Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-12
THE COMMON CAUSE BETWEEN
SAMMY TILDEN AND THE
BLACK REPUBLICANS.

appointments and msforipnes, aud
philosophers over them aud he Jolly
OF doleful as the humor Of the con
ciusion shall move. II il sirapg'
turn In the cspricious wheel Of poiisi
cal fortune which reveals the late D.tn-
ocratic candidate for the Presidency
Ia the light oil n sharer with the Black
Republicans In a common catastrophe.
II what II suspected 10 be true. Is trne.
there was bargain entered into be
tween certain Ohio politicians a. s,tof-
neys for Hayes, and certain southers
politicians aching tor Hampton. Mich
oils, Ku KIux & Co. These made n
swap--as absolute swap rs ever in
volved the exchange aud transfer 81
two peddlers' nags. The Ohio swap
pcrs agreed to solid South. and tho
Southern swappcrs agreed To dough-
faced bit OF personal aud political Ohio
mediocriiy for the Presidency. Mat
thcws and Foster agreed TO swap South
Carolina and Louisiana for Southern
scquiesence In Hayes inaugurationI;
snd John Young Brown. Ku Klux
Butler. aud General Gordon agreed TO
let Little sammy Tilden 10 bv the
board. The Ohio huckslsrs sold out
tho Southern Republican Party, and
tho southern hucksters sold out the
Northern Democracy. Chamberlain
acted in good faith Al events, we
never heard of his bargaining or AT.
tempting 10 bargain with the Democ-
racy for bis retention in tho Guberna.
toriai chair of South Carolina. Pack.
ard has never been mentioned as con.
iemplating An y sharp practice 10 retain
his place at Hayes's expense. Also
Ne have never heard OF suspected ne.
gotiaiions between any Of Tilden's
friends aud any Returning Boards,
looking 10 q coalition between south.
ern Republicans and certain sponsors
for iae Morrissinean contingent. Til.
don seems to have been conscientious
in his personal exempiitication Of po-
iitiral honesty, ms far as fair dealing
among bis party associates II con-
earned. That which soils the fingers
Of any participants adheres to the
hands Of the mon Of the small Hayes
agency and tho arb,rstors on behalf
Of the Cosiederacy. The Ohio men
and the Carolinians and Creoles. these
are the conspicuous parties To the bar
gain. Tilden IL ~ much an outsider
~ Eliza Plnkston. The New York
Times may be regarded rs the neares,
approach 10 u Republican organ Of any
Of the papers Of the metropolis. Its
natural bent is to support Hayes's pol.
icy. How does II treat the subject Of
The abandonment Of tho Southern Re
publicnns to the tender me.cies of the
White iiners7 We extract from the
body 81 an article In tho Issue Of that
paper for April I, as follows;
Wade Hampton. we are told has
connselled his friends at Columbia 10
fepress auy feeling Of exultalion which
the removal of tho troops from the
state House may occasion. His i'm.
mediate purpose. no doubt, Is TO obvi.
ate The danger of local trouble which
would attend too exuberant manlfes.
ialion OF partisan triumph. If fbi.
were NIL, his published request would
Indicate the ssgacity OF leader who
hh~ good reason To bc content with Tho
victory no has achieved. The wisdom
oi tlie restraint has. however. y vol
wider ILLUSTRATION. So far, tho action
OF the Administration In ABANDONING
Chamberlain and the cause he has So
Gslianiiy upheld has been received by
~. North With All appearance Of In.
'liilereuoe which might VERY easily
mlslead. II any Imagined tina, the
REIMBURSEMENT of South Carolina 40
toe Democracy would be followed by
excitement among the Republicans OF
other states, they must now confess
themselves disappointed. The Prcsi.
dent has taken tn. decisive step. and
scarcely n sign of iudignai Ion or alarm
!, visible la ANY part OF Tho North.
From this circumstance n superficial
observer might bc tempted 10 draw an
incorrect conclusion. lie might trace
~ II evidence OF popular WEAKNESS,
even among Republicans, upon the
subject. Wa are willing to assume
that the coming Governor OF south
sarolina measures tho current az
Northern sentiment more accuraiely.
aud that he II anxious TO avert e,plo.
sion which would certainly follow any
demonstration on the part II his fol
lowers calculated either ~ provoke a
disturbance Of tho public peace, or 10
per>ert 10 partisan uscs tho policy
adopted by thu Administration.
Tho apparent apai by ~ tho North IL
rendered still moro poiiceable by the
obvious connsction which cxisis be.
tweco tho proceeding resolved upon
IN regard to South Carottua and that
" hicb " pending IN regard TO I.onI.i. |
Hna. Tho common sense of tho cp,,u. |
Try seer that the practical recognition
n Hampton In one state must be fol. !
owed by tho practical recognition of
Nichols In the other. There Osv In /
technical differences bctwcen the two |
rAscs, derived from this attitude III the |
local courts toward tho respective |
'iai'nsnts for the Uovcrnorshir. hut
he distinction II 100 tefined 10 iuiiu.
-pc- the popular Jodssncsst. liz wss
ieeined necessary t. sacrifice Cham.
,eriaiD 10 propltists Ham gsion and his
'upisistef-. Packard cannot lsope su
'scapc . similar tate .siln ply because
10 local Judiciary happcns not 10
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