The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-22
THE PRESIDENT.

southern papers ana POLITICIANS are
becoming just little disgusting In
their adulation OF Mr.. Hayes. The
fraudulent President cannot open his
lips but thousand pencils are ready to
declaim upon the wisdom OF his utter
ances and q thousand tongues to echo
his twaddle. Throughout his New Eng
land tour, and during his present jaunt,
his speeches have been simply silly,
often insufferably 80. Indeed. he ought
to have lost all the reputation he ever
had for wisdom and craftsmanship, and
stand forth the good natured imbeoile
he Ia. But, instead of that, the press
and politicians. especially those Of the
South, have done nothing for weeks but
slobber over him and quote his non
sense and palaver about his magnan-
Unity.
It Is time that this toadyism were
ended 1t is time for the people to judge
Mr.. Hayes by the principles upon which
his administration is based and the
measures which it pursues. The Plea
y,t,te, yesterday morning, affirms that
Gov. Hampton's courtesies to the Presi-
dent "admit that Hayes may be inno-
cent Of the fraud that decided his
case" that tour present political status
is due to his good will" that we owe
Mr.. Hayes debt Of gratitude. These
propositions are as silly as some of the
Presidents gable in New England.
Gov. Hampton has said nothing to init
mate that Mr.. Hayes may be innocent
of the fraud which decided his case.
Gov. Hampton could not have been so
weak as to do such thing as that.
There Ia not an intelligent man In the
United States-there is scarcely a woman
or child-who does not know that Hayes
was made President by fraud. There
are many who deny the fact; there are
others, like the Picayune, who would
smooth over the disgraceful business.
But Mr.. Hayes, with all the balance
OF the country, knows exactly how he
was made President; he knows that he
was defeated fairly in the election and
that he obtained the office through q
process of forgery, perjury and violence,
and he must feel an unutterable
contempt for those who credit
him with the innocence Of the suck
ing babe. Mr.. Hayes maudlin par
tisans and admirers had better drop
that line OF defense. It would
be more creditable to them and
to him to defend him upon the
ground that, ambitious as Caesar or
Richard, or other usurpers, he accom-
plished through the bullyism of some,
and the bold and open perjury Of others
of his supporters what those men &C.
complished, some by arms, and others
by murder and diplomacy.
The allegation that our present status
Is due to Mr.. Hayes good will, and that
we owe him debt of gratitude, Is false
In fact and vicious in morals. Mr..
Hayes was and Is as much Of a Repub-
lican as Grant or Morton. He ran for
the Presidency on the platform Of the
Republican party, read and inter-
preted in the light Of Grantism.
No we'll informed man doubts that If
Hayes had been fairly elected on the
Republican platform through canvass
managed by Moron, Blaine, Cameron,
Chandler, and the Federal army, he
would have carried out the policy Of
Grant. But the election went against
Hayes; the people by vast majority
pronounced against Grantism indeed,
they pronounced against it SO empha-
tically that Grant, stolid, regardless Of
public sentiment, resolute as he was,
took steps in the later days of his ill
spent term to reverse his policy.
II Hayes had attempted to enforce
Grants policy he would have been
upset by a revolution. He held his
place through compromise between
the cowardice OF the Eastern Demo
Gratis and the prudence OF the
Republican conspirators 1.-The Demo
Gratis conaantir1y to the triumph OF the