The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-10
The New Administration.

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Pr' sident Hayes will be inaugura
ted with no such difficulties as bpset
Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S.
Grant on the day that they took the
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the duties of Chief Executive with
he mutteringS of civil warand whiS
pered threats of assassination in hi
ears and an over pOWerins sense of
responsibility pressing, upon his soul
General Grant began his irst term
when the opposition to the enfran.
6hlSement OF the col0red people was
at it height, and the reconstruction
acts passed by Congress were practi-
rally nulllfied by the fierce hostility
witch they provoked in the south.
There was i growing sentiment in
The West in favor of paying off the
italionAl debt in paper money, ard
gold Was at IA premium Of 1I88. Dur
ing the eig years that have enter
Vened nearly all the issues upon
which the country Was divided in
Is s have been definitely settled, and
although the results have not always
been satisfactory, there is no person
in the whole land that contemplates
the overturning of the legislation
through which they were accom-
pIiShed.
The great work to which the new
Administration will have to addres.
i'seif will he the paciHcation of the
country. Political feeling has been
NIGHTLY stirred by the dispute over
the count of the vote for President
and large number of we'll meaning
people believe that the Electoral
Commission ought to have given the
votes of Florida and Louisiana to
TiIdPn. Perhaps after the excite
ment growing out of the tsiden.
tlai contest has subsidized the suppor-
tors of Mr.. Tilden may come to wiser
conclusions upon questions of law
and fact which they now view from
a partisan ttand point, but whether
they continue to dissent from the de.
cisi"n. of the Commission or other
wise, we trust that they will recog-
uize 'he honesty, the patriotism and
the good intentions of the man who
Is about TO assume the responsibili-
ties of the Presidential chair.
If President Hayes succeeds in
soothing the public temper and AL.
laying the irritation which the pro-
iOngrd contest over the result of the
election has produced, he will have
performed Il most patriotic service.
What we need is the elimination of
seclionalisn from politics and the
cultivation of thoroughly national
spirit. We do not attach any great
importance to the rumOrs that are
hying about concerning the south
ern policy" OF the new administers
tion, but we have no doubt but that
President Hayes will do everything
in his power to promote the peace
and prosperity of the South, and to
give t at section of the Union its due
weight aud influence in the Govern
nent.
The currency question, which has
pr ssed heavily on President G rants
Administration, is in fir way of
setting itself Notwithstanding the
dissatisfaction of the people with
some of the Presidents acts, the su
pren'acy of the Republican party in
the National Government would not
have been seriously disputed if it
had not been for the detection of the
paper money" men in the West.
We owe the Presidential di>puteand
all the evils and perils that have at.
tended it to the prevalent belief in
Indiana that Il redundant currency
would benefit the debtor class.
President Hayes will not be obliged
to combat the theories of the Wes-
tern financio rs. and his adniinistra.
ton will escape the cens'tre which
has been showered upon President
Grant for his courageous opposition
to the greenback hereSy. While thu
controversy over the Electoral count
has been going on, gold has fallen to
lO4!, and we may wake Up any
morning and find that specie pay
ments have been resumed through
the operation of the laws of trade
without the aid of special legislation.
Whatever miSfortunes may overtake
the new Administration. we do not
think that its success will he imper.
illed by the clash of conflicting Ol in
ions nd theories upon the curren y
question. -Baito. american.
About Some New York Salaries.
The sensation of the hour is the
attempt to reduce the salaries of men
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