Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-03-14
THE PRESIDENTS POLICY
The Way He Proposes to
Pacify the South.
THE KEY YAPPoIMTMEwr.

side views of President Haycs' con.
templated policy make clear the sin.
cerity of his desire and purpose tc
pacificate the South, quiet its apppe.
hensions, disarm its suspicious Of his
administration on a basis of jus,
protection to all classes and interests
Senator Keys nomination to the Cab.
met is the first practical development
OF this policy. 1t is designed as a
marked tender of the olive branch
and o declaration that the administra.
ton has no views or purposes with
regard to the South which the Prcsi.
dent is unwilling to disclose to an
ablc, conscientious gentleman, in full
sympathy with the intelligen. and
honest sentiment of that section. Key
led Confederate regiment durin .
the war, and was q Democratic an.
polntee as Senator in the last Con.
grcss, where he made the first South.
ern speech looking to Southern paci.
fication through conciliation and co.
operation with the Republican admin
istration. His views as to what HAYES
might properly do to effect that result
were recently clearly expressed in a
private letter, in which he says:
Il am ready to do all can to res
tore confidence and good govern.
ment to the people Of the South.
This can only be done by the hearty
fraternization of the sections for
which | have labored. If, without
requiring of me the sacrifice of any
personal and political independence.
you find that my name can be used
for the good of the South in your
best Judgment, you are at liberty to
use 1t. If were to become a men,
Der of the administration, / should
not feel at liberty to place myself in
opposition to its general policy, but
should feel bound to build up and
strengthen 1t in the hearts of the pco-
pie and If time should arrive when
l could not co-orerate with it l should
resign. Ii, as hope and believe, the
Administration will develop a broad
and liberal policy toward the people
Of the South, 1 would not hesitate to
it."
This Mr.. Hayes found entirely ac.
eording with his own sentiments,
hence the offer of Cabinet appoint
ment which was more appropriate,
because Key was supported by the
Tennessee Republicans for reelection
to the Senate as against the more
pronounced and extreme Isham Har-
ris, who was elected a Southen DEM
ocratlc Congressman, who will press
Key to decline. They urge that the
PRESIDENTS purpose in his appoint
ment is to divide the Southern De-
mocracy and reconstruct the Repub-
hcan party on basis to command
success by the union of the old Whig
and Union elements with the blacks.
Keys friends reply that he cares
more for Southern peace and pros
perity on honorable terms than party
success. Some Republicans also an
tagonize Keys appointments, fearing
that 1t will commit the Administra-
ton to the abandonment of the Pack
ara and Chamberlain governments
OF Louisiana and South Carolina, and
sacrifice to their adherents. The
President will stand firm, provided
Key remains true to his present po-
sition, because he knows that his al
ready determined general line of
Southern policy fails to justify these
Republican apprehensions. While
ne was ready to take even Gen. Joe
johnson into his Cabinet if Key had
not been more acceptable to his Re-
publican friends, in order to testify
practically his desire for sectional
reconciliation, he does not propose to
hand over honest Southern Republi-
cans to the tender mcrcies of their
opponents
THE VICE PRESIDENT TO GO SOUTH.
Vice President Wheeler will be
taken into the Presidents counsel as
freely as If he were Cabinet officer.
He will have control of patronage
also to such an extent as he can wise
ly distribute it in the public interest,
and as q means of illustrating the
PRESIDENTS conciliatory purposes. He
Is expected to 60 South after the
Senate adjourns, in company with
Gen. Garfield, and some other equal
ly well-knOwn friends of the Presi-
dent, to study the situation i'm the
disturbed states, and ascertain upon
what conditions the pending difficult
ties can be honorably compromised
and amicably adjusted. With the
consent of the best men Of both par.
ties there, a report of these commits
sioners, concurred in by Key, will be
accepted and their recommendations
carried out by the President so far as
ne has the constitutional power. If
this policy fails, the President means
that 1t shall be the fault of the South
ern people themselves if it succeeds,
its effect is expected to be to build up
q strong administration party among
the southern whites, to which the
blacks will naturally adhere.