The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-11-19
A PRESIDENTIAL SOMERSET.
now 1LfYES TALKS NOJY, 1CCORD-
ING TO THE "STdLWLiIeTS,"

ern Pol1cy is q Fallure--He Declares
that the Time for Discussion is Past
ana that Now Is the Time for Acsion.
Especial to the Philadelphia 1fmes.l
WAs1nNGroN, November 12.-,The
editor Of the National Republicu,e,
OF this city, claims to have had a.
conversation VITA NJ. Hayes in
regard to u paragraph whicn said
that the Southern question would
DC discussed in the Cabinet, The
PRESIDENT replied; "riat is u nis~
take. The time for discussion has
passed. 1t is now too late for any,
thing but the most determined and
vigorous action. Jhis determine
ton was reached several days ago,
and the deliberations Of the Cabinet
on this subject since then have been
comparatively brief and confined
mainly to the consideration of the
duty Of the attorney general in the
premises.
The President has always thought
that his policy would win back the
South. He was asked how he
accounted for the result in tbo f,c,
OF the fur promises Of the South.
"That question:, he suid, "leads
directly to u discussion OF what has
been latterly termed the Southern
policy of the Administration.
When that policy was lnaugurated
it was with an earnest desire to
conciliate the Southern leaders. to
round Oft the sharp angles of sec
tional difference and to soften the
aspel tiles of political strife No
one will deny that the attempt to
enforce this policy was most earn
estly made, nor that 1t wus carried
out with conscientious desire to
accomplish the result for which it
had been lnauyurnteI Of the Der.
sonal and partisan sacrifices ( made
IN thls effort and Of the CONSEQUENT
interruption Of certain relations
which had pr.-iouely cx;sted f,a. !
tween myself and some OF lily sup
portelss l haye nothing to say just
now But it appears that The LEAD
,ers who made those pledges other
did not exert themselves to keep
them or were unable to do so. In
fact, am reluctantly forced to
admit that the experiment was y
failure. The first election of i'm
portance held since it was attempts
ed has proved that fair elections,
with free suffrage for every voter in
the South. are an impossibility un-
der the existing condition of things.
WHY HE COMPLAINS
1'It is not because the Republican
party appears as the sufferer in
these results that L complain" con-
tinued the President; ''lt is because
free suffrage and freedom of politi~
cal rights have been interfered with
that am called upon to take
cognizance of these disturbances.
If the facts were exactly reversed
and il the Republicans had COM
mitted these outrages upon the
Democrats, my duty would be tho
Same. 1t will not do for tsse, or for
any official before whom these
questions may come, to treat them
otherwise than in non~partisan
way. The partisan press will
naturally take partisaa view of the
case, and I will DO held to account
for aiding the Republicans, the
stalwarts-I mean the Haunting OF
the bloody shirt, as it is called"
Mr.. Hayes said, further: ''I can't
expect to hold the Office I do with
out being kicked and cuffed little,
you know. Bnt, for all that, T shall
do my duty, rs the Chief Magistrate
of all the people, to Democrats and
Republicans alike, and if, in tho
faithful execution of the laws, JUS
tice shall demand the punishment
of this or that man, whatever his
political convictions may be- ] shall
not be deferred by partisan eriti-
.cism. All that I know is that great
crimes have been committed, and it
is my duty to aid in the punishment
of the criminals"
FAILED TO REpREss VIOLENCE.
The President said that "Govern~
or Hampton, for example, has tried
repeatedly to repress the violence
which has characterize the cams
paign in South Carolina, and failed.
Such Republicans as Judge Lee and
d. 4 s1r,o 4