The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-11-09
A PUNGENT CONTRAST.
A Bit of Political Eloquence Worthy
Of Prcservation-Hayes and Tilden
Accurately Described..9i = 7n; =


Accurately Described! Tni -
Elk Gov. Austin Blair recently deliver
ed an eloquent speech at Detroit, from
which the following extract is made, be-
cause the racy description is worthy of
preservation as a souvenir of the!scam-
paign, although the election is now oyer:
Political platforms are; .delusive, de-
ceitful;; made simply to catch votes.
They are the hook that's thrown to gulls,
and there are gulls in. plenty who will
bite. But nobody pays any heed to
platforms after election. They are rolled
UP and thrust into the waste basket,
where they are soon forgotten. But>men
have character to maintain: Men are.
tangible, and Schurz and others tells us
they have found in Gen. Hayes the man
for the times. Where is the evidence!
that Rutherford B. Hayes has the nerve,
ability and power to take these corrupt
Republicans by the neck and pitch them
out of doors {? Who are the men who
are to-day managing his campaign ?
Zach. Chandler is the guiding hand, and
don't you suppose that in the eventof
Hayes election Chandler will say, 81
am the boy that did it, Rutherford ?"
A voice-"Of course he will. It's just
like him. Oliver P. Morton is a bad,
powerful mana man of desperate
energy, whom the people may we'll fear,
and who has been going night and day,
with all his tremendous force, fighting
the fight in Indiana. Can Hayes take
such man as that by the ear and walk
him out? Iwould' like to see him do it.
Would not Morton say to him, if he at
tempted anything of the kind, "Who
made you what you are? We have put
you here. You dare not rebel against
the party. You cannot makeyour small
est appointment without our consent"
1t is too good a joke to talk about, this
idea that Hayes will not be hampered,
bound fast, hopelessly fetteredI by these
unscrupulous managers ofihis party.
1t is true that he has been Governor
of Ohio, but what has the Governor
of that State to do? Once, when Sal
mon P. Chase was Governor of Ohio, a
friend asked him how he got along.
"Oh," replied the Governor, ';I am get
ting on swimmingly. Nothing to do but
pardon criminals and sign commissions
for notaries public" daughter,
The Governor Of that State really has
nothing to do. He is deprived of the
veto power and therefore can exert no
influence over legislation and so his posi-
tion::is purely ornamental. Can any
man here tonight remember any single
notable thiagRutherford B. Hayes ever
did, or any stand for opinion he ever
made? Did anybody ever hear him say
to his party "stop!" or hear of his kick
ing over the party traces, or of antago-
nizing anybody or anything? In short,
did You ever hear Of him anywhere !?
When Grant sent Federal troops into
Louisiana to trample out her State Gov
ernment and put his foot upon all decen-
cy, VIM. M. Evarts said to him: "You
are doing that which you have no right
to do. Ycu are outraging liberty. You
have put in power Legislature not
elected by the people, and are destroying
the only safeguards of American free
DOM"
Did Hayes lift up his voice against
these outrageous tyrannies? Not that
we ever heard of. But he has been in
Congress lat least l hear so,) but though
was in the same Congress, assure you,
1 never knew him, and have no recollec-
ton of having ever seen him. A few
days ago, was talking with a friend in
Ohio, an earnest Republican, who asked
me if did not remember Hayes, over at
the right of the Speakers desk in por.
ton of the house that was then called
Sleepy Hollow?
I was forced to confess my inability to
recall him, but when my friend mention
ed him as the dispenser of bouquets fer
the ladies, it flashed upon me that l had
seen such persona midi faced, candy
whiskered, pleasant-mannered gentle
man. But that was all.
At Saginaw, last night, I stopped with
my old friend John F. Driggs;. but he,
though member of the same Congress
with Hayes, could not recall him as
member of that body. -
1t is claimed by his supporters that no
attack can be made on his record. ad-
nit it. You cannot attack the incorpo-
real air, and inasmuch as Hayes never
had sign of a record the assertion of his
friends is true. 1 have here a copy OF
R. B. Hayes record in the Thirty ninth
Congress. I did not compile it myself,
but very careful friend did it for me ;
there is no donbt of its correctness, as it
is taken from the Congressional Globe.
Here it is. He presented ten petitions,
offered six joint resolutions, made four
motions, introduced two bills, delivered
two speeches, neither of them as long as
this (holding up short printed slilp,)
and made two reports, both verbal
Such was Hayes record at time when
Congress had to deal with the great
question of reconstruction, and when
Blaine Thad. Stevens, and other leaders
of the party were carrying on the I'M
portant party debates which distinguished
that important session.
know that Ruthy Hayes is an agree
able gentleman, luxurious, mild, easy
going person, who will loll in beautiful
painted boat and float serenely down the
stream until storm overtakes him.
Then he will paddle hastily to the shore,
tie his boat securely and lie under the
protecting branches of big tree until
the calm and the sunshine return.
Neither Blaine, nor Morton, nor Conk-
ling, nor any of those ambitious mana
gers, has any idea that his administration
could control them-they intend to con-
troll the administration. Even Schurz,
who is said to have inspired at least a
nortion of the letter of acceptance, will
have to take a seat in the second row.
MIR. Hayes was not nominated at the de-
mand of any public sentiment, but, as
he himself confessed, by mere accl-
dent
On the other hand, what kind of man
is Samuel J. Tilden? Widest cheers.
All here is a man of another sort-a man
Of positive opinions, who grapples with
an enemy land he has plenty Of them, as
all aggressive men have.) He fights au
open, square, earnest battle, and, add,
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