The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-03-24
HAYES AND THE SOUTH.

- intention of adopting liberal policy towarc
= tho Sou,b There is no doubt, for instance
that while the savage filbuster night wa
r made IN the house on the LIST and I'd OF Marcl
g to prevent completion OF the presidentia
!. count Hayes authorized representatives Eos
v ter and Stanley Mathews to give a numbe
of southern members written pledges that on
. of his first acts, after his Inauguration, shoult
5 be the removal of the troops from Columbi
, and New Orleans, and 1t is hardly suppose
) BILE that. Hayes would 60 back on a solemn
, pledge like that. The more reasonable sup
position would be that he meant honestly II
keep the promise, though as the agreemen
itself was corrupt and intended to enable
him to steal the presidency, tits not too harsl
a judgment TO say that "a!man who will stea
Will lie"
at all events, although President Grant haC
very good naturally taken pains to prepare
the way for Mr., Hayes, by assuring Cham
berlein and Packard that they could have NJ
further aid from him and admonishing then
| to expect none from his successor. Mr.. Hayes
after his Inauguration, began at once to man
feSt singular unreadiness to fulfill his prom
ises to the South. First it was that he want
ed to walt until after the senate adjourned
then he tried the Stanley Matthew's dodge of
coaxing Chamberlin and Packard to resign
and accept fat Offices from the government
then he is alarmed by Packard's bold front
aud hesitates because precipitate action might
lead to serious complications and bloodshcd +;
and finally the most ridiculous of all pre-.
texts is set up thatthe governments not suf.
fciently informed CT the exact situation al
New Orleans, and the expedient is brought
forward and adopted by the cabinet, OF send.
ing new commission to New Orleans to in.
ves,igatei AS ifthere was a single man in
congress OF the government that had not
months ago been in possession of every know
able fact in regard TO Louisiana and was not
thoroughly nauseated with Investigation.
OF course every body knows that this dodge
of a commission to investigate 10 only anoth
er pretext for delay. In short Hayes has re.
vealed himself in his true character, and all
at once It has flashed not only upon those
around him, but upon the country, that he is
miserable weakllng and a failure. Every
day, when he hears about a prominent man
coming TO Washington, he sends for him and
wants TO consult him about the South. Ely.
very cabinet meeting that is held, he wants
to talk about the South. To-day the Louisi-
ana conservatives go and tell him one thing.
tell him ia the most positive manner the OPP
posite thing. The Nichols men have long
ond friendly interview and Hayes seems fully
braced up. Then comes Kellogg and scares
him nearly out of his wits with "if you 60
back on Packard you negative your own
electionw Poor Hayes in his despair falls
back on his cabinet, and there by vote of
5 10 3 the decision is day after day to delay
ternporize.
The last dodge is this commission; but in
the meantime an incident occurs that is of
more significance than this resolve
for a commission. Blaine and Morton have
been sent for By Hayes and been granted
long interviews, and so well did they prosper
that afterwards Morton took long ride with
Hayes. Upon this the intelligent correspor.
dent OF the Times says
All the talk about town is now upon the
subject Of Hayes capture. II is, of course,
patent now to every one that he is completely
bulldosed. He has become msrose from eX- |
cess of timid,y, and utterly refuses to con.
slider any foreign questions, SO completely is |
he absorbed in trying to get down gracefully |
10 the dead level OF his party, above which he |
has truilessly and aimlcssly tried to soar.
While thus all the fond hopes of the South |
rom Hayes administration in regard to Lou.
siana are blasted, there was still a faint hope
hat he would at least dispose OF the South |
Carolina muddle. There certainly there was
40 trouble Hampton asks no recog 1ition-
no removal of the troops or of Chamberlain -
nothing, IN short, except that government
bayonets shall no longer repel him from the !
ioors OF the State house, ana that government
roops shall not interfere 10 thwart the decis-
on and DEGREES OF the legally constituted
courts. But even this Hayes begs time to
htnk about and refuses to concede
Meantime Packard, assured from Wash. .
ng,on of ultimate support, puts on lighting
airs and claims 10 have mustered and under .
arms two or three thousand niggers and dares |
he Nichols government even though the 4
troops may be Withdrawn, TO come on! He /
has coaxed or brought over a senator from /
The Nichols Legislature and claims to have
senate with lawful majority, and SO tele. |
graphs to Hayes, although II is notorious /
lba, his senate still lacks three members of a |
lawful quorum.
Thus the case stands at this writing. Hayes \
southern policy has broken down, he stands /
and thoroughly bull.dozed in the .
presence of Morton, Kellogg and Blaine, and
Evarts, Schurz and Key begin TO have visions
Of an exploded cabinet and themselves and .
their portfolios cavOrtinC through the air like