The New York herald., 1877-03-05
YORK HERALD MONDAY MARCH ls77-w1rH SUPPLEMENT-

they could ask their opinions. but they could not bind
themselves IN advance To bg governed ~ those con-
ciasions So far however. from acting experts and
ebghtcning thor constituent bodies by their invests
CATION, the Commissioners began their work by put
ting ou. one of them eyes They pro-
nor read any OF the testimony which
their Congressional constituents hao spent two or
three months Ia collecting for this very purpose ana
after thus deliberately binding themselves thoy pro-
cecdcd 10 discharge the trust which had been cont
to them precisely as II their blindness was connate aud
not deliberate.
WHAT TIE MINORITY oy rnE COMMISSION SHOULD HAVE
DONE
The fact that Instead OF increasing they reduced tho
Information which the houses Congress placed at
their disposal s practical admission that tho OF
fcrcnt conclusions aud coDvcts tho majority de-
hb.rae purpose 10 connt IN Hayes without reference
sppareut, as II was when they decided the Florida
case, u was manifest that the Electoral Commission
was not the sort OF tribunal which Congress mad either
the purpose or the power 10 create, the which
the people supposed had been created.
urged that the minority judges, when thus
deprived OF the rights necessary Tor a satisfactory
performance OF their trust should decline accept
any further references from tho houses OF Congress
Hope, however, that springs eternal the
human breast, and Ia this case unfortunately,
made those 10 whom this advice addressed think
there we're some things yet to be done before Hayes
could be counted Ia 80 shameuy and enormously that
Al least majority OF the Commissioners would shrink
from them. On that point they are now undccsved,
presume.
REPoRrEn-After all, wiii the democrats not soon
forget this. The French republicans stopped dis
cussiug Louis Napoleon's title to tho crown.
''FoRGvESEss IS DIsnoSoR.'
Mr. biGELow-l think too wci OF my country people
to suppose they Will ever give their confidence TO
government which Is the apotheosis OF fraud and
violence. They are not ready to abdicac. They know
iull well that tho moment they condone what has
just been done at Washington, that moment they
conccde that title TO the Presidency
be acquired by the means which have placed Hayes
the White House. or By any other means than a inir
expression of the popular viii, and they also know
That from that moment popular government with US
becomes chimera and personal government ensues
vnnu resf tnst
press an obsequous Legislature a tmescrving judi
ciary post Office and telegraph system like Wits
pering gallery o NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. instruments
oil partisan vengeance and public oppression.
Our pcopie are olerably familiar with tho ways In
which ether nations have lost their liberties, and II
nrre any one danger against which they are least
kcIy 10 be on their guard think u Is precisely that
forgiveness the processes by winch their sovereignty
has been violated They VIII not forgive IT, They VIII
not, they cannot for one momcn forgive It. Forgive
ncss rs dshonor, II is scrviiudc They must aud VIII
perform thcr duties MS citizens under us pro-
test. Like tho violated sister OF Absalom they must
with ashes their heads TIL this national ou TRACE
has been cxpated.
That Is not state OF things favorable TO
prsrs, TO bold or successful financial adventures
when the government Is struggling helpessIy with the
tcv 10 whom II has sold iscr aud the people arc
AFRAID TO extend hand 10 Tor icer OF being compro-
IN lscd as It's Trend or confederate.
oSLy MORAL kEsIsTANCE TO NE orFERED
RkroKrgR-But you don't apprchend any dsposi-
ton any faction OF tho democratic party resist
Hayes ADMINISTRATION?
SIR BGkLow-There's no snch disposition, as far as
know, anywhere. ana II tncre should be II Will not
be the peculiar property OF either OF the two parties
believe the country Is ut this moment niinou IN
It's acceptance OF Mr. Hayes as the Chief Magistrate,
but who can answer for the supremacy OF magistrate
who comes to power by what 10 n large majority OF
the country. IS regarded as u usurpation? Lacking
the moral authority which always hedges about the
legitimate sovereign Mr. Hayes Will find himself
obliged to supplement what power he has by unpopu-
lar devices TO exc out tho lions SKIN with tho foxs
lie must continually struggle with the teebicncss OF
his irhright One exercise OF illegltmate power
only DO maintained by continuous series Of usurpa-
tons.
KEroRrxR-But may not Hayes appoint Cabinet
which VIII command the confidence and support of tho
Mr.. BidELow-If he does bis dmnistration will ssde
boring" II would require him TO his back upon
every man who has had anything 10 do with his DIP
bcava aud they arc so entrenched at Washington Tor
at least one moro session OF Congress that he is at their
mercy
THE POWER OF THE SHERMAN FAMILY.
RxroRTxR--Wont the country be satisfied with John
sherman IN the TreasuryY
Mr. BiGELow-Thc nomination of sherman for the
Treasury means General sherman for the in
1880 Ii was Johns intention and expectation that the
General would have been nominated IN place Of Hayes,
but no covered hts potatoes lttc TOO deep; thcy did
not sprout TIL aiter the Convention at Cincinnati.
REroRrER-l don't understand what you mean by
planting MIS- potao ocs too deep
Nix. BGELow-lt Is not necessary that you should
at present don't suppose Hayes would understand
u citbcr. | don't suppose he has any idea that
putting Sherman into the Treasury he is uniting tho
purse and the sword in practically the same hands and
thereby rendering "Returning Boards. which just
now unpopular, no longer necessary. Under such
arrangement they bo made the scapcg0at for the
sins of the last administration and driven into the
wilderness to the infinite cdhcaon OF those dear old
ladies who delight IN holding emergency conferences
and are always curing the political diseases OF the
country by sounding manifcstoes
HAYES CABINET.
whatl Hayes make Cabinet that will deserve the
confidence of the country! II Is Impossible. The
stream cannot rise higher thsn the fountain. Tho
creature does not argue with its Creator the marble
does not argue with the sculptor that fashions II the
trcc docs not argue with tho sun that leeds IT, Is
Cameron n man whose presence IN The Cabinet would
inspire conndcnccy Yet he must be there 10 person
or by ms rcpresent tatve lie made Hayes President
Hayes Presidency ~ rurcy tho creation OF the War
Department Then there are Morton, Hoar. Blame
and ConkIing, zach the head OF an important faction
at Cincinnati, out neither thought quite worthy Of
public confidence by their party These men, havo
borne the Dnrdcn and heat Of Inc day, viii they
To take their cold cut tho kitchen while your public
confidence men are rcvcIng IN the parory Not much.
The tnct IL matter what Ministers Mr.. Hayes calls
into his service tomorrow they must the livery
ot his household They cannot bc hctter dressed. OF
better manner, than their master lie cannot have a
class oi men about HIM whose very presence per-
petuaI accusation and rcproach, and whose virtues
would be always setting hrc to tho scanoIding on
which he stands.
This terminated the interview.