The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-04-11
Where, Indeedi

The last issue of the wathena Advance has
the following:
THE Troy Chief had scatlng editorial last week,
on President Hayes, wherein he is accused OF being
a traitor to the Republican party etc II the Gh! @
can show wherein Mr. Hayes has sweryed in the least
from the law of the Cincinnati Platform, We should
like to see it,
Presuning that the .Idranoe is in earnest in
asking for information, we shall, IN the orief
space we have to spare to the subject, try to en-
tighten it on two or three points.
Laying aside the political fas hion OF charging
that the opposite party is destitute Of patI ioism
or honesty, we have no doubt that the great ma
iority of both Republican and Democratic par
tiss are honest in their sentiments, and really
believe that the welfare of the country depends
upon the success of the principles of their party
Believing so, they elect men to Office because
they represent those principles; and the men so
elected, are bound in honor to apply those prln-
cipies in the discharge of the duties OF their
Offices We also give it as fact, that there are,
in every County and State in the United States,
a sufficient number of good, true, honest and
competent men, in either the Republican or the
Democratic party, to fill all the public offices in
the several Counties and States. Therefore, an
officer possessing the appointing power, who Is
elected as the representative of political party,
is under moral obligation to make his appoint
ments from men of the same political sentiment as
those who elected him, when he can find worthy
and competent men.
RB. Hayes was nominated a Republican,
accented as q Republican, and was elected as a
Republican. Since his election, he has made it
a point to remove upright, capable men from
H.
ties took an active part in sustaining the he
publican party and its principles. That Is
matter not disputed.
The third plank of the Cincinnati platform
declares for the pacifcation of the South, bnt
clearly and emphatcaliy asserts that the primer l.
ples embodied in the Constitutional Amend
,ncnts must be enforced, and demands Chiei
Executive who has the courage and hdeilty to
see that all citizens are protected In their civil
and political rights. Has Hayes fulfilled this
mart of the Platformf He has attempted to pa
cify the South by abandoning the rights OF the
men in the South who voted for him, and plac
ing the political power in the hands of men who
can hold it only by violating the constitutional
Amendments He has withheld the protection
pledged by the Platform, from officers IN tho
Soutb who were elected by the same vote tha
elected him, and permitted men to usurp thei
plaees by fraud and violence. If Hayes hat
done nothing else since his accession to the Pres
idency, his treason to party and to justice In I'M
South would entitle him to a position IN the
front rank of the blackest-hearted traitors that
the world ever knew.
The fifth plank declares that the invioabl
rule in appointments should have reference t.
the honesty, fidelity and capacity of the appoint
ees, giving to the party in power those places
where harmony and vgor of administration re
auire its policy to be represented. Has Haye
fulfilled this requirement In his own Cabine
of advisers, there is one open opponent OF tn
Republican party, and a majority who have at
tempted to destroy the party. His rule in max
ing appointments, is to select men who have no
and will not do anything for the party, having
care to provide for those who have been o
personal service to himself, but visiting with In
condemnation those who labor for the genera
Republican cause.
The sixteenth plank charges the Demorati
party with sending Union soldiers to the real
and promoting Confederate soldiers to the from
contrary to the spirit of patriotism. Has Hayc
done any betteri He has a Rebel General in hl
Cabinet; he has appointed Rebel officers to tn
most responsible and lucrative offices in tn
South, in preference to men who sacrificed thei
property and imperilled their lives in defeuse q
the nation; and his only trusted and infuentia
advisers in Congress are men who won their dis
tinction inthe Rebel army or the Rebel Congress
Excuse us from pursuing the subject. On
feelings overcome us. Taking the Republica
platform as n guide or the principles of honol
decency and justice, or anything else that
commendable, and you will find that Hayes ha
violated it. If there is anything treacherou
hypocritcal, untruthfnl, weak or imbecile, 20
can find it embodied in him.