The New York herald., 1876-09-30
0ovsrnsr Hayes.

this correspondent. So far as we are able to
judge from his record Mr.. Hayes is man
some parts of whose conduct may be ap.
proved. while no part of it can be admired.
We look upon him as amediocre well-intsn-
toned gentleman, who has been lifted by
the accidents Of politics to a position to
which he had no title founded on personal
qualifications. He has none of the elements
Of great and commanding character
will nor the ascendancy over other men
with which nature stamps q man born for
leadership. He is immeasurably inferior to
Morton, Blaine, Conkling and half dozen
other republicans that might be named
in the qualities which ft = man
for influence over other minds and make
him felt as potent force in politics. We
believe Mr.. Hayes to be honest, but not
more honest than hundreds of thousands Of
citizens who are plain tillers of the soil or
who gain their livelihood by mechanical skill.
He, is not eminent as a lawyer, was not emil
nent as a soldier, he made no figure in Congress
as legislator, and there are probably few
counties in Ohio which could not furnish ns
useful a Governor. We have nothing to say
against the services rendered in public sta
tlons by well-meaning mediocrity, but we
are unable to see that q small man is rem
dered great or admirable by o nomination
for the Presidency.
Our correspondent maintains that Mr..
Hayes, if elected, will free himself from
party trammels and exercise noble inde-
pendence, guided only by Justice We wish
we could believe so but we are unable to
find anything in Mr.. Hayes career to
warrant SO pleasing an expectation. During
the three years he was in Congress he was
as obedient to party behests as the mob
Of ordinary members. That was the period
of enormous land grabs for railroads, and
the record proves that Mr.. Hayes voted for
them all. 1t would be poor compliment
to his sagacity to say that he acted in ignor-
ance; but not even this lame excuse can be
pleaded, for Mr.. Elihu B. Washburne, our
Minister to France, was then in the House
and distinguished himself by bold and
vigorous opposition to those wasteful
swindling grants of the public lands, Un-
fortunately for the claim of independence
which is set up for Mr.. Hayes he never
voted on such occasions with Mr.. Wash
burne, but always with the majority of his
party. Our correspondent seeks materials
Of eulogy in MIR. Hayes action as Governor
of Ohio, but he fails to adduce single in-
stance in which Governor Hayes has acted
IN opposition to his party
Onr correspondent asserts that on the
Southern question the managers of the
republican canvass ''audaciously misrep-
resent their candidate" We are told,
with great emphasis. that Governor Hayes
deprecates the waving of the 'bloody
shirt" and ''does not believe in q new
stirring up of suspicion, hatred and strife"
Conceding that these are the real sentiments
Of Mr.. Hayes they only prove what cipher
he is in the politics Of his own party. The
republican stump speakers and party or
gans. one and all, are waging the campaign
on the Southern issue, which, we are as
sured, Governor Hayes so strongly disap-
proves. Such contemptuous disregard Of
the wishes of their candidate proves that
they consider him q weak mana mere
fgurehead in their canvass. It shows that
he has no moral or political influence among
his own supporters, If he has none now
how can he be expected to exert any after
his election? Among the able men of his
party he cannot find the materials Of
Cabinet which will indorse his own views;
for ell tho able men Of the party, including
even George William Curtis, are indus
triously waving the bloody shirt and trying
to make the campaign turn on that issue.
Gan Mr.. Hayes administer the government
without Cabinet? Is he strong enough to
override all the able men of his partyp II
the republicans elect the President they
will also elect the next House, and Congress
will pass new Enforcement law to take the
place of that which has been annulled by
the Supreme Court. Does anybody believe
that Mr.. Hayes would veto such bill2
Would man of his moderate talents and
peace-loving disposition venture to play the
part of Andrew Johnson and court Andrew
Johnson's fate2 Our correspondent may
believe it, but wo do not
Our dissent from tho panegyrists Of Mr..
Hayes must not be understood as an in-
dorsemcnt of Mr.. Tilden. If an admirer Of
the democratic candidate should send Us q
eulogy which we consented to publish it
would be accompanied with an equally free
expression Of our estimate Of his charao-
ter. We are unable to see that the nomina-
ton Of man for the Presidency adds one
cubit to his stature" OF entities him to .
higher estimate than he enjoyed before.
Pygnies though pcrched on Alps, are pygmies stul.
And pyramids are pyramids in valc&'
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