Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-11-28

From the News and Courier
president a1ayes ANA tho "So,,tl,-
ern Policy Political A'ersecu-
tioRis.
The President has snubbcd the Washing
ington Rcpabhcua. That newspaper, not
contcnt with raving about the South, and
publishing every falschcud that fertile
ihaginatlon could suggest against the
Southern people, undertook to plant Mr.
Hayes on It's peculiar platform aud make
HIM echo its cry that the o-calcd South
Cru policy is failure. Tho suppostious
fnte:vcw" in which this feat was acoom-
plishea has been published iu thrNcws and
Courier. Mr.. Hayes was annoyed and
disguised. Publicly he now denies that hc
held any such "iutervew" with any repre-.
sentative of the Rcpublicum, and characte-
rizcs the Interview as "nasiantly erroneous
in lis most important particulars, aud cal
culatcd to mislead the public" The actual
position of tho President ON tho topic.,
treated of in the "intcrvow" is given
in the following article of tho Washington
,Stdr, which artio!o was subuiitloa to
the President aud approved by him before
publication:
Two positions of great Importance in
u politics Of the country have, withip the
past few days, becn assigned tho President
one, that he has abandoucd in toto his
Southern policy; tho other, that ho has, by
giving way in that policy, brought about Il
reconciliation between his Administration
aud the Sc called 'stalwart' wing of tho
Republican party, tho element OF which
have been, since the inauguration of the
concilia,'on policy, aiienatcd from him.
Both Of these statomepts arc either
untrue, or arc given an improper co.oring
Gas to the reported change of policy
regarding tue South, t!ore is nothing 10 it.
The method Of dealing with tho Southern
States, which tic President has seen Lit to
pursue, is tho same now as it was when it
was iuanguntcd. This policy was in no
respect whatever an experiment Tho
President considered, and still considers it,
matter Of duty To SEQ that, in administo-
ring the Laws of tho land, the constitutional
rights of every citizen, in every portion Of
tho country, equally and alike, should bo
fully respected and guarded. 1t is pretty
generally conceded that tho South, undcr
bayonct rulo, vas not enjoying tho free
government vouehsof4d it by The conatitu--
ton. 10 remove that rule was n duty the
President considered dcvolying upon him,
and it was accordingly removed. He has
gone on with tho determination as far as
lay in his power, that every citizen shall be
protected in tho full and free exercise of
al! his rights aud privileges. With this
determination has been coupled very
strong desire not to use tho military branch
OF tho Government, except to qucll insur-
rection and put down riots. All violations
of tho law should, he has always held and
still holds, be punished by civil processes, if
possible. Therefore, when it was learned,
prior to tho rcccnt elections, that Rcpubli-
oan voters in the South, notably in South
Carolina, Louisiana aud Alabama, would
certainly bo irorfercd with in the exercise
Of their franchise rights, the Attorney
General ordered the United States District
Attorneys for those States to SEQ that all
violutors of tho law in this respect wore
promptly arrested and brought to trial; and
after tho elections, notwithstanding the
advances for compromise from those arrested
the Attorney General wds slast Saturday
instructed to prosecute Offenders to tho
utmost oxtont of the law. Neither of these
instructions could be regarded as "a change
of policy They were but the carrying out
of the Presidents determination to see that
the laws are enforced everywhere. The
statement that, The President las rccenNy
said that he hatli trte1 tie plan Of concUi.
alton and tound II q complete failure IS
untrue. The President has mover made
such a statement. 1t is truo that he docs
not think the South has responded as it !
should to his good intentions, but nevortho-
less he docs not intend to change, in any