The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-05
RJTHERFORD II. HAYES.
A. He Is Described by One of His Ohio Nsish.


nom Speech b. Gen. I 5 e." at kaeaehsst. OHIO.
Who is this great man who is to reform
his own party uy shaking on the rogues who
handicap II. the very men who bring him fOIwaId
ani laud his excellencel
Well. my friends. there Is not much known,
and the little Is not encouraging. We. of ONO.
know him 10 be an amiaOle, inofensve gentle
man. belonging To a class from which we select
executors. guardians, anu sometimes county
commissioners. lLlughter.l lie never obtained
an once tn II was not thrust "a ON INN he never
held an office IN which he got beyond its merest
routine. lie came out OF the late war with
record that one has to search for to dnd-a good
soldier enough. but not the plumed Henry of
Navarro his friends now claim. He came from
Congress without the utterance Of sentence,
the Introduction OF single measure. while his
votes are the votes OF a trained partisan belp-
ing the party on in all its erroneous legislation,
extravaRaEce and fraud. lie Is a good man, OF
course lie Is. for he lacks enough force OF char
acter to he bad. lie IL one OF those masculine
negatives. created by wise Providence to d !
churches nj lead piOus women and children
from the siuiul WAYS OF earth 10 the happiness
of heaven. We thank God for the masculine
negatives, but we do not select them to throttle
corruption IN Its strong places, yea, verify, in our
own household.
II elected President. Mr.. HAYES will make
James g. Blaine Secretary OF state. tie ten-
dered that distinguished Congressional railroad
broker the place ia a telegram ten minutes after
nomination lie viii make .. r. Morton, or a
creature OF That corrupt man, secretary OF the
Treasury. lie Will call simon Cameron, or son
advisers continue the corruption. Hs Will make
"a model Of an inaugural address, aud his annual
messages VIII be good enough Tor "A rcpu nlica-
ton bN the Young Mems Christi N Association.
But his party Will pay no more attention to his
advice than II has To the same sort OF political
exhurtations from President Grant Like the
man who nailed the Lords PRAYER to the head
OF his bed, and rappng with his knuckes every
night, cried out, lhem's my sontln. "nts, Lord
these gen lemen will continue IN their lniquity
all the same. Laughter and applause.
This cry of reform is AS hollow and false as
the prefer dod claim to resumption, Had there
been AM honest intent on the part of these
leaders, there WAS "A man before the Cincinnati
Convention who, II nominated, would have con-
trolied the sympathy aud commanded the sup
port Of the people. | refer TO the late Secretary
Of the Treasury Mr.. BristOw. course, able,
and brave man, he saw his opportunity aud
took M reform as lawyer takes case, or a
surgeon cancer. He tracked corruption ae
many others did, to tue doOr-sill OF the White
House, but, unlike others, no boldly entered,
and, while indlctinR the Presidents conhdeu-
tial friends anu boon companions, was the lrst
To make the soldier President tremble. but the
convention OF reformers would not touch the
TelOrmer. They preferred the mud Hayes, and,
possessing him, they are hapuy