The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-10-03
mr.. HAYES, SOUTHERN FIST.

with the Southern people, and possibly
cheered ,and strengthened for his coming
troubles with his old party friends. These
he is sure TO encounter as soon as Congress
meets.
We have no cold water to throw upon the
success Of Mr.. Hayes in the experiment. now
made for the first time since tho war by the
Chief Executive ofthe United States, ofpre-
senting himself to the personal intercourse
with the Southern masses. No doubt good
has been done. and five do no! look beneath
the surface or scan the party connections Of
Mr.. Hayes too nicely. We may admit that
\ long stride has been made in the direction
Of Cancellation a1d towards the conviction
that the American people are one. No
chief Of q nation. no matter what bis title
to power may be. can come into contact
with the masses without favorable influence.
There is an inde6uable fattery that goes
out from the heights Of power when the oc-
cupant Of those. heights comes down from his
elevation and mingles with those who hang
upon his breath. And charity steps in to
soften harsh judgment and preconceived no.
tions.
Nevertheless. while recognizing the good
of these ameliorating influences. we do not
believe that the success Of Mr.. Hayes has
gone to the extent Of pervertirg the judg-
ment If the people. Their hearts may be
softened towards him by the efforts he
makes to win them; but they are not sha-
ken in their opinions, nor will they be
taught to believe that they have been mis-
taken. Its all very fne to point to them
tie practical results Of the policy OF Mr..
Hayes, the Withdrawal Of the troops from
the south, the efforts at Cancellation, the
recognition Of Southern equality under the
constitution. All these we have had since
the illegal accession of that gentleman to
the Presidency. But the first was the d.
rect legacy Of President Grant. who adj
mitted in the last days Of bis last admins
tratiOn. the wrong Of bis previous policy.
None but fool or mailman would have
adopted IS his that policy which Grant so
emphatically condemned. Cancellation.
too. was tie result If policy equally Ms
obvious. The deplOrable financial condi.
ton CT The country demanded the immediate
abandonment Of course which limited the
production aud paralyzed tie industries Of
both sections Of the country. And the re-
oognition Of the equality Of the South boz
fore the law came from 9 shrewd recogni,
tion Of the dependence under which Mr..
Hayes might be placed for Southern sup
port in the coufiCt with the jisaffected wing
Of his own party.
Aud let it be remembered that Mr..
Hayes has done nothing but what his oath
Of Office compelled him to 10. lie has
done nothing, according to Mr. Morton,
but what lie was under imperative bunds to
perform; and more than al. be has done
nothing but what Democratic principles
have Persistenily sought to bring about in
its long war q sixteen years against the Re-
publican party, and the value Of which the
Democrats have the satisfaction Of seeing
appropriated 20 their full extent by their
life long opponents as the true principles Of
republican institutions.
These considerations somewhat abate the
claims Of Mr.. Hayes 10 the unbounded gra-
titude Of the Southern Democrats, aud will
abats that confidence be has Of drawing
party strength from tue Democratic ranks.
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The New York Sun tanks the FIRE 10 The
Patent ofico means great deal. I. Is not
the frst time convenient fires have broken
out in the Departments. When the Demo.
cratic House was fixed fact Iiobinson's
and Belknaps departments took FIRE. u
the Patent Office is the Bureau Of the Int.
rior. The Democrats arc not through 10
their investigations, and there are many 70
cords 10 that Department inconvenisnt to
be made known. Fire cancels such tell
tale records. OH what o government.