The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-11-21
MIR. HAYES NEW POLICY.


The all absorbing theme with the pol-
ticians now is the Presidents announce
ment that he considers his Southern
policy failure, and will henccforth use
every means at his command 10 enforce
the laws and prevent fraud and intimida.
ton OF voters in the Southern States.
| ms change OF the President has disap-
pointed the many Democrats who have
thought well Of Mr.. Hayes, and gives a
| corresponding amount Of satisfaction TO
the Radical leaders who are receiving
him back into the ranks Of the bloody
slirtcrs with the most proiusc Indications
Of confidence ana respect As we have
never had any confidence in his fraudu
lehcy, we are not in the least surprised
at his present position, which only shows
that what We have from time To time said
OF MN IS trie. No man who would in
trlgue for the Presidency, or who would
accept the position when it was uoto-
Tiou7ly procured by intrigue, is worthy
OF the confidence Of the people. The
first acts Of Mr.. Hayes were apparently
friendly 20 the South, but they were acts
OF necessity, which he was compelled to
perform, and for which lie is neither en-
Titled to gratitude nor respect from any
portion of the people. When the Demo
cratic House Of Representatives refused
to appropriate any money to sustain the
army SO long as it WAS employed for po-
litical purposes, he found himself com
PEELED to remove the troops from Louis
lana and South Carolina, wherefore he
made virtue Of necessity, and in rcmov-
ing them sought, and from many receiy.
ed, the gratitude due to n Southern ben.
eiactor lie has appointed the principal
Radical scamps TO Offices in the South
and has not from the beginning of his
term performed single dsntercstcd act
of friendship for the South that we can
now recount. His pretended change
therefore IL not change of intention but
simply one Of expression. Hcnow avows
his intention of doing what he has here
toiorc done, pretending that he was not
dong 1t. The change is a very fortunate
one for the South and for the Democratic
party, rs it directs the attention of the
country directly to the questions Mt issue,
while heretofore his policy has been such
as to Withdraw public attention from the
South and encourage the idea that the
Southern question was settled. As long
MS the South was the theme for political
contention the Democrats were the gain
ers, and even under Grant, with Morton
IN his full glory, the Republicans were
terribly ovcrthrown at the polls in the
PRESIDENTIAL election, and Mr.. Hayes,
alter coming into the Presidency to
which Mr.. I'ilden was elected, saw that
the people were tired of the Southern
question. and by protesting to settle the
subject 10y complete restoration of the
south, he took from the Democrats one
OF their strongest political levers. The
result was that in the absence of this
question financial questions arose, and
while the Republican dcmngogues madr
all they could out of the solid South, .
Democrats treated it rs Il settled matt
so that they lost as much as it would
have been possible to lose under any cir
cumstances. Now, the action of the
PRESIDENT restores the question to its
original status, and brings the country
once more face to face with the problem
us to the permanencc of free institutions
IN America The people of the North
realize that every blow which is struck at
the South helps to shacklc every State in
the Union. The Democratic party of
tile whole country should rally with the
cry, the Constitution and the Republic
| must be sustained. The Capitalization
to which the Republican party is carry
ing the government should be proclaim
ed by every orator from every stu mp, and
the result will have very little IF doubt
connected with it. The will of the peo-
pie MS expressed Mt the ballot Loz has al
| ready been set at naught br the fraud
and force OF the Republican party, and
the people having auhm;;tc,: 70 TINT. ii,..
administrations is embollcned to make
further efforts to destroy local govern.
mcnt and gather all e the power into
the hands of the President. This having
been accon! plishcd, simple proclama-.
ton would be necessary to mako him
emperor or dictator OF course. Mr..
Hayes could not get this far along in the
destruction of free government, for he
neither has the ability nor the popularity
to accomplish it, but he might go so far
in the direction that his successor could
complete the destruction of liberty itself
These are the dangers which overhang
the country, and the changed attitude of
Mr.. Hayes is well calculated to secure
proper attention to them.
The Hon. Zach. Chandler now pro-
poses to use United States troops to or
ganize the next Congress in the interest
of tie Republicans, like Grant used
them to organize tho Legislature of
Louisiana four years ago. We hope his
programme will be adopted, and that the
country will see he usurpaton and ty-
ranny which the administration of fraud
is willing to enact if opportunity is
afforded. The proposition would, indeed,
be startling one, if our people had not
/ SO frequently seen the viii OF the peopic