The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1877-06-05

expediency, not Of right aud justice.
President Hayes has but accepted the
situation M il was beqnesthed 10 him
en- the 4th OF March. Republican
Governments in Louisiana aud South
Carolina
COULD ONLY BIZ KEPI ~ PLACE By THE
ARMY. r+tr
What might have been the result had
President Grant promptly recognized
the Packard and Chamberlain Govern
ments in January. aud declared his
purpose 10 sustain them by force, II is
not now necessary 10 discuss; bnt he
did not do so, aud on the 9TH OF March.
when MIR. Hayes came into power. he
found these Governments existing only
ia name, surrounded by enemies. iiv-
ing only from day 20 day by the pres
ence aud protection Of the United
States troops. graf lu ma
Would il have boen ia the power OF
tho President TO maintain them by the
army2 A Democratic House OF Repre-
sentativss recently withheld appropria-
tions for the support OF the army, OK
cept on the condition that il should
not be used in the Southern States IL
was clearly Unconstitutional TO put
such condition into tho bill; bat il
lid, aud was likely to do IL again at
tie extra session thus made necessary.
The majority OF the House. made mp
OF Southern Democrats, late Confeder-
ates, and desperately ia eornest. and
Of Northern Democrats wholly subser-
Went, thus threatened the existence OF
the army, and had il in their power TO
destroy il. The question was. Should
the President yield 10 the inevitable, or
PROCEED osLY TO ISEyIrABLE DEFEAT ?
There are, and have been for wears,
many Republicans In the North who
have deprecated thu use Of the army
for tue support OF Republican State
Governments In tho South. The Re-
publican majority In the Senate upon
Southern questions is but nominal, IL
IL exists at all. Five Republican Sena-
tors voted ut the late Executive session
against seating Kellogg and TO refer
his credentials to the Committee, =
thus aeiusing to recognise the Packard
Government. Aud number OF Re-
pablican Senators-suflcient when ad-
ded 70 the Democratic members, to
constitute n .msjority--hsye steadily
refnsed 10 recognize the Republican
State Government in Louisiana since
1878. by voting against seating Sena-
tor chosen by II. While.- in my judg-
ment, it was clearly the right of the
President under the Constitution to
recognize the Packard Government
aud support 10 bv military power, the
undertaking would have been intile.
aud the failure disastrous. With u di-
vided public opinion in his own party,
and both Houses OF Congress against
him. . l
HE WOULD HAVE FArLRp ~ THE END.
The Democratic House has the pow
er TO destroy the army utterly, aud,
iroui my knowledge OF the Senate, !
am snre a Republican majority IN that
body could hardly be relied on TO sup
port him In sucli a course. We have
lad 30 mech talk about cancellation
aud fraternity that many well-meaning
people in the North had come to be-
lieve that all that was necessary 10 Sc
cure tranquility aud equal rights in the
South was to withdraw the army, the
Republicans 10 abandon the struggle
aud commit the Government 10 the
white Democracy OF those States The
professed yearnings for peace aud fra.
ternity OF the very men vine planned
the massacres in Louisiana, Mississip-
nj, aud South Carolina have been re
oeived with Qush intensely nauseat
ing to people who understood the facts
The painful truth is, that political
murders in the South have ceased K
shocking, aud are readily justified by
energetic talk sbout carpet-baggers
scalawags, aud Radical thieves. No
a msu has been punished for the butch
cries at Hamburg, Ellenton, Colfax
Coushstta, Mechanics' Institute, Gin
ton, vicksburg, OF any other of til,
hundred slaughters Of Republican,
that might be named.
do not believe that President HayeI
intends 10 desert or destroy tho Re
publican party. and attetnpt the erec
lion Of a now one upon Its runs.
believe in t
HIS PAIRIorlsN .AsD moH ISrEdRTTY,
and in his undivided purpose to maxi
his Administration benehcence to hi
country. Tie language of lIis inaug
lufal was strong and bes utiful. aud tn
declaration of his devotion To the grea
doctrines of human rights, which con
stitate the foundation ot the Republi
, can party, left nothing 20 he added o
desired. He began tho conduct Of na
tioual Affairs under circumstances 0
extra, riinary diilcul,y,-when tn
minds Of mep were greatly divided a
TO what should be done, while n
were agreed that something should b
done, and that things conld not lon
go on as they we're. He marked ou
hi- course, and addressed himself TO
with unilanntej courage. -. id,
: Mr.. Hayes was elected asa Repnbli
; can, aud Lbelieye ,.,-s.
; WILL BE a RIPrBLIcAN PnEsrpFSr,
not In q mere partisan way. bat in I'd
! sense al devotion 10 Republican priI
: oipiss. and the maintenhnce Of the r,
! publican organizaoion, by placing p0
. iiical power In the hands OF worthy an
!. qualified Republicans. Political prlI
; ciples do not execute themselves; the
I require a party 20 DO that. Organic.
e ton IN politics Is as necessary ~ 1t
/. in war;. Great numbers of ths SAN
4 way IL thinking, bat gcling wilhoT
J. concert. are "a helpless "a the nuor9al
= ized mnititade in the presence OF
!. disciplined army. y PRESENT the ~
!. publican party as 4 grand and indi
!. pen-abla instrumentaliLy for caEryin
n into operation the true principles
J. government and human right..
o IL was tho Repnblichu organization
!, consoiidatci-and disciplined with grcI
!. labor. that carried the country throne
@ the War. preserved the Union, abolisl
q ed Slavery. placed the amendments
a the Constitution. and that now stand
|. the guardiss OF the nations liberty al
honor. .,
We hear il said that the Republics
systeui Of Reconstruction is q fafiur
Ie ruI SYSTEM Is TUE TRUE oSr,
y and the principles upon winch IL
D, based iust and immutable: and the o
II ly sense in which 10 has failed -, th
70 Il has been resisted by armed and nu
a ierons organizations. by terrorism NJ
y proscripti0ns the most wicked a.
r. cauel Of the age. Aud, II the Dem
&c ,ratic assurances 20 President Hay'
" IN Louisiana and elsewhere. OF prot,
70 ton aud equal rights, ara executed
G good faith, the system will not bt
As failure. but grand success extort
nt from its enemies The great ioatnr
ig OF Reconstruction are the Fourteen
W and Fiteedtb AnneHinents 10 the Go
u. stitu,iop. establishing the equal ca
90 and political rights OF ali men, and
xe statutes enacted for their eniorcensI