The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-02-27
:GoyERNoR's OFFICE:

you'll ma OoV. hayes III thetS.
Opening the door, found Capt. Lee,
the Governors private secretary, en-
gagged in opening the morning mail.
The Captain, who will probably take
Gen. Babcock's place IN the White
House, is slightly built man, with mill
tary bearing. Once brunette, his hair
though the Captain is not over thirty
has turned to silver-gray. A silver
gray moustache also ornaments his face.
Capt. Lee is Il quiet, conservative man,
, firm in his convictions, and he always
speaks with a low, quiet deliberations
which impresses the nearer with his
truthfulness.
"Ahr' be said, as gentleman pre-
sent introduced me, "you used to write
for the Sun, Mr.. Perkins2 Well" he
continued, "The Sun has made
strong fight against US, but, l think a
courteous fight Would you like to see
the GOVERNOR
"Yes," | said. 'Of course L do not
wish to interview him. The Governor,
of course, would not express any strong
political sentiments just now, and If he
did, no one but newspaper held would
think of reporting them"
found Gov. Hayes alone in the large,
plain Gubernatorisl room. He came
over to the fireplace, and took my hand
cord ialIy, as he takes the hand OF every
one, from the one-legged soldiers from
the Soldiers Home to Bishop Wilmer
of Louisiana.
The Governor was dressed IN plain
black suit, frock coat, high vest, and By.
ron colsr-as simply as any gentleman
| could dress. His face has the old war
brown, but il is rosy with health. Not
a wrinkle, not care turks there. His
blue eyes have both an inqu!ring and q
confiding look. His beard Is unframed,
as if 1t had grew in the camps, some
few hairs in his moustsche evidently at
tempting to straggle out of line. He
looks like man OF forty, though his
aye is Fl ty.four.
cannot give the words uttered
BY Gov Hayes. 1t would
net be good taste. But
| will say that he is very solicitous
about the welfare OF the South. His
thou ,hts constantly reverted to both The
blacks and whites IN the Southern
States.
Glow can they govern themselves?' be
unused, but he did not answer the ques
ton. The Governor is satisfied that
tue color line III the South must be blot
ted out. He is satisfied that parties
antagoniz,d socially with the Northern
carpet baggers and negroes on
one side and the old South
erners on the other will not work
good to the 3epub!ic. The
burden OF his thoughts is,
How shall both the white vote and the
colored vote in the South be divlded?-
how shall we make two Union parties
there, each fostering aud protecting and
voting the c)lored man, giving him his
honest share pro rata OF Offices and hon.
ors, where he is worthy OF it, and ALSO
Lutte protection under al CircumsLsncesW
cannot resist giving All expression OF
Gov. Hayes. We were speaking Of
Gen. Grant what ne had done and what
he had not done, when the Governor ex-
! claimed with much enthusiasm, "But
hasn't Grant done splendidly lately!'
am satisfied that if Gov. Hayes can
find any considerable party of native
Southerners who will come out and re-
cognize the co|orcd man, spouse his
rights, and condemn his wrongs, be will
foster such party. But Gov. Hayes
will never make co npromise with any
party that will rot recognize fully the
Fifteenth Amendment and ali the ill.,
erty amendments OF the Constitution.
Some of Governor Hayes peculiaritles
are these: Perfect mental tranquility,
nertec. physical health, and Il clear con-
science He is modest. courteous, abso-
lutelv temperate, sympathetic as a child,
but AS firm MS the rocks OF Gibraltar when
Justice tells him the time has come to
say YES or no. Relgiously Governor
HAYES is u Methodist, bu,, unlike his
pious wife. he is not n commitment. De
believes in and attends regularly the
Methodist church. He does I OF smoke,
| can't play cards, and never owned fast
| boise; never ~aS member of Return.
ing Board nor never lived in Brooklyn.
| thosght us l lett Governor Hayes that
! this is tue man who will surely finish the
work begun by Lincoln-ths L. the man
who will bring peace to n struggling re-
public.
| found Capt. Lee, the Governors
| private secretary, full of the idea of es-
iablishirg new party in the South
that is If any considerable number of
native Southerners ike Longstreet will
| come out, OrganlZa n southern union or
ganlzation guaranteeing to protect the
rights of the negro, Gov. Hayes will
meet them half way and foster move
ment which may eventua.e in the poor
South being permitted to govern her
self, reward her own patriots, ard pro-
tect her own children.
ELI PERKINS.