Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-03-04
oNE YEAR OF Y

the Republican President OF the United
States Of America. Party feeling ran
high. and trouble at the in
auguration was feared BY many friends
Of the new President. But partisan
disappointment had not, happily,
reached a pitch which could plunge the
nation into revolution. and so. despite
the undsrhanded Vaccinations Of poll
t~icians. and the moro open and direct
appeals to violence Of raving dema-
gogues. such as Don Piatt, the csrsmo
mics incident TO a change Of the Execu
tive Administration passed OF with be-
coming order and solemnity. Mr..
Hayes has now occupied the White
House twelve months. It is worth
while to take q hasty review Of that Pc
Rod. and see what he has accomplished,
and in what. 10 in anything. be has
failed. His FIRST year Of oeice has Ger.
tainly made an impress for good or for
evil. ON the destiniss Of the nation. 1t
is sxpedient for every citizen to deter
mine what the nature OF that impress Is.
Mr.. Hayes took his seat as President
on the smallest electoral majority ever
given to any executive Of this nation. no
receiving but one vote over his oppo-
nent. Samuel ]. Tilden. He found,
therefore. a country to preside over
which wal very nearly equally divided
on political issues. and he saw that II he
was to do anything Of good to signalize
his administration. he must begin by
harmonixing. II possible. not only the
conflicting interests Of sections. but the
conflicting passions Of their citizens.
He entered. therefore. upon u policy Of
"conciliation toward the South. In
doing this. he. Of course. weaned from
his support many friends to whose
labors he owed his election. but he
gained for his administration hosts Of
men who had fought him bitterly during
the campaign. 1t happened with him,
as II often happens with the pioneers in
any great movement, that in order to do
q great right. no was forced TO do a little
wrong. Hs withdrew the United States
troops from the South. This relieved a
whole people from what they called an
oppressive burden. but II worked to the
manifest injury Of individuals. Packard
and Chamberlain were obliged to step
down and out from the positions to
which they had been legally elected.
Whether tho great right" justiaes
this little wrong" Is a problim not
yet solved. at least. to the satisfaction
OF the great body Of loyal citizens in the
North.
In South Carolina the effect OF the
Southern policy has been, on tho whole,
beneficial. The Republican party is.
for the time. discouraged and quiescent.
but when the proper moment arrives. !,
will raise its head again. aud then, II
any attempt at intimidation il made. the
President can reverse his policy. and
protect voters. In Louisiana. the e1-
pertinent has not worked so well. and
the White League continues the perss-
cution Of Republicans for opinions sake.
Bot this, too, may adjust itself in time,
and. taking all things into consideration
the Presidents Southern experiment
may DO called a success during the year
OF its trial.
The other great feature Of the years
administration. was the attempt to n
force the Presidents views ON Civil Ser
vice Reform. His idea that Office
holders under the Federal Government
should DO excluded from all participa-
ton in caucuse and nominating con-
ventions. was met with bitter opposi.
ton FROM the outset. and. rs we think.
rightly. II q man has the right to vote,
he certainly has the right to aid In the
selection Of candidates. This was the
ground taken by the Senate. and when
Mr.. Hayes. attempted to remove Naval
Ofiesr Cornell from the New York Gus.
tsm.houss. for d~isobeying his orders In
this respect. that gentleman was sus-
tainsd by the Senate. and the President
received his first snub at the hands Of
Congress. Since then We have heard
very little Of that branch Of civil
service REFORM" and the probability Is.
that the Administration has given 1t up
o. impracticable. II not unwise.
The veto Of the Silver bill and its i'm.
mediate passage over the Presidents
head, with q haste which was intended
as an insult to the Executive. are events
Of 70 recent a date that they require no
comment. The acts OF the Admins
t~ration. so far as they bear on the fu-
turs. are wrapped up in the Southern
and Civil Service policies, The ono has
proved msasurably successful. and |: il
has o accomplished a complete recon-
Citation between the North and the
South, has ct all events laid the founda.
ton for future harmony. The last has
proven q ~failure. and we shall probably
hear no more Of 1t. On the whole, the
year has been an eventful one. and the
President has no u to regret its de-
vslopmsnts. Any open attack upon his
administration has been STAYED of. and
he has infinitely more friends In the ma
ton to-day than he had on the fourth OF
March. 1877. II the second year Of his
term Is as successful N his first In &C.
complaining good. and warding of evil.
the presidential service Of Rutherford
h. Hayes will terminate with honor to
himself aud credit to the nation.