Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10

driven away or unjustly convicted.
The Republican party has been CON-
PEELED to disband, and the. dangers OF
a solid south and rebel rule, which
President Hayes wanted the people
of Ohio made to believe would be
averted if he were elected, have be-
come terrible realities.
In Mississippi, Gov. Stone, infam-
Gus for his failure to prosecute effect
ually the Chisholm murderer was re-
elected by 96,3S2 votes, only ,16S Re-
publicans daring to go to the polls.
where, in 1872, Grant had so, 175 votes
and Greeley only 47,2SS, and in 1876
Hayes had 52,605 votes to 112,173 for
Tilden.
In Virginia, 1O1,94O Democratic
votes were cast and 1889 Republic
can.
In Georgia, the Republican party,
seeing Senators Gordon and Hill the
intimate friends and trusted advisers
of President Hayes, debating the APP
pointments and controlling the Fed
eral patronage, must Of necessity dis
solve, and yet, In 1872. Grant had
1850 votes and Greeley 1926. and
even Hayes had 50,446 to 13O,06S for
Tilden.
These, then, are the facts before
us:
/. Rutherford B. Hayes was
elected President by the Republican
party on the platform OF opposition
to rebel rule and q solid south; and
with pledges to protect, to the extent
OF Federal power, life, suffrage, and
the free exercise Of all political rights
at the south; was counted in as Pres
ident only by reason Of special pledges
to the same effect given by his repre-
sentatives and agents. Senator Sher-
man and other Ohio emissaries, who
particularly and emphatically prom
ised that he would recognize and
maintain the lawful State Govern
ments of South Carolina and Louisi-
ana, and stand by Cows. Chamberlain
and Packard.
2. Before the actual declaration Of
his election, and to secure the same, a
deliberate written bargain was made
in his behalf by the same Senator
Sherman and his associates, by which
it was agreed with Senator Gordon,
and other southern rebel Democrats,
that when he should be President, no
attempt should be made to enforce
the above principles OF his party, but
that the south should be allowed to
manage its avn affairs In its own way,
and that in particular he would aban-
don the lawful State Governments OF
Louisiana and South Carolina. and
recognize In their stead the mob Gov
ernments Of Wade Hampton and +.
II. Nichols.
8. After HE Inauguration the bar
gain was literally fulfilled; the United
States flag disgracefully hauled down
In Columbia and New Orleans; the
lawful Governments notified to sur
render to rebel mobs, and upon their
hesitation, deliberately and actively
torn down by his administration by
unconstitutional processes. and the
use OF Federal patronage, vigorously
welded by the same Secretary Sher-
man and his associates; the mob
Governments of Hampton and Mich
oils recognized; and solid south
and rebel rule established by the
swift and eager action OF his Admin
istration.
4. All attempts to administer the
Government upon the principles by
proclaiming which he had been elected
and counted In, were deliberately
abandoned; the South notified that
IL should not be interfered with by
his administration; Southern Klu-
Klux and negro murders released
and amnestied by Presidential orders;
the enforcement OF Federal laws at
the South given up, or entrusted to
rebel Democratic hands; Senator
Gordon and his fellow bargainers ac-
cepted as the intimate and acknowl-
edged advisers OF the President and
the disposers OF Federal patronage;
and black and white Republicans OF
the South mercilessly surrendered to
the insults, persecution, and afro
cities OF their Democratic enemies.
8. As necessary result OF all this,
the Republican party at tho South
was disbanded, and no Republican
votes were cast In States where a
free ballot would show large Repub-
lican majorities: the Republican par
ty at the North was paralyzed wher-
ever the advice Of supporters or
apologists for the new policy was
needed; Republican defeats ensued
wherever 1t was endorsed, Republi-
can victories only where it was re-
pudiated; and, with solid South and
divided North, the Confederate
Democrats are marching toward a
national victory in 1880, while Presi-
dent Hayes and Secretary Sherman
look on with as much Indifference as
II they were In name, as they are In
fact, allies Of the Democratic party.
Too lazy fos WorE. Steal ar SfArVe.