National Republican., 1877-07-11

the lace OF tnc OpprltUn OF Tue hDcNt lendeTs OF
his party and those who placed him in power. |
which few men possess, aud fewer would have cx: |
erclsed under the circumstances and for Il he not
only deserves credit from every friend OF consitu
tiOnal government hut the gratitude OF every just
and good citizen, and particularly of the sjuthorn
people. We are no Hayes man, and do not up.
prove of the manner by which he attained the
Presidency, but he is In Office lawfully and we
dssm sSnr d" to sppoJi him ~ 'hSse act act which
to the States the right Of selfgovernmcnt aud
which have restored the Southern States to their
former position In the Union.
Hay es Commended for spending His sum-
mers at the Capital.
The determination Of President Hayes to
spend his summers at the National Capital Ia very
| commcndable. and certainly marked improve
trict Of Columbia has been designated as the seat
OF Government and Its removal elsew here is mex
Hayes following old practices Of known propricty.
instead Of initiating the questionable example OF
| the wandering ruler he succeeded
The Presidenrs Brave and Noble Southern
Policy.
| From the Pensacola CF1a-) Herald;
Some people, calling themselves Democrats
arc abusive Of the Herald because 1t supports the
able and patriotic administration Of President
| taught pure and undchled Democracy long before
| many OF them were born, and we are not asking
priety of course In sustaining the President in
| his brave and noble Southern policy.
| The Glorious Union.
| From the Calvert Texan:
There is good reason now to celebrate our
RHt1nai 1n Snns.aty and nni,f , in general aIS Sn
Union, common In Its greatness to US as to all sec.
| tions,
The Fourth Desecrated.
From the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser
The Fourth of July, the anniversary of the
declaration Of American Independence, was desc.
Grated by NE sPeSshss o. Blaine and enGoyernor %
| thprp w n mi wi hpn hp mel N
selfish designs Of politicians should have been laid
aside, II was at gathering Of citizens OF all parties
| for patriotic celebration. But these men with
large minds and little souls. whom the dcmoraliza
tion Of the period following disastrous civil war
| raised into prominence, had the bad taste and
lneanness to convert Il into an opportunity for
venting their spleen and laying bare their personal
! grievance
Mr.. BIaIne's Woodstock speech.
| From the New Orleans Item;
He finds in the South no guarantees for peace
and harmony, and into the hands Of the ever
belous South the Republican President now plays
crn extension. and no scaulsition T from Mexican
domain, for all such acquisitions would be infused
with the dangerous here;y Of State rights and "a
tn the Union" Thus, blinded By sectionalisn and
goaded to madness by disappointed ambition. a re
cent candidate for the Presidential chair uttcrs
Hnathemas against his peers IN intellect and his
supcriors In patriotism, and In doing so chmcs In
with the denunciations of a fraudulent cx'Gov'
ernor
Ought to he In the Penitentiary.
From the baltimore Sun:
No finding of the Louisiana courts can dis
ttrb Mr.. Hayes title or make 4 better or worse than
Il is now. The fact that Mr.. Hayes Is In the White
> House furnishes no reason legal or moral why
; Wells & Co. should not be In the penitentinry.
' Let Us Have No Political Persecution,
A | From the Nashville American;
Such indictments have too much the ap.
ended. The highest authority In the United States
has accepted and passed upon this vote. II Is at
a as any power 10 reverse II Is concerned. II Is
h. never well In any event to attack the de Idcto OF
seek It's overthrow except for the practical purpose
!, have long ago decided, submitted to and forgottcn
50 far as any present practical end Is concerned
o down to the level Of Wells or Anderson, or %
v dignity them by punishment. y smacks too much
IS nmty * southern men and Democrats to pausc /,
i the work Of restoration and rehabilitation To hunt
J. up and manacle the wellses and Andersons. Thess
n are dead issIcs, mere decaying bodies which We
should let lie rOting and festerlng In their charne
:, house, recking In their own corruption. There Il
c new dawn and prosperity Just renewing itself &c
occupy all our time
The Real Cause OF Republican Hostility tt
Hayes.
From the New Orleans Picayunei
1t Is shrewdly suspected that all this hos
/. no policy is only an indirect attack upon his re
form policy. "Thc machine having been de
pr Neu OF mOilvC pOWer,nOw CumDcrs the carth ant
m The engineers occupation Is gone. The Presiden
declares that Federal employees arc the servants o
T. The nation, not Of any party Parties must pa!
ing. Parties profess 10 exist only In tine interest
j. the whole country. They have not done so hltll
m good The party Whip deprived OF its lash, In
dcmagogue bereft OF patronage, men hereafter ma!
10 vote in S ascSrdance NV, with their % Gn6%ssed adg
upon their doubtful records and questionable prh'
ID clplss as their only remaining chance for Once
are LEFT In the vocativo-hcnce these tears.
as The South VIII Stand By Hayes.
From the Charleston News and Courier
Is Tho Southern Democracy will renal
united. They Will be united In dSiense, na Qf
A. WGn S q e prineip, They win ST., stand by ~
Is right In honor they can do no less. Mr.. Haye,
n, In his action concerning Louisia and South Care
u" ater President had Straycd. The South cannot 70
=, her own sake or the countrys sake, allow him 70
ou m that reason to be stricken down.
u" Blaine Making a Fool of:HimselE
L. From the New Orleans Democrat
Of Jim Blaine opposes the acquisition Of an
portion Of Mexico lest II should increase the a
N. ready too great power Of the South but he want
" two or three more Northern States To bc made on
sr of Canada which he says Is Just waiting get int
the Union. Jus! by way Of satisfying Jccms whg
4, n "mrnal" fool he can make Of himself we wOul
to like to the question submitted to the people
M, him.
"a. Few people know that DR. Jowett Is no
ng only the inst Of living Greek scholar, most at
he mlrube preacher aud head Of the most ntellectui
7. college in Oxford, but also clever detective Y,
such Is the fact story is being told Of him 10 Ill
n following effect Some time ago one OF the student
~ ofhs college lost bundle of bank notes lnstca
"a Of prOClaiming his loss far and wide, he went
JT Dr JOwelt and told him of IL; The master bad
In him be Of good cheer aS he felt pretty sure Of r
covering them. lie took down from his pupil III
ell correct numbers Of the notes issued handblls Oe
nl Ing u reward but gave the WRONG numbers. III
<e thief thinking he was all safe thereupOu went
", the bank and presented one Of the notes TO
A. | changed but the cashier had received the Tlgl
" numbers, and promptly arrested the man and n
'" covered the property