The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1877-10-02
COLUMBIA.
Tuesday Morning. October 2, 1877.
The residents Tour.

Aeo Win the sayings and doing6 OF
:ho President Oil dis Southern tour.
Even those States that gave the
largest majority for Tilden. seem to
be most delighted with Hayes. His
Southern policy. we suppose. is one
of the secrets Of his warm reception
and the general endorsement Of his
principles. In other words, as long
as he tracks the line of his present
policy, the solid men of both par
ties intend to sustain his administra-
ton. The Springfield Republican
thinks the Presidents trip "really
Gu minated at Atlanta, when the
capital Of the State that gave Tilden
his greatest majority. turned out to
do him honor" and that "nothing
could probably be better than Gov.
Colquitt's welcome to Hayes as the,
great pacifcator, the peace-makerbc!E
tween brethren estranged, aud the
Presidents reply was the best speech
of the whole trip" The New York
Herald is equally satisfied, and even
jnbiiant. 1t says: Nothing could
be better Of its kind than his 1.-THE
Pre- sident's) speech at Allahta.-
which we printed yesterday It
was pitched in the same key as all
his New England speeches. and, in
fact. all his other Southern speeches,
but it was not marred by any ex-
pressions inconsistent with the
dignity of his great office. Besides
the lesser merits of perfect good
taste and exquisite tact, it was mark
ed throughout by a justness and gen
erosity of sentiment which not. only
captivated his immediate hearers,
but will command the general ap-
proval of the sold, sober.thinking
men of both parties. The excellence
of this speech may. in part. be due
to the admirable temper and tone of
Gov. Colquitt's addrcs, Of welcome.
No speaker ever hit the mark more
exactly in tho middle than the De-
mocratic Governor of Georgia did,
when he said to the President: The
great moving cause Of these hearty
demonstrations which have greeted
you since you reached Southern soil,
as to be found in the generous conf
deDee with which you believe what
egeH9akxssA0dEssaeaan.auseraani1aous.
tEIhy. which Wiilaot ekaot cringinE
aud; sefvile guarantees. :" . The Au-
gusta Chronicle and Oonstitutionalist
says: eff anybody at the North is
displeased with the Southern tour.
it is mainly the 'stalwart Republi-
CAM who fattens' on the spoils of
war. aud has nothing to hope from
peace. 1t may be that the machine
ry which led to the Inauguration of
Mr.. Hayes was false in fact in law,
and in everything else. but there can
be no question that it accomplished
one tremendous result, the nnlnask-
ing OF the Radica: Republican idea
and party, which were incarnated in
President Grant" The Missouri
Republican we'll describes the condi-
ton of that faction: "From that
day to this the Republican party has
been like man awaking from
drunken stupor. 1t does not recog-
nize itself; it cannot ascertain it's
bearings. It's old landmarks are
gone. anu " seems to be in O new
world. When it looks and listens,
it secs strange sights and hears
strange sounds; the country 1T
peace; the personal rctinue of Grant.
ism scattered to the winds; carpet
bagism wrecked and dshonored;
Wade Hampton escorting a Repub-
lican Executive and Cabinet through
the South; million of the citizens
of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama,
Georgia, South Carolina. North Ca
rolina and Virginia, shouting to Mr..
Hayes the heartiest welcome ever
given to an American President; the
strife between whites and blacks end.
ed. and the colored people In many
Southern States contentedly voting
the Democratic ticket. The Repub-
lican leaders realize this transforma-
tion slowly and faithfully. aud not