Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-08-28
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sshy TiIden Should be supported.

cniet contested polots VI tue ieSiuou'i9' oAo
7ass, he says:
As hard money man, as liberal republi-
can your ind ,c!s!on should be ended by COM
narsnp, either Of the platforms Of the two par
trs. of the letters OF acceptance. or, OF the
characters and capacities OF the two Presidential
candidates.
And now, compare the two men. ln what
oobool of large aft ,irs has Governor Hayes been
sr,i,rd 10 the handling OF what great ques
,ups nj public policy has he been bred he
aaodidlv makes no preteuSe TO 10 executive 10.
;r;.t,yc buc the writer has long believed (aud
his ha. be. n the ground of his persistent de-
varinp to Governor Tidep'S caudldacyl that,
except by an executive initiative, the prob.
lem Of reaching specie payments Is lnsolu0c.
|. 50, the highest personal competency 10 the
Executive is the prime condition OF success.
No uIau who does not know currency as SCI
rncc aud large business Us practice is compe-
test to this great task. Undcr either test oV-
crpor liayes falls couspicuously. Tried by
either test Governor Tidcu is the foremost
mau among Us. His capacity has long been
noUrlous TO the greatest corporations and the
largest interests in the land while he was yet a
private citzeu. Nor iu his brief career as a
public officer could he keep from bursting
the Swaddling clo' hes OF routine, as Hercu
le Ill Tor the !wtlae labor>.
Your solic:tude ,xasgerates the lmportanc.
of clause tOistcd lutu the platform. which,
without that addition, was satisfactory TO Gov.
I'll tens trrud; for the repeal ct he resnmp-
ton day clause OF the act OF 1873 leaves, III
uutlmiuished viXor, each aud all the m"sns to
prepare and provide for resumption u used
10y Secretary Bristow, whom you would now
prefer to Governor Hayas) which that act ere
atcd The repeal OF that clause caDccls the
promise. to be sure, but il does not cancel any,
the least, of the means therein provided to
makc tha, promise good. And II indeed there
be-, as Wcs:eru Democrats aud Western rcpub-.
lcans alike allcge, aDy considerable number OF
persons who are iu mortal trepldatlou lest re-
SUMPTION d.y shall roll the heavens together
a. q scroll and melt the business world with
iclvvut heat, even though that fear be
foiy, nevertheless, must it not in candor be
SAID that TO cancel the promise may be to dis
cu.age real preparations fOr resumption from
ouc serious impeachment to their successI lhe
.romisr never should have been cancelled till
somc'hug bcttcr had tern put III It's piac", yet
one Of tic FIR, steps Of any successful effort
,h rrta is step whch ''cr"matlon' projects
aci "con, act ~ pror'am iols overlook the
,raetlouist as Amasa Walker was at last driven
10 icvI the necessity ot-to wit, the necessity,
III country governed through universal snt-
ir4gG, oi Gis-ipatug the vague aIaT us aud even
the unouudcd fears uf any large class OF pco.
pie, having votes, that progress toward rtSump-
iiou will cause, either IN the wise process Or
The buue 6ccnt result, additional disaster. Ihls
is Il prac lca difficulty which economists WHO
are not statesmen and hard money men, who
10 cot appreciate the essential conditions oil
political leadership, are liable to underra2.
But 1t is Is difficulty Wach Governor ildcn, 10
III, letter, handles, both rs ccOuomIst and states
man, with consunlnatc sagacuy.
But your correspondent is a0t IN question.
Il is parity Of power ip the chiefs OF the two
parties hat you affirm. Can you then pDssl
by think any mau competent to lead his party
10 -!,ccle payments who Is not competent TO
cad ;hem to effect "a great reduction OF the ag-
ytegatc OF federal taxation, not to say great
Improvement OF itS mod 5? Not every party
leader could accomplish that had his partlsans
an interest in all established abuses. But be-
sides The iucumpecucy General Hayes euJoys
III ccmmou with any republican candidate, he
has al inccmpcteucy ali his own. For, OF the
ju,t mentioned condition OF currency leorm he
tctrays i blank uncousClouSncss. Ills record,
too, aS Il Congressman a, d Governor leaves
lam with his proofs to make. Not SO Governor
Iillca Ills proofs are made. Nor merely III
what hc has pcrslstcuuy written, tut 10 what
he has successfully 1oue, has he demonstrated
the ability to take that indispensable step to-
ward resumption OF specie payments the re-
'lctlo3 Of TAXATION, the administration OF the
yevcrnment upon a smaller scale OF expense.
Ia w years he has reduced the State taxation
IL.
o. New York nearly one halt. In the improve
III, IT. moreover, oi the modes OF federal taxa
tlVn, is il A delegate to the Clrclunatl conven
tlon Of 1872 (which rcmlttcd the qucstlon OF
Tree trade to the Congressional dlstricis,) who
how expects more OF the party contrnllcd by
pFotccllunlsts, whoever their tltuar head, ihah
oI i framed aud Instructed eoonom'st IKE Oov
error Ilidcn, leading a party which IN It's ot.
LOUIS platform d d,rcd, nom con- to denouncc,ln
SUN aud In detail, 10 cause aud IN consequences,
The monstrositles of the present tariff aud upon
that l>:u, goes to the whole country?
But a> to the immediate problem Of specie
pay ncns and the parity Of power III the chiefs
Of the two parties-ray, let alc rather say, as
10 The capacity OF any republican frcsidcut TO
carry out that re;orn-the evidence to salts
y or ven to etc Nurage you Is tar TO seek.
h'urral u,yas As au cxh rtcr Of specie pay
''"'H h'il ucStl SUI do5 iSuSi"i AAS
w,ulI never approach ils personal supremacy.
Nrat naS Gcuvral Grant aoue for specie pty-
m-nt>? That he did prevent one worse iuha
Iea let Us gratefully remember. Bu' with all
lis exhortatons and all his personal supremacy
wat has he beeo able aGrmatively to effect!
Ike Gcueral Hayes, he quite lacks that hlgo
PERSONAL competency TO dca! with the difficulty
R'nch would have assured 10 the Executive ln'-
UailVe the outcome OF a legislative ratification:
'ie could not bulge bis party oue inch. Gould
'cncra Hayes do more?
uusernor Hayes, like President Grant, would
DC Obliged to work through a parry interested
ID every aou,c and the herr of its own history.
lie wouli have to deal with the party which
CT ated !tgaI tenders; which cancelled the early
''ovlNon Tor their exchange into interest bear
in,S bonds; which made the l.w that enabled
ifestdcut Graut 10 pack The Bench Of the Su-
,f''uc Court with juia.sswilliug to reverse It's
f'v"euS decisico against the corstltu-
u'naily Of the Logal Tender act; which
u every wear of var and during