Middletown transcript., 1877-03-03

but not de .fure President they snoulo
nav only such Difference to him and his
official acts as the good of the country
shall require.
A SECTIONAL PoL1oY Nor WANTED.
1t appears that Governor Hayes. when
he becomes President-of which there
seems now but little doubts to have
"a policy" Moreover, that policy is
to be "a Southern policy, According
to Mr.. Foster and the New York Tri-
bune and sundry other republican
speakers and newspapers, there is to be
embracing and fraternizing between the
North aud the South, and every thing
10 the future is te be serene and peace
full but whether prosperous or not is
not stated. The negotiations now pend
ing for the recognition Of Nichols as
Governor Of Louisiana are said to be in
pursuance of this policy, Judge Stan
lev Mathews, the brother-in-law Of
Governor Hayes. acting as his repre-
sative As the programme as set forth
denotes a remarkable reformation it
merits examination. The republican
party is not likely-to use Sir Boyle
ROche's simile-to "turn its back upon
ITSELF without adequate cause and the
expectation of substantial benefit
Whether it be right to do evil that
good may come of it we leave moral
lists, other than returning boards and
electoral tribunals, to decide. At all
events it seems that the Hayes doctrine
is one of equivalents. 1t proposes
to compensate the South for the wrongs
she has endured by sprinkllng her with
a shower of blessings. Her works Of
internal improvement are to be en-
couraged. Her prosperity is to be pro-
NOTED. Grants military grasp is to be
unloosed, and the courts warrant is to
supsrsede the generals order All this
is delightful to contemplate. Even as
proposition it is a wonderful instance
Of sudden and gushing sympathy from
a quarter where such sympathy was
least expected. It is the more remark
able when one reflects that The repub-
Iicau leaders in the presidential cam
paigD haunted ''the bloody shirt" and
raised anew the old political war cry Of
"a rebellious South" But times change
and men change with them. The re-
turning boards have done their ap-
pointed work. The electoral tribunal
has affirmed that if what they did was
morally wrong it was legally right, and
by wrongful acts done under lawful
forms Governor Hayes is now regarded
as the incoming President, and the
party be represents gets new lease Of
power. What next is to be done
Coercion Of the South being no longer
possible resort must be had to coucilia-
tion. There must be a change Of pol
icy. The South is the democratic cit
adsl As it has bsen found impossible
to capture it by assault. the new and
mere mere aeidians mode Of approach i tn
be by sap and mine. There is to be a
rout Of carpet baggers, liberal distri-
button Of Offices within the State and
public employments out of it. and, ulti-
mately-for this seems to be the OBJ
jsct-a disruption of the white vote
and restoration of republican rule in
some Of the States now lost to the
party.
What was said of old about "Greeks
bearing gifts" will probably be said
again to the Southern people by way Of
admouition and warning But if their
own experience has not taught them
caution they will scarcely be disposed
to profit by the advice of others. Their
most trusted leaders already scout the
idea Of building up republican party
at the South to aid in perpstuating the
power Of the Mortons, Chambers and
Shermans But purely visionary as
the Hayes Southern policy" as his
friends have foreshadowed it, may turn
out to be, it would have at least the
merit of being less law-defying than
that Of Grant, and by SO much the
country would have reason to be glad
of the change 1t would be a great
mistake. nevertheless, for Mr.. Hayes
to have any "Soutbern policy" at all.
as COntra-distinguished from an East
ern, Northern or Western policy II
he will leave all the States free to man
age their own affairs and shape their
own destiny, favoring no one section at
the expense Of another. be will have
done all that can reasonably be ex-
pected Of him. The country is getting
heartily tired Of so much "policy" and
SO little real statesmansbip.-Bat San.