The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-07-28
HAYES Policy No Policy.

the past slAtceh !'"A'' '''''
hour that Seward first "tlnNle"
his little bell" to the moment fhat
DTrobriand overturned a lawful
legislature with the bayonctS OF
the United States army, has been
the rule; violations Of the CON
stitution, the rights OF citizens
and the fundamental principles OF
our liberty by individuals c|othe"
with little brief authority, have
been so frequent, that "hcn' per
chance. a man is clcvatcd, no MAJ
ter bv what form, to the position
of Chief Magistrate and proceeds
ot once to act as the Constitution
and the laws direct, the mass OF
men in this country Immediately
declare the acts OF that man the
result u a policy,
Sucls /. least is Mr.. Hayes ob.
ser,Hn,c of the Constitution amt
laws OF the country dcsignated'
and by a great number OF people
too. who should know better.
It is not our purpose to discuss
how Mr.. Hayes acquired the posi-
ton of President. When our
party submitted a political q1cS-
ton to the arbitrament Of fifteen
politicians, eight Of whom were
opposed to them, they had no
RIGHT to expect any other result.
But Mr.. Hayes is in, and it be-
hoovcs MS as practical people, to
make the most Of a bad bargain,
if it is a bad bargain.
Mr.. Hayes has no policy, how
ever, which is not in strict ac-
cordancc with the constitution :;
therefore his so called 'pollcN Is
simply a duty performed, that
is required by law and by his
oath hereunder. If he had done
anything else than he has done,
he would have, no doubt, pleased
immensely the Blaine and Morton
howlers of the North, as we'll as
the Packard and Chamberlain
robbers of the South, but, he
would have violated his oath and
the constitution, nevertheless, tt
say nothing of the platform OF
principles enunciatcd by his par
ty, had he done SO.
Because Mr.. Hayes by a simple
observance Of law and his oath
has allowed the South ''hom'
rule" we do not see the pccesslt,
for the quantity Of "gush' bein;
INDUCED in that is; because MI
Hayes has refused to violate til
constitution, as his predeccsso
did, and overturn State govern
ments on the demand of "alie
bummers,' whose palpable an
avowed object was to plumber
people they pretended to hay
been chosen to rule, we do ne
see any reason why it should /
named particularly "IIaye's pol
cy,7 or that we should be Gale
upon to sing peans daily to tn
newly discovered observer of sc
emn obligations.
We do not desire, mind you,
detract one single iota of the me
it from Mr.. Hayes which he is G
titled to for having done his DIT
but we most emphatically col
plain against all this "Americ;
gush" over hiln-simp1y becau
he has done that duty required
him by that constitution he h
sworn to observe. We admit tt
that not one man in ten thousa
in Mr.. Hayes situation, brous
to the surface by those who {
bring him, placed in power by t
men and through The means IL
he was, would have acted as
did. We give him credit also
being for these reasons an ext
ordinary man, Int we 'contc
that his official acts have been,
far, the result of a strict obse
ance of the constitution of {
country, and the traditional pr
ciples which underlie our form
government, and are not the
suit Of what is termed q "Spet
policy
When Mr.. Hayes goes beyc
what the law lays down; VIII
ever he launches outupon a the
Dnw nnEnnwn &c tn thn riOht,