, 1877-08-17

form NJ we'll rs hia. Flo has n1,iled by it
they have slamc1cssly trnmrle,l It unterioot
and rcvilota Il M false compact.
CAMERON, WADE, CoSKL1So, HLA1yE. ant1
THEIR followers belong to tho school Of bel.
ligcrent politicians. They keep t;scroetiy
away from tho front hon WAT IN going Oh,
but they thrive in the absence Of better ,l,e,,
who arc fighting. II is to their interest Tint
asrlfo "hall be kept mp as long ~ possible,
anu thas tho conditions which brought their
services into request sl,al1 be maintained.
Inns Is tho reason for their imp1acabEo courso
In relation 10 the Southern question They
know TINT President IhrEs hel no honest
alternative in the caso OF Louisiana md
South Carolina; That he adopted, in both
instances, ahe policy transmitted 10
him by tho Republican Convention.
and Tint the result has boon most harpy.
With nll their capacities for ignorance, these
statesmen cannot be ignorant that profound
peace prevails In overy part Of tho South,
lhera arc no more reports Of outragos upon
tho negroes. The .Klux have tlisbantled,
Tho lsIflc Climbs aro thinga of the past. Mnr.
DER rape, arson, ,'and anarchy nre not moro
frequent south Of Mason md Dixona limo
than north Of it. both races are working
i1armoniously In Tho fields, cuitivating llo
lhfgcas cropa known for years. THO omploy-
crs havo yielded to tho employed voluntarily
privileges which no process of force co,lll
ever hase extorted from them. Tho negro In
more Industrious than ercr before. be.
cause more inclined to mako his living
In an honest way, md to lcayo politics
nlone. Iu tho five months since Stho in
augurntion Of President HAYES paoifleatiou
policy tue negroes Of the South hava boen
more contented, more industrious, md moro
secure in tho possession Of their rights than
In my similar period since tho Introduction
of alavery GU this continent. Emancipation
waa proclaimed by President LINCOLN iu
1858; 1t wns established rs a fact by Prcai-
don't HAYES in 1877.
Tho truth is too plain to DO. concoalcd
from BLAINE, CosKI1xo, and CAMERON.
They know that tho pacihcation pol.
icy jas been successful. Under tho |
circumstances, We cannot feel that their
continued opposition to 1t is sincere.
or TINT they intend to "punisl HAYES on
account Of it solely. Thoy perceive plainly
enough tho simple proposition that thoy
eannot "punish 1IArEs' without being
Themselves punished by tha Domocrnt1o
party. What will II profit CosK11Na 10 lose
Now York II ho loses his seat IN tho Senate
at the sane timo2 or BLAINE to send IN
from Maina II tho Republican
majority in Pennsylvania and Ohio Ia de-
7troyed? Tho real cause Of tho hostility
avincel by the nalcontcnts ia duo to tho
civil'servica Reform policy a. much
IS to the Southern policy. Tho latter
reform only dcprivca them of stock in trale
'or speeches and political pamphlets. wlilo
ho former robs them Of tho very shows
1t war. They Gnu Afford perhaps to
tho bloody shirt, but can they givo
1p tho Post Offices nnd the assoasmont fund
's we'll ? Precisely at this point tho shoo
'inches. Machiuo politicians feel that tho
oresidcnt's policy las put an end to thoir in
lnenco In the party. and they aro determined
hat the machine shall not stop without hurt
ng somebody,