The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-10
THE APPROACHING CLEVELAND CON-
vENTION.
tOincinnati Commercial. /

Under the administration OF Gen.
Grant the Republican party In the South
had passed away with the exception OF
"a few frRg ments tossing about to tell OF
shipwreck. The right thing for Grant
to do, when the troops had done their
duty la preserving the peace and show.
ing fair play through the Presidential
election, was to remove them from the
State Houses. He left the task to Hayes,
who was menaced on one side by the
Democratic House past and to come,
and on the other by a desperately
dissatisfied population. Hayes saw
what must come to pass. He
saw that the two State Houses occupied
by United States troops must be evac-
uated. He thought to let down his
friends In the Republican State govern
ments as easily as possible. Hence the
so-called negotiations" which the tln-
grateful. persons most Commemorative
refer to Chamberlain and Packard
have attempted to make odious. It did
not suit the Gubernatorial gentlemen
to retire gracefully. They assumed an
affectation OF martyrdom. It would have
pleased them to have the world gazing
upon them while longer. They desired
American politics to revolve through
the administration OF Hayes around
two State Houses held against the tax
payers by United States troops, to whom
Congress, through the action OF the
House. had refused supplies because
they were engaged in this business.
Hayes was too wise and fearless a man
to allow bis country and his party to be
screwed into this attitude. He knew how
easily the case might be indignantly
misrepresented, but he did not regard
that. He. did his duty-his simple, i'm
perative duty.
issue Is a false issue. 1t ID perverted,
exaggerated, made spectacular; the
horns are blown and the drums are
beaten about it, but 1t Is unreal. The
real thing IL that II Hayes's administra-
ton goes on as Ii has begun, the Fed
eral officers will not be available to pre-
pare delegates for the next National
Republican Convention to nominate
noble Senator for the Presidency.
Special postoffiee agents and internal
revenue supervisors will not be going up
and down the country at the pub
! lie expense, assuming to be ena44
up delegations for noble Senators.
The postoffice machinery will not be
available. Swindling navy yards will
not return Congressman ripened to vote
subsidies. The right of a whisky thief
to steal from the government, provided
he gives literally to the Republican
party, will not be recognized II Hayes
succeeds according to bis programme,
he will ''give politics lft," and there
are some thousands Of important poll
ticians whose occupation. will de-
part from them. Hence the unpremedi-
tated speeches at Woodstock, forwarded
Ia type through the Associated Press
the Iowa resolutions-the Gail Hamil-
ton essays the Cincinnati Times criti-
cisms the fresh and fond affection OF
Simon Cameron and Robson for ex-
President Grant. The machine politi-
clans OF the Republican persuasion
those who would throw mud at Hayes
with the same delicacy with which they
licked Grants boots propose to capture
the Cleveland Convention. They were
thinking Of this as long ago as when
they called the convention. Cleveland
was the spot that had q Blaine faint in it
before the National Convention Id Gin
cinnati. !. 1t contains disappointed
editor. The Garfield movement Is In
that neighborhood. Ben. Wade's burn
ing Indignation is not remote. Travel
between New England and the North
west Is on the Cleveland route, Pack
ard can pass that way. Chamberlain
may fnaka n call