The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-13

The history II tn" struggle for the Speak
"rShp now on the point Of determination at
Washington is full Of valuable instruction
for politicians who may have imagined
that because the American people submitted
quietly Ia the Presidential juggle. polti-
cal power might hcnccforth bc openly trans
ferred back and forth in pursuance Of vul-
gar bargains without regard to public
opinion.
When the HAYES people came into power,
flushed 10y the success of the great fraud Of
1876. they immediately set about COMPRISING
a new fraud for 1877. With dclusive visions Of
an enduring coalition between the HAYES
Republicans and that portion of the South
ern people whose representatives had de-
clincd to ilibuster on the electoral count.
the managers Oh the part of the Fraudulent
Administration made no doubt Of their abil-
lty 20 capture the organization Of the Demo-
cratic House of Representatives. HAYES
had 80 strong an impression Of his power In
the premises that he promised the gavcl TO
GARFIELD in writing. and for months GAR
FIELD showed the letter up and down, rs II
it was n perfectly clear title decd to the
Office They had seized the Presidency by
fraud, and what should hinder their seizure
Of the House 10y political purchase? The
people, il was true, had elected n majority
Of Democrats a. Representatives. but had
they not also elected Mr. TILDEN President
The means. or something like the means.
which had served To- thwart their will in one
instance. might serve to thwart il in
another
The elements In their calculation were
much the same i'm the one ca-na.iu the nth-
or. They counted upon the Texas Pacific
and the subsidy men, whose numbers In the
south and whose strength in Congress were
vastly overratcd. Tho leading lob In this
combination had furnished the vote Of JOE
BRADLEY to consummatc tho electoral
fraud, and il was equally concerned in wrcst-
ing the organization Of the House from the
Democratic majority. which was cmphati-
cally pledged against IL. They counted upon
the adherence of goodly number Of South
ern members to the spirit, If not to the lite
raj terms, Of the MATTHEW'S FOSTER pact,
and upon the gratitude Of the Southern peo-
pile for the removal OF the troops and the
abandonment OF the carpct-baggers and
they counted upon the steady support Of the
whole Republican party.
But Of all these elements In the proposed
coalition which had for its immediate ol-
iect the seizure of the House. and for its
ultimate objects a great standing army, the
annexation of part Of Mexico. a magnificent
system of internal improvements. a splendid
prodigality in expenditures, ana unlimited
public plumber 10 corporations and Rings the
TcXas-paclllc and the subsidy johhers Hone
remain in their original force The South
rrn members who treated with the agents
Of HAYES hold that he merely discharged
definite obligation when he left the carpet
baggers to their fate; and the Southern
people are aware that they owe their deliv-
crancc, not 10 the secret intrigues and bar
gains of the capital, but to the irresistible
force of Northern popular opinion, and 10
the presence Of Il Democratic majority, re-
solved to abolish the army altogether UNI
less il should ccase to Ice used against the
liberties oi the people. And to complct" the
disaster OF great coalition which a few
small hut sangllne politicians Xix" MAT
THEws, and few bold adv"nturrrs like
SCOTT, believed to have been permanently cs-
tabli-hed, the Republican party has fallen
away from the side Of the fraudulent and