Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-04-20
THE PRESIDENTS POLICY.
As He States It Himself.

WASHINGTON, April 15.-Presi-
dent Hayes said in the course of q
conversation that
HE HAD NO CoNcEALMENT
regarding his Southern policy, which
however, had been foreshadowed in
oral and written utterances. And in
this connection he adverted to the
Gubernatorial campaign in Ohio in
1876, which resulted in his election
over Governor Allen, the people of
that State having full knowledge of
his sentiments on national questions,
including, of course, those which re-
lated to the South. The opening
speech of a Gubernatorial candidate
is generally considered to be the
key note Of the campaign, and in
such speech, as early As the 3lst
of July of that year, at Marion, he
freely and distinctly expressed his
opinion. This speech was publish
ed at length in all the Republican
and many other newspapers, and
therefore his views were generally
known. In that speech, after con
graduating his fellow citizens on the
complete triumph over those who
sought to destroy the Union, and the
grand results Of the war, he alluded
to the coming together again of the
Northern aud Southern men in
spirit of harmony and friendship,
including those who had fought
against one another; and as prom
inent feature in this evidence of
good feeling he on that occasion
spoke eff the kindly manner in which
Vice-Prcsident Wilson was received
on his visit to the South in this era
of good feeling and reconciliation
He further said that there were per-
sons who talked of bayonets and
who sought to revive the prejudices
of the past. This was much to be
regretted, but there was enough to
fill every heart with gratitude, the
House being no longer divided and
all the inhabitants having fair start
in the race for life. In this and all
his other speeches, he earnestly con-
demncd the re-opening of the old is
sues between the North and the
South, assuring them that ut the
time he had come for complete re-
Cancellation.
The President in further CONVEX
sation referred to the fact that the
National Republican Convention
which nominated him for the Presi-
dency passed resolution sacredly
pledging the Republican party to
protect every citizen of the United
States in all his civil and political
rights, and declaring that permanent
pacifcatlon OF the South should be
effected by removing all causes of
discord. The spirit of this resolu
ton was in perfect accord with his
own views previously expressed, and
he repeated them in his letter of ac-
ceptance of the nomination, and
more fully elaborated them in his
inaugural address, consistently
maintaining the policy of rcconcil-
iation and selfgovernment.
Apart from military support, and
when he entered upon the duties Of
the Presidency he intended that this
policy should not be one of senti-
ment merely, but of actual admin
stration. He spoke with emphasis
when he said: "My belief is that
this course tends to give good
government to the South; it tends
to secure peace between the sections
and between races and parties of the
South; and it tends to secure the
rights, interest, and safety of colored
people. Therefore l am in favor of
the policy. l do not know whether
l shall succeed IN carrying 1t out,
because there are Northern and
Southern men who Ill various ways
may possibly thwart me; but of one
thing 1 am confident, namely, l
think it my duty to try to carry out
the policy and l am going to do it."