The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-27

CFuSGs as Id case might DEBUT the
real men OF power and influence In the
South, came to meet Hayes .mor than
half way.
THEY CONFIRMED HIS CABINET.
They made demonstration In his
favor, without which he would have
found himself on the fourth day OF his
OF Morton, Cameron and Jim Blaine.
In short, the attitude OF the Southern
Conservatives In the House, made
Hayes peaceable Inauguration possi-
BILE. Then the action OF the South
ern Conservatives In the Senate saved
him from defeat and humiliation at the
hands OF his own party at the very
threshold OF the White House. They
would have gone evea further. Taking
him at his word, and his nearest friends
at their pledges, the Southern Conserv-
atives stood ready TO give Mr.. Hayes an
organization Of the next House which
would have been In accord with his
Administration both as to the letter of
his inaugural and the spirit OF his Cabi-
net selections. But just at the moment
come q certainty; just at the transition
point between prospect and fact,
HAYES wAvERED.
The Southern men here were perfect
ly satisfied with the inaugural as a pro-
mise. No President ever receiyed such
unqualified assurances OF fealty as Hayes
has had from representative Southern
men, taking his inaugural as u basis.
But they are not satisfied with the Com
mission as a practical performance.
And what is worse, the Southern men
have lost faith In the spinal column OF
Hayes, though do not hear any CUES
tion OF the goodness Of his intentions
on che other hand. the complaint is that
there Is too much true goodness about
his intentions-or the sort that He'll Is
paved with, to quote Presbyterian the
ology.
Now this Commission may report in
favor Of all that the Conservatives desire.
They may go down there and privately
prevail on Packard and Chamberlain to
get
OUT OF THE. WAY
and be pensioned off somewhere. But
that will not mend the fact that Hayes
fell short OF the expectations OF the men
whose friendship he needs worse than
he needs the friendship Of any class Of
men in the United States. Rather than
hurt the feelings Of foursor five desper-
ADDE'S and blood-suckers who have been
for years upon years the deadest dead
weights that any party or any admins
tration ever carried, Hayes has chilled
the spirit IL he has not repelied the sub
stance Of the most grateful, generous
and cordial reciprocity OF good will for
good promises that was ever held out to
any man by any set OF men.
THE COTTON sTaTEs
have shown In times past what the
terms support and devotion mean In
their fervid vocabulary. They stood
ready at one moment to give to Hayes
that sort Of support which they have
given in times past to the Democracy
nay, more, almost that devotion which
they gave to the Confederacy-for they
stood ready to hail him as deliverer
from the most wretched ills that have
ever been heaped upon q miserable peo-
pie; they stood ready to hail him as
their final emancipation from Diggerism
and carpet baggery, which would have
been better than salvation from pesti-
lence or protection from war.
HE HAs REpELLED THEM.
Perhaps it is better for them that he
has. Possibly 1t is better that the South
should suffer yet a little longer perse-
1t should Immediately prosper with the
prosperity OF the wicked. Mr.. Hayes
has made the old, old mistake of trying
to use Eastwood where there was need
OF iron. III his administration should
sink into defeat and eXacration eommen-
surate with the yileness of Its bastard
origin, he can date its disaster from to-
day--the day on which he failed to rise
to the occasion, and let slip an oppor-
tunity which will never again come
within his reach.