The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-04-30
MONDAY. APRIL 30, 1877.
The Republican Party ANA the
Country,

Tues Will uloapItHT DelOTO local laws anu
local authority applied in the interest of
the Democratic party.
ltseem1 to US that thia Ia very unior.
tunatc presentation Of the case. II I'M
plea that there was an obligation resting
on theAdministration to keep the States OF
South Carolina and Louisiana in the he.
publican ranks Could il be expected
that President Hayes would devote HIM
sell to such partisan obicct2 The
Presidents dogma must be remem.
bered: "lIc serves his party best who
serves his country BEST No man had
right to expect that Gov. Hayes would
sink the patriot in the partisan. lie
will build up the Republican party by
recognizing it as the party OF the nation,
and making il the instrument Tor unity.
ing, harmonizing and benefting every
portion OF the national commonwealth.
Ii this not sufficiently partisan to suit
the Times it is, nevertheless, thoroughly
statesmanlike, and so unmiatakably pa.
triotic that it will command the conf.
doncc and support Of the country.
Besides, how were these States to be
kept in the Republican party? What Is
the process propOsCd?. Both Chamber
lain and Packard declared that they
could not snst.in themselves, in the alb.
sencc Of Federal troops, The result has
already proved that, in this regard at
least, they truly comprehended the situa-
ton. Az soon as the shadow Of Federal
authority is removed, their governments
melt away like lrost.palaCes under
tropical sun. Docs the Times think that
that it would be good policy to attempt
tile preservation Of Republican govern.
menis in South Carolina and Louisiana,
at the point Of Federal bayo.
onets This was the only alter
native to the course Of Cancellation
puFsned by Preaident Hayes. The in
stincta and traditions Of the American
people are all in favor Of government
by law, and not by military power, Pres.
ident Hayes might, perhaps, have main
tanned Republican asccndcncy in the
States mentioned il he had employed the
army Tor that purpose, but he lacked the
Constitutional authority thus to interposc
III the government OF States,and he would,
doubtless, by Democratic House have
been deprived OF an army to employ in
that manner Such courRe as the
Times seems to think ought to
have been pursued, would have
destroyed utterly the Republican party
in majority OF the Northern States. Ii
something has been lost in South Caro-
lima and Louisiana, very much more Inns
been gained in North Carolina and Ten
nessee, and IN New York, Connecticut and
lndiana-to say nothing OF the moral
strength secured by the party in every
portion oil the Iond,-irom the success OF
its policy and the manifest business and
moderation OF its conduct
Gen. Grant used the military power
oil the natiqn to suppress disorders in
the Southern States, and, as the Times
boldly presents IT to maintain Republic
can aacendancy in that section But he
did not succeed as fully as was antici'
pated. There were outbreaks, mOb' and
murders, despite the pressure and power
OF Federal arms. Many innocentnegroes
were slaughtered, and the whole country
suffered as the result Of the disturbances
whieheSisted' Did the Republican party
gain by this policy? 1t lost Arkansas,
Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Geor-
giH and North Carolina The South was
made almost solid Tor the Democracy.
What is more, the party in all the land