The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-27
~mAYEs A. uE Is,.-nY A FRIEND.

Johnston has known Mr.. Hayes Tor
twenty-seven years, and '.he has had
rare opportunities" TO become acquainted
with him as he is. To know his habits, his
manners. his abilities, and in this adj
dress, proposed simply to an
swer few questions concerning
Hayes, chiefly for the information
Of persons who did not have
the pleasure of his personal acquaint-
ance." Mr.. Johnston gave the date of
Hayes birth. the place where liz was
educated, when he Joined the army,
where he studied law, &C.. &C., and then
proceeded to discuss the qualities of
his person. mind and heart. As to per
son, Mr.. Johnston afiirns that Mr.. Hayes
is "model" man. Neither his body
nor his mind says Mr.. Johnston runs
into ri.kety proportions. Place him on
a platform together with one hundred
distinguished men. and call in an able
'connoisseur. who has neither seen nor
heard of any one of them. and lie will
point him out as model man; neither
too large nor too small, nor tho tall nor
too short nor too fat nor too lean. nor
too old nor TOO young. And his face
seems made to match his form-there
are in il no painful. carc-worn wrinkles.
but he has a fine. sunny coun-
.tenance.' Ailer this. the reader
will not be surprised at Mr.. Johusion's
next statement, namely, that Mr.. Hayes
is happy in his connubial relations. Ii
the man who is neither too large nor
too small. nor too tall nor too short. nor
too fat nor too lean, nor too oil nor
too young" is not happy in his domes-
tic relations. how can those less favored
expect to enjoy the only bliss that has
survived the fall !! Hayes loves his wife
and children, says Nj. Johnston. and hi,
wife and children. and even his domestic
animals love him. Here Mr.. Johnston
very appropriately quotes Byron's
lis sweet to hear the watch dogs honest bark,
Bay deep mouthei welcome We draw near
home
Our coming. etc
and adds in original prose ''it Is a moral
grandeur of which nation may be
proud, to have at its head such an exam
pie of conjugal fidelity aud happiness.
Now here is something for the Republi-
can party to be proud of. Ever since
the Cincinnati nomination the
party has congratulated itself on having
chosen as its candidate an ''honcst' man,
aud has held this up as the browning
reason why it should he continued in
power-because it had actually nomina-
ted man who wouldn't steal. And now
another weighty Republican argument is
brought forward: Rutherford Il. Hayes
is not only not dishonest man, but also,
he isn't bad husband. He doesn't
quarrel with his wife and he has never seen
female beauty attractive enough to
charm him away from her side. On the
contrary he lives in peace with her--hkes
her and she likes him and all is hunky
dory in the Hayes family. No plates
are ever thrown across their breakfast
table, and the sun never goes down on
the wrath OF the truly good Mr.. Hayes
toward his wife or rice uersa. Therefore,
| argues Mr.. johnson, "it would be a
moral grandeur of which a nation might
be proud, 10 have at its head such an
example of conjugal fidelity and domestic
happiness
| Mr.. Johnston next speaks of Mr.. Hayes
as party man, as an orator, as lawyer.
and as 4 scholar. and labors through
a labyrinth of words to prove the self
evident truth that Hayes is not great as
any one of these. lie is not great as
Washington or Lincoln was as an ora
tor, she is not metaphysical gladiator,
like Calhoun; he lacks the graceful elO-
'quence Of Clay the massive logic OF
Webster, and the moving pathos OF Cor
win. lie can not roar you like Gov.
| Allen. nor tear passion to tatters' like
| Gen. Cary :" as a lawyer "he will not
compare with Marshall, or Pinckney, or
Hamilton, or Burr or Webster, or Cur
its, or EWING" but Mr. Johnston
thinks he in a tolerably good
lawyer, because he once chose him to
manage a case of his own, and about the
same time, twenty-five years ago, the
bar of Cincinnati recommended him to
Coy. Chase to ill vacancy on the
common pleas BENCH
Mr.. Johnston concludes his speech by
the assertion, not original with HIM, that
Mr.. Hayes is a mediocre man, and. says
Mr.. Johnston, Il have weighed in the
balance Of history the Theocrat. the Au-
'tocrat, the Aristocrat, the Democrat and
'the Mediocrat, and OF all these the Me
'diocrat suits me best
From this elaborate discussion of the
character and qualifications OIL the Re
publican candidate for president, the
reader gathers that he is honest, that he
Is happily married, that he is Il steady
going, industrious lawyer, that he il
rich by INTERCHANGEABLE this is all. Ant
reading it, Hayes supporters may wei
wish that he could be saved from th,
friends, who like John ston, "have hat
rare opportunities of knowing him fol
twenty-seyen years"
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