Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-03-30
Aletan0rla Gaz&ttf
FRIDAY, MARCH 80, 1877.
Wendell Phillips Interviewed.

The question that most Immediately lnter
ests The public mud, it Was suggested, is DE
withdrawal Of the troops from South Carolina
aud Louisiana
Said Mr.. Phillips, 10 answer: Il think ii
Hayes withdraWs the troops he breaks his I'LL
piled promise to the nation and to The party
that elected him. The section of the repub!i.
can party that elected him was the Bloody
Shirt, aad if he had announced that lie would
repudiate lha: section he would never have
been elected. There is no practical differences
between him and Tilden if lie withlraws the
troops. Ii!den couldn't have done moro, and
! tho Southeroers ccu!dn't have asked Tillen to
have done any more.
but did not his letter OF oracceptance indicate
4 wise and generous policy toward the South.
Of which the withdrawal CT the troops would tc
al important part?'
ut vas never understood that 10 his letter
! G! acceptance he promised TO withhold the hand
Of the United States from the South. If such
was the understanding he could never have
been elected. 1t was understood to iorcshcdow
wise and generous policy, and that Is what
everybody wishes.
What do you understand by wise aid gep
erous policy
ut would be to give the Southern Nell
every recognition aud share Of Office who were
willing to co operate with the government. an.
ct the same time keep lie hold on them with
the troops.
Being asked whether this bayouet rule did
not conflict with every principle oil free govern.
ment, Mr.. Phillips r1pIiei:-
81 consider the South to he in al abu0rma!
coudition-in transition state. The reign OF
iaw aud order has net begun there, and it Is
necessary that force should be used 10 keep
peace in order that the evidence OF peace-the
great elements OF civilization, las, capital ami
labor-may work their course.
"Ilave We not already had twelve years .!
the government ol force
"No. We have never had trial ot the cx
pertinent. The first mistake was The admitting
OF the States as States when they should have
been kept as Territories. They were admitted
on the pledge that the white SOutherncrs would
CO. operate with the government heartily 10 1t.
new course 0l destroying ell distinctions OF race;
unsolicited the white South promise to do So
She has always claimed 10 be The gentleman o.
the county, and she stands PICTURED and laIs'
to these unsolicited oa;hs II is worse tha:i
absurd to trust anew TO the promises o such
men. The black man is the Gully element
in the country that has done lis whole
duty. The South is lion aud tho North /.
cowed The negro has falsiicd all prophecies
that he voudn' work, the productions OF the
Southern States are mtrH now than before tt.e
war. As cll:zeu hc has shown wisdom aud
courage 10 standing, at every sacrifice, bg his
Friends The North has more than ball iol
gotten him. Ii she now Wthdraws the troop
she leaves him Q victim without protection III
the position 10 when she summoned hln-~nn
from a sense ol ustlco, but to save her5eIl-~A
military necessity. II w. withdraw the troop.
murder and intimidation vii! rule there. The
white Souhcruor has been cnnning enough ["
part with very little land. The negra in genrr
| al is mere lahrrer. He can be easily starved
into submissioD. II, under such circumstances.
we withdraw the trQop5, the revolver ard tha
| bowie knife will be the real legislators G! tina;
| section, and here wil! bc 10 republican STAT
snnii. Of the P0Jmacj the IcXl Congress aud
| the next President Will be democratic. hHd he
| first move Of tie South vii! be to Get 10 son'
yay billion dollars from thc nalOnaI Treasury.
She was never taught to cara her LIVING, bui
always sto, it from somebody else. der co
| courarcmcnL Of iawlc55 violence has driven
| away capital ard labor and she must I'LL up her
emn,y veins from the national Treasury In the
shane Of loans 10 States and railroads without
| interest pcnsi0n5 to Confederate soldiers, cot.
| ton damages and payment OF State debts. II
| is easy to clude the "cOnStltuuonal prOhhltson
and steal the national funds.
| "Bnt what would the North te DONG all t';."
while ?" -,
! inc nonsense, aGnlmrnt, pouring Gut g'lsh. II
| HAYES policy-c0nciilatlog the South by sub
mittipg to its carried ont, he VIII be L new
| Andrew J?husor. The first one cost us 4 'hau
sand miIioa dollars aod pnt back the nation
progress twenty year'. and The s"tcna viii be
equally costly.
| "Uas rot the rssu,t oi carpet bag govern
mcut reflected agaics; The capacity ol the
Southern blacks far self government was
here asked. :, n,.u.
"thc North invited Wale lamr'on and h.
class to assume tIr leadership OF thc South'
and they sc9H,d "t Il. Then cain: Andrew
Johnson and The ku klux. Northern ne"
and capial ha't hccn eager 70 onoVc HCnth loIty
ycars before they msycI West; the wave Was
checked; hcncst tu=lncS' inGu and ricrhan'c'
| shrank trou going '.ic clement that went
was largely po;icaI SPECTATORS. broken men.
anxious TO make something 0ut Of disturbed
worIl. and The result has been what we have
sorn WhrrcIie the fault? Not with The North.
Tint would willingly have welcomed the South,
crn white man 20 lis place and maintained h!m
there, but with The s;o,::hcrn white man who
left the empty chambers to be filled with dev'i7
whep We begged and urged tba! they ahon'd
hn crowded with honest men. he c3l0rch miil
had 10 book ciuca;ion and lltt!c political eH'!
cation, and cuunrg poiitica! leaders took .!
vantage Of him and mislei Him, Il is o"r ian''
and not his defect.
i, corrusion, Mr.. Phillips repeated that
uhor ia White South refused 10 take Their
natural uace and aid the new natIonaI departure
the States Should have been kept as territories,
govcrncI gov from Washington, in the iIl! view OF
: 66oiiopa! oversight Henry Wilson, he sald,
admitted to him two years before his death that
his was the great republican, mistake, and hi;
only apology was that 'he republicans feared
tina, uuless they ri, kcd reatmlt'lHg me 2ea,c'
the democrats would outVotc them. ihtt"|T'
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