The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-05-28

The Republicans and Mr.. Hayes.

1fanybody has supposed that the Rcrub-
lcan party could he induced to approve the
conduct of Mr.. HAYES, or even TO endure it
In silence and fOrbCarancc, this illusion must
be broken by the manifesto of Senator Nor
TON which we published OF Saturday. Under
the guise of an attempt To Justify. or at least
to excuse the Southern policy of the Admin
istration, SIr. MonroS treats that policy
with fierce and mcrcilcss satire While
he says that he shall not make war upon
Mr.. HAYES in Congress- he takes care to in
form the public that he shall earnestly con-
tend for the admission OF PITT KELLOGG a.
a Senator from louisiana; as if any attack
upon HAYES could be more deadly than an
attempt to seat in Congress the representa-
tive of the PACKARD Government, which he
has set aside and destroyed. and to reject
the representative of the NICHOLS Gov
crnment, which he has combined. to establish
and recognize.
Not less remarkable than Mr.. MoRroNs
letter is the article respecting it which was
published on Saturday by the most impor-
tant Republican journal Of the country, the
N,c York Times. and which we transfer to
our columns this morning. Like the Indi-
ana chcftain the Times deals good deal in
sarcasm and suggestion Int in this respect.
as in others, the journalist is far superior to
the Senator and much more unsparing.
The apparent purpose OF the Times would
ecem to be to point out the deficiencies Of
Mr.. MoRToN's argument, and the weak
ness OF his cndcavor to justify MI HAYES;
but in this manner our contemporary de-
Nvers one Of the most trcnchant and search
ing blows that we remember ever to have
Seen levelled at public character The
bare statement of the facts conserving
Louisiana and South Carolina, says our
contemporary forms the strongest possible
condemnation of the course pursued 10y the
national Administration. Better, continues
the Times, to be frustrated in the support Of
n righteous cause. than by a tame surrender
to lose forever its inherent and distinc-
tive strength. According to the Indiana
statesman Mr. HAYES may be excused for
abandoning PACKARD and CHAMBEELA1S.
because he would inevitably have failed III
attempting to support them; but, says the
Times ii this We're the issue before which
Nr. HAYES succuinhed. what becomes of the
glory claimed ior his so-called policy OF con-
Citation?
OF his own party, the de tdc'o President il
exhibited TO tie world as weakly and hascly
abandoning his duty, striking the Republi-
can flag in the impotcncy Of tame surrcn-
der, resorting 10 proceedings which are i'll
deiensible, and meriting from his own party
and from the just judgment Of history the
strongest possible condemnation; while the
best which can possibly be said for him is an
apology which hurts none 80 seriously as
the President himself!'
The truth is that both Mr. MoRToN and
the Times overlook the controlling element
in the case. This element j. to be found in
the fact that Mr.. HAYES was not elected 10y
the people, tut was installed as President
through fraud. H. appears to bee a conlmon-
place, weak man, with limited intelligence
and no political ideas more elevated than
are involved in the purchase Of support
through the bribery Of appointments to OIL
flee; but if he had been the wiscst, ablcst,
and most heroic 81 statesmen, the total de-
pravlty Of his title to his Office would strike
him with imbecility, and leave him a. help
less, Numbering, and cowaldly a. Mr. MoR-
TON and the Times agree III showing him
to be-