The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-07-12

Hayes Southern policy. / ask no one 10
go with me further than the arguments
which present shall fairly carry him.
For myself | take leave TO dPnounce il.
here and now, as unconstitutional and
revolutionary, subversive of constitution
al guarantees, and false to every dictate
of political honor. public justice. aud
good morals. There is no point, feature
or form of this policy that has support
in a fair construction of the Constitution.
| or an honest view of the facts which are
involved, and believe it requires only a
| careful examination, unintiuenced by
mawkish sentiment or the cowardice
which shrinks from attacking the con-
i duct of one who was chosen by our own
party, to convince all who have sympa-
/ thizpd with the principles OF the Repub.
/ lican party that such a policy deserves,
upon all legal and constitutional ground },
| the condemnation which / have pro
nounced upon il.
But when we look further and inquire
what other defenses OF this policy are
offered, we are lost in a maze of subter-
fuges, contradictions, ialsehoods, falla.
cies, and inanities. Conspicuous in this
list is the claim made by the President
himself and echoed by his defenders.
that this Presidential policy IL in accord
party, with the Presidents letter of ac
ceptance. and with his known views at
the time of his nomination and during
the canvass call this the chief OF sub
terfuges, if not of ialsehoods | confess
! cannot understand or measure the au
dacity which prompts such a claim
When, where, by whom. before the nom
ination, or after IL. during the canvass or
during the long agony OF suspense which
succeeded the canvass. will you find from
President Hayes. or any representative
of him or of the Republican party. high
or low, a hint Of such a policy IL can
not be found. Never till the country
heard with amazement the first whisper
ings of the Vaccinations Of Stanley NJ tt-
thews and the Ohio clique who stood
nearest the President-the basest passage |
have read in our political history-did |
any portion Of the public or of the Re /
publican party imagine that the Presi |
dent would enter upon such policy or /
course Of action IL is impossible to 4
overstate this general fact Especially 1
is il impossible To overstate the drliber-
ate. long continued, unremitted efforts.
made at every stage of the struggle from
November 7th to March 4th, to inspire
the Southern Republicans with fidelity
to the Republican cause. II doubts
arose, with electric speed came new assur-
ances that Hayes, if elected would vindi-
cate the rights of those who were hght
ing his battles in the South. j. the
suggestion made that Presi-
dent Hayes knew nothing OF all this
Sir, il is incredible. He did know it,
and he stood by, willing to see men risk
ing. by day and by night for months
which seemed longer than years. their
lives ave, losing their lives by hundreds,
to lift him to the Presidency, upon the
lying assurances. if what he now says be
true. that he would protect and rescue
them by the great powers Of the Office he
should receive. Every man who stood
near to the President. every man whom
the public had a right to regard as his
faithful representative, joined in these
ssurances-assurances which carried no
doubtful meaning-assurances which
meant to the beleaguered and fainting
soldiers on those outposts Of freedom
that succor and help would come IL only
they defended to the last the ground
which they had won. Sir, when think
1f these things. my heart grows hot with
and a curse comes unbidden
10 my lips, for the men who thus played
With the blood Of the brave men and
women as the gambler plays with his
lice. Such treachery passes my compre
1ension. / should expect that those
Who engaged in it would hear echoes
ike those which greeted the ears Of the
terrified Alonzo when all nature seemed
breaking into voice to herald his crime
40, IL is monstrousi monstrousl
dethought the btllows spoke and told me OF u;
rhat deep nd dread fuI organ pipe. pronounced
rhe name of Prosper. IL did base my trespass.'
No. fellow citizens, ! know not how
ong his policy may have been meditated
n the secrecy OF the Presidents own
mind do know that he did not hint |
{, he would not have dared to hint il To-
he country, at any hour from the time
ie was a nascent candidate for his nomi
nation till he sat in the seat oil the Presi
lent.
Do you tell me of the platform Of our
Jarty which proclaims the permanent pa
lfication Of the Southern sectiun ot thu
Union to be a great duty OF the R-publi
.au party. and do you say that the Presi
lent Is now engaged IN carrying out this |
york2 Let Us read that section OF the
platform upon which the President ac
.rpted his nomination. IL is as follows.
The permanent paciication Of the Southern
ect ION Of the Union and the complete pro
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II All their nights, are duties tO which the Re |
DGb lean parry stands sacredly pledged. Tue |
IOwrr To provide for the Enhancement OF ths | ,
Jr iples embodied in the recent constitution
u atnt tudments Is vested by those amendments |
u tue Congress OF the United states; and We ! Z
irclare n 10 be the solemn obligation OF the
Government To put into immediate and vigor-
,us exercise all us constitutional powers fOr t.
moving any Just Gauss OF discontent ON the |
part Oi any cia-s, aud for securing TO every |
American Sitizeu complete liberty aud exact |
quality In the exercise OF all civI pOlitica,and
public nights. To this end We im mprTatively de- ,
nsnd "A Congress and a Chief Executive wuOse |
.ourage and fidelity shall not illter until these |
esulIs are placed beyond dispute or recall.
1t was my fortune, fellow citizens, to
have written that section with my own
hand in the Committee on Resolutions
1t Cincinnati; but | do not place ito spir
il and meaning upon my personal knowl-
edge of its history. place it upon the
plain meaning OF the language used IL
| were to day seeking to frame a resolu
tion OF condemnation OF the President |
policy toward the South. could hardly
employ more appropriate and emphatic
terms But, sir, every man who was pre-
sent in that Convention, or who knows
anything of its spirit, knows that upon
the Southern question the unanimou,
voice Of the Convention was for the "im
mediate and Vigorous exercise OF all the
powers OF the Government in reprcssiuE
violence and protecting the rights of ev
cry man at the South. No other thought
or purpose found expression there
But it is said that the Presidents let
ter of acceptance foreshadowed the poll
cy he has since pursued. | deny IL
There is not a word that sustains such a
claim. But / do not put the reiutation
OF the Presidents present claim upon
verbal grounds. | appeal to every man
who has any knowledge Of the spirit and
tone of the campaign. | appeal to the
Presidents own views, expressed often
and to many persons, that it was the
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