The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1878-03-07

nation than La1 any of the men wi
have gone before him. If il was intend
ed by the founders Of the Government
that the office Of President should be, to
all intents and purposes. merely a cleric
al one, then Mr.. Hayes is indeed the first
chief magistrate who has ever fully ap-
preciated the insiCnificance OF the duties
which belong to the position. In the
first place, | may repeat that he has alb
sOlutely no influence with Congress.
"He is a President without a party,
without n warm personal friend among
the Congressional leaders Of the organi-
zation that elected him. Those leaders
have little sympathy for him, no regard
for his wishes, he never consults with
them. and they act Independently of him.
So by his own choice, apparently, he is
without great power which naturally
belongs to him. Even with the few men
who claimed 10 represent him in the dark
days before the settlement OF the Elect
oral dispute. and who now profess to be
the ardent supporters Of his Administra-
ton, he is obviously without influence.
at has qlready been noted that the
President was almost entirely without
personal friends or advisers among the
leaders Of his party in Washington. and
to great extent the same thing can be
said in regard to those who are looked
upon as his political opponents. Lest
this general statement should be regard
ed as unsatisfactory, however, / have
been at some trouble to discover just
what Senators and Representatives have
personal and friendly relations with him.
Unfortunately the list is very short one.
1t is long enough. however, to include the
names Of a number of statesmen who
will hardly be regarded as among the
purest and best"
The writer then names the few mem
bers of Congress who favor the policy Of
the President, being but very few, and
mostly from among the Southern rebels,
and then names many States where not a
single member will have any thing to do
with the political traitor, and concludes
as follows:
Senator Wadleigb, of New Hampshire,
| is said to support the Administration in
most things, and of the New York mem
bers Messrs. Chittenden, Bacon, and Nc
Cook are known to be personally on good
terms with the President The recent
action in regard TO the Brooklyn Post
1CAANtt AO"NNNaf - neAAA ~ bHhN SaAAg
ken Mr.. Crittendens faith. From New
Jersey and North Carolina the Admins
tration can count upon no support, and
that which it receives from Ohio might
be advantageously dispensed with. None
of the gentlemen from Oregon are advo-
Gates Of sny OF the policies. From Penn
sylvania the President can count on the
luke-warm support OF Senator Cameron,
OF Congressman Harmer, and, perhaps,
one other gentleman. Senator Burnside,
Of Rhode Island is his warm friend. Re-
Gently, in an executive session, he declar-
ed, referring TO Mr.. Hayes, that he would
never desert or forsakc an old soldier
who had served under him; to which
Senator Spencer, of Alabama, quickly
and audibly replied: That's right; if
you ever had man who was not killed
or captured, stick to him
From South Carolina President Hayes
is supported by Gen. N. G. Butler and
Senator John j. Patterson. They will
continue to support him IS long as it is
to their interest TO do so. From Tennes-
see he can count on nobody. Schleicher,
whom he helped in the frontier matter,
is his only friend in the Texas delegation,
and in the delegations from Vermont,
Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin,
his support has yet to be heard from. He
is indeed a President without a party.
IL CO