Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-18
THE BULLD0zER HAYES.

The person who, by virtue of the most
glazing frauds upon the rights of the people
ever committed in this or any other country,
holds the Office of President of the United
States, has created some stir by protesting
horror at the suspicion that some people at
the South did not vote as they wanted to.
He now declares his purpose to punish the
people who were instrumental in persuading
these ignorant persons to vote for the Demo
cratic nominees for Office. We might sug-
gest that this individual might begin the
work Of reform and retribution at home,
but if we did SO we might be accused of the
very reprehensible practice of casting
pearls before swine.
Mr.. Hayes is the last man who has the
right to complain of outrages upon the
ballot, if any have been committed. Not
only does he hold his Office in consequence
of such outrages, but his party now controls
every department of the government
through frauds of gigantic proportions. For
fourteen years past the people of the South
have been ruled by an iron hand. They did
not dare to express their views by their
ballots on pain of having detachment of
the army sent to place them under subjec-
ton. If they elected man to represent
their wishes in Congress, that man was
turned out by a partizan House without a
single valid reason being assigned for the
outrage. The Democratic representatives
from the North have been treated in the
same manner. If Republican competitor
contested, the Democrat was unceremonious-
ly kicked out, whether his majority amount
cd to hundreds or thousands. By means
such as these-by intimidating voters in the
first place, and by shamelessly d1sregarding
their wishes if necessary afterwards
Republican party has been maintained in
power. By means even more dastardly Mr..
Hayes was given his seat in the White House.
But is it true that the Democrats at the
South, or in any other section of the country,
have deprived any citizen of the right to ex-
press his opinion at the ballot box, or have
misrepresented that opinion through false
returns2 We do not believe it, nor have we
yet seen one iota of evidence to indicate that
such has been the case. From the very ma
ture of things the South would be a unit for
the Democratic party. Self-interest would
dictate such course, for the South can hope
for no benefits except they proceed from the
Democratic party. It has been notorious
for months, and has been commented on
freely by the Republican press of the North,
that even the negroes had united against the
party of usurpation and hate, and that when
the elections came around the South would
present solid front. The only bulldozirg
that has been employed has been that of ar
gument. Those who have heretofore cast
their fortunes with the Republican party
have been brought to realizing sense of
the fact that the interests of the whole coun-
try and of their particular section could be
best advanced by placing the Democratic
party in power. They have been won over
honestly and fairly. If, because of the sue
cess of the Southern statesmen in the work
of evangelization they are to be prosecuted,
then all political discussion, of whatever ma
ture, must cease. If men are to be punished
for making converts to Democratic ideas,
then those who make converts to the Repub-
lican party must be punished also. Mr..
Hayes cannot make fish of one and flesh of
another. But before he seriously under
takes the job of bulldozing the Southern
people-of dragooning them into voting the
Republican ticket-we would like to apprise
him of the fact that if he would remove the
beam from his own eye, he could probably
discover the mote in others eyes more
readily.