The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1877-08-24
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Den'f n. ID. Hayes

livery intciitktnt tnan W the th
ted States knows that Hayes was fair
ly beaten for the Presidency, and tina
he was counted into Office by the mos
damnable frauds. Hayes himself, be
ing an intelligent man, was fully am
painfully conscious of this fact whel
he accepted the position. Yet, be
cause he has lifted the heel of thu
army from the necks Of the Southern
people--because he has simply refrain
ed from expressing and tyranizinl
over large portion of his fellow-citi
rens, his crime Of usurpation is not on
ly forgiven, but he is made the con
slant recipient of the most fulsome and
sycophantic praise at the hands of the
party whom he 90 deeply wronged.
He really gets more commentator,
more "aid and comfort" from the
leaders of the party he swindled than
from those who found him and foisted
him upon the nation. In fact, il is
now q question which stands higher in
the Democratic estimation--Hayes or
Tilden' By the laws of the land, if a
person is found guilty Of receiving sto-
len property, knowing it to be such, he
e condemned and punished as a
thief. no matter how well he may be.
have Afterwards. He can't escape the
disgrace and penalty Of the crime by
selling the property and distributing
the proceeds among the witnesses.
Why should not Hayes be judged by
this kind of lawi Has he atoned for
the grandest Of grand larcenies by sim.
ply doing his plain duty in a very
plain case. whilst holding fast to the
thing stolsni All things considered,
does he deserve 10 be dsi6ed for what
he has dones Is not his course, under
the circumstances, a filter subject Of
contempt than Of praisef Throughout
the Presidential campaign the "bloody
shirt" the emblem Of oppression to the
South, was his battle-Aag. Under
that flag his party rallied everywhere,
and would rally under no other. They
voted for him under the belief that he
would, if elected, protect and perpetu.
ate carpetbagism, with all its iniqui-
ties. But for that belief, he could not
have carried q single New England
State. The battle was made, from be-
ginning to end, upon the prejudices
and hatreds growing out of the civil
war. Every advocate of Hayes sought
to revive and intensity those prejudi-
ces. Even Bristow, the model patri.
OF, (whom, by-the-way, . good many
so-called Democrats wanted for Presi.
dent,) waived the ensanguined shirt
earlier and higher than Morton, who
invented il. Hayes was, therefore,
bound by every principle Of consisten'
cy as q politician, and of gratitude ~
q man to carry out the bloody cotton
programme. By deserving Packard
and his other aiders in political vii
lainy, he proved himself an migrate
and q traitor.
Why did he play the Judas' Wa,
1t from . conscientious desire to dc
right Did anything occur between
the day of election and that of his in
auguration to convince him that the
South had been badly treated by hi
predecessor Did he receive o mirac.
ulous revelation on that subject
Hardly.
The palpable, naked truth abouI
this matter can be stated in q very
few words. Hayes knew full well thai
he had no title to the Office; and hi
knew equally we'll that If he did moi
conciliats the Democrats in some way
he could not hold the Office in peace, j
at all. Therefore, loving the Office
more than be did the party who stole
II and gave it to him, he sold out, jus,
.as his great predecessor. Judas, did.
1t is all right for the Democrats IL
encourage the poor fellow in well-do
ing. but then it il a. unnecessary as i
is disgusting for them to lick his boot
three times q day, o. some of then
persist in doing.
The fact has become too obvious to
be overlooked, that there are mel
enough in the United States to form q
strong party, who though afiiliating
some with the Republicans and som,
with the Democrats, really had Nc
choice between Hayes and Tilden
These men worship the golden calf
and having made the object Of theil
devotion lsecure by manipulating
the two National Conventions. they
were prepared to rally to the GINNING
msn-be he Hayes or Tilden. AND
this may account for the milk in tn,
cocoanut." SPANISH Mill.
j. II. MACKEY, Of the law firm Of
Lewis Il Mackey, Brooklyn, N. Y.