The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-05-02
WHO is PRESIDENT .

Rutherford B. Hayes has for more
than one year occupied the White House
in Washington, and has been exercisir;
the functions of President of the United
States. He is de .fac!o President, but
from tho very beginning he has been
considered fraud and The representative
of grand political swindle. Th peo.
Pio have always felt that his triun, oh
was the triumph of military tyranny
over o free people, of corrupt returning
boards over free ballots, and of political
trickery over the constitution and laws
of the United States. Since his inaugu.
ration he has removed the United States
troops from South Carolina and Lou.
isiana, fox which some politicians, either
from lack Of thought upon the subject,
or from other influences, have been dis.
posed to render his fraudulent admins.
tration quasi support. We have never
felt that Mr.. Hayes vas entitled to any
6fetiis Tor this course. j; was evidently
part of tho bargain by which he was
counted in as PRESIDENT, and in the next
place haa7as compelled to do it from the
fact that the Democratic Honse of Rep
resentatiyes in Congress refused to vote
him any I.crey to sustain his army un-
l.sae; BE ais: Withdraw siis troops. This is
the only act no has performed at which
bis Democratic friends can point to claim
credit for him, and it was performed bs.
cause he was obliged to do so. Since
then he has loaned his influence to seat
Kellogg and Corbln, and has appointed
the Wells. AHdeEaona. Stones and Pack:
ards 70 lucrative Offices when he anew
they woro morally unfit for positions Of
public trust. The people of the nation
have aCen and felt that Mr.. Hayes Is lit
tie better than q time-serying demagogue,
and that he is filliug q position to which
he 10 not entitled. This opinion haa
boon founded on inferences drawn from
connected with the last
election, but the Florida exposures,
an account of which appear elsewhere,
dlsaipates any lingering doubt which
may have existed, and presents Mr. Hayes
70 the country aa the embodiment of the
greatest political crime ever committed
In free country. That the republican
Earty carried the election by bribery,
forgery and infamous corruption, there
is not the shadow OF u doubt, and the
developments go far in the direction of
Mr. Hayes with that fraud.
What win be done about it il hard to
Is is nos the light matter
which como &cetlous journals pretend.
Il inYOlycs principles underlying the
very security of republican institutions.
II fraud has triumphed, and although
exposed, is still allowed TO 90 unpunished
and pnredressed, tho atep to o military
% by no means o long one.
We believe the passage Of tho legislation
by Congress necessary TO give force to
Tho resolutions Of Tho Maryland General
assembly, known as the Blais tesolu-
tons, and @ thorough investigation Of
The last Presidential election upon is
inertia by the snpreme Court Of the
United states Is the only adequate rem.
ady for the present attitude of the fraud. |
II Dir. Hayes was elected, tho grave
charges against him should be hushed. ]
q, he vas not elected, he ought TO be |
burned out of office, and the man who
vss0 UzCUtEII uitVSIlu no InUSgIypIVVCus I
ft III ainaTia staafit.a shak 4hfa akrs.iI ~
ions, and sor this reason We favor tho |