Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-12-07

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This State paper will force favorable
opinions from all fair.minded men.
Coming from q prOfesSed Republican
II will bs praised BY many Democrats.
All Southerners will be particularly
pleased al the tone in which The South.
ern people are mentioned. For the
fret time since the war q Republican
President speaks Of the Southern
States as equal States In the Union, and
eongratulates himself that his policy Of
kindness and justice has borne good
fruit. In this particular Mr.. Hayes has
made & good President, aud the South
can have no just cause Of complaint.
He 10 the more TO DO praised for this
by our section from the fact that bis
course has been bitterly opposed by his
own party. Nothing but q conscious.
ness that he 10 right, aud a determine.
ton Of purpose that 10 admirable, could
have caused him 10 persist in this line
Of policy In opposition to nine.lenlhS
Of the party that secured his position
for him. HE bold, true words
about peace aud kindness toward
the South will prove gall and worm.
wood 10 the Radicals.
The President rellerates his deter.
mination In regard to the Civil Service.
lie thinks that, though perfection car.
not be reached, the Civil Service can be
greatly improved by the enforcement
OF the rules he adopted on bis inaugu.
ration. Allowing for the complications
under which he vas laboring from The
manner in which he was placed IN of.
flee, we must acknowledge that he has
made many good appointments, but
We must be excused from approval Of
some he has made in Louisiana aud
one or two others Of the Southern
States. 1t 10 an insult 10 ordinarily in.
teligent people TO expect them 10 be-
lieve that the Returning Board scoun.
drels were cared for in pursuance Of
any honest system of Civil Service. 1t
would be hard 10 convince any one that
these men would have received any
recognition II they had not been mem
bers Of the ~eternally infamous Return.
ing Board.
These facts Will cAuse the public 10 still
feel many misgivingS Notwithstanding
the Presidents plausible, well.written
sentences. 1t will cause many to be.
lieve that a theoretical system of Civil
Service is difficult Of perfection by one
who received his own Office by crooked
methods.
The President, In our opinion, lie all
wrong in regard 10 the financial policy
Of the Government. lie fAvors forced
resumption, and he 10 opposed 10 silver
being restored to the position II oc.
cupled before interested parties secured
its decentralization. II he has not yet
seen enough bad effects Of the present
financial course of his administration,
we cannot imagine anything that will
convince him OF his errors. The sad
wrecks caused by this attempted forced
resumption are TO be found on all sides
in the East, in the West, and in the
South. Yet he says this plan il the
proper one,
His argument 10 regard TO silver
is no better than tina, about
forced resumption. lie is in
favor Of silver ouly upon the diff
ference in relative values between
1t and gold that wSs caused by the lie.
mOnetizaIion OF the old standard dol
lar, being recognized. In other words,
be 10 opposed TO silver being given the
same value as money that it had prior
10 the demonstration Act, that the
creditor classes had smuggled through
Congress. We are extremely sorry
that all his leanings arc towards the
bond.holderS, AMI that be 10 thorough,
ly imbued with the opinions Of tht
East aud Of The mOney.lenders o
Europe.
The balance Of the message is devo,
cd to various other important matters
that will need the attention Of Con
gress.
The following, from the Memphi
Appeal, 10 worthy Of note by planters
Judge George g. Benham ls savinl
all the cotton on his plantation this ses
son. Already, in addition 10 the regu