Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-03-22
THE HAYES POLICY-WHAT rs
IT?

settle it.
THE HAYES PoLICY-WHAT rs
IT?
Presi dent Hayes is getting his
cabinet in Working order. Mrs.
Hayes has put things in good trim in
the White House. The family are
lodged there as if they intended q
-four years. stay. The Presidents
policy is very popular at present.
Even those who suspect It's wisdom
aud fear its failure are still DESTROYS
of giving the President fair trial,
1t is a very dangerous experiment to
attempt to cut loose from both par
ties, and form new patty out OF
what is called athe best elements of
each party" 1t will generally DC
found that the traditional deficiencies
are not superficial, but radical. At
least such has been the difference be-
tween the Republican and Democrat
ic parties. We did expect from Pres
ldent Hayes an immediate recognition
of the Packard gov eminent in Louis
lana We supposed that every Re
publican in the United States was
satisfied from the evidence taken be-
fore the Returning Board of that
State, and by Congressional Com
mittees, that the Board was fully JUS
titiabIe in exercising the authority
given them by the law of that State in
throwing out Democratic majorities
in the aggregate to about 5000 votes
in parishes where shotgun. halter,
whippings and murders were perpe-
trated to carry the State for Tilden
and Nichols Districts where Repub-
licans were numerous did not show
Republican vote. The Returning
Board exposed this great crime
against the right of suffrage, boldly
threw out these fraudulent Democrat
10 maiorities, that smelled of powder
and fostering wounds and blood. Tue
Republican party throughout the
United States approved of their de-
cislon. President Hayes approved of
it too, and so did Vice President
Wheeler. There is no question that
President Hayes and Gov. Packard
derive their title to their. respective
offices from the same action and deuls
ION of that Board. They must stand
or fall together. If the so called bull
dozers were guitless, and the Return
ing Board has been guilty of gigan,
tic fraud: if in sober second thought
this should become the judgement OF
the American people, President Hayes
cannot maintain his position, any more
than Governor Barstow could have
retained his in this state, ate. it was
discovered me owed his certificate of
election to forged returns from towns
that hld no existence. Eevery honest
Republican would demand his resig
nation
But we believe the action
Of the l. uisiana Returning
Board was jnstifable both in law and
fact, and in our view it would be q
fslo de SO in the Republican party or
in President Hayes to yield one lots
of that position. 1t must recognize
the Packard government, or it viii
show its suspicion and distrust of it:
own title to the Presidential chair. II
will Justify the National Democratic
Address in applying to PresideD
Have, the title of "Usurpsr." These
are plain self evident facts and the
Republican party and President
HAYES must meet them. Ii the Dem
ocratic party has been defrauded aud
outraged, it cannot be propitiated by
dividing official spoils, and appointing
southern Democrats instead OF Repub
licaus to high positions under the
present administration. The Packard
government in Louisiana is neces
sary bulwark to support it. 1t tia
is illegal and fraudulent, the admins
tration of President Hayes will lose
the moral support of the best elements
of his own party, aud he will be a
fully identified with the dlsanion Gle
ment in the South as ever 1hdeI
would have been.
It is very true that Wade Hampton
has more power in South Caroiin'
than Governor Chamberlain !hi
Chicago Tribuns tells US that be eai