Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-17
Situation In 1850.

The division now so EVIDENT IN
the Republican party w"s first def,
initeIy manifested by the liberal
movements OF 1872. 1t is a remark
able fact in connection with that
movement that its inspiring pur.
puse has found Il complete expires.
sion in Mr.. uayes's Southern and
civil service policies tor it will be
remembered that Mr. Hayes was
one OF the opponents of that move
ment and Il follower OF Gen Grant.
The wonder grows when we re-
fleet upon the strange circumstance
tlat the Liberal leaders of that
time are now the most trusted adj
visers of the President.
We do not aiIudc to this change
of front on the part OF MIR. Hayes
IN order to charge him with incon-
sistcncy. 1t is better to be incon-
sistent than to be persistent in er-
ror. They are fools or knaves, tor
the most part, who never change
their mind. Inconsistency is GRIM
inal and contemplate only when
IT involves by pccrisy, Whether it
does 50 or not intho coso of Mr.,
Hayes is immatcrlal TO us whiIo cs-
timating the tendency of his pub
lie COZ, { from q merely political
point Of vlew. What we wish to
call attention to, is that Gen.
Grant Was the great exponent in
theory and practice OF that form OF
Republicanism which the Liberal
movement was intended TO rebuke
and that he is to day the hope, the
expected delvcrer Of THO mon who
triumphcd over Horace Greedy on
~ to be put to shame at last by
one on whom they too tOndly re-
lied,
1t is not to be supposed for a mo-
ment that Mr.. Hayes would have
received the Cincinnati nomina-
ton had the nominating conven'
ton even family suspected such
consummationS as the civil service
order and the Southern policy.
Republicans Of the strict iIliber
al sort, with one accord, attrib
ute the victory of the Ohio De
mocracy to what they term the dc
sertiOn of the President, and they
predict that the result will be "du
pIicated in Pennsylvania and New
Jersey, and multiplied in New
York., Itsuch should be the cas-
as is likely, the unpopularity o
the President with this class o
politicians may be expected to in
c%reas, to a %virulent degree. The.
willlpoint to the fact that their par
ty has not only been disorganize'
in the South, but has been demon
allied and disheartened in ever,
section OF the Union. In the mean
r time the intelligent voters of tn
country discovering that the Dem
. ocratIc policy adopted by the ad
/. ministration has restored pcac
and prosperity, and fearing u re
! lapse into GrantiSm should the Re
. publican party recover It's los
. prestige and power, will seal wit
> tho ballot the fate Of the organic;
4 ton which has abused it's trust an
survived its usefulness. This la'
+ consideration will be the contro
J, ling one; for the prominence
i Gen. Grant as the expected Rcpul
lican nominee in 1890 is unmistaki
bic, 1t may be Questionable whetl
n hC could, be induced to accept th
nomination, but there is no 9th,
element of doubt in the situation
BY that time the Democrats wi
control both Houses OF CongreS
land II great majority Of the Stat
Governments. These results wi
DO used by tho anti-Administri
ton Republicans to demonstrate III
failure OF Mr.. Hayes and the polio
he affects. The Liberals will
read out Of the party, and the fgl
4 will DO on u square Issue betwee
the Democracy US indicated b
the policy OF Mr.. Hayes, and X,
pubIicOnism rs defined by Messr
Conklins and Blaine. With q
ordinary leader the Republican
would regard their chances as few
indeed ; bnt Grant has moved 8
often to victoTOy that they rcgar
, his name as talisnlanic. But III
country has not forgotten bis arb
trarY temper, nepotism, giit-lakinl
? general Incompetence and extrava
gance, and all those u%nfortunat
traits which have made Grantisn
synonymous with administrativ,