The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-05-31

his line OF argument on that tour viii re- |
veal that the issues presented were az /
stated lnf ,tion it, centralzing teudeu- |
cy: The Republican policy S-ctariau
war on school. and the Gcghau Till. |
But the question Of National affairs ia
connection with the South did not enter
into the campaign. Whatev radics Ism
therefore IN Mr.. Hayes satisfied the
Standard il was not radicali-m about the
treatment Of the South, upon that occa-
sion.
In reply to the question at the close of
paragraph 4th: Had not the party n
| right to expect the President il elected
to carry out the principles Of the party 2
the answer is, undoubtedly; and the
Standard was challenged to show where
in he has not done so; and this showing
the Standard has utterly failed to make.
s. Paragraph opens as follows:
81 do not see one word in the part Of
the Republican platform, or the letter Of
acceptance which you quote, looking in
the remotest degree to the course now
pursued by the President Both of those
papers evidently referred to securing the
rights OF the colored people in the South,
and not any imaginary rights OF the
| rebels"
In resolution 3, of the National Repub-
1 AiNdh DAhAiolhlf hht ph1AhGA
ton OF the South, and the permanent
protection Of its citizens, are treated as
two different points or duties. Obviously
the negroes did not need pacihcation nor
the dominant white race need protection.
But the Standard itself admits the domi-
nant white race did need pacifcation,
for it terms them rebels, and admits by
the term that pacifcation referred to
them.
So also the same resolution declares il
a solemn obligation to remove all just
causes of discomfort on the part OF any
class, and where in the language if the
resolution was there, in the South cause
for discomfort on the part of the negroes.
Again, in the letter of acceptance as
quoted, Mr.. Hayes begs to assure his
"countrymen." The term countrymen is
specially selected, and obviously applies
to the dominant white race, to the exclu-
sion of the negroes, far more than as
the Standard asserts, it refers to the ne
groes and not to the rebels. Further,
Mr.. Hayes, in the paragraph quoted, re
fers to the interests ol the white and the
coiored people. and advocates "a civil
policy which will wipe out forever the
distinction between North and South in
our common country. And yet the
Standard asserts that it fails to find one
word looking in the remotest degree to
the course now pursued by the Presi-
dent Possibly the Standard can see
such references now.
6 In paragraph 6 the Standard refers
to Redfeld, and. by that reference, ac-
cepts him as reliable authority.
Mr. Redfield, from Columbia, South
Carolina, wrote to the Cincinnati Com
mercial, on the Sth inst, and his letter
was printed on the eighth page of the
Commercial on the 7th of May From
that letter the following extracts are
printed for the benefit of the Standard
"The State Government for the past
eight or ten years ha- been a carnival OF
7 fraud The Republican Legis
lature Of South Carolina was little better
than den of thieves, and the whole con
cern, from center to circumference and
stem to stern and TOP to bottom. was SC
prrmeated and punetured by corruption
that the investigations will amply con
; firm previous reports. The ca
reer of the Republican party here ha,
been a libel upon civilization. Its rule
has been imbecility and robbery. Office,
and public trusts were bought and sold
without shame. The Legislature wal
little less than a den of thieves"
By the light Of its own authority, Mr.
Redfeld the Standard may obtain
D clearer conception of the breadth anC
' meaning of both the third resolution o
the National Platform and Of the equall,
comprehensive paragraph quoted from
Mr.. Hayes letter of Acceptance. In view
: OF these declarations by its own witness
{ the Standard will hardly venture tC
= maintain that those whom it styles rebel
had no civil and political rights to b.
protected and that they needed no paciti
y cation; and the demand is further mad'
J.. OF the Standard to answer squarely that
I will the Standard dare assert the Presi
dent wrong for not supporting such al
infamous state of affairs in South Caro-
lima. as shown by its own witness
7. The limit to one column should
c cause this reply to close here; but, il
. consequence of the two long columns il
e the Standard, two other points must b
noticed.
s. The first point is that throughou
the Standards answer, its references tC
what correspondents, interYiewers, ex
Senators and others say, is not argument
q They cannot be accepted by any impartia
;, reader as proofs for they are merely ir
. responsible opinions, and as such theJ
indicate the weakness rather than th'
strength of the argument they are useC
4 to support.
e Ifa refutation of such extracts by other
extracts were made, then the discussion
would at once become interminable.
Upon the Standards style of argu
ment a conclusive answer to paragraphs
3, 9, II and l3, is found in the following
special telegram to the Cincinnati Ga
1 zette:
"wAsHIxGroN, May l6.-Gov. Chamber
, lain, when here a few days ago, had q
conversation with prominent Northern
clergyman OF the anti slavery school upon
the South Carolina situation. In thai
conversation Gov Chamberlain practical
7 ly admitted'th necessity OF President
e Hayes Southern policy, and that nothing
/, else could be done. He said in almost
a these words: II am sorry that the ne
7 groes have been so over-anxious to hold
I office The result has been that very
4 many Of the offices have been filled By
D persons perfectly inlompetent, mentally
and morally, Tor the position.
, Nor is this all. but the whole question
whether the Presidents policy is right OF
, wrong, is decided by Mr.. Chamberlain
. himself and the Standard stands beaten
upon its own question by its own style o.
l. reasoning
9. But one other point will be noticed
, in this reply. The Standard says:
. IA There is only one more point o
your article to which / wish to reply thi,
week You say 1t does not appear 6
: that any personal harm has come to any
/, one under the execution of his policS
: thus far | advise you to read the pa
! pers Did you ever hear Of Z V. Small
e ley, one of the Editors of the New YORK
= Tribune? He is no irresponsible scrib