The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-01

moral and material prosperity of the south
can be most effectively advanced 'by a
/" hearty and generous recognition of the
" rights of all by all, & recognition without
4" reserve or exception !" he says that he
shall consider it not only his duty but it
will be his "srdent desire" to ''promote, by
Il" the influence OF all legitimate agencies of
I" the general government, the effort of the
"people of these states to obtain for them
" selves the blessings Of honest and capable
" local government" No hope for the
Kelloggs, the Packards, the Moseses, the
Harrises or the Brookses under such q pol
icy, is there2 In concluding, he Gays that
il the duty is entrusted to him, he will or
ganize an administration (Which will put
:" forth it's best efforts in behalf Of a civil
Z" policy which will wipe out forever the
" distinction between the north and south
I" in our common country"
This was before the election. Although
1t is now idle to speculate, we believe but
that for this avowal Of a wise, generous
and patriotic policy, Governor Hayes would
never, even, have come within sight of the
presidency. But the election over and he
does not change, bat, On the contrary, rel
terates his policy. In the house Of repre-
sentatives, Tuesday of last week, Charles
Foster, of Ohio, who, two years ago, de-
clared the action of the Louisiana return
ing board to be ''illegal, arbitrary and un-
" just" the representative from Governor
Hayes district and his 'life-lopg acquaint-
" ance and friend" declared that his admin
i~stration would be "wise, patriotic and
d" Just; that, under his administration,
" the people of all sections of the country
" may confidently expect from him not
" only fair but generous consideration;
and that "his highest ambition will be to
" administer the government so patriotlcal-
" ly and wisely as to wipe away any and
. all necessity or excuse for the formation
/" of parties on a sectional basis and all
/" traces of party color lines that thereaf-
/" ter and forever we shall hear no more of
" a solid south or a united north. The
" flag shall float over states, not provinces;
" over freemen, and not subjects"
Mr.. Foster, at the time, spoke only as
the immediate representative of Governor
Hayes, his lifelong friend and acquaint-
ance, and, as such, familiar with his views.
His remarks, however, were but the re-
statement, in other words, of the policy
avowed in the letter of acceptance. And
Governor Hayes accepts Mr.. Fosters state
ment of his policy, Endorses it as his own,
and, in a letter to a friend in Washington,
approves Of 1t in the ''most direct and e1-
''plicit manner" The policy avowed In
the letter of acceptance aud restated by
Mr.. Foster, will be followed in the admin
i~stration of the government for the next
four years. Government by force will be
replaced by government by the people, of
the people and for the people; peace will
be restored to the south political color
lines will be obliterated thereafter and
"forever we shall hear no more of q solid
&" south or a united north" but, with the
past forgotten except for its lessons, we
shall once more be one people, and all
work together for a purer, better and more
economical administration Of the govern
ment.