The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-12
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
An Impartial Picture Of Our Actual agd
Acting President.
His Evident Intentions, Magnificent 0p.
pertunities and Threatened Dangers.
Especial Correspondence N. o. Democrat. I

Especial Correspondence N. o. Democtat.1
WASHINGTON, March z, 1877.
/ For aoms weeks have been giving you vague
hints and shadowy premonitions Of wondrous
things to come in the politics of the near future.
might have been more specific at times, but for
certain inhioitions offconfdence which my friends
frequently accused me OF stretching beyond the
limit, as 1t was, But now it is admissible for me
to say that watched that little to operation
with greater composure than the general run of
Democrats or Of men acting with the Democratic
party; and that when the result was finally
reached and announced, did not regard the
country as being half go nearly consigned to the
demnltion pow-wows as did most of our Demo-
cratic friends. had raisoa detre. And con-
templated the strivinys of Morton, zAchsrish,
Blaine, the Camerons, ct at, with emotions very
similar to those which animated the bosom of the
traditional Frenchman whose good spouse woke
him up in the middle of the night with the
standing announcement that there was
BURGLAR IN tbs HOUSE,.
care you sure there is burglar in the house,
MA chere?" inquired the Ffenchman.
"Yes, yea, I know there is don't you hear
him2'
"Well," rejoined the Frenchman, "be careful
not to disturb the good man in his operations.
Let him search the house thoroughly. Then, il
he finds anything, we will get Up and take it
away from himl"
Thus we observe that the burglars before men-
toned searched our political house thoroughly,
and when they had found Presidency we got
up and dwell let the history ofthc future finish the
application OF the snesdots.
4 Ia trifi a fnn norlv vat AVIAN 10 ANAL hy
card. Thus far we have only the inaugural to go
upon as an accomplished fact, though before this
reaches You we shall have had Cabinet nomina-
tions and other practical demonstrations Of pol
icy which will leave no room for doubt or cayil
rs to
WHO HAVRs II,
and what kind Of President he means to be. 1t
lie not my purpose to spill any useless tears or
waste any futile invective upon the methods by
which Hayes was made President, nor to spoil
any valuable paper with dissertation upon the
defects in his title to that effice You are DEM
scrstic newspaper. I am purveyor of facts at
mesgre salary. will give you the facts. You
can print them or not, a. you please, and I shall
not complain so long as the meagre salary is
forthcoming. Bat 1 propose to speak of Mr..
Hayes as the President of the United States, by
virtue of a title which nobody seems to think de-
fective enough to warrant an attempt to deprive
him of it by the only method that ever has been
known to aueunt to anything in the practi-
cal affairs Of men--that is to say the God-lEe
] Law OF SUPERIOR FORCE.
| You may as we'll bow to this doctrine. It is
the doctrine that men have been bowing to ever
aimee Cain knocked his weaker relative in the
head, and it is the doctrine to which mankind
will continue to bow. am q devout believer in
the doctrine of brute force.
Having consumed so much OF your valuable
space in an exege~ss Of the conditions under
which Mir. Hayes hSkis the Presidency, shall
dismiss that part Of the subject and in the course
OF my correspondence shall not be likely to refer
to it again, unless some of his executive acts
should prove of such character as to suggest
"reminiscences OF the origin of his tenure.
To begin with, Mr.. Hayes is man OF clean
mind, and, SIS politicians run nowadays, Of
EXCEPTIONALLY PURE PURPOSES.
| In business transactions he is scrupulously
exact-so exact that most men call him " "cIose,"
if not stfngy. He is likewise thoroughly honest,
and has always been known as q man whose word
for transaction or for the payment Of 8 sum of
money is as good as his bond or his note of hand.
Socially, ne is genial, talEative companion, but
he has faculty of talking a good deal without
saying much in the way OF conmittal or betrayal
of himself upon apy topic Of Importance.
IN Els DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Hayes is q woman's ideal of good husband,
and child's dream of an indulgent parent. Add
to these characteristics gentle, patient manner;
and modest. unsggressivs air, and you have
fair conception of Mr.. Hayes as man and cit
izen. 10 politics he has always been that noblest
| work Of God, an
AVAILABLE CANDIDATE.
Ragged the storms Of party strife never so fierce
", howled the tempest of factional dscord never
so wildly, when all other candidates have been
| tried and found wanting, there has been Hayes;
| ever bland, ever serene, ever with 3 clear re-
cord, ever available-because he always kept his
own counsel. and, if not everbody's friend, at
least nobody's enemy. So he has been nominated
to many offices, and always as the candidate of
compromise and the exponent of peace within
his party; never as the candidate Of strife nor
az the result OF victory; and with one solitary
exception, he has ALWAYS been elected and always
| by the akin of his teeth. Banning beat him for
Congress in 1s72-by scratch.
| THE WHISKY RENG
/ beat Hayes that year, not because it hated Hayes
or loved Banning, but in order to teach certain
elsment in the Republican party of that District
at that time that it was not healthy to fight the
Ring. With this exception Hayes has always
been successful. His luck would sink ship if
luck we're cargo and life ses. Political honors
have fallen upon him, and I don't believe he
could have lodged them if he would. Fortunes
have fallen to him here and there like ripe apples
falling from the tree and hitting one on top of
the unsuspectng head.
Genius has never ratified him, nor has great
mind weighed him down. Neither yet is he a
mediocrlty ; much less stupid. His is one Of
those steady, safe, even and equal minds, not
] high nor den Int of fair surface and without