The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-26

just now. when n selfish object may be
promoted by prctcncc of conciliatng the
South; and southern support IS most dosira-
Bile to a consummation Of the greatest fraud
ever attempted in this country the Republic
can leaders propose 10 reverse their ma
chino. and to rccant thcir whole policy Of
the last twelve years After n bloody shirt
campaign, in which the Southern people
were charged with every possible crime;
denounced as public enemies and stigma
tied ass rebels unworthy 81 any trust. they
are now approached with offers OF prolcsscd
friendship and told. if they will consent to
the moi- trous iniquity Of inauguratng a
President made 10y one Returning Board of
scoundrcls and confirmed by another, they
may have patronage and place for their
reward.
In other words the South Is invited 10 the
banquet of a robbery Of its own rights. and
asked to share in its own spuliation. JONI
SHERMAN and his conirdcrat"s who arc re-
sponsiblc for all the iniamio5 Of reconsiruc-
ton, and who up 60 the early days Of De-
ccmhcr were engaged with the returning
rascals at New Orleans in completing the
vllainy by which Louisiana was sold 10
HAYES. have now the audacity to invoke the
cooperation of the very men whom they
libcllcd, outraged. cheated, and DETAINED
with fabricated anldavits and with the
suborncd testimony Of ignorant or vicious
ncgrocs
These shameless intrigucrs, who are bid
ding for Southern votes and tranlcking for
Southern countonaucc, only few weeks
ago, in theS'ultc and in the House of Repre-
sentativc-, stood up and charged the honor
Il
| Louisiana. Florida. South Carolina, Missis-
sippi, and Alabama, who have long been
striving forpeacc and prosperity, with muir
dering and Illuminating thousands Of me-
/ grocsl They avcrred that violence was the
/ weapon by which those States were carried.
/ The only basis for this wholesale political
SANDER was testimony regularly manulac-
turcd in the Custom House at New Orleans,
and concoctcdby the rowing committees that
were sent out TO offset. by partisan reports,
the investigations that were ordered hy the
House OF Representatives.
That HAYES cOncurrcd with this policy
and the charges against the South, Is proven
| 10y the words he uttered in the hour of ac-
knowlcdged defeat when he addressed his
friends in Columbus and told them, in can't
ing phrases, that he and his party could
bear to bc beaten, but that his great pity
was for the poor colored men OF the South"
and that " Northern men lcarpet-baggers, of
counsel can't live there" And he went on
TO accuse the South Of bad faith, in this
offensive language: "Thc result will be that
the southern people will practically treat
| the constitutional amendments as utilities,
and then the colOrcd man late will be worse
than whom he was in slavery, with humane
master TO look after his interests"
All these acts, dcclarat ions, and insults
dat" since tho election in November, and
most Of Thorn are quite recent. While they
are fresh before the country the agents Of
HAYES are seeking TO drive bargain at
Washington, by which the people who have
been thus illuminated and Yronged shall
surrender their manhood, wear II self-im-
posed badge OF degradation. and become
accomplices In the crimes Of their plumber
ing opprcssors, in order TO crafty the amhl-
tion and the greed Of few sclf-consttuted
leaders. suppose it possible to make this
trade, whore is the guarantee for its fulfill
mcnt Who goes ON the bond? Or are the
people who have so often been betrayed by
promises from GRANT and his Cabinet, to
accept only the pledges made by politicians
spanning Al Att' manu- Va ilAl buN NAAiA %
sharp eye to their own intcrcsts2
a passage in HAYES letter accepting tho
Cincinnati nomination. beloved to have
been written by CARL ScHURz, relating
10 the southern question, is now paraded
as evidence Of his good disposition The
whole spirit of that letter was ignored dur
Ing the campaign, and as MORTON has
well said, n President Is what his party
nnkcs him. 1t has no significance or pres
cnt value, when, If HAYES enters tho White
House at all, IL viii be MS the instrument OF
the managers Of stupenious fraud. As il
TO rohuke this attempted deception while
the intrigue was going on and the National
Returning Board was finishing the work in
Oregon, Il blast from the ohio Siuic J0Un0l
Tie home organ of HAYES, struck the cor
rupt echemers and exploded like a bomb in
Congress. That journal openly sustains tn,
PACKARD Government and donounces Tn,
white people Of Louisiana. It's declarations
ON this subject will bo found in another page
/ of this morning Sun.
Now, whiio HAYES NAV not be responsible
for this u'terauce, il Mt least reflects tn,
sentiment ol those most near to him, and il
comedies remarkably with the opinions h,
expressed on tho 9th OF November, whcI
his defeat was confessed, and no spoke hi'
real convictions ms 10 the future Of the SOuti
under TLDEN. 1t will be interesting TO know
If thoro il single southern man Of any
prominence and character who would con
taminate himself bya bargain and sale sucl
as has been offered by the friends Of HAYES
II there be traGickers Of secondary class
we advise them, should the opportunity
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