Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-30


more forcibly than does the President and none viii
more zealously discharge it.
In doing what he did, President Hayes but carried
out the plan long before adopted BY General Grant
In dispatch of the ID of March, 1877, which he re-
vlsed and authorized Grant said that he means the
people OF Louisiana are as free in their affairs from
Federal interference as the people of Connecticut,
and that there will be disposition to interfere
York"
And Senator Jones, of Nevada one of the partic-
ular friends of Gen. Grant, in recently saying that
President Hayes Southern action necessity,
added:
"The election of President Hayes was all that pre-
vented Gen. Grant from pursuing the same
course. 1 know that. six months before the inaug-
uratiOn of Hayes, Grant had determined that the
coOred voters of the United States could be pro-
tected by United States troops Our government is
peculiar one. 1t is founded on the principle that
the majority will rule and that the fact that It is
majority invests it with power to protect itself In
such government if the majority can not or viii
not protect ITSELF it is almost impossible to protect it
by any agency outside of itself"
And in all the numerous interviews with Grant
recently published, he has reiterated the same
statement But here is a telegram from Gen. Grant
that commend to my Democratic friends who think
the withdrawal of the military from the duty OF ny
ing contested election cases, is evidence tending TO
show corruption and bargaining. 1t was about the
last official order of the grand hero Of AppomattoX
relating to louisiana
EXECUTIVE MANSION, March /. 1877.
'G0U. s. B. Packard Nstg Orleans:
In answer TO your dispatch OF this date, the
President directs say that he feels it his duty
to state frankly that he does not believe public
State government in Louisiana by the use
OF the military, and that he must con-
cur in this manifest feeling. The troops will
hereafter, as in the past protect life and property
from mob violence when the State authorities ta1l;
but under the remaining days of his official life they
viii not be used to establish or to pull down either
claimant for control Of the State. 1t is not his pur-
&C. c. sNTFFEN, Secretary"
For the authenticity of this dispatch refer 70 Nc
Phersons Handbook, page 81.
Here, then, was policy bequeathed to the ineom-
ing administration. from one going out OF which the
loyal people OF this country will forever feel proud
And 1 am sure that President Hayes would con-
slider the event in politics that would make u his
duty TO return the government to Grant IN 1881,
special interpositiOn of favoring Providence, as
compared with dspensatiOn in favor Of any one OF
those who have slandered and opposed him, be they
Democrats or Republicans
1t was not unnatural that the leaders Of the South
should feel soicitOus in February, 1871 as to the
policy of Hayes 1t was not strange that they should
make inquiry of Sherman Garfield Foster, and
Matthew'S And with the platform, the letter of &C.
ceptanee, and the policy Of Grant all before them,
it not hard for those gentlemen to give accurate
and reliable opinions as to the policy Of Hayes
inns. ana TINS alone, constitutes tne oaTgalin
sought to be shown 1t will take strong Democratic
evidence to satisfy the Ohio people that those men
have been corrupt or even indiscreet
Whether Hayes policy of reconciliation and paci-
eatiOn will ultimately fail of full results, know
not Its failure will not initiate against the correct
ness of its trial. Had all the Republicans of the
country indorsed it at the beginning, and aided in
its carrying out, believe the Republican party, on
this broad platform, would have swept the country.
OoPCCb 4OA 5OJN ACouAI9 NV - 4AA
less.
No, my Democratic brethren, you will utterly and
sgnaly fail to degrade and defle the administration
and good name of Rutherford B. Hayes. with your
insane and unpatriOc cry of fraud and bargain His
administration is synonym OF honesty and eXecu-
tive virtue. The true patriotic men OF the nation
and world so it, and impartial history will so
You NAV not eseape the lust criticism of your own
party assaing ours. The record of the Republican
party in contrast with that of yours shines under the
calcium light of the ages pure gold; while yours i
cloudy and droSs like. ADVISE your great leaders TO
omit inStiJuting comparisons.
The offer of Cancellation viii not justify the people
of the South in again resOrting TO rifle clubs, Ylo-
lence and intimidation. to carry elections; nor can
they, in good faith, indorse the Yapornss OF Mr.
Jefferson Davis.
President, safe thing, but Democratic restoralon
is quite another and different thing. The latter
means the payment of the rebel war claims and ac-
cOmpanying bankruptcy 1t means the refusal to
pension Union soldiers, and the destruction OF
Union soldiers orphans homes. 1t means that the
conservative patriotic statesmen OF the South, like
Lamar Gordon, and Hill and Stephens. VIII take
back seats, while the worshippers OF the lost
cause shall come to the 'front.'
On the 10th of July, 1873, scarcely over a month
ago, JEFF. Davis made speech at MISSISSIPPI Clty
Among other things, speaking OF the right OF seces
sion, and consequent rebellion, he said:
Permit me to say OF the controYerted question OF
secession by State from the Union, OF which It was
a member by compact voluntarily made tnaL my
faith in that right as inherent attribute Of State
sovereignty adopted early in life, was confirmed
by the study and observation OF later years. and has
passed unchanged and mistaken through the severe
ordeal to which it has been subjected.
without desire for political future, only anx-
ious for the supremacy of the truths on which the
Union was founded, and which believe 70 be es-
sental to the prosperity and the liberties Of the Deo
pie, it is little to assume that shall die as have
lived, firm in the State rights faith"
1t is to be regretted that the great mass OF the
Democratic newspapers OF nth. the s931th 3 IN.
men and good men, the men have
named, of those States, do not eountenance this
attempt at second rebellion, trust; but the best
men of the South were opposed to secession in 1861.
and were overpoWered then and il is to be feared
that it will again become impossible for the con-
seryatiye elements of Southern politics to control
The following extracts from leading Democratic
papers will show how much foundation there is for
my fears:
Jasper County (diss.) Herald: ave say. all hail
to the noble chieftan of the lost cause the gr and
old hero of the doctrine OF State Rights"
PontotOc (Afiss.) Democrat: We are a State
Rights Democrat We fought for those principles on
the battlefelds of the COnfederacy, and we expect
TO maintain them while we live, and be buried with
those PRINCIPLES in our breast"
Victsburg (NIiss.J Commercial: ave publish to-
day few more press comments on the speech deliv-
cred by Mr. Davis at Mississippi city. 1t will be
seen that none of our Southern papers find any
thing in Mr. Davis utterances to condemn
HandsbOrO' (MiSs.) Gazette: with regard to the
18th amendment even il 1t were no longer OF any
practical force or effect-which is a mistake-is
existence is stereoyped and perpetual insult to
blots upon the political history of the land"
Newton (Miss.) Report: in our opinion Mr.. Davis
did speak the true sentiments of the South in spite
TO the contrary"
Aberdeen Examiner: "The men from the North
that we care to win will read the speech Of the
President in the sense in which il written. and
they will also recognize the fact that il is in all
essential particulars ndorsed by vast majority OF
the men and all the women of the South"
YazOo tAliss) Herald: LET the world say whatit
will be itours to declare that the cause for which
we fought was just cause and that in appeahngto
the arbitrament of the sword we did no more than
the men Of the revolution did in their warfare
against the tyranny of George Ill"
Forest (Niss) Register I'VE are glad to know ne
Davis is still true to the principles which carried
eleven States into the war in lS6l6o. EeJeRlcetaS
Of the South iRdOrsc him, besides vast following IN
Inc West Although the secession OF '6l, under the
subsequent leadership of the distinguished SALESMAN
md soldier named is at end, it by no means fol-
lows that no one else viii ever urge the correctness
II its princpe in future Issues The time IS coming
or the South and West to consider all the bearings
CoTinth (Miss) Corinthian: What ex-President
Davis said at Mississippi City, recently, indorSe
5esrtiIv Southern principles and Southern feelings
re nv no means dead and it is about time for the
nIEing,cloak of policy TO be cast aside, and for the
,o1eSt manhood and true chivalry of the South to
'o1,e 10 the 'front.' and proclaim their fidelity to the
ost Cause A few more such Grand Old Patriots
lie Mr. Davis and il will not be long before the
orOus South of ante-bellum days will be restored.
Ne saw 'Hurra for Davisp ana defy the North TO
make the most of it. GIVE us ten years to get ready
n and then-we don't give snap whether her
chOOl keeps or not.
The Holly Springs (Miss.) Reporter: ''The Herald