Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-09-29

black voters to give those States to the DenaO'
cratic party, makes up the motive and tAs
msthod Of the Solid South, and demands sha
most considsrAts action Of the American PoS'
pie at large
A great many Democrats Whe would nSS
We suppose, mind In the least the massacre e
colored voters Ito whom is pledged the pre-.
tection Of the United States GOvernmsutA aaA
who are greatly amused By the details Of MAJ.
sacres Of blacks because they are the friends
Of those who have emancipsted them In th8
name Of the Nation-s great msny Of then,
We have no doubt, who have no sensitivena@
about shooting Negroes and no resentment
toward thosS who would bring patriotiHm
into contempt, would object to putting
their hands into their pockets in order to pay
the claims that are presented and in course Os
presentation-claims intended to stigmstl5s
the National soldiers in their march through
the South as trespassers and that would In ths
end, if allowed and paid according 70
the assumptions Of the Solid South,
double the National debt, 1t viii not de-
to twittsr around question like this This
is business. All who are in favor
Of thesa Southern claims and an
that the terms imply, should vOts
the Democratic ticket this fall Our cOrTe-
spondent Affects amusement, and speaks Of
the Southern claims as a scare-crow. There
are no silly crows in the flock that darkens thO
Southern air, but birds Of prey that viii tear
aud gorge like condors, cast the shadow.
There are Southern jobs, too, in long array,
kha al, -
ments," and we are asked: Why do We
support STANLEY MATHEWS for Congress
when he is friend of the great Southern
Railroadi The position of Mr.. MATTHEW'S
on the Southern road does not suit us, but We
overlook it in view of the greater matters be-
yOnd. If we consulted merely local interests,
if we took an exclusively Ohio Valley view
of this road, we would be for it, We do nOt
believe it is required by the people at large,
and We can not give it our help.
1t would be strange if we could find a man Of
ability, active and pressing and earnest, who
had taken a marked part in affairs and had
spoken out on all occasions, with whom We
would not differ about something. We haVO
to strike an average.
! Concerning the local affairs Of the South,
we have no wish to meddle with them. We
have no desire to sustain et-bagging
thieves in Office to rob the Southern people.
We hope the Southern people will not permit
themselves to be robbed by anybody. We
must insist, however, upon fair play toward
the Southern blacks, and toward the whites
who were not involved in the war Of the
South against American nationality. Il =
when the Solid South strikes National policy
and proposes to manage it selfshly-Con-
federately-that we resist and denounce the
sectionalism that brought US to grief OnCAs
and is abroad, mighty for mischief again.
We are aware of the misdeeds Of the Re-
publican party. We never heard Of any
party that lived up to the platform it adopted.
The real platform of party may be seen in
the character Of its candidates. We have
known Governor HAYES for long time, and
it is our conviction that he is a strong and
good man, and that he will improve on
acquaintance. We do not care particularly
what MORTON says about party rule. MORTON
has introduced into the Republican party the
old rules and regulations of the Democratic
party, and we do not subscribe to his code Of
Gated up to his standpoint. HAYES has
great fighting capacity. We believe that he
sees his grand opportunity, and that he in
tends to improve it to the utmost. He Is q
man upon whom the light shines. His letter
of acceptance is a noble doeument-clear and
! happy at the vital points. Has he ever been
reformerf Well, not in the sense of making
business or q profession Of IL
And yet HAYES has, as Governor, initiated .
system of civil service reform that proves his
good will and intelligence on the subject, and
gives emphasis to the admirable expressions
in his letter. He has been in tho habit Of ap-
pointing very respectable minorities of Demo
Gratis on Boards, and he has made selections
for places of trust within his discretion with
much painstaking and notable success ThiG
is not sensational record for reformer, but
it is one that is of high promise for broader
| field.
Was BLAINE the second choice of HAYES fuS
the Republican nomination. We presume
moi, but we do not know. We would hsvo
preferred the nomination of BRIsTow, fOE
reasons that we need not repeat, for we have
made them abundantly familiar to our read
ers. And the Democrats, with all their peou-
liar fondness for reform, would have made
war upon him with even wilder fury than they
have assailed HAYES; and our correspondent
no doubt would have attacked him with the
zeal and heat becoming partisan III apassion.
| There is a simple and complete explains
tion of the tax returns of HAYES. He inher-
tied the estate Of his uncle, SARDIs BIR-
CHARD, under conditions that threw him into
debt more than forty thousand dollars. He
desired to save land, and borrowed the money,
He used the money in paying the legacies
with which the estate was encumbered. His
income returns in this city will be forthcom-
ing. They show simply that during the war
he was not among the mOney-makers. There
! is nothing in his case resembling that OF
TILDEN, in conflicting Oaths, and nothing
| in his returns resembling the inherent i'm
probability that appears in TILDEN's figures
! Mr.. TILDEN's estate was conspicuous, and the
papers in his district have not been trans
ferred, as here; and We think probably there
iUas something of unofficial haste and ardOr Ia
| looking into his affairs. We notice, however,
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