Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-12-27
THE PRESIDENT IND HIS POLICY.
VIM. 4. Chambers Charges Against
the Standardization

new hampshire. III winch lie llakt> u nAl1hEE
of explicit and interesting statements concern
ing alleged bargains made during the eiecto-
raj count. and their alleged fuflment by tn
adoption and pursuance of the Pre>deni'S
southern policy. After referring TO the deCa-
IatiunS of the Cincinnati convention AMI of
GOV. Hayes letter of acceptance in regard To
the protection of southern citizens in the free
enjoyment of all their rights, Mr.. Chandler As
SeTt> thar the republican party. by the advice
and procurement of GOV. HAYES, made the ne
ceSSity IF keeping the federal power i'm Tepub-
lcan hands and using II for the protection of
black and white southern repuhlinanS the
main issue of the Presidential campaign Tie
says the bloody shirt as il i termed. was
Freely waved. and GOV. Hayes himself urged
prominent public men 10 pat forW ard. a. our
best argument. the dangers of rebel rule and
solid south. I'm this connection he quotes
several expressions from GOV. Hayes letter of
November :. ls16. when the latter thought
himself defeated. and said: II do not care for
myself; bat do care for the poor
coOred men of the south. Northern
men cannot live there. The south
eTn people will practically treat the Cpn>litu-
uonal amendments - utilities Then the ell
ored mans fate viii he worse than when hc
was i'm slavery. That j. the only reason Re-
gTct that the news i n il is
Mr.. Chandler then proceeds 10 state that
GOV. Hayes not only pledged himself To pro
tect to the full extent of the federal power
lli". suffrage and political rights IA the south.
but was counted in rs Pres ident only by rea-
son Ui special pledges given by Senator Slpr-
man and other Ohio cmiSSarie>. VINO plrticu-
larry and emphaiicdlly promised that br would
recognize and maintain the lawful stale gov
crImentS Of South Carolina and Louisiana.
and stand by Cows. Chamberlain and Packard
Mr.. Chandler ampllheS these statements al
considerable length. and proceeds Ia make
charges as follows -" Wisdom and honor.
therefore, il seems to me, clearly required that
President Hayes should maintain his own
TightfUlneSS of title. and stand by the men and
principles of ms party. Had he done -. my
belief. the democratic cry of fraud would have
been the mcTc>t folly. The republican party
would have remained dominant in every
northern state and IN several southern states
and would have swept the country in the re
cent fail elections Instead oi al This. what
do we see? Almost the first act OF the new ad-
mini>tration was 10 fulfill 4 bargain that had
been made during the Presidential count. by
which ii Hayes should be President the lawful
governments of Louisiana and South Carolina
were la be- abandoned. and the mob govern
mentS in those states were TO De recognized
and established
Certain democrats in the House oi Repre-
SentativeS seeing thar. by the recurring deci-
Nions of the electoral commission and the rec
ulaT proceedings of the TWO houses under the
electoral hill which they had warmly support
ed. Hayes would surely be- President. had con
ceiyed the plan of saving something from the
wreck. They had therefore threatened. los
dilat0ry motions and riOt0u> proceedings. Ia
break up the count, and then opened negoria-
tipnS with such umid OF too eagerly cNpcctaut
republicans rs they could find ready. They
had succeeded beyond their most Sanguin" cN-
pectationS. senator sherman had visited Ohio
and consulted Governor Hayes. MI. Henry
W 3tteESel. q UemDtfdllc lltllttl. ana nephew
of Mir. Stanley Matthews. had acted a. COB
tween, and oh the one side MeS>rS Matthew.
Charles Foster. John sherman. James A. Ga o
field. and on the other l.. =. {. Lamar. John /
Gordon. i. j. Ellis. Randall Gibson. r. \.
Burke and John Young Brown. had agreed.
fr>t. that ID" count should not be- broken up
in The House. bat that Hayes should be de
Cldred and lnduEurdted President; and see
ORd. hat upOn Hayes accession The troops
should be Withdrawn from protecting Cover
nOrS Chamberlain and Packard. aud that the
new administration >h0uid recognize the gov
cIHment> of Wade Hampton IN South Caro-
LIMA and r. II. Nichols in Louisiana. by Ger
tain general and Indefinite letters since given
10 Tie public. by secret writing now IN the
hands of r. \. Burke. and in other WAY the
agreement was authenticated. and President
Grant was Immediately rcqUc>tr d ny Governor
HAYES counsel on no account Ia recognize
Packard OF chamberlain. hut To leave the
ultimate decision ~ 10 Their tate 10 The lncoin
my President.
speedily fulfilled. As soon dS The electoral
VOTES OF The states were safe Governors Pack
ard and Chamberlain had been notified 10y
Ne>srS. Matthews aS Eyarts Ia get 9mI. GOV.
! Chamberlain WAS n0N summoned 10 Washing
ton and Informed that he must surrender. He
protested against the taking oil. he PTesI-
dent heSltated but Wade Hampton demanded
the performance of the bargain. Mr.. Matthews
was sent tor. came from Ohio. and within
twenty four hours the United States tag was
ordered down in Charleston and Gov. Cham
bcrlain stamped out. A. To- Louisiana, the fUi-
flIr-iIt proceeded more slowly. hut none the
, less surely. Packard had made. March p. a
cOnstt uti0nal call for federal aid, which ii was
difficult 10 withhold from one as surely gov
eFnOr Hayes was President. and Vet there
was the bargain As Il subteTiuge an uncon-
Stitutiona! commission, CONSISTING OF MeS>i>.
John NJ. Harlan. Joseph Il. Hdwley. ;. Il. LIZ
renee. Wayne McN eagh John 4. Brown. was
sent Ia New Orleans. instructed Ia gradually
destroy the Packard legislature 10y Seducing
or forcing its members into the Nichols legiS-
laturc. but they proving too StubboTnly repub-
lican, the commission telegraphed the l're>i-
dent that nothing would destroy Packard but
the actual order Withdrawing the troops.
At the word the President gave the order.
Packard was crushed and the commission
returned triumphant 10 Washington To he
recognized. one of them, General Harlan. 10y
an appointment a. Il supreme Court Judge:
another, Mr.. Lawrence. 10y the release III Jake
Rehm. the great whisky conSpirator and de
irauder Of the revenue ar Chicago: General
HawleN was offered the appointment of chief
commissioner Ia the Paris exhibition. but de
clincd because the salary was 10 he only s3.u0,
and three Offices We're rendered 10 Mr..
Mckeagh. hut declined on the ground that his
signal services demanded more ample recpg-
milton. The English mission WAS next assigned
him. tut circumstances have made lis delivery
mcNpedicnt ar impossible. One other hope
remained To Coy Packard. He had Il lawful
court of justice. ANA might appeal 10 that. But
there were TWO vacancies. ana III required all
three of the Judges. Ludeling, Leonard and
John T.. King, To make a quorum. Judge
King was Immediately appointed collector of
New Orleans. Packard'S court was struck
, down, and Nichols mob government reigned
supreme. The bargain was in every way full
filled, and Mr.. Burke had no occasion, as had
been threatened, To lake public the secret
agreement. Hayes had been made President
by the fidelity and courage of Packard and
Chamberlain and their devoted followers, and
his administration had trampled them down.
In further pursuance of the bargain made
with the southern democrats the new admins
tration has adopted a so called southern policy:
First. entirely contrary Ia the announced prin-
ciples of the republican party: second. which
has been carried out by the abandonment of
all federal intention and effort To protect life.
property or suffrage NJ the south or To enforce
The constitutional amendments: and third.
has resulted in the enforced dissolution OF the
republican party at the south and lis democrat
iZation, division and defeats n the north.
The letter is thencef0rward mainly devoted
to a rccapiiulatiOn OF President Hayes acts
and utterances in the line Of the So-called
Southern policy. Mr.. Chandler says. among
other things: - As the policy Of the Demo
cratic party was Ia be carried out ri the South
4 Southern Confederate general. Mr.. ID. VI.
Key. a democrat. who had opposed Hayes ac-
ton and in the Senate denounced his title a
fraudulent was appointed Postmaster Gen
eral and commenced The distribution of the
Southern post Offices To rebel democrats. The