Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-16
HAYES, SOUTHERN POITrY.


A great deal is said about Hayes Southern
policy, and wonder is expressed by the few
remaining champions of his administration
that it meets with so little favor at the
South, where it was designed to work revo-
luton in political sentiment, ultimating in a
solid Endorsement of the Republican party
and Republican principles as exemplifed by
the lie fdcto President. Did those partisans
ever stop to inquire what that policy is, and
to ascertain the causes of it's failure? Prob
ably not; for the popular mind is usually
satisfied with generalities, and does not stop
to inquire into particulars and to trace the
relation between cause and effect.
Mr.. Hayes Southern policy has been a
failure for a variety of causes, principal
among which may be mentioned his entire
misconception of the Southern people, and
his consequent mistake in the employment
of means to conciliate them. His first mis-
take was in placing them upon the same
moral and political plane with himself. In
the political school in which he was reared
everything was considered honorable which
would tend to success, and public office was
esteemed balm for every wound-a COM
pensation for indignity of every description.
He accepted the Presidency knowing that he
had neither legal nor moral right to 1t, rely
ing upon the power he would exercise in the
way of dispensing patronage to reconcile the
people to the fraud. By rectifying few OF
the wrongs that had been perpetrated by his
political associates upon the people
of the South establishing the
Nichols government in Louisiana
and the Hampton government in South
Carolina thought to SO fill the people
with gratitude that they would condone his
fault and rally to his support with all but
unanimity. But although grateful for his
assistance in maintaining their rights the
Southern people did not esteem it their duty
to indorse fraud simply because Justice
had been done them.
This accomplished, Mr.. Hayes, with that
sublime confidence in the efficacy of Office
as panacea for every grievance, which has
always characterized him, undertook to still
further "conciliate'' the South by bestowine
upon some of the Democrats in that section
some Of the favors in his gift. But he was
unfortunate in his choice of men. He found
few representative Southerners who were
willing, by accepting Office at his hands, tc
give their sanction to an administration Of
fraud. Those who did accept the favors
doled out were men of no political influence
mere guerrillas in politics, whose aim in
life was similar to that of their patron
! men who were willing to sell their manhood
for the spoils of Office. Instead of pleasing
Southern Democrats Hayes selections dis.
pleased them. It placed the mass in 8
false position through the conformation Of
wrong by a few.
Mr.. Hayes policy has. been based upon
the power of bribery. He has been unable
to understand why any one can refuse Office
as a compensation for injuries received. Il
is the ftult of his edit cation that he has been
unable to conceive of a higher manhood
and perhaps he is not altogether to blame.
For this reason his Southern
pOllCy was DOunQ 10 De ana mas Deem q TALL
ure. The people Of the South
| cannot be reconciled to fraud
nor do they appreciate the bestowal o.
office upon few of the least worthy in the11
section. It looks too much like bribery; it il
an attempt to bride entire States to give theil
sanction to successful fraud.
That this policy has been distasteful to The
Republicans Of the North is not to be won
dered at. They have been trained to believe
that to the victors belong the spoils, ant
they naturally look upon diversion of
portion of the spoils to those who votet
against them at the last election
as an assault upon their rights
They do not believe in bestowing favors upol
those who do not appreciate them, and hence
Mr.. Hayes finds little support for his South
ern policy among his partisans at th,
North.
| Mr.. Hayes has demonstrated his total in
capacity to deal with the Southern problem
He misunderstands Southern character, anl
acts on that misunderstanding in manner
calculated to ALLEVIATE rather than reconcile
| the people. He must disabuse his mind Of