The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-23
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SENATOR AKs.
His Opinion of Hayes Foley, the south"
erm Elections, and the e1rsenback
Party.
Cincinnati Enquirer.l


TCinelnnat Enquirer.l
Senator Lamar. of Mississippi, was in the
city yesterday en- route from his home to
Washington.
An Eny1irer reporter met the Senator last
night, and interviewed him on q few Of the
questions Of the hour, firstasking him how he
regarded the policy Of President Hayes, and,
more especially, his reported conversion to
the salWart doctrine Of the bloody-shirt Re
pubicans.
II see in the papers" said he, "certain dec
IaratiOns aseribed to the President, from
which an Inference has been drawn Of the
kind to which you aIlude. doubt il he has
gone any further than to express diaappoint-
ment and dsnpprobatlO4 OF certain exagge-
rated reports Of proceedings in two Southern
States, which have been reported to him by
Republican officials and defeated a5pirants.
But he has not yet, so far rs | can see, indl-
Gated any purpose to change bis policy when
has so much improved the condition Of South
ern society," including both races, and tended
to restore amity between tho sections. | do
not believe, with the evidence before me, that
he intends, by military force or executive in
terferenGe, to control elections In the South
ern States. He is bound by the most solemn
pledges before the country not TO uphold by
force those governments which were estab-
lished in the South under bhyOnet rule. Ia
the recent elections, whether in the triumph
Of Democrat or Republican, there has been
nothing to show q popular disaDprOval Of
that policy, but everything to show that it
| meets the sanction and support Of all States.
| He will find nothing occurring in the South
| to Justify any abandonment OF that policy or
departure from it. Pretexts may be found,
but they will be pure pretexts and nothing
| else
| 'How were the elections in the South?"
| ain my State they were rs peaceable as any
election in the world could possibly be. Not
| AS general thing, in consequence Of the
| fever, the people did not largely turn out to
the election. There was but little organiza-
tiOn OF the Democratic party In the State, or
rather none at oil. The opposition was much
/ better organized in the First and Second Dis
tricts than we were. The candidates we're
unable TO make public canvass, and the
people went to the polls Of their own motion .
Ibid the Greenback party show much
strength"
"Did not Davis, in tho Second District, re-
ceive q, heavy voter
"Gen. Davis is much stronger in that dis
trict than the Greeuback party. He is pop
ular and able man, and received large VOTE
on account OF his popularity"
"What are the prospects OF the Greenbach
party in the South p
"Well, as to that 50 long as the right of the
people Of the South to self-government ie
made an issue in national politics the people
Of the South will not, and in my opinion ought
not, to allow any question as to currency tx
divide them. The South is more solid in favor
OF self-preseryation than divided as to ma
tional policies"
"How did the Republicans vote in Missis
sipPpi2" ou o;s+rtot +non ,otoa so,,o sor ~.
Greenbackers' candidates, officials and aIl.''
voted that way?'
/ II do?'
"Will the South be likely to ask q represen
tative on the national Democratic ticket ir
1880"
II do not think the Southern people CHERISH
any aspirations for the control OF the Fedora
government or its hOnOrs and patronage
They will support a ticket without South
ern man upon, it just as ceheerfully and cor
upon what the party deems best to do il
order to accomplish success, but Southern
man will not be needed on the ticket to give /
strength In the South"
DO you think that II the Republicans
were 10 put Southern man upon their ticke
it would bring to that party any considerable
support in the South =
''Not the least, with the present purposes
and organization Of that party.
Gas Democratic candidate for the Presi
dency, which would the South prefer, Thur
man or Hendricks 2"
''The South is impressed with deep sens
Of gratitude TO both Of these gentlemen, ant
would support with enthusiasm and con
fidence whichever the National Dernocrac!
should determine it most expeGient to nom
mate"
"Mr. Bayard, Of Delaware, is spoken Q
mora generally by the Eastern Democrac,
than any other man Would he be as enthu
siasticaly supported by the Southern peopl
as either Hendricks or Thurman. Il noninatet
by the convention p
''He would be. No man In the nation i
more honored and beloved in the South tha
} Mr.. Bayard."
''As to the Vice Presidency. It is often sal
that a Southern man will get that"
'Of course the South would feel a dee
! sense Of gratitude at the recognition OF eithe
Gov Hampton Or Senator Gordon or Senate
Ransom, by placing. one Of them on the na