The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-11-21
HAYES CAPTURED.
Til" President imt"r,i"wc.l "m The ~m'.irc'
al the ~ulid south.
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WASHINGTON. November -
The .NaiiopM i'.raiE.uo, or iii, city.
will ;o.nrrr"w pahli.h lhc following ~
the ,icwS .: !ir President in regard :"
tlc situation in the south. In answer to
Il question IL 10 whether the Southern
rolicv had been discussed in the Cabinet
the President i> reported /" have said ::
That is Il mistake; the tim" FAR d!>c"T-
SION has passed. 1t is POW tjo late for
ANYTHING but The n'a"t determined and
vigorous action. The determination was
reached several days a~o, and the drlib-
eratinns oi the Cabinet on this >uh!"r;
since then have been c"mparr,'Nci! hilci
and confined mainly IL ihr consideration
of the dut> 0i the Attorney Genera! in
.i,r premises The lrc>idcn, ha> always
thought that his policy won!' win buck
the South. He WAS asked how h" hc-
counted for the result in the face ~ ih"
fair promises oF The South ''jhc Iiir>-
ton. said he, "l'ad- di:cctl Y to 4 dis
cu,>in', of what has been lattcrly termed
The Southern policy OF the Admini>tra-
tinn. When that policy WAS first inau-
.uratcd it wa> an earnest desire I" ""i!-
ci!iatc Tie Southern lr;,lrr. ~ rGand oil
the sharp angles Of .rct;nnal difference
and Ia sn}ru the a,pcritics Of political
strife. NJ one will deny that the attcmp,
to enforce this policy WAS most earnestly
made. nor that it WAS carried out with Il
conscientious desire To accomplish the
result !or which it had been inau"uraicd.
OF the personal and partisan sacrifices
made in this effort. and oi the CONSEQUENT
interruption oi certain relations which
had previously existed between myself
and some of my supporters, have moth
ing to LAY iu>; now. liut i, appears HAT
,hc Leaders who n:,,lc those pledges either
did not exert Themselves Ia keep them or
were unable To- do So In fact am rcluc-
,antlv forced to admit lhat the expert
mcnt waS failure. The first 4! !cctIon OF
Importance had since ii was attempted
ha- proved that fair elections. with Tree
suffrage for every voter in the south, are
AN imI,o>-ibililv under the existing COLI
,itiun of things At is not because The
Republican party appears aS the sufferer
in these results that complain, con-
tinucd the President, "it is bcca'l>c free
suffrage and freedom Of political rights
have been imtvrlcrcI with that am
called upon To take cn.ni2ancc al these
disturbances. II the fact We're exactly
reversed, and if the Republicans had
committed the oulra@c> upon the Demo
cratS. my duty would he the >amc. 1t
will mo-, do for me. or for any official be-
for, whom these nuc,:ion, NAV come. 10
treat Them otherwise than in Il nom-par,i-
san WAY. The partisan press will na;u-
r;Llv take = PARTISAN view oi' the ca-r,
| will hr held To account Tor aiding ihc
E,publicanS-,hc ,talwart>. | mram-
in Haunting the bloody shirt. IL il is
called"
Mr.. lIavcS said further: II can, cx-
pee, to hold the oilicc | do without be-
in" kicked anl culirl i little. YOU know,
but for all that shall du my duty ~ The
Chici Magistrate Of all ihc people. pcmI-
ucrar- and Republicans alike. and il, i'll
the faithful execution ni the laws. justice
shall demand the punishment al lhi: or
that man. whatever his pniiical cnnncc-
,iun, may Ice snail nn, he deferred hy
partisan criticism. All that know is
that .rr:.t crimes have been committed,
and !. i, INV duty to aii in lhr punish
mcnt n; the criminals. The President
said that "Grvr:nur Hampton. for cX-
ample, ha- tried repeatedly |" rrprc>S
ca'mlm,Sn III H""''i Nat'''i''' N''' 't'iIn' ~,
ourh l'ci''n'lcail> IL '"':c Lee '''i.' WI
ka'nry ANA ex-senator SWaii>' o! t'a'
>,"ic, have advised mc "i these iar'N::
he: sa% that Hampton cannot c"H'F'!
The red siiir;>, IL ti'cv cal! 'lithl' aii!
;hcy have repeatedly; informed me "l
>ictchc" he iii> iii;''c Itrfcc'''i's vi'-
'."rc III The conduct o' '"y ci''ia'@n'
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