St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-04-06
Public Opinion.

IF Mr. HAYES decides to be only half
right, he might as well be written down
at once as failure as a PRESIDENT
There will he no craftsmanship ID such
a course.-RichmOnd Dispatch (Dem.)
When we read in our Bourbon CO.
temporaries that the Presidents South
ern policy is fraud because more
Democrats or Conservatives are not
appointed to office, and then read III
the same columns denunciatiOns of all
Southern men who accept positions
under the Federal Government, 1T Oc-
ours to us that there is slight incOn-
sistency mewheTe.-MemphiS AUd-
lanche lind. Dem.)
The Republican patty in South Caro-
lima will still be Il compact force that
will have to be consulted in the future,
and with the extinction of the color
line there is better promise of good
government and permanent ascend
ency of Republican principles. But
whatever happens to parties III that
State, it is better for The country that
an adjustment shall be made than that
the fostering sore should be kept open.
Hartford Post (Rep.)
A commission de IundticO inguirendO
is awaiting the person who endeavOrs
to reopen the Presidential question by
writ of quo aUaYTantO or any other
Latin machine.-Irtbune.
If it is really true, as it appears to be,
that the republicans of South Carolina,
although in a majority, are not able to
produce sufficient evidence of their
right, nor the power to enforce it, the
better course for them to pursue is to
accept the situation and endeavOr to
hold the actual government to its duty
by a united, vigilant and honorable OPP
position, until another election gives
them a better opportunity to recover
and reassert their rights.-BOStOR Ad-
UertiSer.
South Carolina republicans are very
angry and demOnstratiVe, and threat
ell to attempt to organize party at
the South in opposition to the admins
tration. On the other hand, Hampton
is said to be decided to assist in organ
izing the next House in support of the
administration. COnOver and Dorsey,
two of the southern republican senators
who have been mentioned as having
entered into a compact to unite with
the democrats, announce that such is
not their intention Washington Spec
idI to Boston Journal.
The press and the people of this
country are remarkable for their pa
thence and sweet reasOnableness. They
did not ask that President Hayes should
compose the southern difficulty before
he took the oath of office, or even be-
fore he left the platform when he deliv-
cred his inaugural address. They did
not expect him to act in the matter IN
til, say after dinner that day, and there
was no disposition to hurry him from
the table. We are a patient people.
We mean to give our public servants
plenty OF time, but we brook no trifiing
and tolerate no useless delay. 1t begins
to be suspected that the President
wants too much time. The public gave
him good two hours without COM
planning. The people and the press
are not asOnable-perish the sus-
picion. They ask merely for the mil
lennium. They have waited foI it a
whole fortnight. They now quietly but
firmly demand that the show 90 on.
The lion seems to be all ready; let us
have the lamb led out and the two left
together, without further delay .-NetO
York Tribune.