The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-11-08
The Presidents Policy
The Duty Of Republicans
TO Sustain it,

The PHeSldenC'S s FoHCB
The Duty of Republicans5
TO Sustain it,
The Marygville (O) Tribune says >
Our voice is for the full, free and
HEARTY endorsement of the admins +
tration of R. B. Hayes, as sound, 5
honorable and sensible, and which
will result ID the end to secure peacet
between the sections as well as the
best interests of the Nation. AZ
momentary hesitation justnow to ac-s
.cept Mr.. Hayes policy may have
helped our recent defeat, but the.
lend will show the wisdom Of the5
Presidents policy.
To all of which we most heartily
say "Amen !" We believe that time
will vindicate the President from thel
unjust and bitter attacks which SUCH
extreme Republicans as WENDELL
Phillips, VIM. Lloyd Garrison and
others of the radical type, are now.
making upon him. It is our sincereI
conviction that the day viii come
when those who now reckIessly stig-
Matte him as a traitor to his party, (
viii hang their heads in shame
What has the President done, or
what is he doing, that he should be
thus violently assailed? He is only
attempting in good faith to carry out
. the policy of reconciliation and civil
service reform embodied in the Re-
lpublican platform of 1876 and his,
letter of acceptance, and if he was.
then entitled to the support Of the.
|Republican party, he is eqnally en-
Titled to it now. No one who knows
President Hayes can doubt either.
his thorough Republic2nism or his
thorough honesty. lie has proved
5both by an unsullied and honorable
record, which has never been and
cannot be successfully impeached.
i've are convinced that what he has
done he has done because he hon.
.estIy believed that it was for the,
good of the country, and therefore
for the good of the Republican par.
.ty, in accordance with the patriotic
declaration of his inaugural, that
s'he serves his party best who serves
. his country best. His Southern.
policy we regard as only an expert
ment, founded upon his confdenceI
| in the solemn pledges of the Southern
whites, that if the U. S.troops were
withdrawn they would faithfully re
'spect the rights of the colored citi
.zens, as guaranteed to them by theI
amendments to the Constitution. iii
5they continue to fulfill these pledgesI
in good faith, as they seem to haveI
,done thus far, no one can doubt thatI
.the result will be happy for the
.South and happy for the whole coun
try, because it will restore peace and
Harmony between the white and col
lored people of the South, and be-
tween the North and South, hitherto
.estranged by the animosities engen
.dered by the war. All good men, of
whatever party, should certainly de
sire to see this happy state Of things
brought about,and should uphold and
encourage the President in his efforts
to that end.
There is but one thing that can
make his conciiatory policy towards
the South a failure, and that is, the
non n-fulfllment of their pledges by
the Southern whites. Should they
ungratefulIy betray the confidence
so generously reposcd in them by
the President, and fail to respect
the civil rights of the coIored citi
zens, then it viii become necessary
to resort to other measures to CONF
IpeZ obedience to the Constitution
and the laws. Should such an emer
gency unfortunately arise, no one
can doubt that the President will be
equal to the occasion, and will notk
shrink from his sworn duty to sees
that 'the Constitution and the lawss
are faithfully executed, for which
purpose he has full power to use the
army and navy Of the United States,
should he deem it necessary. Il
The idea advanced in some quar-
ters, that the President has no such {
power, and that by withdrawing the
troops from the South, he has for
feited his right to send them back
again should an emergency require ;
it, is too absurd for serious argU-
ment. The people of the South will
hardly fall into such an egregiousJ /
error, after their bitter experience, Z
and we trust they viii never give Oc-s
casion for its repetition.
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