The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-07-07
CHAMBERLAIN.
The Dead Bucks Howl over the Aban.
donment OF Southern Radicals by
the Seven by Eight.
Hayes Accused of Intrigue and Treachery
and Pr0eIaiming to the World that
the viii of the Majority is no,
the Ruling Power.

WASHINGTON, July a. Phrases from
Chamberiain's speech on the presiden-
| tial policy Ii is offensive. IL sa~
vors Of bad faith. IL has n native and
| historical udOr OF treachery and in
irigue; but, fellow-citizen-, what Is
the presidents southern policy? In u
| point OF physical and external faith IL
| consists in withdrawing the military
| forces OF the United States from the
| points IN South Carolina aud i.ouisi.
ana, where they had been previously
stationed for the protection and sup.
/ port of the lawful governments ui
| these states. In point of immediate,
| foreseen and intended consequences,
il consists of the destruction ana over
throw OF those state governments and
| the Substitution III their stead
| of certain other organizations
called state governments. In point of
actual present results, it's consists OF
the abandonment of southern republi-
cans, and especially the eolured race,
| To the control and rule not only of the
democratic party, but OF that class al
the south which regarded slavery as "a
divine institution, which waSed tour
years of destructive war for iIs perpet-
uation, which steadily opposed citizen
ship and suffrage for the negro. Ia a
word, class whose traditions, priDei-
Piles and history are opposed To every
step and feature of what republicans
call cur national progress since
| lSe0. In point OF general, moral and
political Significance, il consists in the
| proclamation To the country aud the
world that the will OF the majority
of the voters OF IA state lawfully
| the ruling power in our states ana that
the constitutional guarantee to every
state in this union of a republican
| form OF government and of protection
against domestic violence il hence
forth Intellectual and worthless. !
could frame an excise FOR James
| Buchanan. He was the decaying fruit
OF a century of northern subservienee
to southern dictatioa-the poor sitegs
| OF IL worn out politician whose life had
been spent IN covering Submission To
the will of those whom he was now
| called to confront. But what shalt be
said of this president, educated by the
events OF the last seventeen years, the
long aud pefilous struggle to save the
nation 10 freedom and justice, the
| representative of a party whose
! life anu inspiration ia every
| hour OF its existence has been
| political Justice and freedom for all
American eitizens-n president who
| had literally 10 climb to his hig,h..seat
over the dead bodies OF hundreds of
| loyal subjects IN Louisiana, who net
death in far mere terrible form than
any battle field, in order that the lib-
erty which they had tasted might be
kept for their children? James Rgch-
anan would say he negotiated with
| those who were in arms against the
! United States il order that he might
| 10y peaceful agencies preserve the IN
! tegrity of the Union and avert IA fra
/ tricidal war. This president enters
| upon his negotiations with those who
are in arms against the lawful govern
meDt of Louisiana in order that lac
might the more surely betray the
| friends who trusted hin and the
cause he was sworn to uphold. Now,
fellow citizens, exercise tie right OF
al American citizen no more when
say that "A review of THIS chapter OF
our history leaves me in no doubt
that the real purpose OF the Louisiana
commission, and of the whole con
duct of the Louisiana case, by tie pres
iGent, was 10 accomplish the overthrow
of Governor Packard and the authori-
ty. Called upon, under the constitu-
tion and laws of the country, rs its
chief executive, ID discharge grave
public Gnty-a duty essential To the
maintenance Of the lifs of great
state--a duty equally essential 20 the
/ maintenance of human right and The
principles of the political party which
had elected him-the president NOT
only declines the duty, but he stab-
the state that sought his aid, and be
trays the principles aud men whom be
was bound TO uphold and protect.