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

Chandler on Hayes.
Hon. William T.. Chandler, OF New
Hampshire, has written letter to the
Republicans of his State in which h
deliberately sets forth the fact tina
President Hayes has violated every
principle upon which he was voted
for by the Republican party, and
shows plainly that he used every
means in his command to secure FOL
himself the Office of President; and
the plain Inference is drawn thai
Hayes sold out to the southern Dem.
oorats. The letter is too long to be
presented here but We give the main
points Of it.
To show the position Of the Repub-
lican party on the southern question
In the campaign Of 1876 the following
extract Is made from the platform:
we declare 1t to be the solemn OBJ.
legation Of the Legislative and execu.
tive departments Of the Government
to put in immediate exercise all theil
constitutional powers FOL
securing to every American citizen
complete liberty and exact equality
In the exercise Of all civil, political
and public rights. To this end we
imperatively demand a Congress and
Chief Executive whose outrage and
fidelity to these duties shall not falter
until these results are placed beyond
dispute or recall
Mr.. George William Curtis, in the
Convention, had commended his fav-
orite candidate as one who, EARNED
with the power of Government of the
United States as District Attorney OF
Kentucky, hunted and hunted and
hunted the Ku-Klux until the Ku-
Klux disappeared. The life of every
man in the south Is safe In the hands
Of this man from Kentucky, who has
known, as you of the south have Bit
terly learned, the mortal
perils Of the struggle"
This was the spirit of the conven-
ton which nominated Mr.. Hayes, and
In the same spirit the campaign was
carried forward. Hayes in his letter
OF acceptance recognized this for he
said:
Il declare myself in favor OF the
complete protection Of all citizens In
the free employment Of all their con-
stitutional rights" what the south
needs most is peace, and peace de-
ponds upon the supremacy Of the law.
There can be no enduring peace II
the constitutional rights Of any por-
ton Of the people are habitually dis
regarded"
The Presidential campaign was car
ried on, so far as methods and utter
ances were concerned. in no respects
differently from the campaigns of
1868 and 1872. The duty of the Fed
eral Government to interfere by all
possible constitutional and legal
means for the protection Of life and a
free ballot at the south, was the prin-
cipal issue of the contest. The
Bloody Shirt" as 1t Is termed, was
freely waved, and Governor Hayes
himself urged prominent public men
to put forward as our best argument,
the dangers Of rebel rule and solid
south"
On the 9th Of November, when he
thought himself defeated, he uttered
these words:
/ do not care for myself,
bus I do care for the poor colored
men Of the south Northern
men cannot live there, and will leave.
The southern people will
practically treat the constitutional
amendments as utilities, and then
the colored mans fate will be worse
than when he was In slavery.
That Is the only reason I regret the
news as It Is.
On this main issue, the necessity Of
keeping Federal power in Republican
hands and using it for the protection
Of black and white southern Republi-
cans was the Presidential campaign,
by Governor Hayes advice and pro-
ourement. carried on and won.
On the 7th Of November it was as
oertained that the election OF Hayes
would be secured IL the States of
Florida, South Carolina and Louisi-
ana gave their electoral vote for him.
Florida was finally counted for him
and South Carolina; but by fraud
Louisiana gave a Democratic majority
OF 1000. These 1000 votes had to be
thrown out under peculiar local laws,
and the returning Board did this up
On the assurance Of the protection Of
the administration and the endorse
ment of northern Republicans. To
do this and face the politicians who
set at defiance the laws, and the
courts required no small amount OF
courage. Governor Hayes promised
bis support in an emphatic way, and
the same act that gave him the coy
sted one majority in the electoral col
lego made Packard Governor Of Lou
isiana- The Returning Board of Lou
isiana were arrested by the Confeder-
ate Congress and cast into a Wash
ington dungeon. The Electoral Com.
mission was duly constituted and
Hayes was made President
Coming to the Presidency. under
these remarkable circumstances,
what should have been President
Hayes course?
/. PROFESSIONALLY he should have
asserted, in every possible way, the
moral and legal validity of his own
title, and Of every step taken by his
or desire In the long
series of events which established 1t.
q He should have maintained