New-York tribune., 1878-01-07

We are assured on the authority Of q Wash
ington correspondent of Iie Hcrd'd that thc
President is not surprised at The opposition
that confIontS him in the Republican parry,
and not at all alarmed mt the political pros
rect With rcsV,.. to the South IN particular
In, saG faction is most GerClc. Tc hc.cyct
that quo party could hold the confidence and
"suppolt of thn people which should plant itself
:" on dead issue; = il viii soon be understood
that The lct-aioul policy III the Son'h IS merely
an accomplished and nrevcis.blc tact, and
Chen the useless agitation over II VIII stop;
the South on Tie dheI hand. VIII cease to he
solid when the North ceases TO bc sectional
and hostile. " have no doubt this cor
rectly Icprcsen,s Mr. Hayes. our own cor
rcspondcncc has been fall Of similar
statements. While Congress has been Qlar-
rcllmg over him, caucusCs lashinS themselves
into anger. newspapers dispUirg, politicians
scoldmg, and factions trembling on the Iasgcd
edge of anxiety, the President has ufcscrycd
a cheerful, unchansnS face, ard gentle peace
and drowsy complaccncy have bioOdcd over
the White House tea-paltics.
II j. great satisfaction, after Grant and
Johnson. 10 find President who barhors no
rcscntments ard cannot even be kicked into a
quarrel. Mr. Hayes is discharging his high
duties in a spirit Of PATRIOTISM stalc-manslip
and hcroiSn from winch the n0blcst things
can be expected if he be not led a-tray too far
Iy pu1blind adherence to half-truthS. Oi
the correctness OF his principles ana thc purity
and unsclGshncss Of his motives there can lee no
doubt. The only fear of prudent Republicans
is lest his mind may not be broad enough To
take in the whole situation OF the coun-
try. and acute enough to distinguish
between the things for vlIch the EX-
ecutive may properly strive in due season
and the thngs which he can do now, and
which he mast d. first if lie expects 20 do the
others at all. What he says about the South
oln question is tluc. The problem Of govern
ing the reconstructed States is settled 10y the
logical progress Of events. The Republican
sairarics have been abolished not ly orders
from Washington, but by the consequences Of
their own nisiccd,, and thcy cannot be re-
established. No party can cary the country
by angry lamentations over their disappear
ancc, and the sooner hostile speeches and reso-
lu.ons are dl0ppcd at the North, the sooner
will the soidity of the South BE- undermined.
The President takes q proper view OF past
events and thoir meaning. II is still more i'm
poriant that he should understand the present
and the future. The eolidity OF th" South,
however it may have been caused, i, grave
danger, because the Souih is united III the par
suit Of an object which involves Iuin and dis
honor. We cannot stand aside, disbaud our
organization, fold our arms. and wait for
the South to dcliqrc>cc. The danger j.
instant; it must bc met by Instant rc-
sistaucc. Mr. Hayes is thoroughly earn
c.t-no man more so-in opposing alI
schemes of population, monetary humluc,
and plundcr; but he ought to know t!iat be
Cannot conquer thc enemy Of the p-blic ft.th
with veto messages. He is Il chosen lcadc: OF
a great party. lie masj bring that party no
10 the dcfcnco Of t'e Nation, and hc cannot
do il without recognizing in some way that
Tal,y government ia often matter Of cypcdi-
encics ard nabcshilts, il which lie statesman
must take moil as DC frds them and make Che
best use h. can Of tho instruments t!a; lie
ready II his hand. If he cannot lead the Re-
publican party in this contest, If he cannot
see The objective point o. the campaign, some
body else viii surely snatch the standard from
his hand The party does not mean to sur
/ render,