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oans, have been trying s,Doe Hcyes's nomina-
ton, to portray him an Innocent who has no
concept IN Of the einuous ways OF the poli-
tlcians while, at the same time, they insist that
the politicians will ind In him dauntless and
immov. Bile adversary whenever they attic Dpt to
run counter to hts reform programme. Tn I
these two diverse conceptions OF ch iraot did
not well harmonic that a man who was not
thoroughly acquainted with the ways Of the poll
tlcians and steeled az inst their demands,
would necessarily play into tn ir hands, even
with the best will to do otherwise. must be Gle ar
to everv person that has had the fortune to
come into contict with them; this self
contradiction In the nature Of their candi-
date as depicted by them. the Schurz Repubil-
cans have not succeeded IN expisnlnq. Now,
however, to settle the question beyond doubt,
1t turns out that yes Is not In the least degree
the innocent, honest being that bis supporters
b We tried TO make INN apoeat,. liis conductin
the matter Of the American Alliance proves, on
the contrary, that ne Is the master OF very ro-
spec able amount OF polite l duplicily and chi-
canery.
When It first became known that HAYES had
been endorsed ~ a Presidential candid to by
the American ALI nee, and had been made an
honorary member Of this secret organiz ition.
ana tnht he had given lis thanks tor the honor
AMI for the support, aud had expires ed his sym
patty with the purposes and tendencies OF
the Alliance. he dnied publicly tnr9ush bis
Secretory that ne had ever written any letter IN
which he h a made any sucn utterances; the
Secretary took good care, however. not 10 say
word as to the main question. T. e., as to the re-
la ion In wnicn Hayes did anu toward the
Alilance., i now turns out tn,t II us rs
Alliance himself but 1t also turns out
!, That on tue oh Of July IN the Continental
Hotel at Pniladelpnla, he received deputation
fr IN the Alliance, c Insisting OF Messrs. Lamb
81 ONO, Perry OF Newark, n. j, W. rOurton of
Hartford, Conn, kimbaii and TYLER Of New
York. and Black Of Ponnsvlyanii. who Informed
tim Of his n"nlnatun, whereupon he thanked
the q putation, aud accented the nomination.
2. That on the ptn Of July. in Columbus
lila Is received deputa ion from the Alliance.
consisting Of Messrs. william T.. Black vi Penn
sylvania. Lemuei iyler Of New YORK, c. IL.
smith OF COnnecticu', audtl cry Of New TX,
\. j., who rendered him copy Of the resOlu-
tons adopted ut Philadelphla on the 9th Of
Juy by the Grand Council OF tho Alliance. a
copy OF the constitution ana byl VS. of the
order, the form ~ the oath n membership,
aud the certificate OF his election as non
orary member. Hayes accepted the, docu.
ments, expressed his thanks, and said
that he would give the deputston hi.
formal answer in writing. lie thus treated
the lance up 10 hi, point IN precisely the
same footing a. the party wnicn had previously
nominated hun. rhe following day II seems
either to we occurred to him or been cudgclrd
into his head 10y others, That lie must be eau
tious in the deci ration OF his sentiments to tue
Alliance. rndsthus II clme that instead OF writ
ing himself. he hau his secretary. MIR. Lee. in
form the Alliance that he ielt greatly Il 'tt,red
by these marks OF their confidence, ana that he
would later place himself In communication
with the order ~ relation To 8 wofk for the
/ ~ h.
sey. ana Connecticut, in whcn NAtes. Tor urgent
reasons he relies especially upon the assistance
OF the Alliance.
Tue uubncation OF this letter is a severe blow
to the Republican pHrty. ana the organs Of that
party VIII deceive nobody Il they tried To act AS
! though thev thought ~ OF 10 Importance. The
Eruting Post. tor Instance. will Ind Itself badly
/ mistaken Ia its nstensible execution that the
letter viii be disevo~eb yes cannot es-
cape thus time with equivOcal excuses and
! explanations, for he cannot deny tue letter Of
/ his secretary I he letter Is genuine. every word
al Nj lla..
secretary ~ certainly "a our brother Of the Post
wrote the article In which he pretends to DOUBT
the genuineness Of the letter. And this letter
vas not made puohc sooner simply because
those who revealed IL did not get it sooner into
their possession, and not ! ter bee use II was
necessary 10 bring II IN season 10 tue knowledge
OF tue voters. VINO next Tuesday are TO sit IN
judgment upon II yes and lilden. The Post
does not yet Understand this, but 1t Will coon
Learn 10 understand II.
We Will at once acknowledge to the Evening
| Post, ami those VINO side win II, aud who seem
| at present To- be In vcrv muduled state OF IN
teligence, that the i'm preston made Dy this let
| ter upon the adopted citizens Of the country, OF
at least upon the Germnns will not be very
disastrous Tor Hayes for the simple reason that
! NE overwhelming majority Of th'm had before
that dcctdIed dtcdetly against hun. The AMI OF
the Alliance Will, of course. lose him all the re-
naming votes Of the adopted citizens OF tue
country, Tor there can be few who viii vote for
man tnat was 30 weak as TO play Tor tue sup
port OF secret order that Was organized to pro-
scribe them. Those remaining voters, however
were, IN any event. only few the Germans. az
bodv, are flled with a conviction Of the neces-
sity Of defeat ins the Republican party as con-
! dltion precedent To reform, ana they Will not
| permit themselves TO be mlsled by SChurz. with
| his foolish confidence Toy HecKer, uncoutn and
Incapable OF lust disceTnment or discrimination,
/ or by the few smaller fellows who, while less
! honest IN purpose, are equally Incapable OF ad-
NancinR Arguments IN support Of their cause.
But the effects of L. Is revelation extend far
beyond the foreign Dofu.citizens Of the country
! A large pari OF the native American population
| knows well for how much II IS INDEBTED to lmmi-
erDilon' and either from Interested motives or
| from motives tnh1 are purer ano better II de-
J ciuCd,y opposed to my sIch an oreanizA lion ~
tue American Alliance, as well as to all pros, rip
tive combinations and all religious intolerance
! Then, too-and this IS a point to which too much
! prominence cannot Dc gvei-ftaNes' behavior
IN this whole affair shows how very weak and
| piti ioe IL Ms character a. politician. II he
had come forward wnen his relations with the
| Alliance trst began to be talked about, ana mad
said, IN extenuaton: II did not understand
distinctly tue character VI TINS secret order and
| IL was indiscreet In Inc To have ANYTHING 10 &c
with II; shall have no further de ling with IL,
aud sever all connection WIN IT.; In tnat event
| II would have been possible TO overlook the
| na tier. and HAYES would have stood before the
puuli at least 10 an honest man. But the way
! in which he sought To ESCAPE from his emDaf'
| rassment through the letterJ addressed Dy hi,
secretary To the publisher of the Cincinnati
lousbiatt' enoe ivorlng At one ma the samt
! time To satisfy the foreign-born citizens
aud to preserve undisturoed his pleasant
relations with the Alliance. proves hin
to be political tricks er, ana mus
open the eyes OF those who heretofore had moi
learned his real character. and nd not seen IN
alike with he Schurz Republican,, the machin,
| Republicans, aHd Particularly with tue ADMIN
| istfaton. Perhaps, even Gail Schurz will nov
see things In u better lignt. Or does We wait fol
| the publication Of hayes's letter TO Grant, II
| whit II Hayes assures our President that In hi
! letter Of acceptance he did not mean 10 censuri
| Grant or his Administrations Or Tor tine publ
| cation Of the correspondence between llaEes ant
| Chandler, In which those gentlemen make merri
| over his sluple notions aud cnlldlike conn
| uencef
But whatever Carl Schurz may do, he can now
less than ever, misead either foTeign-Dorn a
II tive citizens either as TO their duty TO thel
country or A. 10 what they may expect from
| Hayes and the kep bic N party. The discover
OF HayeaS connection with the American Al
lance VIII not only influence the Comparatively
small number u tOrelgu-bOrn citizens who ba(
not yet come to any determination or were in
ciued 10 vote for Hayes to 70 over to lilden
or, in aLN event, not 10 vote for Hayes, but thi
Will be the case also with many native citizens
who are not disposed TO encourage political o
religious prOscri pttOn, or VINO recognize that
man who, being unmasked, stands revealed u
such an unprinciplri hYpocriis and time serve
cannot be expected rs President to assume
firm ana courageous altitude, and pdrticuiarl
turn dauntless front TO the oorruptiOnists q
his own party. To this extent the unmasking O
Hayes's real relations with the American Al
lance Is a very Import ant contribution to III
campaign, and one for which we may well b
grateful; and the Republican politicians an
newspapers, who now think they can oeliltle III
importance Cf THIS revelation, will very soon dit
cover that their endeavOrs are futile.
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