Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-12-28
HOWLNG AT HAYES.


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WARRINGTON, Dec. a8-Wm. h. Chand.
Ter, OF New HAmpshiTe, Of the Republican
| National Committee, has addr ssed an
open letter 70 the Republicans Ofhis state
making mentlon Of nu beTa OF explicit
statements concerning bargains made dur.
ing the Electoral count, aud their iulhll.
ment by the adoption and pursuance Of
the Presidents southern policy. The
main issue OF tGe Presidential campaign,
Chandler says, the "blnOdy shirt as It
ls called was freely waved aud Governor
Hayes, himself, urged public men 10 put
forward, as our best argument, the dan.
gers Of rebel rule and n solid South
Chandler quotes several expressions
| from Hayes letter, Of November 1876
when Hayes thought himself defeated and
said: 81 do not care for myself, but do
care for the poor cOlored men Of the
| SOUTH "N0rtheTn men cannot live
there" "The southern people will treat
the constitutional amendme nts as Utilities,
and then the cOlOred mans fate will be
worse than II was when be was In slavery"
Char dler proceeds: "Gov. Hayes not only
pledged himselftO protect 10 the full extent
ofFeieral power, life, suffrage and poItti-
cal rights Ia the South, bu. was counted
In as President only by reason OF such
| pledges given by Senator sherman and
other Ohio emissaries who particularly
and emphatic lily promised that he would
recognize AMI maintain the lawful State
Governments VI south Carolina aud Lou.
islana, and stand By the Governments Of
Chamberlain and Packard" Chand.
Ter amplihes these statements at
length aud proceeds 20 make elab.
crate charges al length. Almost the
first act Of the new Administration was
10 mlhll q bargain that had been made
during the Presidential count, by which
Hayes should be President-the lawful
Governments Of Louisiana and South Car.
Ollna were IN be abandoned, and the mob
governments In those States were 10 be rec
Ognized and established. Certain Dem.
ocrats In the House, seeing that BY
the securing decisions OF the Electoral
Commission anu the regular proceedings
OF the two houses under the Electoral Bill
which they had warmly supported, Hayes
would surely become President had con.
ceivf d the Idea Of saving something from
| tue WIeCA they nhu therefore thrtdteneu
by dilatory motions and Tiotous proceed,
ings to break up the count, and then
opened negotiations with such timld
or too eXpectant Republicans aG
they could lind. One Henry WatteFsOn
u member OF the House aud nephew OF
Stanley Matthewe, had acted as q gO.be
tween. Senator sherman, In the mean
time having consulted Gov. Hayes, Mat.
thews, Charles Foster. John Sherman
James A. Garfield, on the one side, and
on tue other, l.. q U. Lamar, j. Is. Cor,
don. h. j. Ellis, Randall 1ibson, E. A,
Burke, and John YORng Brown, had
agreed first, that the count should not be
b. oxen in the House, but mat Hayes
should be declared and inaugurated Pres.
ident; und second, that upon Hayes'G
accession, troops shOu be withdrawn
from the support Of Chamberlain and
Packard, aud that the new Admins ira.
ton should recognize Wade Hampton aud
Nichols. After the inauguration the bar
gain was fully carried out, and Governors
| Packard and Chamberlain were notified
by Matthews and EVArts t. get out
Chandler proceeds at great length, nOtic.
Ing among other things, tue appointment
Of Key, who In the senate denounced
Hayes's title as fraudulent, TO the Post
master Generalshlp.