Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-25
THE MODEST SOUTH.
Chicago lnter-Ocean,.

The president has placed himself in pc
sjtion, which is, to tay the least, embarrsss-
ing and humiliating. To have all his grand
schemes Of concilia,ion and peace thwarted
and turned aside, and the stalking ghost Of
persecution pointing him bis course with its
bony fingers is anything but agreeable.
This is more especially SO when his acts and
favoIs 10 the very men who have proved so
,rcacherous to him have estranged him from
his friends and alienated him from those
who would rise up in his defense. Thomas
c. Anderson, an old citizen, whose honora-
be service for twenty years in the halls Of
state legislation, and whose name was
unsu lied, has been arrested for political
offense, and for that alone. Alter the PROM
i've from the authorities that the bitterness
and prosecutions should all be forgotten
aud buried, he is arrested, prosecuted, per
secuted, and awaits sentence. The peculiar
state of facts has called forth a ttr> ng express
sion from some Of the leading men Of ash
ington and the nation. And it was thought
that the president wou make some effort
for an honest administration Of justice. In
this he is met with threats and denunciation
by the lordly gentlemen Of the south, whose
interests he has thus far 10 large degree
favored, in preference 10 the advice Of the
loyal masses north and south who elevated
him TO the presidency. The Baltimore Ga
zelte speaks and dictates as follows:
II Hayes desires 10 convince public opin-
; ion that he was parlic,ps criminis VIII,
Anderson instead of merely the beneficiary
of the electoral commission, and wishes to
see public confidence in the sincerity Of his
reform preiensions hopelessly annihilated,
! he will humble himself as Sherman in his
fa2v and anger now demands
The same loyal, patriotic sheet, goes on to
say:
Thomas c. Anderson 81 ould to-day ac
l. knowledge his guilt, profess repentance, and
e make the only restitution in his power Il
.. the state-a full confession of the returnin!
: board frauds; and if, in addition, the ma
tional administration, which SO far has up
y held him in his sin, should now withdrav
le its sanction, the full moral effect Of his con
Is viction would have been accomplished, ant
we should willingly join in recommenda
ton for pardon.
That is, 1--WE propose to try you, Genera
10 Anderson as We are accustomed to try tn
d. neero-tie him up and whip him until h
admits his guilt, whether innocent or no
Confess, therefore, and secure our royal rec
10 omme ndation for pardon
al The editor adds sentence, and lays dow
a rule which, if the govern ment ofthe Unite
y. States had followed, would now prevent III
men who hunted president to murder him
4 the streets of Baltimore from having potel
ed tial voice in directing the course Of 10y
in precedent or dictatin; the acts Of a caDine
tv He SAYS:
:. Clemency may be extenced to penitent
"s but it should never be granted 10 detia
criminals.
The government made misttke in n
sdhernp 10 the doctrine. In this come
,iop we cory q special dispatch from Was
ineton to the New Orleans Times. Whit
". shows the drift Of this commanding voc
no tsavs:
,er The dissatisfaction with Postmaster Ge
:. eral Key among southern members is rspl
NC " increasing. He was selected asa represe
an tltivc southern man-not as republican
su- 10 90 into Hayes cabinet. Since he b
md been in this position he has done noth
for the south aud nothing for the frien
o. who put him into the place. II is ex,ren
Cd, " probable that the president will
'sel called upon very soon by delegation OF
TO preventative ,u,hern men, who will :
70 that, as the president seemed desirous
having southern democrat in the cabin
Mr.. Key was supposed to be the man.
he is not democrat at all, and has ms
the none but republican appointments ever sill
md he has been in Office, and is controlled EN-
nv ely by republican influences; that if
III. president wants TO keep Mr.. Key in IS
and publican, all right but the solid south
senatorial vote ought to be regarded As
more importance than one empty head
tho the cabinet. Either representa-
~, man or else republican.
''"- south objects most strenuously 10 hav
czar Kew credited to it as q southern democ
not and will not stand i. any longer. OF COZ
Ste, no one can tell what answer will be M
~. to this, but it will most probably resul
'ue Mr.. Keys going out Of the cabinet.
pr'- If these gentlemen are potential eno
ling 10. drive out, they are equally 60 to repl
The Who are the Representative touthern m
, ss who would satisfy them? We shall find
,he soon enough undoubtedly, for the charg
'no being fncdest cannot be laid a. the I
Isnd Of the southern statesmen. But il ther
] by ANYTHING else they want, let them speak
nil;- and tell us what it is.
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