The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1878-02-07

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ern policy is all that the rebel Demo
cratic party has contended for from the
beginning.
How shall this sudden and astounding
change Of base be accounted for2 You
undertake to show, both by direct and
circumstantial evidence that il was made
in fulfllment Of a bargain entered into
during the Presidential count, by repre-.
sentative persons on both sides. that the
count should not be broken up in the
House. but that Hayes should be declared
and inaugurated President provided he
would withdraw the troops from South
Carolina and Louisiana, and thus secure
the recognition Of the Governments Of
Wade Hampton and +. II. Nichols in
those States You have made out a very
strong prima faeie case. Ii j. not mate
rial however, whether any such bargain
was actually made or subscribed in due
form. as in all probability il was not. or
whether there was only a tacit but bona
tide understanding between the contract
ing parties that such would be the action
OF Mr.. Hayes. ifthe Electoral Commission
should decide the case in his iavor-its
decision to be regarded as final. IL sui
fces to know that the troops were with
drawn, President Hayes being fully aware
that the immediate result Of his order
\ would be. the overthrow Of the legally
| constituted authorities, and the seizure
OF the reins Of government by as desper
ate a band Of conspirators as can be found
in the annals Of human criminality. For
the official recognition Of the former.
I forsooth. the President could find no con.
stitutional warrant; but only for the
latter, which recognition he was as
l prompt in making as they were in usurp.
/ ing trusts and powers never committed
to them by the people 70 this com.
| plexiOn il has come NJ last and this
I turning Of things upside down-this aid.
ing factious but powerful minority, or.
/ ganized Rnd equipped with shotguns and
revolvers, to accomplish their nefarious
designs against an unquestionable major.
| ity-we are called upon to sanction and
admire as statesmanshipo the first order.
Whoever says nay, let him be aHahcma
Diarandfha The President. we are told.
sits in his magisterial chair, serene, smil
ing. complacent and confident that the
best way TO protect sheep from being de
voured is TO give them over to the custO.
dy Of the wolves. Withdrawing both
shepherd and watch dog as melting TO
slaughter, and rendering 'conciliation'
impractcable by their presence The
Southern conspirators are jubilant; their
Northern Democratic allies are equally
elated, and credulous. hoodwinked, tenn
porting Republicans affect TO be equally
delighted Is it not time seriously to
ask, From whence doth this union arise
These parties may continue vociierously
to sing
"'Lo! what an entertaining sight
Are brethren who agreeT
But the entertainment is none the less
N ahn and tho a
but renewal Of the old covenant with
death
ut is not surprising that the defenders
Of the President are involved in glaring
Inconsistencies. First, they laud him to
the skies Tor originating a new policy.
which il is claimed. will render every
thing halcyon at the South, stop the ei-
fusion OF blood. and insure protection for
all classes in the exercise OF their civil
and political rights. But should il prove
unavailing, then il can aud will be chang
ed, for has not the President repeatedly
intimated as much But how changed
By substituting 'bayonet rule once more2
But they deny his right to use this pow
er, and he has closed the door so that he
cannot enter il IL he would, for no ap
peal for Federal interposition will be
made where no Republican Governor or
LEGISLATURE is allowed 10 exist. and so all
manner OF atrocities may be perpetrated
with impunity upon the deienseless col
ored population and their white sympa.
thizers. Yes. by this policy 1000 900 Of
loyal. native-born citizens are gbandoned
TO their fate. and have nothing 20 depend
upon for succor or protection but the
tender mercies of their old oppressors.
What If all the foreign born Irish or Ger
mans-neither Of them more numerous
in the aggregatc-were to be ruthisssly
despoiled Of their rights and reduced To
a state OF vassalaee. after being admitted
TO citizenship. would not the land be con
vulsed as IL an earthquake had shaken u
from centre to circumference Personal
rights and constitutional guarantees are
not matters Of governmental policy. but
to be maintained against any combina
tion that may factiously plot for their
destruction.
But we are complaccntly told that
this wonderful policy has brought qui.
etude to South Carolina and Louisiana.
the shot gun is laid aside, aud blood no
longer flows Well, order reigns in War
saw. but where is Poland They who
are i'm their graves excite no animosities.
The colored people of those States have.
by this process, been thoroughly bull.
dozed their spirits are broken, their
hopes blasted, their means Of defense
wrested from them what need Of killing
or hunting them any longer2 Aud i
this awful state Of things TO be held up n
something worthy OF congratulation To
talk Of cancellation and peace purchas.
ed at such a price and by such base de
vices is an outrageous perversion OF Ian
guage and an insult TO the human under
standing But it is not true that acts Of
violence and cruelty have ceased TO be
perpetrated. though pro tempore they are
iessened There il, however, no provo
cation at present for a renewal Of those
murdcrous political raids by which 80
many loyal white and colorcd citizens
have been driven from their homes.
hunted like wild beasts, and savacely put
to death Wait until the return OF an
other State or Presidential election. and
then IL these dreadful tragedies are not
re-enacted, il will be solely because all
loyal assertion Of citizenship at the polls
has been effrctually crushed.
sssYet laugh not in your carnival OF crime
Too proudly, ye oppressors!
There is coming a day Of reckoning; aud
with what measure ye mete, IL shall be
measured To you again. The divine
promise shall yet be fulfilled TO the letter.
For the oppression Of the poor, for the
signing OF the needy, now will arise
saith the Lord ! will set him in safety
from him that pullcth az him
Next, we are told that Presideut
Hayes, in Withdrawing the troops. was
simply performing his constitutional du
ty: tor there was no existing violence 20
require their presence. II this were "a
what sense j. there is eulogisticnlly d..
scauting upon his policy. and claiming
for IL rare wisdom in its inception and