The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-03-15

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The Republican Fa mily Quarrel.
The events in Washington hurin" the
last seven or eight days have startled the
whole country into close and ANXIOUS at
| tention A spectacle has been presented
which might lu9tly be characterized As
thieves qua,rellin" over their plnnder
There wa violent mutiny against the
heW President by membera OF his own
party, there was strong oppositioii 10 his
Cabinet selections, and Il great cutlery
AGAINST hi7 Southern policy, The diff
Guilty which Tie Presidential incumbent
has encountered 1t the Very outset ol lii
administrative career, in GETTING hi3 Cab
| met appointments confirmed l. entirely
unprecedented 'ihif il, however. only a
legitimate result of the success at the
frauds hV which he was placed in Office.
Meinher5 OF MIR. Hayes own party IN the
Senate have shown by heir delay IN con
ninin2 his appointments ipr lie Cabinet
Mat they hold him and Ms Office IN no rc-
Spert Whatever, and they have dared to
offer him a downright insult the moment
that he has attempted to show his own ia
| div dual preferences. This radical faction
has shown him hat they intend their
handmade President To br merely \ ito
| ire head. dressed in Grant, ,lst.otl' oar
hentS, 10 be managed according Ia the
dictates OF their own pleasure i HI.
BlalneS. NlortonS and Chambers aie aS-
lcnished to find that Hayes realty meant
lac pretty things that he said in his letter
OF acceptance ana in his inaugural address
about pacific policy. rhftl the President
"a mean what he said about ronciliatinp
proved by his Cabinet observation-disclosures
giuous though they are. These nomina-
tlons reached the Senate on the afternoon
OF March 9TH and We're as follows: Wm.
Nj. Evarts, Secretary OF State; John Sher-
| man, Secretary OF the Treasury; George
| v, McCrary Of Iowa, Secretary OF War;
Richard Thompson Of Indiana, Secretary
Of the Navy; ID. Nj. Key Of Tennessee,
Postmaster-G General; Charles Devens Of
Massachusetts, Attorney General Carl
Nchurz, Secretary Of the Interior
Objections were matte to every name
on the list, and each one was referred 10
Il committee. This committee. IN each
case, remained to be appointed a storm
OF Indignation from the radical leaders
burst forth, and they Joined in 4 chorus of
bitter denunciation ol Hayes which was
soon echoed by the extreme radical press
Even our neighbor the Bangor Wing
that had a day Or two before called upon
g"HS and men to rejoice over the inaugu-
ration OF Hayes turned suuare around
and abused the new President in a most
-
heart-renling manner. In fact there il 4
general mutiny in the Republican camp
w aahin@ton despatch to The New \ ork
Herald told the story in the following SEN
tencr g The politicians demand that
Packard and Chamberlain be recognized,
that |rhnlN and Evarts 81, left out Of tie
[ tahjnat tb,t
IN II, and that as to the other members
they snail b. consulted and that their
men shall be put in; that il to say, tnay
neiltha an unconditional surrender and
they are almost all the leading Republican
Senators, with q mass Of Congres4men
back OF them. who are, with gloomy
faces, rllrsin% Mr.. Hayes and repeating
General Bntler'S renlarl On the situation,
who - reported t" have said We have
taken a great dead u trouble and h.,ve
won !. defeat Y
by a bold dramatic stroke Blame placed
himself III the front Is 4 leader of the a.
contente,i. lie demanded that kellnog
be sworn in ~ Senator from Louisiana,
arguing that no Republican was permit
ted to doubt the eligibility Of the Packard |
government, lie pointed to Vice. Prcsi- |
dent Wheeler and said il Packard was not !
legally chosen "Non. sir hold Your hirh |
office hY hoM nsu5pation" Wheeler at |
once l~il the chair and Slid out OF the
Senate. BY = vote Of 3, to ~ the Senate |
refused I" swear in Kellogg as a Senator
from Louisiana and referred the matter
To The committee on elections, to be ap-
pointed. When the Cabinet nominations
were sent IN. Blaine continued war upou |
name on the lis! that OF Evarts-and |
moved its reference to i committee Of
foreign relations, 10 lie raised Ana 80 |
the wranolc went on. The country look
ed on with intense interest and called 10 |
Hayes 10 stand firm. And he diL 50.
greatly to his credit be it said ,ut il |
has been time Of supreme trial for the |
rev President Some men have said that |
it was impossible for Hayes to fight single |
handed against the office seekers of his
own party crippled as he is by a "defec-
tive title" Probably no man knows bet
ter than Hayes that he has no s,4o,ul right
to the Presidency, and that he holds the
place only by legal form Of right. If, |
however he develops the power and |