The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-05-10
From the Boston Traveller

A few days after the Inauguration OF
President Hayes, a Washington dispatch
reported Gen. Edtler as having said,
THE Republican party have worked long
and zealously. and have won a defeat"
Whether it is trde that he did say it we
do not know, but either Gen. Butler or
the reporter was possessed of remarkable
foresight thus early to describe the fate
which now so terribly has befallen the
Southern Republicans. Paradoxical as
it may seem, recent events show that
they won a victory for President Hayes
and total and irretrievable defeat for
themselves.
Two distinct crises marked the curious
process by which these new and incon
gruous results have been wrung from a
history which must forever be standing
reproach to those who have deliberately
robbed it of all truth and honesty. One
crisis began with the discovery Of the
Sth day of last November that the claim
ed election of Tilden was a vain boast
and eliminated on the 9th Of December
in the Louisiana Returning Boards
counting that State for Hayes and Pack
ard. The other began during the latter
part of February in the trade by which
the Democrats agreed to the peaceable
Inauguration of President Hayes, and
"
delivery of the consideration therefor
the overthrow of Gov. Packard 1t is
important to review this crooked history
briefly.
For few hours following the Novem-
ber election there was a general belief
that the Democrats had elected their
candidate for President Among all
sincere Republicans there was heartfelt
depression, for that result seemed to
sound the death knell OF equal rights in
one-half of the republic. During these
burdensome hours a few Republicans
called upon Gov. Hayes. in ColurhbUs,
and to them he made this remarkable
speech:
/ don't care for myself and my party, and the
poor colored men of the South. Under the new
regime Northern men can't live there, and will
South The result will be that Southern Dem
ocrats will come into power and practically
treat the Constitutional amendments as nulIi-
ties, and then the colored mans fate will be
worse than when he was in slavery with q hu-
name master to look after his interests.
Thenceforth this seemed to be the key
note to the struggle for victory. When
hope dawned upon the Republicans of
the North. they at once looked to the
Republicans of the South as the object
of their solicitude. They said to them:
Hold what you have, and we will come
to your rescue" The Southern Repub
licans answered that they held the bal
ance of power surely, and all they asked
was protection from the mob to enable
them to prove it. As it was conceded
that Tilden had within one vote of
enough to elect him, this attitude requir-
ed q good deal of courage. Events have
shown that Louisiana was the pivotal
State, and to that we may confne our at
tention now. According to promise. the
troops were SO placed in the Returning
Board against violence, and a commits
sion Of able Republicans from the North
was sent to superintend the counting of
the votes. Under their guidance and
protection, Mr.. Hayes was elected Presi-
dent and Mr.. Packard Governor. The
defeat of one Republican elector in that
State would have defeated President
Hayes Therefore, the following figures
embodying the result of the count, are
important: