The daily gazette., 1876-12-26
From the y. Y. Herald
4 Warning TO G0rernoP H0Ues'


We like the policy announced by Gov
crnor Hayes so well that we should not
like to see it swamped, IL he should
prove to have been elected to the Presi-
dency-a matter which some ofhis friends
are perhaps less certain about than they
were ten days ago-we should be very
ready to support him in such policy as
that which was announced in his excel
lent letter of acceptance, and has been
more distinctly forcshadowed of late by
his most intimate friends. We have shown
repeatedly that if Governor Hayes, as
President, meant really to reform the
civil services his first act wouldnecessarily
be to remove from office and from all
influence upon his administration those
who have corrupted the public service.
That is to say, he would have to exclude
from place and influence all who have
had either under General Grant; and this
happens to be precisely what his friends
declare he means to do, That he should
contemplate this need not be offensive to
General Grant. The truth is he has
surrounded himself and filled all the
principal offices of the government with
men who have scandalously and noto-
riously abused their places and their
subordinates for partisan purposes. and
no reform is possible which does not
begin by ousting these men, and all Of
them.
Then as to his Southern policy, Cover
nor HAYES is understood to intend calling
around him real Southern men, such as
Lamar and Hampton;to take their advice,
give to them the selection and appoint
ment of the chef federal offices in the
South, and hold them strictly reponsslble
for the security of the colored people.
This too is eXeellent.and necessary. No
reform can be affected in the South while
men like Chamberlain, ,Spenca, Patterson,
Kellogg, Packard and the gang who work
with'them have influence with the admin
stration at Washington. They have cor
rupted and debauched the federal civil
service all over the South to an even great
er extent than Chandler, Cameron, Nor
ton and his men Tyner, Logan and 9th
ers have done in the North. Reform and
the re-establishment of peace and order
in the South are possible only by exclud-
ing these men from all power and in1u-
ence under the federal administration
and by leaving the Southern States to
manage their own local affairs precisely
as the Northern States do.
All this is SO good SO necessary, and
will so greatly conduce to peace, good
will and prosperity, that we do not like
to see such policy compromised before
hand by being hawked about, as it were
to the highest bidder. The stories which
we find in the newspapers, and the sub
stantial truth of which is nowhere denied
show that some Jealous friends of Mr..
Hayes, whether at this bidding or not
does not appear, are at work seeking al
liances among Southern men. We do not
understand the object of these move
ments. If Mr.. Hayes has been elected
President he needs to seek no allies, if he
has not been elected of course he can
have no business with the allies; if there
is doubt about the election, a''coalition;'
as the Western papers term it, is only an
| intrigue.
| But, in any case, this matter has now
gone so far and become so public that We
think Governor Hayes would do well to
speak ont.