, 1877-03-05

patch sent to the new President:
CHICAGO, March ). 1877.--Io Il. D. faye-,
Pressdent- -elect, Washington, D. c.: The Grand
Council OF the National Union League OF Illinois:
upon the just anu suspicious termination Of the
Presidential contest which gladdens every patriotic
heart We tender you our united and cordial sup
port.
SOUTHERN DEMANDS.
WHAT NEW ORLEANS AND THE SOUTHWEST
WANTS.
Neto Orleans Times (Dtm.}.
The agony is over. Oregon has been counted
for Hayes, giving him the requisite 1856 votes for
election through the Electoral College, and
there is hardly doubt that he will be duly in-
augurated on the 9Th of March. II one-haif
Of the assertions in relation to the "ncw de-
parture" Of the Republican leaders be true,
the people of the South, and those OF Louls:-
ana especially, may seothc their disappointment
with tho consolation that they have not lost all
in losing the President; that they might have
gone farther and Jared worse. 1t seems not
improbable that out Of their political
failure they may reap material success
without any sacrifice of principle OIL their
part. The honorable and manly atti-
tudc and high-toned conservatism Of the South
ern people in the trying struggles Of the last
few months have commanded the respect and
admiration OF the nation. II there ever was
anything in the supposed conservative tcuden-
cies Of Gov. Hayes, it remains still. Such ten
dencies arc consistent with all Of his public
record. Such departure would be Inherently
sensible, immensely prudent, and, under the
peculiar circumstances of the time and manner
of his elevation to power, tho strongest guar
antcc he could have OF successful Administers
ton. 1t Is not to be expected that he can break
away from hts party, or that he desires to do so.
&c fNF fhh rOtE a
as liberal as any limited at without dis
mculbcring his party or provoking
deadly hostility within it, but hbcrnl
policy toward the South must inevitably
excite the ire Of certain noisy aud offensive
element in that party. Ii the south proposes
to tly of on an indignant tangent every time
Northern blatherskite gets of something offen-
eivc, there cetainly will never be new depart
urc cffectual to ursa1ration. VIC canuot select
unadulte,ed good and revel in it: There is no
such thing known to craftsmanship or politics.
The part of wisdom is to take the best thing
offered, mixed as it must BE- with some things
evil aud perhaps more things disa9rceable, ratn-
er than supnely drift to destruction. Four
have been passed We may, should matters turn
In our favor, be clear out Of all our troubles
and in the van Of prosperous and happy States.
Such prospect is we'll worth careful con-
sideration. Patronage is not what We want OF
him,-but we do want seli-goVernment.
It is not to be gainsaid that the Northern
Democrats have not acted with fairness and full
Justice towards the South. They hare not done,
when they had opportunity, what they might
have done to Improve the condition of the
Southern States, aud even MI. ltlden was com
PEELED, by the pressure Of the Northern Democ-
racy, to place himself On record rather sharply
toward SOME Southern interests.
The Raadalls, Holmans, and others Of like in
fuence WHO i'll a large measure welded the
Northern Democracy III congress, on nearly
nr,df1 rettn
large grantsof aid to thu South. Sometimes it
was one excuse tor this opposition and some.
times another, but amid them al they forced
the South to be very modest in her demands for
help.
The very Democrats o. tue North, VINO AIDED
OF millions to build Northern railroads, canals,
lighthouses, nayy-yards, docks, workshops, ar
senals, forts, and fisheries, and also to improve
the rivers and harbors all over tug North, we're
suddenly seized with the eonylction that tney
had done wrong the very moment the South
asked for little help, aud refused to vote
dollar for Southern leyces, railroads, and other
needs.
Just as the Southern States, after recuperat-
ing from disastrous defeat and unparafleled
phalanx and giyen hope to the National Denoc-
racy OF securing control OF the government and
the Natlonal !c9is4Acule, epeeaouo eeonu5
and retreuclmcnt" became the watch
words Of the party, ana the proml-
ncnt pl2nks in its platform. ne,
trcnchmeDt and economy we're forced
into the platform. by Northern Democrats,
nearly all Of whom knew that they had no nope
Of carrying their own States, but knew that the
Solid South would have to do the voting in
selt-sacrtilclne sp1flt 1oI po'icy "Meu "oalu
cut OFT ali hope of national MD to any great
Southern enterprise True economy is always
admirable, butlt does appear Inconsistent win
the eternal laws OF justice that sncli an *
ccssivc fit Of economy should have seized the
when the North was gorged and the
hungry South was begging nlodicum Ut the
same fostering generosity.
The great change which has been made IN ths
If all parties By the Presidential!
COMPLICATIONS, aud the result Of the decision OF
tue Commission, seems, indeed, to hare made .a