The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-31

fail TO respect the man who risks his lie iOr his
Al Chattanooga. Sept. 20. he said.
a. demand l , y rscS' ,Gr ihf msn found asns
OF ro-pec, to him who fought Tor his CONVICTIONS
AT Gallatin Tenn. he said
We have din'rsi in the past hut have fought ont
your lives did So ior your tfnci,ies W. fousht and
rkcd our ves on the opposite sde for 9ur con' icu.n'
IA the lace with respect always
| At Atlanta. Sept. 23. he said:
So with discredi u YOU and no speciai credit to ,
the war turned ont asu did
Having thus blotted out all distinctions be.
tween LOYALTY and treason. between Union and
rebel soldiers. between the torturers of Andrr.
sonvillo and tho veterans OF the North he is
| equally explicit as. TO what he means To- do
for the poor colorcd mon whom he ptled 30
And; now, my, coored ,frieni', li,tcn Amer
would he safer II the great of intelligent white
were let alone by the General Government
Ills confidence in his new friends Ia complete.
| At Chattanooga he also tells the cOlored people:
ous confidence IL Perfect that with the bayoncts re-.
we're fs w cn sEsI{ % m Ss :, , @ Men e' ever
As the policy Of the Democratic party was to
be cnrrled out at the South. n Southern Confed-
cra,e Goncral,, Mr. y. ". Key, Democrat who
ate denounced HIS tito as fraudulent. was up.
pointed Postmaster. General. and commenced
| the distribution OF tho Southern post Offices to
The ncsro murdcrers Of Hamburg and Ellen.
| ton nnd been indicted in the Federal courts Of
south Carolina. The great and good Hampton
appealed for their release. and It WIS accorded
| 10y thc President IN letter OF MAY - granting
| general amneety 70 negro nurd"rcrs IA pOlit-
| cnl oilrnders.' To make immunity moro ccr-
tam. the n93lcy Of appointing as District Attor-
! ncy- ana Marshals men agreeable to the white
| people of the Souih--that 49, Democrats-wns
| determined upon.
At tho dictation Of the mosttrustcd and potent
aiNis"r 81 the Administration. Con. Gordon
captured by Grant IN lsG5 nut IN Federal COM
mand 10y Hayes in is76-oneO 7: Fitz-immons.
"a rain llft rat la. IlHts
ton. was appointed Marshal oi Georgia. in place
| oi one Smythe. competent md homes kepuh
! licnn ana WAS confirmed Ivy tho Democratic
senators votes and that OF Stanley Matthews
alone.
Prior TO tho selection Of Fitzsimmons tho
ana appoint MIR. W A. Hun oi Macon. a Demo
crat whom Gordon had selected. Some Repuh
Leans OF Georgia joined in RECOMMENDING
Hun, upon discovering which dnulning fact
Gordon rc,ractrd his selection Of Hun and pro-
| cured the President 10 nominate fit2simmons.
p, Gordon thus states his reasons ia letter to
Hun.
1heara or the nr.t time that you were rcins pressed
riu ~ A. rH,N in,''.r.ie sufyu.cd at thi. At once
da, and until could De heard ir,n The rrrsilcnt con
Ne'::r. McBgrn.y sni pih,ls Renqbn,an' from Na
| ,ali.m IN "cors,. 40 harm. uifns cenuruns iaff,
| 9lner,nc,.. sii hnns much sifcu.ih mem soul,,s
utreioro a.sei the =. .ieni ic difct que.on -.
slii NO. not as pemosfsi but asa man with ,erv hD
I9e n9,aape" s'ga me ~ q, Pre- ;a,ni him.ef
eau, 1t would materially strengthen Kclunhranim in
Geanis were the rss,n. the MI, r,a,on.. aud tlna
a. lnf' , @ ~, no alternative but Z. .A io Ne Precedent
| ah, 10 the people ot Deor.is
mea,. ,cu ~ouid lave .s'eI ~ rlr,iaen, @ ~. NV
I,.,a , u, q, y, y'u. p 81 ,t'u, me itgn me
mornseuon @ =, eApsr.'aeea at the los til; c, ,su d.
And 80 Gen Gordon pro,urcs Samuel J. Til
denu.no' nulhru'rd u. HW,s'-t1, turn "ut
eral Democrat 10 Fh1-immon-. rebel Demo-
| crat ami max the latter Marshal 10 protect the
| poor colpred p"ople of Grorgiu'
alike character procured by like innucnces,
nre r me appolnim'n,s Of Waliop as Marshal Of
Trennr,'s,e ,.. ami Norihrop ami Ms assistant "-
These -.nincnnt INSTANCES of -urrcn Ter Of
the power Of the Federal courts L. rebel Demo.
| negro murd nrcrs and Ku KluN md tho eager
trampling out Of the only remaining k"pnhl-
| can state Governments AZ the South. entirely
| crushed all Republican courage. and left Re-
| ruhcans at the ner of thrir enraged enemies.
| who turned upon them with Il 'r'r hatred
Prosecutions and prosecutions IN the State
| courts have been freely re-orted To. ana obnox-
ious Republicans driven away or unJu-tly con-
| vited. The Repuhlicnn party has been COM
| pelled TO dishand aud tho dangers IF solid
south and rebel rule, which President Hayes
would be averted II he were elected. have be-
come. terrible realities.
| III VI hiSSlSsllDls htNs Ntpufs lUlhUlOuN lol MS
| failure 10 prosecute eife tuay the Chisholm
mnrderrers. was reelected 10y 96.3s2 votes. only
Mer IL s Grant an"s sa 70 s sns 'Si and
| Greeley only q 2ss, and IN 1876 Hayes had
In Virginia. l0l $40 Democratic votes were
| cast and 1 3s9 Republican
| In Georgia. the kepuhlican party. seeing Sen;
ators Gordon and Hi the intimate friends and
| trusted advisers OF President Hayes debating
the appolntmenis and CONTROLLING the Federal
n is72' Grant hsd 81 $50 votes and Greeley
| ~ 800 and even Hayes had 5O.4i6 to l3O,O6s for
In Trnnsylyania. wherc, Hayes had 9stl22
| votes 10 800 SO for Tilden. the Republican
party. in 1911. weighted 10y the Hayes policy.
cast but 2iiisO votes II falling OF Of liuuu1.
| majority.
| for Tilien. tho Republican party, ~ 1871. EAST
only Nl437 votes losS Of s9.26i and lost the
State by 27 600 majority gnd the L"gi-aiure by
been Republican by 50 majority
In Massachusetts, where the new policy WAS
luhli'ans. of the OG3 voters for Hayes who
saayo@n, nm 5000 MAJORITY oyer Tild,n- over
the majority against him was 1886, and il was
2n{ I{ Gy 1n. IN" TnLloTt ana money Of the orgon,
Demo rattle votes procured 10y rum influence,
that h" procured his election by a plurality and
the state was saved from tho fate Of OHIO and
Pnnsy ylyhnia.
Look however at the result whore the new
In Iowa. isSes had 50 22a plurality. and in
1877 the Republicans had 81 .s23 plurality.
In New York. Tildcn had 32 7i2 minority. md
in 1877 the Democrats had only II 2Gi majority.
although the new policy men promoted the
Democratic side by Indifference and by pro-
curing the now Administration to make or an
nounce many inIudioious removals Of Federal
officers for the sole purpose of Irritating and
humiliating Senator COnkiing and his friends.
VI.
These then, are the facts before us
|. Rutherford Is. Hayes was eiectei President
by the Republican party on the platform of op-
position TO rebel rule and solid South aud
with pledges 10 protect, to the extent OF Federal
power life. suffrage. md the free exercise OF all
political rights nj the South was counted in as
President only 10y reason Of special piled lges To-
the same effect < ven 10y his representatives and
agents, Senator sherman and other Ohio ennis
sares. who particularly and emphatically
promised that he would recognize and main
tain the lawful State Governments Of South
Carolina and Louisiana. and stand by Cows.
Chamberlain and Packard,
2. Before the actual declaration Of his elec-
ton. and to secure the same. "A deliberate writ
ten bargain was made in his behalf by the same
senator sherman and his associates by which
il WAS agreed with senator Gordon. and other
southern rebel Democrats, that when he should
be President, no attempt should be made To en-
force the ahOve principles Of his party. hut that