The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-07-19

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the rightfnl President, but. still he holds
the Office. A certain respect is due that
Office that is all that my appearance
with Mr.. Hayes means"
ssWere the scivilities paid MIR. Hayes
by the authorities extended in the same
spirit 7'' S, Is :,
Massachusetts has always extended
ciyilities TO- the President In this case
tue State extended such ciyilities to the
acting President. She. did what was
rrigt1Sto do, and no more p as y
sGan Mr.. Hayes trip and the civility
shown him be, taken as an endorsement
of, him or his policy p 49,, ~.
ssThe trip. can do him no harm. and no
good. ) One fact stands out prominent
nothing can overshadow it.; and that is
the method by which he received his
Office. No; policy of his can atone for
that."n.s. sSs
seThen, in your opinion, the attempt at
civil service reform will not Offset the
means by which he obtained the Presi-
dency ?'' e e ..s s5:
s'seNot at all. Civil service reform!
What is tia mere matter of detail.
insignificant beside this one great matter.
Policies, reform aud such things are mere
side issues. Important enough in them
selves, to be sure. But this matter goes
"a Way down tosthe question of our exis-
3tence. ssfgf ln..-s.s 81 .s4fgf.
The reporter had no further opportu-,
nifty, had he wished to question Mr.. Ad.
ANS, for, as he spoke of the great fraud
and It's eonseque he seemed almost
unmindfup of time and fatigue.
That was great crisis through which
the country passed last winter. It is
wonderful that The majority of the Amer
ican people, whose will was then over
ridden, submitted to it so calmly. / am
grateful that they did. It is q credit to
the American people that there was no
violence. But, sir,nr-and Mr.. Adams
spoke with impressive solemnity-it
such a thing shall happen, there will be
violence, bfoodshed, and ruin. I have
always been afraid of that weak clause
! in the Constitution which made such a
crisis possible. / was very apprehensiye
early last winter when ] saw that those
who had been lawfully elected were to
meet with opposition. When / learned
that the matter had been left to the gen.
5tlemen who acted upon the Commission,
,Ia:felt somewhat relieved, because l
thought: Now the Judges, atleast, will
look at this question in fair and judicial
light. They viii try to get. at the truth.
They VIII tryto learn whom the. people
elected to. be their President and Vice
President And it seemed SO plain who
were SO elected that I felt almost assured
Of what their decision would be, But
what was the result?, Taking, advantage
Of teehnicalities, Of legal bubbles, OF
every point that would. give them an ,op-
,portunity of voting as they wished to
vote, the majority declared as it has.
Among other sad results of that decision
there is this one: Ithas utterly destroyed
our faith in the judiciary SO far as po-
itical questions which may come before
it are concerned. Taney, years ago,
shook our faith somewhat when. he, rem
Sdered decisions on questions connected
with slavery. This latest action has en-
tirely destroyed that faith. The judiciary
are no longer to be relied upon as q
source of justice in political matters.
tNow this has been done. Something
remains to be done, and that is the most
important, the most imperative duty at
hand. It must not be allowed to be
sighted. Immediate steps must be taken
tomake the repetition of this wrong inn
possible. II must not be party matter.
-Yhope the people Of all parties will join
In making this demand. Congress ought,
the very first thing, to begin the conside-
ration of constitutional method of pre-
venting the repetition of such q crisis.
In every way that is possible this de-
mand should be made. / am very glad
that Mr.. Dana realizes the importance OF
the situation, and that he is doing what
he can to make the people realize it.
Public sentiment should be so strong that
such measures cannot fail of being taken
as will prevent! "a repetition. What other
issue can be so important !? AS 1 said,
should such a crisis occur again, it will
not end peacefully. There will be blood 1
shed, and the destruction OF our present
form of government. Nothing can be
more certain than this, and it is marvel
slcus that such was not the result last
winter. It3will not do, either, to wait,
or it will not be safe to attempt to make /,
ay changes shortly before q national
eetion. It must be done now. We
mot feel safe until it is.
As to Mr.. Hayes, / must say that I
sympathy for him. He means
I thiak, but he is in a false position,
80 therefore trying position. His is
attill be the most difficult course that
afesident has eyer had, q great deal
liifficuIt than either of those two
syya;ating to the portraits of his
tasae eugh.y feether- tsand they had it
syad 1n:noR. I looksar. Hayes looks
ess1 sssf at Cambridge, and I ttha ttae. rather
saGsQ worn. The difficulties are n6ss
dose which result from the methods
whlShnade him President, but are also
y~tnosesShieh he has made since taking his
seat. What has he done? He has di-
yided spgt up his own party. There is,
proof enMgh of that. See what the:
aepnblicass IN Iowa have done. There
3 y asafge PORTION that makes no secret Of.
sSpposfTon Then see what his Southern
emsx hatdone. There was time when
S.,.s el;t;ass aecesssr, as result of their con-:
s ia ny, mat ths Southern negroes should
NJ oekea .k after Sthe Administration: I
sss': = Is 9 p6litical>0 0ecessity fof the