The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-09-23
Grave Charges Against Hayes
Chicago Times.

VIC l''I t''c I'Ieti\'llill"N vi what ma
u" called the S kuuk system of cam
paiSninc. lfr must not therefor,
complain if he, like bis hcttrrs, come
in for some befouliug. The chief Il
The New York customs ring, stool
pigeon Bliss. the fellow con>pirator O
l'ahr"ck, prints in his New York pa
per a reckless charge against the per
Sonal hor"r of Gov. Ti|}cn. Thi
charIr> which is wholly the result O
forced construction ~ which ever,
business man in Chicago coull be ac
!"nsed in the samr-iS ,elutrA by thu
very document from which it is vio
lent|y garhlrd.
The point is utterly worthless, toe
despicab|e for patient 1iStusSIon; bu
IS the organs Of Hayes insist on pry
ing fnth|cS>|y into all the privac,es O.
personal character, he must not be
surprised that the guns are spiked
with ammunition from his own maya
znc. BY the showing in his own
hand. Gov. Hayes has been classifying
the record aud returning an amount OF
tax ridic,u"nsly below the valuation
! Of his personal and taxable property
The evidence is 50 plain no one can
gait>ay it: if it is II nIatter corcvtn-
l"g the public, it >honid be discussed,
if not. Mr.. Hayes has the floor to say
why not.
The production Of this extrao1dina-
:>s.;. ,r.. at HAYES readiness to
>r adj aut;ly" IN money matters, re-
lives The l'iIrltn di>crr,li(ed charge
Ut his withholding $500 from the
':nl soldier who died in his h,i. adr.
/ e 'n'"ry cages is explicitly charg~
rd vita ohtai'inS, and it is equally
:'|Ain that it never reached it's drsti-
nation. rhr change would hive fall
"n nnn"tirr'l, though til" details are
a'unlant|, contirnrd, if it had not
been for the co,robo1ativr evidence
Of sharp practice as il system.
The breach once made in "A mans
character, the avenues ct dctilrmeut
find ready access. 1t is stated with
surprising detail and conclusive data
by correspondent at Columbus that
the recent odinuS execution at Day
ton, where a lad was butche.eu in the
effort to hang him, vas Il piece of tire
most heartle>S political srhcming, 1t
is clear that the case was amply de-
serving of executive clcmcucy, but
Hayes, on being appealed to, made
response that it would "losc votes"
Now this is very slrewd and in keep
ing with liayes's sly way of mana
ging men aud things, but it is un-
wolthy the man who aspiles to the
Chief Magi>tracy Of fo,ty-t>c mill
lions of Americans who love fair play!
If the man hanged at Dayton last
week deserved executive clcmcncy,
and there is strong prc>nmptive evil
dtnce, then the man who refused it
is guilty of murder.
These are serious charges to be
banded about touching the character
of a man who has hitherto stood so
well before friends and enemies rs
Mr.. Hayes. Allowing much for par
tisan malice and the needless euthu-
siasm Of campaigners to throw the
burden of defense upon the adver>a-
~, there still remain tho ugly facts
that Hayes taxes are absurdIy below |
the known fortune he inherited; that
,he pension records show him as hav.
ng drawn the $500 for a dead soldier
which, it is alleged the family of the
soldier did not receive; finally, that
,e slirked the duty most incumbent
lpon an executive Of conscience in
to interpose the municipal
:Iemency conferred upon his office
east he should lose a few votes.
These things leave a man of previous
|uGlemi>hed character in a painfully
compromised plight, aud it Is sincere.
y to be hoped that the Governor may
zee the wisdom Of at once explaining
frankly the real facts in these allega-
ions Of his political adversaries. 1t
$ impossible to conceal tho fact that
he Governors singular intimacy
With Grant; his long letters about the
ickee and Avery pardon, and the
'otes Of confidence at long Branch
ave grave|y impaired the confidence
t first felt in the personal purity and
tnrdy directness of Hayes's charac-
er. 1t has hurt him UNNECESSARILY
% have it known, on his own coutcs-
ion too, that "Jim Blaine is my
leal of an American public man,
supplemented by the sinister fact that
was to Blaine his first confidential
1essagc was sent and it was of Blaine
G expressed the strongest preference
T Cincinnati before it looked like a
;lainc break up. All these st,aws
ave prepared the way fo1 the fatal
'"du|ity which renders prompt and
rrisive denial vital tn lc-rstahlist,
layrs as a bltmelcss If not brilliant
;,nIi'latr.