Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1877-03-22
fHs DOCTRINE OF poLITyoAL
6QUALITY FOR THElHEGRo'
? PRACTHLY ABANDONED

! IN, VNhD.
+ 2 The selection and confrm.t;o,
OF the members of MI. HAYES
r Cabinet are events of the r.vs.
political Significance. Il 10 .S'
first time in history Of that. Pre-. !
dent, aoceding to powes after a.
contest, has at once deserted HI,
supporters and gone squarely and
boldly into the ranks of,he oon ~
lion Tor one of the heads Of depart.
ments. Yet from all sides M
Hayes receives assurances tha,
sll' nnexampled proceeding -
approved and that IL chimes Is
with the popular sentiment of the
hour. ~ sae
p Whya What produoea .r.t 49,,
unconscious condition Of affairs. ~
ittali grows out Of ,he eon,...,
OF rsce' in the South. Six,ss"
years ago, when Abraham I.;nSS Ssn
enter upon the duties Of PresiSsn.
the way to the capital was sIre.d1
80 envlroned With danger thai ~
ala not deem il prudent to tr.r uI
openly through the CITY Of R' ",e'
more. Swiftly follow.a pr
pc war Of rebellion, though sIo ,,,
ly and long it dragged on s'ox.'
ssneu,liry length TIE slsysbo ~
org ultimately surrendered md
nominal peace eDsued. The bla.I.
were pot only made free. In.
s%endneAts were sdd ~;
oa.tn Constitution ana
ssrlesl Of laws were enacted edo a. .
' for their sspec' al pro,sS.
p pagaa and embarrassed exception
unaeI andrew johnson, the
.h.aD rnment has since then,
Soa,t ''es diy administered in the.
%" States, in harmony With,
sas aeelfes Of the emnpcips,ed
Ises. II Mr.. Hayes is prs.iS ssra
'0,asy De Is by the use of black
,a'es ana ~ the support of those
WHOSE %iose only political strength has
sa'ssa from their alliance and jd ss.
Nn y with the colored race.
~ = irs,anots ishstsnaing ali these
~ W.T., =; n.ye'. at the very beginning,
.E'ngs which write the word Whit.
, al o, {" bis policy, and indicate cat.
maj p1s ns intends to erase the word
-; n'rek forever, as a potent influence
% our paational politics.
l. He does not appointed any.
olack man. or muiatto to bis CaS.-
met: He prefers Carl Schurz. q,
fore,gner, to Frederick Douglass.
an ADLER and a more eloquent man,
ana native bor1--the only advan.
tsge S;1se d1ptr consisting in bis
ou vac
I'll, ~ refuses to appiont any
Republican from the old slayebold.
ing States; ard for this there car.
be 20 other sufficient resson than
that the Republicans in thoss
States are oil at one with the
negroes. H.
jTT1 3.g9I, ei8 tyu h'rt'
liz He not only coldiy turns
bis back on the negroes and their
white allies in the former slave
holding States. but be goes into
one OF these States and takes to
his embrace Q man well known
for his oppositionto the colored4
party, May ea3i N7.lt
Mr.. Hayes hiss plenty Of soft
words about the equality Of. the
races. In the face Of this forma.
Z ton ot his Cabinet, they ali be-
come meaningless. To the color
td people eOd their alice he gives,
honeyed phrases but he gives them
70 representation in his Cabinet.
He may send one colored man TO,
Hayti, and employ another to
black his boots; but he will not be-
found taking sweet counsel toge.h.
Or on public affairs With any Of
tteti or with their white worShirA.
pers. From the inauguration Of
Mr. nayos cd President will date
the decline and fall Of all prac,ioah
or 9E. social, in this county, for the.
eSIored races. 1t is an epoch i'm
oar political history, the signiG-
cameo OF winch is,plaip 10 All xhe
WIZ 'giaS open ttheir eyeEa-rN H Saw.
~ IN z ao Ess jSssu fspnlI West, a a,sud
very telkatiys pnEil he turned I,
. cold. booking man Oh The mis-,
and 'seid:sisl left "a; ltep Of tpo .,
ant nm thh nfl;na bh'l.,.T 1CU ~
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