The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1877-10-02
COLUMBIA.
Tuesday Morning. October Q, 1877.
The Presidents Tour.


the President on his Southern tour.
Even those States that gave the
largest maturity for Tilden. seem to
be most delighted with Hayes His
Southern policy. we suppose. is one
of the secrets Of his warm re ception
and the general endorsement Of his
principles. In other words, as long
as he tracks the line Of his present
policy, the solid men of both par
ties intend to sustain his adninstra-
ton. The Springfield Republican
thinks the Presidents trip "really
Gu minated at Atlanta, when the
capital Of the State that gave Tilden
his greatest majority. turned out to
do him honor" and that "nothing
could probably be better than Gov.
Colquitt's welcome to Hayes az the
great pacificator, the peace-maker be.
tween brethren estranged, and the
Presidents reply was the best speech
of the whole trip" The New York
Herald is equally satisfied. and even
jnbilant. 1t says: Nothing could
be better of its kind than his (thc
Pre- sident's) speech at Atlanta,
which we printed yesterday. IT.
was pitched in the same key as all
his New England speeches. and, in
fact. all his other Southern speeches,
but it was not marrcd by any ex-
pressions inconsistent with the
dignity of his great office. Besides
the lesser merits OF perfect good
taste and exquisite tact. it was mark
ed throughout by justncss and gen
erosity of sentiment which not only
captivated his Immediate hearers,
but will command the general ap-
proval of the sold. sober.thinking
men of both parties. The excellence
of this speech may. in part. be due
to the admirable temper and tone of
Gov. Colquitt's addrcs, of welcome
No speaker ever hit the mark more
exactly in tho middle than the De-
mocratic Governor Of Georgia did,
when he said to the President: The
great moving cause of these hearty
demonstrations which have greeted
you since you reached Southern soil,
as to be found in the generous conf
dence with which you believe what
;wesaSa5sssodsryoar r.eannagnaniuous,
trust, which wiillnot exact cringing
aud servile guarantees. The Au-
gusta Chronicle aud Oonstitutionalist
says: "lf anybody at the North is
displeased with the Southern tour.
it is mainly the 'stalwart Republi-
can, who fattens ON the spoils of
war, aud has nothing to hope from
peace. 1t may be that the machine
ry which led to the inauguration of
Mr.. Hayes was false in fact. in law,
and in everything clsc. but there can
be no question that it accomplished
one tremendous result, the unmask-
ing Of the Radica. Republican idea
aud party, which were incarnatcd in
President Grant" The Missouri
Republican we'll describes the condi-
tion of that faction: "From that
day to this the Republican party has
been like man awaking from
drunken stupor. 1t does not rccog-
llize itself; it cannot ascertain it's
bearings. Its old landmarks are
gone, and it seems to be in new
world. When it looks and listens,
it sees strange sights and hears
strange sounds; the country 1T
peace; the personal rctinue of Grant
ism scattered to the winds; carpet
bagism wrecked and dishonored;
Wade Hampton escorting a Repub-
lican Executive and Cabinet through
the South; million of the citizens
of Kentucky. Tennessee, Alabama,
Georgia, South Carolina. North Ca
rolina and Virginia. shouting to Mr..
Hayes the heartiest welcome ever
given to an American President; the
strife between whites and blacks end
cd, and the colored people in many
Southern States contcntedly voting
the Democratic ticket. The Repub-
lican leaders realize this transforma-
tion slowly and faithfully. and not
the least of their surprise is at find
ing that the shock which skaters