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who would support Gen. Grant In tho cyons of
1lsaYss1r s'!es. ), law, ,,r,.. - v,.,,. ...,,
| would support Hayes. do not know anybody
there who wants to fight OF the Democratic AIDE.
| think !layes VIVA fairly elected, an.i could
not, without atultifJng myself, rctuse 10 sup:
pgrt him by aehtInH, II IL fs necessary to do so."
Tho conversation then ,irlitel Into Alosby's A.
ttt.,dc toward tlle Administration during tic
last three or fo,1r years..
-, " lrst met Cen. Grant" !" tald he, " in 1872.
Ho treated mo very kindly. llarc a1wnya been
thu Var. and think The fight made On him by
Tho Southern whltc men has hccn tho great
blundcr Of 'oar southern politics.. ] have l,al
many conversations with him. aud I know TINT
Southern people sl!an my man III tho United
states, II TIM Southern politicians would have
permitted him to have done It,"
n. What was yGnr i'ca in your course tow"r
MY !dea was to build W a Marty in the South
opposed to Tho sectional tllsunfon Democracy.
The South fol. the last len rcars has suffered
under n many evils aud grteyanees, and The eauso
the. attempt to mnkoa solil South. think
and miaery. Anl for tiia reason
i l,as driven tho wh!ta men Of tho
the Northern Democracy, and il has tolided
the neErocs on the other hand, and given that
element .protnincnre in our politics which II
ncycr would hare hal otherwise. Again, tho
soltd.south idea has actually compelled tho nd
groca In States and districts wherc thor wcrc ia
majority to take possession Of tho Govern
ment: not only that, It has compelled tho Ad.
Mt0fstrat'on to be On the s1lo OF tic negro, and
thus given color to the idea tllat Con. Grant
was attempting to elevate tho negro over The
white man, when he neycr had any such pur-
pose.H
Col. afosby then went on to speak OF tho pol
icr Of tho Southern white lcatlora.
willing 10 accept my bc,eals from the Rcpub-
llran party. They hare tho idea that the Drtno-
t te q n a1esSas sSs' Nee, es RG"i6 t6a r rdas s
It. tley VII g. Indemnity for tho past ns we'll as
''Suppose tho Democracy comes into power,
what advantage VII 4 ho e the south''''
n the end. There would be reaction IN tic
South a4nlnst TIC North and IN the North
against Tho South, which would bring back all
THO old troubles, md for tho next flye Or six
Ties. think that under Hayes, IN tho bas!e Of
m honest acceptance oi the results Of tho War,
tas tai,s Sost old get everything to which sho Is
fran, ner WI ~ ,,s ~ tsu Ina
+sn,,r3i 2u"'' @"u 6''"a t'o o'lce' u tuo "hlte
FeuuWve
.,,Itcs, cs, pue ~ tno present Time tho democratic
politicians arc IT. faVur of The caEpct-baggers.
The greatest otfcnsc Gen. Grant can In
their ewes commit ia In ,iyn =
Southern gentleman an Office, BECAUSE II de-
priTcs them OF ali ground Of colnojaint. Carmel.
baggory would ilayo disappeared long uro from
tho South under Grant l,,lt for The Interference
ecpted Office uucr lin, he was ostrarlacd sncaI.
t. and every othor way. He bccano an outlow
lii society. The Southern politicians have been
acting cYcr elnco the War exactly as tho garnet
haggcrs would hare them act, aud keeping UP
"Thcu you, as q Southern man, have moro
hope under hayes than under TiideniH
s.Ccrtatu1y have Under Tildcr1 look for
four years u confusion, dlscort, and strife"
.t1ty III. ,,.t-