National Republican., 1878-04-12
SECRETARY EvARrs AT CHICAGO.


tho bung hole.
SECRETARY EvARTs AT CHICAGO.
The Secretary of State, rs is his privilege,
has visited Chicago and rs is the inalienable
right Of every American citizen, he exer-
ciscd his conversational powers in regard 10
public affairs during his brief soiourn. He
fell into the snare Of reporter, who inn
proved the shining hour in honey gathering,
and the Inter Ocean presents the following
as the more important facts confdcd to the
interviewer:
al. That ho is not candidate for the Prcsi-
dency, and that he accepted the State Depart.
mout as matter of duty, and to do away
with the machine
"2. That the President Is calm.
-. That he (EvARTs) urged Mr.. ROOSEVELT
for Collector of New York because, among
other reasons he was a man of wealth,
and man of fashion, who drove his four.n-
hand"
These were the most startling revelations
made, but not all. 1t was divulged that
none Of the Cabinet wero seekers after the
Presidency, and that he always thought the
making Of the colored man so importanta a
factor in politics would be disastrous to
the Republican party" This is an import
ant lifting of the veil from the true inward
ness Of the Administration relating to the
colored man and his relations to politics
He should be removed from politics, that
the Republican party might be saved. The
Inter Ocean intimates that this revelation
throws flood Of light on the actions of the
Southern bull-dozers, and endcars them to
us; and, by the mass, we have been doing
these patriots rank injustice all this while |!
They, too, have labored to take the colored
man out Of politics, and have succeeded in
taking o great many Of them out perma-
nently; but we now see 1t was done for the
sake of the Republican party, and it is in
us to apologize for rudely protesting against
rifle clubs and White Leaguers
One more remark Of the distinguished
Secretary strikes us rs worthy of mention.
He says that the Republican party South
was composed mostly Of colorcd men and
ex-oficers Of the Union army. "When the
President inaugurated his policy the ne
"groes went to hoeing and planting, and
there was no one left to appoint but the
colonels and brigadicrs."
Under this condition of things there was
no way out of the dilemma but to appoint
Democrats, x-Confederates-rebel officers
who hod served on the other side. That
was the only recourse, and so it was done.
And for that the besotted and thick-headcd
machine Republicans complain! Perfidious
malcontents!
Then Mr.. EvARTs goes still further in
describing the difficulties that environ
the President under these circumstances.
He says the various delegations who repre-
sented these various candidates must be
listened to, and they were not always in
harmony with each other, and he adds
"They recommend JONES as an excellent man
for certain office, or each may have differ
ont name to suggest. JONES name is sent to the
Sem te and then we find out what terrible
mistake we have mado by the opposition
which Is brought to bear. There was never a
more unfit man."
The Secretary seems to have forgotten
that if Senators and Representatives in
Congress had been consulted in advance
this obstacle might have been avoided. But
no matter about that. 1t is oul
presented purpose to call the atten'
fact that on the question of banishing the
colored man from politics he has met with Q
change of heart. The following sentence:
from his eloquent plea before the Electoral
Commission would seem to imply conver
sion to the new doctrine of expelling tn,
colored man from the arena of politics:
"You gave them (the colored mem the suf
frage and they are to be slaughtered for hav
ing the gift found In their hands.
= " ! say that you make them the sacrifices tC
the triumph Of the Government over the re
bellion.
a 81 say that such establishment Of the
powers Of this Government is beyond all cure
1t teaches the sad lesson that the American
people, in the attempt to make good the large
i ness Of its promise, and to work out the glory
@ of its proud manifesto of freedom and equality
: before the law, finds itself thwarted by thS
exhibition Of violence and forced with its owI
hand to crush the methods of law by which
tho state sought TO curb this menace 10 III
honor and its peace"
The question now arises, was the Secre
:. tary right then and is he wrong now; or i
|, he right now and was he wrong then? MI
= EvARTs if his position was ever so wron,
= then, won noble triumph before the com
- mission-a victory that has been duly recog
-. nized and rewarded by the President, who's
cause he was then advocating 50 eloquently
If the Secretary is correctly reported in hi
recent utterances, change has EVIDENT,
come over the spirit of his mind. 1t is no
80 clear, however, that this repentance o
! tho past will prove "a salve, a comfort, anC
: "a cordial =" to the cOlored man when he i
b, = put out of politics, either by exclusion o
destruction.
q ANOTHER HUMBUG EXPLODED.
q Some few weeks ago some of the Satani
: press found that great frauds had beel
f committed in post-oilice contracts, an,
that o, A. HADLEY, the postmaster at Lit
I tie Rock, and Senator DORSEY, of Arkansas