The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-13
TIE SOUTHERN POLICY.
PRESIDENT HAYES INCLINED TO he
LEEyE IN A FAILURE.
Prompt Measures Ta Ese Taken tn Prevent
Repetition of s'soHthern Outrages"-
Staawart View of the Situation by
au Anff~StaBwRFt.

zican wi will TO- morrow ~ publish the folowtng:
Very naturally. In view of the Democratic
States. the President has been frequently inter
Waved by leading Republicans from all sec tions
q the country. and especially from the South.
The fact that the Democrats Of that section
have violated all the plsdg4s made to lin to
accord to the blacks their rights and priv egas
py Of ha s rope Of
resentation in the next House. has prompted
these Interviews. The ultimate design being to
xe eeitmae eo resouToes eo Of his office in Bring Ing
the perpetrators Of these great crimes to JUS
these Interviews has carefully and persistently
refused to take Il partisan view Of the situatlon.
s attention eaed yG5tdHa Haana to az 5o Tan
Hcnn announcing that the Southern situat on
would be earnestly discussed at tbe I,n regular y!
111is mistake, The tlme for discussion has passed
It is now too a % for anything but the most de-
termined ano Vigorous action; ~, This deteFmhl 81 r.
deliberations of the Cabinet on this subject
since then have, b on comparatively brief and
confined mainly to the confideratlon era ~ OF 1 ths
TO these remarks the interviewt replied ap-
provngly. and then asked the Prn1stdsent s !, hoy ~
face Of the pledges Of fair dealing by the Lead
ing Southern Demoerats.
The President-'That question leads directly
to dlscu sion of what has been latterIy termed
the Southern policy OF the MISUNDERSTANDING
When that policy was inaugnrated it was with
st m 8 6 baI9 he sou o sac
ttonal differences, and soften the asDiri,
ties Of political ktriie roo No z l., on one " vii
| most earnestly made. nor that it was carried
out with q conscientious desire to acoompli b
the result for Which it had been innug4rated 5
In this effoIt and Of the consequent Interrupt
| tion Of cerai relations. which previously ex"
listed hetveen myself and some OF my SUPPORT
~ nothing
| but it appears that the, leaders who
made p9des 90 se ea95 ba or da ara mot
able to do SO. In fact, / am reluctantly forced
| to admit that the experiment was failure
The rat eleo n, Of impoFtaR9e h9d gnGe it
ore an impossibity under the existing condI-
Iuterviewer-And the Republican party, ex-
cept in North Carolina has thereby been wiped
| out If existence In the South
The PresidentIt is not because the Repub
| lican party apt oars as q sufferer In these re-
suits that complain; It Is because free suifrage
and freedom OF political rights haye beeu inter
| zance OF their disregard. II the facts were
| exactly reversed. aud if tho Republicans had
| committed those outrages upon Democrats. my
duty would be the same It will not do for me,
| or for any official before whom these que tiops
may come, to treat them otherwise than in 2
naturally take q partisan view Of the case, and
I will be held to account for aiding the kepnb
| ltCanS-fnS EtAlWtft9, J. tnDHn-lU haunting Ln9
bloody shirt. as it Is called.
Interview r. It has been charged that you are
follll2wing Ia the footsteps Of your .predeGesfor
ami more 1 can't expect 10 bold the nffi ee ! do
without being kicked aad cuffsd q little. Jou
| know; but FIR NIL that | shall do NY duty as
and Republicans alike, and il, in the faithful
execution OF the laws i1stioe shall demand The
Of hs or % ba a ThsvS S bis bis
| terred by partisan criticisms. All that know
| Is that great crimes have been G m niued and
| it is my duty to aid In the punishment Of ths
Interviewer--And you 90 not 'hink the South
| ern leaders democrats, | men)n, who have
| South in tho exercise of their rights. are re-
| sponsible for these c'imeR?
ol s4" ss tried % 2epsse2 ps n9v to Hnp rso
| the violence which has characterized the cam
paign in South Carolina. and failed, Such Re-
State Senator SwaiIs. Of thai State have ad-
vlsed me Of these facts. They say that Hamp,
ton cannot G ntroI the Red Shirts. as they Cal!
them. and they have ep"atedy informed me of
the speechos be made deprecating violence In
| the conduct Of the campaign. and 1t appears
tbgt Gov. Nichols in Louisiana, Is earnestly oD,
| posed to these proceedings or the same kind Of
violence In his State.
Interyewer-Th"n the officers of the Depart
ment of Justice have been instructed to carry
out the proceedings already begun against tho
The Pre- ident-Not only agninst those who
| have already been arrested but against others
who will soon be arrested. 1t is proposed to
mako ell m sweep Of the business and OK
| haust every legal resources in the execution Of
| justice. The integrity Of American citizen.
| ship has been grossly violated in widespread
| locHlitiees. It must and shall be vin'Iicated.
| IntervieWer-Will it be necessary TO mako
any removals or changes among district nttOr
| neys in tho Southern States?
The Preeident-l hope not. and believe not:
| but. II it is discovered that my officer Of the
class you refer 10 is not earnestly endravorrg
to do his whole duty in the matter, there will be
no hesitation in taking proper st.ts to replace
him and secure o vigorous prosecution Of these
CAUSES.
Here the interview came to an end.