National Republican., 1878-07-17
raE ADMINISTRATIONS AND 1880.

| remember reading in your paper, "valua-
bic paper" presume ought to call it, some
time ago, when the Greasers In the House
were preparing to "bounce HAYES" what
have good reason to believe was In reality the
utteranco of the President himself regarding
the then political situation. 1t read, at any
rate, just as | have heard him talk, and was
printed under a caption indicating that some
one Of your staff had been interviewing at the
White House. It breathcd in every line a
firm reliance upon tho masses Of the Rcpubli-
can party for support in defending his title
and official safety In the event OF serious trouble
heard the President say much the same thing
at that time. But, coupled with this firm re-
lance upon his natural friends, there was OBJ
truSye and obnoxious evidence that the
President relied further and mainly upon
what he called the Government party for
support-that Is, the party of drifting, unat-
tachcd, though naturally loyal element of our
citizenship, who would naturally rally on the
side OF the Executive in the event of trouble.
] also heard the President say much the same
thing at that time. / call your attention to
these facts now, because, in view of recent oc.
rurrencos believe the President is ready TO
cut loose from tho Republican party at any
moment and join with the DoDGEs tho
| PHELps, tho FESToSs, aud the WHiTELAw
REIDs in reviving the GREELEY movement of
| ls72, or something of the same kind. These
idiots, If you will pardon the expression, really
believe they hold the balance of power be-
tween the Democrats and Republicans, and
| that in the event of Democratic success they
would receive reward for their present politi-
cal trcachery. | begin to believe. In short,
| that HAYES and his gang are selling US out.
Give US your opinion on tho subject.
The foregoing is extracted from q lengthy
letter written to THE NATIONAL REPUpLI-
CAN for the purpose indicated in the clos
ing sentence. The basis upon which that
purpose or request is founded Is safe as
suption for 1t is an acknowledged fact that
President HAYES is so constituted, as we
have frequently remarked, that it seems tc
be impossible for him to rest easy upon the
official couch prepared by the masses of the
voters who elected him. On the contrary
he is continually coquetting with the en-
emy or seeking the warm embraces of thos,
who betrayed the party in 1S72 and wer,
ready to do the same in 1S76 He is there.
fore cursed with strange political bed-iel-
lows, and the result has been, to draw
it mildly, one continuous series o
unholy alliances ever since he has been in
office. 1t is true that the shock of threat
ened serious assault upon his tenure of ofic
had the effect to temporarily restore him h
the paths of political virtue; but his con
triton was soon over, and his lapse iron
consistent regard to the proprieties of hi
elective position now seems to be chronic !
is therefore to be feared that our correspond
ents belief that the nongrel movement O
1872 is to be revived. ALEX Ii. STEPHEN
has planted himself squarely and fairly il
} support of an effort in that direction, an
, the New York custom-house removals hay
brought to the front under the leadership q
PHELPS, DODGE, ROBERTS and company,
class of men who would willingly elias
STEPHENS hand in another Bread an
Butter" Convention like unto the on
which failed to give ANDY JoHNsoN's third
! party movement anything like a yigorou
, send-of.
1t is true that if the Stalwarts, as the
are called, would be content to take bac
seats and permit the misnamcd Liberals I
take full control Of affairs there could /
) no division OF the party and there would 1
no desertion by Liberals TO the Democrat
ranks. But 1t is not in the nature of thing
that the Stalwarts should do this. The Pres
. dent snubs them, his friends assail then
: and they are practically reduced to the pC
= sition of automatic workers-mere IN,
= chimes with which the handful of Liberia
4 in New York and elsewhere are TO be keI
= In Office. If one Of their number is lortr
= nate ell ough to secure attention from h
i icllow-ctizens and deserve promotion 0