New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-03

, the country, SUCH un'CIup"''"o "''' w
ti0nary rccklcssncss, as III tins contest ihc
able and patriotic Democrats, to whom
the country owes a peaceful eh'llnS
of the count have been 0utyOted III
caucus, publicly denounced az traitors to thelr
party, forced to fight against all the Machine
tons of their candidate, his hired attorney,
and the men who represented him ut ashihg-
ION, and have nearly seen majority OF all INC
Democratic votes in the House cast again ana
again, through weary days and nights, ior ols-
honorable and revolutionary measures All
honor to the men whose courage ana pa'iio'-
ism give the country peace. Bat they cd"li"'
but feel that the country ought to rejoice 'h'''
it has escaped the clutches OF the desperate
revolutionsts who fought so long under the
lead of the attorney for Tweed and lllden.
The country will rejoice the more because IL
knows Rutherford b. Hayes better than IL diu
ON the day of election. Every day and hour
be has gained in public opinion, as Mr. liIaeh
has lost. not only by comparison but abso-
lutely. Thousands who voted against Mr'
HAYES now know that they can trust MN
wholly. Throughout desperate contest which
has excited strong man us Mf' i'i"'n u,
a hundred blunders, the calm, strong man Oh
Ohio has made not one false step, "'t're" ho'
q single iniudicOus word ana preserved
manly dignity and sclf-control when St'hu III
st lrting contrast to the behavior OF MS oppo-
nent. But thousands honor him not Only DE-
cause of the strong character thus shown, DuV
becousc of the wise and brave things he has
done. II was said that Mr.. Hayes would be
fine mere tool of Republican extremists. Yet
his first step after the election was to
convince the best men OF the South
that its interests would be safe In his
hands. In the fnce of savage opposition
from desperate Republicans, though knowing
that they might have power to defeat his IN
auguration, and IN defiance of the schcmcrs
who were plotting to defeat it because they
could not cXtort from him pledges OF submis-
sion, this cool, brave, and patriotic man has
reiterated in speech, by letter, and 10y the
mouth of trusted friends, again and again, the
liberal declarations of his letter of acceptance
l. this the man who as Mr. Norton asserted,
must become the instrument OF his party! j.
this the man who, Democrats believed, Woul"
be the mere tool of extremists he country
knows better now. 1t knows that IN Mr..
HAYES il has elected man who VIII be IrcSi-
dent himself, the tool of nobody, ana the res
idcnt not of party or a section, but OF the
whole United States.
The battle is over. When the time comes to
bury the dead, Mr.. Tillen and Mr. flcId'
and many smaller men viii be laid away,
but the best of the victory is that the
same still grave will swallow up the rcyo-
Iutionary Democracy and the Solid South. W."
shall see the last of that compact s"ciionaliSin
which has threatened the Republic so long.
The administration Of Mr.. Hayes will not fail
TO make permanent the separation which the
recent struggles in the House have commenced.
| Ii will draw away from dependence upon =
reckless and revolutionary party the best ana
purcst of the Southern leaders. 1t will bri'd
I'D in that section true Union party III
hearty sympathy with the progressive and iiD-
cral element of the North. Mr.. Hayes does
not conceal his purpose. The country no
longer doubts his iirmncss, his sa@acity, or his
| power. The better day is coming when we
may see the Lost Cause and the Fuled Ban
ncr. the revolutionary Democracy and the Solid
! South buried i'll one gIa,c.