The daily gazette., 1877-12-18
WHAT TAE PEOPLE SAY
4 For the Gazette.


Your correspondent, "Loyaity' hill the
nail on the head with the greatest certainty
when he charged the Republican with "dis-
loyalty."Who that has read the Republicans
attacks both covertly and openly on the
President, and the policy of the Govern
ment is not convinced that according to all
his previous principles and professions he
is disloyal to President Hayes and TO the
| Governme ent. Well did "Loyalty" say the
President was being of his own creation
and he has pursued no course but what
was laid down in the platform of the party
| announced in the Presidents letter of ac-
| ceptance and in his inaugural address and
| fully explained, confirmed, and defended
| in his first annual message to Congress
| the whole shows the President has strong
convictions of duty not lightly taken up,
| and the results of his action has restored
peace to the country and local self-govern-
ment to the Southern states, and national
harmony. Useful industries have been
resumed; public credit strengthened in the
Southern states, and a revival OF commerce.
been promoted between the north and
south. While the President is thus doing
what is right and best for his country who
and what are the publicans that can say
unto their President, ,"what doest thou?" or
"why. doest thou?" 1t is plain these are
disloyal to the President, to the govern
ment and to the country, and they deserve
to be told so. When men take counsel oi
/. their passions or am EDITIONS, or gain, in
stead of principle, Enlightened judgment
and the constitution of the United States
they are sure to be misled and they mis-
!; take loyalty for disloyalty and they who
prated loyalty are disloyal 1t is wei
, enough therefore for the disaffected Repub
lican who hangs out the bloody shirt, tt
know what spirit he is of, what principles
he is advocating and the tendency of then
to destroy the peace and prosperity of th
country and to embroil his party and tn
nat on in discord turbulance and destruc
ton.
The Republican has never been suspecte'
of being too great a friend OF peace. If lik
Gen. Grant, for eight years he cried ale
, us have peace" he only whispered it to tn
- ear and broke 1t to the hope-when to saw
the country from marching on anothe
war. The patriots of the country institut
ing a comm ission to decide the Presidentia
question. The Republican was against i
and wished it decided by fraud, or force c
arms, for fear a decision of a just com mis-
sion would be agai st Republican Pres
dent-and decided as it was, and many b.
lieve, unrighteously. The Republican wa
for it, but when the President followed hi
convictions, his professions, and the pr
vious proclamation of his party of amt
and peace, and shut up to such cours
- partly by his belief that though he wt
4. elected by the favor of law, the populs
vote was on the other side and he owed
to the voice of the people who held him
10 their hand. The pursuance of the wis
policy which he has followed out an
as without which the opposite party coul
,d have made dead lock in the governmen
:" The Republican therefore should see I'll
be injustice of mis- persecution OF Mr.. hay
| and opposition to the policy of his goverl
at ment; even Massachusetts, itself is found
he support OF Mr.. Hayes and 1t is strange tn
a Republican down here in Delaware, al
he Conkling of New York should run a t.
-, against the President and mis- governmen
III II Is easy to see the reason of Conkling
he idisloyalty, and 1t is not diffieub TO disco
that of the Republicans. 1t was we'll theI
- fore for Loyalty" to caution the Repltb
n. cantor forewarned he may be forearmed
~ or converted to loyalty. Well may he e
air claim at the conclusion, o, tenpora,
mOTeB. CONSIDERATION