Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-03

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The PoLICY pursued by President
Hayes In the settlement of the south
ern questions as it is tsrmined is one
that we arc sure does not find re-
Spouse in the great heart of the North
irrespective of party ties or afliation.
The with draual Of the troops from
the New Orleans Hotel which was YER
tually saying that man who was not
elected governor of Louisiana should
be allowed to fill that position while
one who was elected by larger num-
Der of votes than Mr. Hayes received
upon the same ticket should step down
and out, it seems to the canded honest
mind an ASSUMPTIONS of power not in
consonanes with true republican COS
pei as preached from the time Sump-
ter was fired upon, and all down
through the terrible war for the sup
remacy Of the nations. The same
line of argument by which Mr. Hayes
finds it possible TO seat Nichols, would.
when Sumpter was preached, have
Quilted the rebels and we should have
peace. Concessions always bring
quiet, but when made at the sacrifice
of right and every true principle they
only breed a confusion and wretched-
ness,. We have no desire to question
the Presidents purity of malice. He
may have done wise thing but the
Republican party. which has saved
the country, is not prepared to see tho
nation it saved turned over to- it's would
be slaughterers.
Not all the press are ready to fall
into line and applaud the action Of
the President in this solution of the
Southern problem.
The Chippewa Herald says:
We doubt very much whether TWEEN
ty per cent of the Republican party
endorse the course of tho President
since he came into Office but still, a
large majority are willing to see how
his experiments are coming out. The
precedsnts were against any "new de-
parture. John Tyler unceremon-
iously kicked over party usages, and
consorted with the opposition. His
ADMINISTRATION was failure Willard
Fillmore attempted the same thing,
and disaster and ruin overlook him.
Andrew Johoson followed in the wake
of Tyler, and his were ANONYMOUSLY
routed, horse, foot and Dragons ="
And so, with all the presidents
against him, we cannot but admire the
courage Of President Hayes in trying
what ADLER men have fruitlessly at
tempted We do not believe there is
another public man in America but
what would have sustained Governor
Packard in Louisiana, if for no other
reason than that claims of both are
identical, and the downfall of Packard
places a cloud upon the title Of Mr.
Hayes to the Presidency. The fact
is, Of course, undeniable, that Packard
ran for Governor on the same ticket
with Dir. Hayes, and that his vote ex-
ceeded the latter by several hundred.
Logical conclusions are irresistible
If therefore, Mr.. Packard be not le-
gally and morally Governor of Louis
lana, Rutherford B. Hayes can lay no
claim to. being President of the United
States.
The Portage City Register very per-
tinently says:
That Nichols is rot the rightful
governor Of the state Of Louisiana.
admits of no doubt in OUT mind but
if he is, then President Hayesls nss
entitled. to the Office he holds. It is
the vereis. demagogy to claim other
wise, and there is nothing to be gain
ed by so claiming. That Louisiana
voted both for Hayes and Nichols is
q proposition toe absurd to stand for a
moment, aud we shall net attempt to
make 1t appear So That Hayes is
president and Nichols is governor are
facts, however. and, notwithstanding
the absurdity of the thing. it is but
the part OF foolishness to quarrel with
accomplished facts. Let US look for
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