The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-04-20
lIAYES'S POLICY.


Hayes said yesterday, in the course of
conversation, he had no concealnents
in regard TO his Southern policy, which,
however, had been foreshadowetl in
| oral and written utterallces, and in this
| connection he advcrted to the Gllber-
material campaign in Ohio in 1875,
which resulted in his election over Gov.
Allcn-thc people of the State having.
full knowledge of his sentiments on
national questions, including, Of course,
those which related to the South. The
opening speech OF Il ltubernatOri:ti cau-
didatc is generally considered to be
the keynote of tho campaign. In his
speech AS carly as the 1st of july Of that
year, at Marion, lie freely and distinctly
expressed his opinions. This was pub
| lished at length in all the Republican,
and many other newspapers, and there
fore his views were generally known.
In that speech after congr:,tu,ating
| his fettow-citizens on the complete tri-
! umph over those who sought to destroy
the grand results of the war, he
! alluded to the coming together
Of Northern and Southern men in tho
spirit OF harmony and friendship, in
Guiding those who had fought against
one another, and ns u prominent feature
| occasion he spoke OF the kindly manner
in which ice-PreSi,lcnt Wilson was
received on his visit to the South. In
this rr:l Of good feeling, he further
said, there We're still persons who talked
Of hnyOneta, and sought to revive the
prejudices of the past. This waa much
to 1" regretted, bat there was enough to
oil every heart witt, .ratitude--thc
house being no longer divided, ana all
the inhabitants having a fair start in
the race tor life. In this ana all his
other speeches, he earnestly condemned
the reopeninE of the old issucs bet wcen
tho North and South, .,ss,,n,in. that
tho time had come for reconciliation.
The President, in further converse
ton, referred to the fact that the Ma
ti"nal Republican Convention which
nominated him for President, passed a
resolution sacrcdly plcdsins the Repub.
lican party to protect every citizen Of
tho United States in all his civil and
political rights, and declaring that the
permanent publication of the
South would be effected by re-
moving all ctuscs of discord.
The spirit of the resolutions was
in perfect accord with his own views,
and he repeated them in his letter of .,c-
ccptancc of the nominal ION, and more
fully elaborated his views in his inau-
gura' consistently maintaining tho poi
icy Of reconciliation and local govern
mcnt apart from military support and
when he entered on the duties of Presi-
dent he intended this policy not to be
one OF sentiment merely, but of actual
administration. He spoke With emf
phasis when he said:
"My belief is this course tends to
give good government to the South;
tends to secure peace between the races
and parties ut the South, and it tends
to secure the rights, interests, and
safety of tho colorcl people; therefore,
| am in favor Of it. ] don't know
whether l shall succeed in carrying it
out, because there are Northern and
southern men who in various WAYS
may ttwart me. OF ono thing am
confident: l think it my duty to try to
carry out the policy and I am going to
do it,