National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-11

letters will correct ali misapprehcusiou on this
point. They contain expressions BIKE the fol-
lowing; u
ENTHUSIASTICALLY he should have asserted 10 |
every possible way the moral and legal validity
Of his own title" " ~
wisdom and honor, therefore, IL seems to
me. clearly required that President Hayes
Had he done so. In my belief the
Democratic cry of fraud would have been the
merest folly" p T..
In fact instead of assailing the Presidential
title, one complaint In the letters Is that Pres-
dent Hayes has himself effected faint upon
his own title by his betrayal and destruction
Of the lawful governments of South Carolina
and Louisiana, and his abandonment Of the
principles Of the Republican party and adop-
| ton Of the principles Of the Democratic party,
which II Is inconceiyahle that he would have
done II he had believed in his own riphtfulness
Of title, and desired to stand by and vindicate
| IL. Therefore, for whatever reagitation OF re-
Investigation of the Presidential question there
may take place, the President and his advisers
| the Louisiana bargainers who sold their Repub-
| lcan brthright for o mess Of pottage, are re-
sponsible, and not those Republicans who de-
nounce and repudiate the trade and the trea-
son.
It may also be added that It cannot he pos
| sible that the true interests of the Republican
1
cealing any fact connected with the Prcsiden.
tial canvass or countings If any such exist
discredtable or dishonoring TO the party or TO
the President, TO Secretary Sherman, or SEN
ator Matthews or Mr.. Chandler, or any other
members Of the party, the sooner they are ex-
posed, rcprobated, and repudiated the better
and safer for the future Of Republican rrin-
ciples and the Republican organization. The
briefest possible summary of the points Of the
letters Is:
I. That President Hayes was chosen Presi-
dent by the Republican party on a radical plat
form, pledging Federal power to protect hui
man rights and lawful governments ut the
South South Carolina and Louisiana giving
him their indispensable votes, and also elect
ing Republican State Governments
q That after his actual installation, secured
by prior sesfct bargain that he should do so,
he actively and personally tore down the law.
full State governments of South Carolina and
Louisiana, and established rebel mob govern
ments in their stead violated the Republican
pledges TO protect human rights and maintain
the supremacy Of the law, released negro muir
derers whom he was elected to prosecute and
punish, gave Federal power at the South to
rebel Democrats glorifed the rebel soldiers at
the expense of the Union soldiers. tainted the
black race with its helplessness, and shame.
fully boosted of his betrayal Of II.
g. That this, his degradation Of himself and
his betrayal Of his party, has annihilated its
organization at the South, making Republican
ascendency there impossible and has almost
destroyed the party at the North, so that the
only way to prevent Democratic victory In
1880, by reason of a solid South and divided
North, is to promptly repudiate an admins
tration and policy which ~ dishonoring
paralyzing, and destroying tho Republican
party.
If to utter these facts and conclusions be
treason, let the most be made Of II. Mr.Chan'
tdler is content to rest upon the following in
dorsement by Mr.. Garrison, whose unselfsl
!. devotion to the cause of human rights, and
whose clear vision and calm judgment make
his commentator, If not wholly deserved, ye
most warmly gratifying:
"Honoring you for your political courage
and patriotic fidelity, 1 am emulous to mee
any amount OF personal dctraction In com
mon with yourself Active and serviccable al
YOU have been in the Republican ranks you
have never done, because you could not have
done, an act more honorable TO the Republican
party, or more in accordance with its regis
I tered promises and pledges, or more importan
l to preserve its integrity to tho cause Of free
dom and equal rights, and its supremacy owe
5 the land, than in writing and publishing you
letter TO the Republicans Of New Hampshire
Feel no anxiety Us to what will be the judg
nent of the future, and care nothing for tn
ing" u.a-