coarse or boisterous, keenly enjoys
n wholesome pleasantly. Though Of a
rather serious cast OF mind, q man OF more
happy temper never lived. No one proba-
bly, ever saw him out Of humor or ever
heard from his lips an Ill natured word.
On all occasions and In every relation lie is
one OF the truset OF gentlemen.
His frankness IL admirable. His life Is
open rs the day. With all his political sa-
gacity he is no intriguer, and he never
sought an office In his life. Quick In his de-
In his convictions as adamant. lie does not
create opposition by ill-adyised or unneces-
sary aggressiveness, but he never evades II
when 1t becomes a matter OF duty to EN-
counter 1t. In all public relations In which
he has yet been tried, he has displayed q
Dprtnp fnr Intnn tho NIGHT fhtnU at fha
right time and in the right way.
Two Of the most salient points of his char
acter are his sturdy common sense and his
unimpeachable integrity. He is u mar
whom hypecrites and rascals avoid by in.
stinct. He could not be q demagogue II he
would, and he would not IL he could. lie
is one Of the very few men whose head posi-.
ton can not turn, and whom wealth can no
spoil. All his tastes and habits are severely
plain. OF no public man of the last century
can II be more truly said that he is
Rich in saving common sense,
And as the greatest only are,
In his simplicity sublime.
There Is q whole-souled hcartiness ant
breezy good nature in his manner that MAKE
the humblest at home with him and ever,
body cheerful In his presence. FOr the las
two years he has lived mostly upon his farm
near Fremont, personally experimenting
its management and often taking n hant
himself In the usual farm work. He has AZ
admirable constitution, is strictly temlerat,
in all things, and loves an active, outdoor
life.
Gov. Hayes is an attractive mar in hi
public relations. but lie is not less SO in hi
domestic and private relations. lie is nevel
so perfectly charming and so supremacy hap
py as when surrounded by his family at hi
own tireside. And never was man NOR,
fortunate in the attractions Of his home cir
Gle. suffice Il to say that when the peopl,
OF this nation shall call Gov. Hayes to tn,
Presidency they will have a chance to Sc,
what grace, beauty, intelligence, and goot
will come to adorn the White House ant
embellish Washington society without thu
meretrlcious aids Of o~stentation and extraya
ganCe,