The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-11-09
A PUNGENT CONTRAST.
a Bit Of Political Eloquence Worthy
Q: PRESERVATION Hayes aid Tiideii
Accurately Dceesibed..,h ~ lHi II

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Ex Gov. Austin Blair recently deliver.
ed an eloquent speech ut Detroit, from
which the following extract is made, te.
cause the racy description IL worthy OF
preservation as souvenir of the!,cam.
palgp, although the election is now oyer
poliHcal platforms arc .dclusiyc, de.
ceitfui, Made simply to catch votes.
They nfe the hook that'is tlifownt6 gulls
and therorare galls i'll plenty who will
bite. But nobody pays any heed ia
platforms after election. They arc rolle5'
up and thrust into the waste basket
,where they are soon forgotten. Z" Bnthneil
have character to maintain Mon are
tangible, and Schurz and Others tells us
they have found iii 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 Il, *, 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 event OF
Hayes election Chand!e. will say, 81
an, the boy that did it, Rutherford ?"
A voice-"Of course he will. It's lust
like him." Oliver p. Morton is Bad,
powerful mana man Of desperate
energy, whom the people may we'll fear,
and who has been going night and day.
with oil his tremendous force, fighting
the fight in Indiana. Chn Hayes take
such man as that by the ear and walk
him out? would, 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 I? We have put
y,oL here. You dare not rebel against
the party. You cannot make your sulnll-
est appointment without our consent"
1t is too good n joke to talk about, this
idea that Hayes Wilt not be hampcred,
bound fast, hopelcssly 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, wien Sal
mon Z. Chase was Governor of Ohio, a
friend asked him how he got along.
oh" replied the Governor, Il am get
ting on swimmingly. Nothing to do but
pardon criminals and sign commissions
for notaries public" Laughtcr,l
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 lis purely ornamental. Can any
man bore tonight remember any single
notable thhee1Sutherford B. Hayes ever
did. or any. stand for opinion he ever
made? Did anybody ever hear him say
to his party ''stopW 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 ous her State Gov
ernment and put his foot upon all decen-
cy, VIM. NJ. Evarts said to him: "You
arc aoi"g th"t which you nave no right
to do. icu are outraging liberty. You
nave put in power a Legislature not
elected by the people, and are destroying
;iie only safeguards of American free
DOM" 90
Did Hayes lift up his voice agains.
these outrageous tyrannies ? Not that
we ever heard Of But he has been in
Congress at least ! hear so,) but though
l was in the same Congress, I assure YOU,
never knew him, and have no recoIlec.
tion of having ever seen him. A few
days ago, was talking with friend in
Ohio, an earnest Republican, who asked
me if did not remember HAYES. over Mt
the right of the Speakers desk in por-
tion OF the house that was then called
Sleepy Hollow?
was forced to confess my inability to
recall him, but when my friend mention
ed him rs the dispenser of bouquets for
the ladies, it flashed upon me that had
seen such persona mild faced, candy
whiskered, pleasant. hammered gentle
man. But that was all. r'a 0'i'~
AT Saginaw, last night. I stopped with
my old friend John L. briggs :. but he,
though member of the same Congress
with Hayes, could &c: recall. him as a
member of that body. "" 'A''f
1t is claimed by his supporters that no
attack can be made on hie record l ad-
nit it. You cannot attack the incorpo-
real mir, and inasmuch as Hayes never
had q sign of record the assertion of his
friends is true. have here copy of
4. B. Hayes record in the Thirty. ninth
Congress. l 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 rs
this (holding up short printed slip,)
and made two reports, both verbal
Such was Hayes record Mt time when
Congress had to deal with the great
question of reconstruction, and when
Blaine, Thad. Stevens, and other leaders
OF tho party, were carrying OIL the i'm
portant party debates which distinguished
that important session.
know that Ruthy Hayes is an agree
able gentleman, a luxurious, mild, easy
going person, who will loll in beautiful
painted boat and float serenely down the
stream until q storm overtakes him.
Then he will paddle hastily to the shore,
tic Ills 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 ut least q
portion of the letter OF acceptance, will
have TO take seat in the second rev.
Hr. Hayes was not nominated at the de-
nand of any public. sentiment, but, as
he himself confessed, by mere acci.
dent. 'iI
On the other hand, what kind of man
is Samuel j. Tilden? (Wildes. cheers.
Ah here is .iaan of another sort--a man
ofposiiiye opinions, who grapples with
an enemy land he has plenty Of them, us
all aggressive men hs.e.) lie fights an
open, square, earnest batrle, and, add,
he always gets the victory. tLong- con.
tinued applause. He has never been
an oftice-seeker, and. except term in
the State Legislature, he never held an.
office until he was sixty years Of age